Neverwinter Walks The Plank

Seen via Gamespot, news of a new Neverwinter Online Module at the Bioware Community Store. Entitled Pirates of the Sword Coast, the new module offers up "[a] tale of pirates, parrots, and peril! As a sailor aboard the Midnight Rose merchant ship, you've stopped in Neverwinter to gather supplies before a long trip south. A most peculiar course of events follows, slowly unraveling a plot of whale-sized proportions. Embark on a swashbuckling journey on the high seas. Polly want adventure?"

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Yarr!

[Nomihn0]

Yarrr, she doesn't blow!

But does it run on...

[tepples]

Does this module run on a pirated copy of NWN? Or does it have DRM?

Re:But does it run on...

[WWWWolf]

Basically every copy of the module authenticates itself with the Bioware master server. You buy the module from the Bioware store, they mark on your account details that the module was bought, let you download the thing, and each time you start a new game or load the saved game, the game checks your account details.

Yes, it could be cracked, but with these prices, why bother? Plus, Bioware is definitely one of those game companies worth supporting.

Now, if I only had a credit card to buy these modules with, I'd be a happy gamer - too bad all digital-only game services want digital-only money, it seems...

I, for one, am ecstatic. Multi-player!

[mbourgon]

I, and the rest of my weekly NWN group, are ecstatic about this. Why? Unlike the other modules released so far, this one will work in multiplayer. It's all about the co-operative play. That being said, we're planning on seeing if it'll work with the Linux standalone server, if everyone needs to buy a copy, etc, etc.

Now if they'd just make some more epic-level modules!

I'm a NwN DungeonMaster!

[The_Dougster]

I have played NwN online quite a bit. Find yourself a nice persistent world server, make your ultimate barbarian, and have at it! The online experience is pretty cool.

I can say this I guess because among other things, I'm a DM on a popular NwN server! When the Town Crier starts shouting, you know the manure is gonna hit the bellows. Grab your trusty greataxe, check how many heal potions you have left, and follow the guy in front of you because he's probably heading right for the thick of it.

There's still a lot of fun to be had with this game and it runs great on Linux. It crashes constantly for me in Win2K but it runs pretty stable in Gentoo for some reason (go figure).

And no I'm not going to say what server I DM on, the last thing I need is a million /. n00bie lusers logging in and ruining the experience with all of your "All your castle are belong to me" and "In monster cave, monster kils YOU!" and "Imagine dual wielding these babies!" witticisms. All I can say is seek and ye shall find.

Re:Huh?

[g-san]

It's news to me. A friend of mine was also a die hard NWN fan, looked like a good RPG game and engine but I was involved in other games at the time. I might want to check it out now. There are very few titles out there Pirate themed.

As to why it's news... It's about a NEW module for a popular title. Just because it happens to be about a product that you have to purchase doesn't mean it's spam or some subversive advertising. Nerly every freacking article posted to games.slashdot.org is about a gaming product, do you get this bent out of shape every time a story about a new game is announced on Slashdot? I for one would most likely not have found this information on other sites, probably because I don't read other gaming sites very often because Slashdot does a fine job of bringing me the top tier of gaming news.

Not to be confused with TALES OF THE SWORD COAST

[popo]

Which was one of the greatest games ever.

Come on BioWare... stop milking this old engine (and its so-streamlined-it-sucks interface)

Bring us Baldur's Gate III !!!

Until then there's always The Elder Scrolls: OBLIVION to look forward to...