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Neverwinter Nights is Gold

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the gimme-some-of-that-action dept.

Urthpaw writes "Neverwinter Nights, the D&D based RPG from BioWare (Makers of Baldur's Gate among other titles), for Windows, MacOS and Linux has Gone gold. The game allows players to make their own "modules", or adventures, and DM them for up to 64 friends. Server-linking features allow the assembly of distributed MMORPGs."

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  1. yeah, you miss out on by Twister002 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    - The endless character recaps by everyone there before, during, and after the game e.g. "Baldac has a 16 charisma and an 18 wisdom with a +2 mace of boring"

    - The stench of geek BO, combined with smelly feet in the summer...ahhh...nothing like a rank basement to really bring out the geek aroma.

    - The challenge of trying to :

    a) figure out WHAT kind of food to get
    b) trying to find someone there who has money to PAY for the pizza (usually goes to the guy making $9/hour (e.g. "the rich guy") instead of minimum wage part time like everyone else.

    - Trying to herd everyone into the room so that the game can start/continue

    oh yes, I'll miss that. ;)

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  2. Re:I don't get it. by Wraithlyn · · Score: 5, Insightful
    You answer your own question, albeit dismissively.
    • Play across distances. Yes! This is a great advantage.
    • Computerized dice roller. It's more than that. It completely handles the torrential rain of rules and tables that comprise D&D. Probably the biggest obstacle to people getting into P&P gaming is all the math they have to do. (Simple math, yes. But lots of simple math can still be tedious)
    • Pretty graphics. This is like asking why anyone would want to see a movie.. for the 'pretty pictures'?? Give me a break. Visualization adds a new dimension.

    So yeah, I think there's some pretty sizable reasons right there.
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  3. Oh! Glorious day! by Sivar · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Another few months when the patch comes out and we can all play the most anticipated video game in AD&D history. This is one that I have been looking forward to for years!

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  4. Don't just register the game for Linux! by JeffMings · · Score: 3, Insightful

    In fact, it might not even _have_ a registration card! Instead, buy it from a known Linux vendor, like Tux Games so that other game companies will get the message that Linux really is a platform worth developing for!

  5. Re:I don't get it. by Chasuk · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why? How about being able to play a properly DM'd game even when my local buddies are all otherwise occupied? In my underwear? At any hour? How about, when I care to DM myself, being able to avoid of the tedium of character creation and rolling dice and the minutia of hundreds of rules?

    I stopped playing tabletop dungeons because I hated that tedium. Showing up at as friend's house for a game that was supposed to start at noon and no one had even finished rolling their fucking characters by 3pm. No thank you.

    All of the benefits and none of the body odor and spilled cheese dip and delays or interruptions.

    I honestly can't think of a single DISadvantage.

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  6. Re:That won't work... by Alsee · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Solution: Buy the game for him as a present :)

    Either (A) Ask some little favor from him related to moving - "I just know those nasty movers are going to kill all my plants" or "break my fine glassware" or "scratch my antique whatchamacallit" - and tell him you'd appreciate him taking care of it so much you'll buy the game for him as "reward". Specifically, you'll run out to buy it while he's unpacking his computer in the basement so that he can play it "right away". Just don't forget the deal when he unpacks the plants/glassware/antique first and his computer second while everthing else sits in boxes :)

    or (B) Buy it and "conviently" arrange for to to wind up at your new house.

    or (C) Buy it mail order, shipped to your new address.

    I'd really suggest (A), and give him a big smile and peck on the cheek when he agrees to help with your "problem".

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