04-02-2004, 09:00 PM
Well, my copy of SoU and HoTU from Amazon arrived a couple days ago and I have been playing it almost non-stop. I have not yet been able to try out the prestige classes, but I will get to that eventually.
My first impressions:
Since I bought the original NWN about a year ago, this game still has not lost it's fun. The character I started to play with in SoU is an true neutral, Elven wizard named Nethendril. Today (april 2) I beat the first chapter I have killed a dragon, beat up a witch, and become an Ice Giant. The story starts off like it does in The original NWN, you are in training and someone attacks and suddenly you are thrown head-first into a conflict without knowing what's going on.
So far the story is following the formula it did in the original NWN. You have to do something but there is a "Greater Evil" out there that must be dealt with otherwise life as we know it will cease to exist and YOU are the only one that can do anything about it.
Nethendril is an elf that works for his own good, but will help others if they need it. Sometimes he will play NPCs against each other getting items that will help to kill both of them and he gets to keep the rewards, in fact, that is how I beat the first chapter :P. His companions include Dorna, a dwarven cleric/rogue, and his familiar, Kitty-Kat, a black panther.
There are a lot of new spells, feats, and abilities that I have yet to make use of since there are almost infinite combinations :). I plan on my next character to be a blackguard or a shifter.
So far it has been a lot of fun. I have not yet played HoTU because I would like to use a character that I have built up from either NWN or SoU.
My first impressions:
Since I bought the original NWN about a year ago, this game still has not lost it's fun. The character I started to play with in SoU is an true neutral, Elven wizard named Nethendril. Today (april 2) I beat the first chapter I have killed a dragon, beat up a witch, and become an Ice Giant. The story starts off like it does in The original NWN, you are in training and someone attacks and suddenly you are thrown head-first into a conflict without knowing what's going on.
So far the story is following the formula it did in the original NWN. You have to do something but there is a "Greater Evil" out there that must be dealt with otherwise life as we know it will cease to exist and YOU are the only one that can do anything about it.
Nethendril is an elf that works for his own good, but will help others if they need it. Sometimes he will play NPCs against each other getting items that will help to kill both of them and he gets to keep the rewards, in fact, that is how I beat the first chapter :P. His companions include Dorna, a dwarven cleric/rogue, and his familiar, Kitty-Kat, a black panther.
There are a lot of new spells, feats, and abilities that I have yet to make use of since there are almost infinite combinations :). I plan on my next character to be a blackguard or a shifter.
So far it has been a lot of fun. I have not yet played HoTU because I would like to use a character that I have built up from either NWN or SoU.
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation - Henry David Thoreau
Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and at the rate I'm going, I'm going to be invincible.
Chicago wargaming club
Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and at the rate I'm going, I'm going to be invincible.
Chicago wargaming club