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Dropping in here to mention that there's an Advance Wars By Web thread that seems to serve as a series megathread and also is not listed here. With the recent-ish release of the remakes of 1 & 2 on Switch, people may be looking for a place to discuss the most advanced wars.
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There's been enough chatter in different threads I read that I decided to make a thread focused on gaming with your children. Come on down, and we'll see how quickly it derails. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4031577
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could anyone possible point me in the direction of a neverwinter nights thread? not the mmo, but the uhh "Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition." not sure if its just my own misunderstanding, but steam reviews talk about "servers" for what I thought was a single player game. would be cool to check it out with others if it is in fact multiplayer. thanks!
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May 9, 2023 23:30
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Ashurbanipal posted:could anyone possible point me in the direction of a neverwinter nights thread? not the mmo, but the uhh "Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition." not sure if its just my own misunderstanding, but steam reviews talk about "servers" for what I thought was a single player game. would be cool to check it out with others if it is in fact multiplayer. thanks! This poster is about to discover some good poo poo
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Ashurbanipal posted:could anyone possible point me in the direction of a neverwinter nights thread? not the mmo, but the uhh "Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition." not sure if its just my own misunderstanding, but steam reviews talk about "servers" for what I thought was a single player game. would be cool to check it out with others if it is in fact multiplayer. thanks! I'm a previous longtime Neverwinter Nights veteran, and one of the core features of the original game (and the Enhanced Edition by proxy) is multiplayer. It was originally meant to be more a thing you did with a couple friends ala a tabletop game, but various patches and plugins have greatly expanded the scope of it, so people can and do operate what amount to miniature MMOs (generally called "persistent worlds") on the platform. Most of the servers back in its heyday had some combination of a general roleplaying focus and PVE elements, although there was also a fairly popular PoE-like server called Paths of Ascension, an occasionally popular PVP deathmatch server, and, of course, ERP-focused hangouts. I can't speak to the modern landscape, and it's probably an increasingly small and insular band of people still playing it, but they're there if you want to take a gander. Most of them will require downloading additional content - there's several massive community-created additions that add in whole slews of new content, as well as server-specific stuff - but I think most of that is automated via the client these days. Of course, if you just wanna gently caress around with friends on custom campaigns, you can do that, too; hosting servers should be fairly trivial with modern internet speeds and the stability of the EE.
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May 10, 2023 00:59
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Ashurbanipal posted:could anyone possible point me in the direction of a neverwinter nights thread? not the mmo, but the uhh "Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition." not sure if its just my own misunderstanding, but steam reviews talk about "servers" for what I thought was a single player game. would be cool to check it out with others if it is in fact multiplayer. thanks! The people over at the Infinity engine games thread will know everything about it (even though it's not using that engine).
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May 10, 2023 02:16
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Ashurbanipal posted:could anyone possible point me in the direction of a neverwinter nights thread? not the mmo, but the uhh "Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition." not sure if its just my own misunderstanding, but steam reviews talk about "servers" for what I thought was a single player game. would be cool to check it out with others if it is in fact multiplayer. thanks! NWN can be played entirely offline, but it has a really awesome multiplayer that lets players host their own servers with player created content. It's one of the coolest multiplayer RPGs that still has a big following and playerbase many years later. I wish NWN2 took off in the same way, that RPG is still good, but NWN is far more accessible and supported.
