Gameplay length? [Archive] - RPGWatch Forums

CelesteGB

November 9th, 2006, 18:05

Anyone have an idea how long the game takes? I'm pacing myself and don't want to tear through a game I've waited this long for :)

Thanks!

Celeste

txa1265

November 9th, 2006, 18:23

Haven't finished yet, but have heard ~40 - 60 hours. I think that depends on your approach as always - NWN1 took me ~80 hours for the OC.

CelesteGB

November 9th, 2006, 18:33

Oh good, something I can spend plenty of time with.. I can't remember how long the original NWN took...half a pregnancy at least.:biggrin:

Celeste

Corwin

November 10th, 2006, 01:31

Now that's a new and original way to measure gameplay time!! :) Would look great in a review!! :biggrin:

Maylander

November 10th, 2006, 10:29

Hehe, I can already see it on the back of the game box: "Estimated time through the campaign is roughly 50-70 hours for hardcore gamers, and about half a pregnancy for more casual ones".

The progress in NWN2 is a bit slower and you have more options than in NWN1, so NWN2 is definetly the longer of the two.

CelesteGB

November 10th, 2006, 17:34

Well, thankfully, I won't be having to measure by pregnancy anymore...that last one was a nasty surprise despite precautions:)

By the time I played the original NWN campaign, SoU had just been released so I had *a lot* of NWN in one go. I'm also looking forward to the Planescape Trilogy for NWN2. I loved the original...I picked up a second copy about 6 months ago (also of my other D&D games as well) so if anything ever happened to one, then I have a backup. Of course, now some of those are on Gametap but at least I'll always have a copy:)

Celeste

Corwin

November 11th, 2006, 10:22

Oh, what a pity, we won't be able to measure the length of G4 and NWN 3 by our new standard!! :biggrin:

CelesteGB

November 11th, 2006, 18:50

Hehe, I can already see it on the back of the game box: "Estimated time through the campaign is roughly 50-70 hours for hardcore gamers, and about half a pregnancy for more casual ones".

That included short naps when you have 2 two years and under (at that time). ;) I'm a hardcore gamer at heart but there is this thing called reality that lifts it head :)

So anyone know when the expansion is coming out??:D

Celeste

txa1265

November 11th, 2006, 19:15

It is funny how we measure games by real-life events - my son was in Children's Hospital in Boston having Kidney surgery right after Thief Deadly Shadows came out. Only one could stay in the room, so my wife stayed with him and I was in the hotel. I couldn't sleep so I played that game through ...

CelesteGB

November 11th, 2006, 19:21

I was thinking the same thing! I had just installed Diablo 2 when Rudi was born. Her middle name is actually the name I picked out for my Amazon. I was playing Badlur's Gate 2 and in Ust Natha when the next was born and her middle name is Alwyn (maybe gamers shouldn't have/name kids:D I was near the end of Thief (the first one) when the last was born.

Glad your son is doing fine now :)

Celeste

Corwin

November 12th, 2006, 01:40

And is he called Garrett? :) Fortunately, mine were born before PC gaming really took off. Mind you, my son loved to sit on my lap while I was playing U5 on the C64 and 'open' all the chests. Watching them 'explode' into items was fun for him!! :)

CelesteGB

November 12th, 2006, 01:49

Hehe, actually close, his name is Garen:D

Maylander

November 13th, 2006, 10:00

I actually need to leave the safety of my bunker if I'm ever going to have kids, and that is not very likely to happen in the next few years.. that bright, shining thing in the sky scares me! Burns me eyes it does!

Dr. A

November 13th, 2006, 10:39

So you're a drow, eh... :)

CelesteGB

November 13th, 2006, 17:05

He can name his son Drizzt if he ever ventures out ;)

JemyM

November 14th, 2006, 19:40

It took me nine days of 4-12 hours per day. The only subquest I know I did not do was "Skymirror" which is only available in chapter 1. The game just keeps growing so whenever you think you are done something new happens that must be taken care of first.

Acleacius

November 14th, 2006, 21:26

""Skymirror" which is only available in chapter 1."
Are you serious?
Its part of her companion quest right?
Why would they only offer a companion quest in the first chapt. :(

I heard about the quest but can't/couldn/t very get any dialogue going, it must be bugged for me, I even tested out if I had enough +influence.
Is there somewhere I can read up on the quest to get some help?

