As I imagine that there are probably some old pen and paper DnD'ers around here, has anyone bought/plan on buying NWN?
For those that don't know its Bioware's latest PC RPG game that uses the latest DND 3rd edition rules.
The big hoopla regarding this game is that it's the first attempt to capture the PnP DnD experience by:
1. being extensible by adding Dnd Modules
2. Comes with a module/world making environment for creating your own Dnd Modules (GUI environment, also uses scripting version of "C.
3. Games can be played without or with a live Dungeon Master
3. Has a separate Dungeon Master Client
4. supports up to 64 people
I've only just started going through the tutorial but haven't had any large blocks of time to devote to the game. What's nice is that it runs really well on my 750MHZ computer (unlike the more graphically fancy piggish games like MorrowWind).
Looks to be a lot of online activity/community/world-building with this game.
Sure it won't replace the days of sitting around the table with your friends and cases of soda, nachos and pizza, but its a step in the right direction.