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NWN is very much alive and kicking, amazingly. The Enhanced Edition was released in 2018, has a working in-game server browser (the original Gamespy service shut down in the late 2000s), and has some pretty excellent graphics/remaster patches and features (here's a gallery which shows off a bit of the graphics work we did for our server, if you're interested: https://www.alfanwn1.org/gallery/) Oh and not to mention, it's still actively getting feature patches lol. The latest is .35 which is in beta at the moment. The online community is thriving in a way it hasn't since about 2005; the big servers have 100-200 players on each night and many smaller servers have decent populations. It is quite crazy to see. Ashurbanipal posted:could anyone possible point me in the direction of a neverwinter nights thread? not the mmo, but the uhh "Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition." not sure if its just my own misunderstanding, but steam reviews talk about "servers" for what I thought was a single player game. would be cool to check it out with others if it is in fact multiplayer. thanks! In the mean-time, your question is answered pretty comprehensively in this New Player FAQ in the /r/nwn sub (start at answer #5, 'The campaign is super boring! What's all the fuss about this game for?' and read on from there): https://www.reddit.com/r/neverwinternights/comments/tmof98/neverwinter_nights_1_enhanced_edition_new_player/ Vermain posted:I can't speak to the modern landscape, and it's probably an increasingly small and insular band of people still playing it, but they're there if you want to take a gander. Most of them will require downloading additional content - there's several massive community-created additions that add in whole slews of new content, as well as server-specific stuff - but I think most of that is automated via the client these days. And the community is doing well right now. New PWs seem to be launched every couple of months. I think it's because there is still nothing else that allows players to do what NWN does. El Grillo fucked around with this message at 11:43 on May 10, 2023 |
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really appreciate all the info all! def gonna check this game out; i've been itching for something "nostalgic" along these lines forever. maybe opened up a bigger can of worms than I was expecting, but very glad to be able to delve headfirst into it lmao
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May 10, 2023 22:13
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El Grillo posted:NWN is very much alive and kicking, amazingly. The Enhanced Edition was released in 2018, has a working in-game server browser (the original Gamespy service shut down in the late 2000s), and has some pretty excellent graphics/remaster patches and features (here's a gallery which shows off a bit of the graphics work we did for our server, if you're interested: https://www.alfanwn1.org/gallery/) Oh man I think I had rolled a character in this server in 2003, I'm fuckin old
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May 12, 2023 13:07
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Nice. It blew my mind in 2020 during lockdown when I was super bored and idly decided to check out the old website... only to find there were live NWN1 servers again and a super active NWN community. Would never have predicted that when I was playing back in like 2005.
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May 12, 2023 13:49
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Back when NWN was still “new”, there was a dope looking Arda/Middle-Earth server that I wanted to play on SOOO badly… but I didn’t have the Hordes of the Underdark expansion, which was required. My box of NWN came with the game and the first expansion, and an empty disc holder for you to put HotU when it came out. That loving empty space tormented me for years. I never did buy HotU, probably because my undiagnosed 13-year old ADHD brain forgot about it eventually
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Haha, I think that server's still around, in a resurrected form: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1638330903
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Vermain posted:I'm a previous longtime Neverwinter Nights veteran, and one of the core features of the original game (and the Enhanced Edition by proxy) is multiplayer. It was originally meant to be more a thing you did with a couple friends ala a tabletop game, but various patches and plugins have greatly expanded the scope of it, so people can and do operate what amount to miniature MMOs (generally called "persistent worlds") on the platform. Most of the servers back in its heyday had some combination of a general roleplaying focus and PVE elements, although there was also a fairly popular PoE-like server called Paths of Ascension, an occasionally popular PVP deathmatch server, and, of course, ERP-focused hangouts. I can't speak to the modern landscape, and it's probably an increasingly small and insular band of people still playing it, but they're there if you want to take a gander. Most of them will require downloading additional content - there's several massive community-created additions that add in whole slews of new content, as well as server-specific stuff - but I think most of that is automated via the client these days. Oh man I used to love NWN. Maybe I should pick up the EE and get back into it
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christmas boots posted:Oh man I used to love NWN. Maybe I should pick up the EE and get back into it I’ve been puttering around on the Arelith server, and my impulses got the better of me when I tried to lockpick a door and the trap killed me. I was resurrected in a jail cell, and immediately interrogated by some other players, including the local sheriff. I had to come up with a reason why my level two newcomer character was picking a locked door inside a church-type lodgings. Uhhhhh Woops lol. Now I owe 20k gold within a month. Probably not going back inside that city again 😬
