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Happy Halloween!

Post by Shir'le E. Illios »

Though we don’t celebrate it where I’m from (they [i:ik9z6crj]do[/i:ik9z6crj] where I live now though) I wanted to wish everyone a happy Halloween. :)

Happiest of all though is that Neverwinter Nights 2 started shipping today and if you live in the US should be available in stores sometime during the next few days (depending on how fast it gets shipped to them). Here in the UK and in the rest of Europe it should be in stores Friday the 3rd of November. For the rest of the world it could be even later; so have I heard that in Australia it’s been delayed to November 16th. Anyway, I know what I’ll be doing this weekend. ;)

Interestingly enough there’s already a first patch up for the game (hopefully a sign of long, continued support). You can read the [url=http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NW ... 4:ik9z6crj]patch notes here[/url:ik9z6crj]. One of the things it includes is a beta version of the DM client, new druid spells (druids were sold a bit short originally) and something for Persistent World, making it easier to share walkmesh data. On top of that there’s a load of bugfixes (we’ve been told there are many more fixes than listed in the notes).

If you’re impatient or don’t want to walk all the way to the store for it then you can [url=http://www.direct2drive.com/3/1431/prod ... d:ik9z6crj]download it from Direct2Drive[/url:ik9z6crj]. There’s a [url=http://nwvault.ign.com/faq/index.php?ca ... 2:ik9z6crj]Short FAQ[/url:ik9z6crj] up on the Vault regarding this, but the short of it is that the official patches [i:ik9z6crj]should[/i:ik9z6crj] work as normally with the game. Though also note that at the moment there seems to be some issues with the patching process for D2D versions.

If you [i:ik9z6crj]are[/i:ik9z6crj] patient and want something to read then there’s a [url=http://nwn2.warcry.com/news/view/65930- ... d:ik9z6crj]chat log[/url:ik9z6crj] up for the NWN2 developer chat held last night. Tht should hold you over for… oh some good ten minutes. ;)

I haven’t seen any online reviews yet, though I’ll report on them when I do. What I [i:ik9z6crj]have[/i:ik9z6crj] seen is reviews in a couple of game magazines which all seem to be quite positive. For instance the copy of PC Gamer (UK) I have at home gives it a 90% score and except for some small problems was resoundingly positive. And that seems to be the trend so far, so it’s sounding like it’ll be as good as we’re hoping. :)


Anyway, it sounds like it’ll be a good Halloween for a good many people, and the rest of us should follow shortly.

Oh, and a Happy Birthday to my close friend Aera, whose birthday it is today as well. :D


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Shir'le
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