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Topic: Dragon Age vs Neverwinter Nights 2

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#1 27 DEC 2010 at 11:06pm
Stormseye Intergalactic Janitor Posts : 26 Joined: 20 MAR 2008 Status : Online	Hi all, I see that Dragon Age and Neverwinter Nights 2 Platinum are on sale during these holiday sales for almost exactly the same price, and I was wondering which you all prefer. I've read the reviews and feature sets for both games, so I'm mostly curious in terms of story, character development, and overall fun. I'm leaning toward Dragon Age, but I really enjoyed the first Neverwinter Nights series, so...
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#2 27 DEC 2010 at 11:57pm
Andromus Guild Master Posts : 5535 Joined: 6 NOV 2002 Status : Offline	I found the bulk of Neverwinter Nights 2 to be rather bland and uninspired. Though I did enjoy shaping and equipping my character, particularly as I hit the higher levels. And portions of the game incorporated some light strategy elements that were a nice change from the usual game play. It's worth the tenner it's going for in the Steam sale. There's a lot of gameplay in that bundle, with plenty to see and do.
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#3 28 DEC 2010 at 1:10am
Stiler Journeyman Posts : 1458 Joined: 27 SEP 2004 Location: US, TN Status : Offline	If you had to pick one or the other, based on charactrs and story, Dragon age wins hands down. NWN 2 is fun, but the vanilla game has quite bland characters/story (one of the expansions actually had a better one). With DA you are getting a great epic storyline wrapped up in good interesting characters with all their own backrounds/storylines to uncover.
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#4 28 DEC 2010 at 7:14am
Traveller Guild Master Posts : 4038 Joined: 3 JUL 2010 Location: US Status : Offline	For me there is no competition between Dragon Age and vanilla NWN 2. I wouldn't even mention them in the same breath. When I get REALLY bored with my other games I'll try and force myself to carry on where I left off not even half-way through NWN2 with its bad camera, bad AI and extremely boring combat. For me the NWN2 combat is so bad that I'll just carry on for the the story's sake when I pick up the the game again. Regarding DA, the story is quite gripping if perhaps a little too epic, but the combat really shines. Ok admittedly I'm really getting a bit tired of fighting Darkspawn in the DLC, but there are more interesting foes in the main game itself, and let's face it, NWN2 vanilla doesn't have screamingly intersting foes anyway. I've heard that NWN2 has nice expansions. I bought at least one of them, but I can't get through the main game to get to them... * * * Just call me Trav. * * * “Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch "They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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#5 28 DEC 2010 at 8:26am
Fnord Schattenjger Posts : 2751 Joined: 15 SEP 2008 Location: SE, Stockholm Status : Offline	Go for Dragon age. NWN 2 has a rather bland & uninteresting story, which feels very cliché (it is far better than the story in NWN1, but that story was a travesty). The two worst offenders in NWN2 are the camera controls (that really don't work in indoor settings) & the horrible AI (and due to the poor camera controls taking full control of your party is not an option). What NWN2 has is going for it is user generated content, as there are quite a few good mods out there with better stories than the core game. But NWN1 has more user generated content, and you won't have to fight the camera & AI all the time. As for Dragon age, it has a good story, even if it feels a bit disjointed and unfinished, and far more interesting gameplay. I've heard that NWN2 has nice expansions. I bought at least one of them, but I can't get through the main game to get to them.. The first expansion (mask of the betrayer) is supposed to have a very interesting story, almost similar to planescape in many ways, but much like you, I've not been able to get through the core game. The last expansion is supposed to be more like Icewind dale, i.e a more tactical game, but I can't imagine playing a tactical CRPG with such horrible controls & AI. Current Let's Play: Crusader: No Remorse
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#6 28 DEC 2010 at 8:54am
Stormseye Intergalactic Janitor Posts : 26 Joined: 20 MAR 2008 Status : Online	Awesome. Thanks for the thoughts, folks. Gonna head over to GG and pick up Dragon Age and Mass Effect now. I'd love to get them on Steam, but Steam is a bit stricter with their region restrictions, so GG it is for these two.
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