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Neverwinter Nights 2

Will not work

Written by TR from Santa Cruz

Oct 24, 2009

This game simply will not function with Snow Leopard. This was the first thing I bought after having bought a brand new Imac with Snow leopard preloaded and it consistently crashes. I stopped playing after getting to an inn and being unable to leave the main room without a crash. A patch was rumored to be in the works but there has been no further web comment to my knowledge since early Sept '09. Avoid buying until you hear of a specific Snow Leopard patch from Aspyr. Less than useless as currently sold.

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Neverwinter Nights 2

Totally Linear, Utter disappointment.

Written by GP from bristol

Oct 12, 2009

Imagine playing a game using a walk-through word for word..? Got this game hoping that with all the good reviews and press it got it may be something like Baldurs gate / Fallout, which i have replayed for years and a huge fan. NWN2 was an utter disappointment. There is NO choice in any actions you do, but even if you try really hard to effect the outcome in the opposite direction they just happen anyway?!
Im really not sure why people keep saying there is this huge difference that your actions make, there is none at all?! The story line is slightly split (some good quests, some evil ones), so you might be able to play this game TWICE before its like reading a not so interesting book repeatedly. There is only 1 way to walk through a map section, through a path about 2ft wide, only 1 choice in map section to go to unless you want to stroll though the empty valley you just left behind, no jumping ahead or to the side of the fixed main quest.
Without trying to compare this to high budget games, the developers could have also hired some real voice actors as they are some what tragic.
Possibly the 'greatness' of this game is hidden away in the expansions which are yet to come out on the mac, until that id strongly recommend fishing out your old Baldurs I/II gate or Fallout I/II CD's (or buying new ones) and replaying them.
In defense it does have some nice ability/character selection process which would have been nice to explore if they hadn't been the sole reason for playing the game.

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Neverwinter Nights 2

More stars if it worked.

Written by CJ from Cupertino

Oct 9, 2009

It's a fun game, and involving enough. Some really neat stuff, and some cool execution of ideas. Not wild about the camera modes, if you're standing too close to an object it blocks the cam and spinning the mouse around to get a proper view is a pain. Near objects should go transparent more aggressively. Irritating, but not a deal breaker. What is a deal breaker, is that it crashes like a MF on my 2.5 GHz Core 2 Duo MB-Pro with the GForce 8600M GT Graphics. I mean, when it picks a spot to crash it sticks there for good, or for a good long time. I finally just uninstalled it. I'm willing to try something a few times without frustration, but I was restarting and reloading the same saves 20-30 times just to try to inch forward in the plot. I left the Windows world after 15 years, and guess who's getting laughed at right now? Uh-huh. You got it. Maybe they should do a PC ad with the Mac guy dressed as a NWN2 character and have him freeze and crash non-stop? That'd be funny. Ya? Anyhow, if you have the 8600M GT card, apparently this game isn't for you. Sure you spent the $$ for a cool Mac, but no fun RPG for you, no-siree.

5 of 9 people found this useful

Neverwinter Nights 2

THIS IS AWESOME!

Written by JF from skillman

Oct 8, 2009

This game plays great and looks great. The only reason Im giving it four stars is because it crashes a lot so you end up booting the game and saving more than you end up playing. Otherwise its the best rpg on the market!

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Neverwinter Nights 2

Needs patch updates

Written by BP from RUTHER GLEN

Oct 5, 2009

This game does not work well and has not been patched since 1.12. They (Aspyr) needs to update this to the current 1.23 before you should consider purchasing. Otherwise, you will only have single player only and BTW, it will just crash on you.

IT is a good game, just not a well maintained port to OS X. Hopefully, Aspyr will update this to 1.23 or current, and fix the crashing problems. Check before you buy, otherwise this is pretty much a coaster and nice box.

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Neverwinter Nights 2

Epic!

Written by CE from Wasilla

Jul 18, 2009

This game lets you play a character and doesn't weight your choices one way or another. The options of the games literally change depending on what your character is like, letting your character's nature guide the play.
Build one type of character, play that type of a game. A different character, different game. Well worth the money, and the most detailed and consistent game I have ever played.

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Neverwinter Nights 2

Buggy avoid

Written by DM from New York

Jul 15, 2009

I hit several gaming stopping bugs-- I would avoid.

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Neverwinter Nights 2

Expensive Demo

Written by JT from Pelham

Jun 14, 2009

Same problem as LH. When trying to go to the merchant quarter, the game crashes every time, latest patch, making this a $50 demo. Brand new Mac Pro, ATI Radeon HD 4870, 8 gigs of ram. Just won't get past that point.

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