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^^^that is classic NWN. Love it. Arelith has cool stuff and it's great to see the numbers of players they get. To me it felt a bit too much like an MMO but to be fair I've always played on smaller servers so probably just used to them. I like the individual DM attention you can get on smaller servers. christmas boots posted:Oh man I used to love NWN. Maybe I should pick up the EE and get back into it If you do though, and you care at all about visuals, then make sure you get the HD pack: https://neverwintervault.org/project/nwnee/hakpak/original-hakpak/beamdogs-hd-art-pack-community-fixes There are some other really nice graphics improvements listed here too: https://www.reddit.com/r/neverwinternights/comments/tmof98/neverwinter_nights_1_enhanced_edition_new_player/ ...and finally, if anyone feels like it and is into RP worlds with challenging static content.. come check out our world! https://www.alfanwn1.org/gallery/ 
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If you find controller discussion interesting (or boring), you may be pleased I've made a thread for gamepad chat alone. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4032643
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Pokemon Infinite Fusion thread. I encourage you not to read it but to play the game before it gets hit with a C&D. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4032781 
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Is there a dedicated retro/boomer shooter thread? Should there be one?
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It's over in Retro Games: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3420790
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Nostalgamus posted:It's over in Retro Games: I'm just going to go on record and say, without irony or sarcasm or anything that this might be my favourite thread on the forums. I mean, I have an appreciation for FPS games new and old, so that helps, but it's just routinely.... I don't know... great? It's great. The Kins is a great OP, the OP (the post) is incredibly informative, and we're all a bunch of goons who love to virtually shoot things. It's great stuff. I think it's the longest running thread that I've been subscribed to, and I hope it never dies, unlike mecha-hitler.
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:I'm just going to go on record and say, without irony or sarcasm or anything that this might be my favourite thread on the forums. I mean, I have an appreciation for FPS games new and old, so that helps, but it's just routinely.... I don't know... great? It's great. The Kins is a great OP, the OP (the post) is incredibly informative, and we're all a bunch of goons who love to virtually shoot things. It's great stuff. I think it's the longest running thread that I've been subscribed to, and I hope it never dies, unlike mecha-hitler. It helped me get into og Doom for the first time and I will always be grateful to it for that.
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So there is a new Star Trek game out that is actually really great, especially if you are a trekkie with a particular fondness for the TNG/DS9/VOY glory days. Come check out the thread and say hi: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4023195 Thank you!
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:I'm just going to go on record and say, without irony or sarcasm or anything that this might be my favourite thread on the forums. I mean, I have an appreciation for FPS games new and old, so that helps, but it's just routinely.... I don't know... great? It's great. The Kins is a great OP, the OP (the post) is incredibly informative, and we're all a bunch of goons who love to virtually shoot things. It's great stuff. I think it's the longest running thread that I've been subscribed to, and I hope it never dies, unlike mecha-hitler. It's a drat good thread. 
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The classic rpg thread is similarly chill and filled with excessively well informed fans The roguelike thread used to veer into some pretty interesting game design talk that spanned all types of genres (because everything is a roguelike you see), though there's less of that these days (amusingly I think partially because so many of the thoughts that were expressed in those conversations are now literally the face of indie gaming on steam and elsewhere), but it's still a great resource if you like
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victrix posted:The classic rpg thread is similarly chill and filled with excessively well informed fans I’m on mobile and can’t search well - anybody feel generous enough to enable my lazy rear end and post links to these threads?
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madmatt112 posted:I’m on mobile and can’t search well - anybody feel generous enough to enable my lazy rear end and post links to these threads? Two choices stand before you. Both are good threads. Dare you...click? https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3353352 https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3563643
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StrixNebulosa posted:Two choices stand before you. Both are good threads. Dare you...click? I accept your challenge, my good bitch.
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madmatt112 posted:I accept your challenge, my good bitch. Please don't call me that
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