Thanks. :)

November 14th, 2006, 21:34

Have you gone to skymirrow with her? That was all I did and the quest is just there. All we did was search stuff and "act" like a druid. ;)

Acleacius

November 14th, 2006, 23:26

No it never came up, I even tried all dialogue strings, there is/was 1 she wont talk about though it's not due to influence failure, as it doesn't seem to test it, which was reguarding "The Circle", iir.
I even tested it by putting my influence up to 100 with no change, I just thought it was story based and haven't reach the point yet.

Appoliges my orginal question might have sounded lazy asking someone to tell me where to look, but I have desperatly tried to look up info on Companions with no luck and didn't know the name of this one, but now maybe I can find something out on the offical boards with a quest name. :)
Its quiet buggy and I have been tring to becareful with many saves but with the game forcing you through many story parts its hard to be as methodical as I should have been, i.e. making a save ever 30 mins and never overwriting it. :p

Thanks. :)

Cormac

November 15th, 2006, 01:09

SPOILER

To trigger the skymirror quest, you must find a druid in Neverwinter who is polymorphed into a wolf, and injured. I dont recall his exact location, but I'd say it was in the docks district. And you'll surely need to have Eleena in your party.

Acleacius

November 15th, 2006, 03:41

Wow I completly missed this and I always had her with me.

If anyone remembers more of an exact location I would really appreciate it.

Thanks. :)

November 15th, 2006, 06:22

I think it was by the back alley entrance but don't hold me to that.

JemyM

November 16th, 2006, 03:28

JemyM

November 16th, 2006, 03:33

Skymirror is started by talking to a druid in wolf form in Act 1.

The wolf is located between the 2 rectangle houses with red roofs, west to the Watch HQ in Docks District. Difficult to spot when not searched properly.

You can speak to him in Act II but even if it may seem you got a quest and got the location, you wont be able to go there, not even by trying to force it through DebugMode. I have tried to "fix" it in the toolset but even that seems difficult. The quest is simply not meant to happen in act II.

Acleacius

November 16th, 2006, 11:52

Ahh so its not necessary to complete her Personal Quest, its more of a Druid activated quest?

Nice idea to try to unlock the map in chapter 2. :)

I have been scanning the 2da files trying to figure out why the "removespell" command will not work, while "removefeat", "addfeat" and "addspell" work fine, its very odd. :(

JemyM

November 16th, 2006, 11:56

txa1265

November 16th, 2006, 14:29

It offers some influence bonus for Elanee, but if you intend to have a romance with her you can fulfill that romance without skymirror. I did. (And I think a romance is as far as influence can possibly go :D )

Good to know ... she seems like my only natural choice for my Pally thus far based on her alignment.

Acleacius

November 16th, 2006, 17:17

Do you need to be a male PC to have a Romance with Elanee, Shandra or Neeshka? ;)
Not sure if there are other females just met those so far. :)

txa1265

November 16th, 2006, 17:28

Do you need to be a male PC to have a Romance with Elanee, Shandra or Neeshka? ;)
Not sure if there are other females just met those so far. :)

There is another one in my party right now ;) But I am not sure if they are all distinctly romance-able.

November 16th, 2006, 19:07

Guess if I want a romance it will be the dwarf or the paladin then for my female character? Ekk.

Acleacius

November 16th, 2006, 20:10

Hey Cmgamer what about Bishop? :p

November 16th, 2006, 22:08

I know but he just pisses me off to much to even give him an RPG tumble. ;)

Corwin

November 17th, 2006, 00:50

I see you're up to your old tricks, looking for a dark room!! :biggrin:

November 17th, 2006, 01:48

Yea and so far no luck. :(

Maylander

November 17th, 2006, 03:39

SPOILER: Who you can romance as male/female
----------------------------------------------------
Male romance: Elanee
Female romance: Casavir

JemyM

November 17th, 2006, 06:11

Do you need to be a male PC to have a Romance with Elanee, Shandra or Neeshka? ;)
Not sure if there are other females just met those so far. :)

Unless you hack the dialogue yes.

Acleacius

November 17th, 2006, 11:04

Do you know where the dialogue files are located?
I see scripts in the data folder though I am not too fimilar with NWN2's programing.
Or would I need to access this info in the editor?

Thanks. :)

JemyM

November 19th, 2006, 19:32

You might have to change both the dialogue and the scripts depending on what you wish to do. The dialogue takes awhile to learn, the scripts are in C++ I think.

Many files are embedded in the .mod files in the NWN2\Modules folder and you need to open the right .mod file for the right level that you wish to edit.

There are also "campaign" files that can be opened once you have one of the .mod files open. It will look like you are editing inside the mod file but you are in fact messing with files in NWN2\Campaigns\Neverwinter Nights 2 Campaign