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Neverwinter Nights 2 (NWN2) is a computer role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Aspyr for Mac. It is the sequel to BioWare’s Neverwinter Nights, a game based on the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. NWN2 is based on Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 edition rules (also known as the Revised 3rd Edition), changed to adapt to real-time gameplay. The game was designed on the Electron Engine using SpeedTree foliage rendering. It has single-player and multipl…
See moreNeverwinter Nights 2 (NWN2) is a computer role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Aspyr for Mac. It is the sequel to BioWare’s Neverwinter Nights, a game based on the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. NWN2 is based on Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 edition rules (also known as the Revised 3rd Edition), changed to adapt to real-time gameplay. The game was designed on the Electron Engine using SpeedTree foliage rendering. It has single-player and multiplayer mode. The game has an ESRB: T / USK: 12 / PEGI: 12+ / OFLC: M rating and requires Mac OS X 10.4.10, 1.83 GHz Intel Chipset, 1 GB Ram, 6.5 GB Hard Drive Space, Radeon X1600, and GeForce 7300.
Neverwinter Nights 2 features interface and camera controls that are more flexible and customizable. Windows can be resized, dragged, and customized, using XML. Inventory icons are all the same size, with radial menu system from the original game replaced with a context menu system. Players are able to control parties with up to 3 non-player characters called "companions" (rather than "henchmen" in previous game) in multiplayer mode. Other new features are static 2D portraits have been replaced with 3D avatars; revised crafting system allows players to craft weapons, shields and armor, mix potions, or create magical items with special "workbenches" scattered in towns and shops, given sufficient crafting skill; the Electron toolset now allows multiple windows to be opened at once, and users can design their own modules to distribute to others or host on the Internet for online play; and the update client can be accessed from the launch menu to automatically search for new content and/or updates to the game.
See lessDo you own a mac with Snow Leopard as your operating system? If the answer is yes, then DO NOT buy this game until you see that Aspyr has published a specific patch to fix the crashes that occur at transitions. Aspyr must now be well aware of the problems that exist running this game under 10.6 but have made not comment that I can find about fixing it. From what I can learn from the online community, a patch was rumored to be very close but then nothing. It doesn't... Read more