Neverwinter Nights is Gold

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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EBWorld

[astrotek]

I thought it only went gold at ebworld... because it takes time to ship. Retail stores get it in 4-5 days

hmmm...

[jasno]

Lets just hope it doesn't suck as bad as Icewind Dale did. I finally broke down and spent $16 bucks at costco and got one of the most frustrating games imaginable.

First off, it was designed to be so difficult that the only way to win was to save-cheat (certain areas just aren't winnable the first 5-10 times you try it until you learn the technique).

Secondly, the path finding algorithm almost cost me my keyboard in a fit of rage as my party wandered aimlessly instead of attacking.

Assuming they've got these worked out, and it runs at higher than 800x600, it should be a great game.

hexa

[Hex Advocacy]

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Re:Info for Linux Gamers in press release

[afidel]

I knew the moment Bioware announced that there would be no Linux tools for NWN that they were playing the penguin community. I pointed the story to my wife and said, "They'll never release a Linux version of this game."

You sir are a fucking moron. The reason they have not released the building tools for linux is that Borland hasn't released a final version of the linux version of C++ builder which is what they used to make them. They have said that they will look into the feasability of the port once Borland gets the final version out, and if it is at all possible that there WILL be a copy of the build tools for linux. As far as the game not shipping with the linux binary on the cd, SFW? Does the fact that many ID games don't ship with the binary make them any less playable on linux? Of course not! Bioware is not abandoning linux or pulling a bait and switch, they are simply doing what is most economical for them, releasing one set of cds with the resource files and the binaries that 99+% or the users will run. The rest of the people will have the binaries available free of charge from Biowares website.