Of course, before you get to the last expansion pack in NWN you already spent about €100 or so, as that game was really expensive over here in Belgium.
Now, personally I enjoyed BG2 & PST a whole lot (I consider them some of my favourite rpg's), but I still enjoyed KotOR a whole lot. I admit I like Star Wars though. But overall, KotOR was the best RPG released last year. In a way that's sad, as I agree KotOR has some flaws. Yet on the other hand, I already gave up on ever seeing another game such as BG2.
Let's not go overboard btw:
BG1: you start in candlekeep, "escape", and then the game begins.
PST: you start in a morgue, escape and then the game begins.
BG2: you start in a dungeon, escape and then the game begins.
KotOR: you start in a spaceship, escape and then the game begins.
Do you see the pattern I mean? All these games come from around the same group of people and in the end, they produce the same story and just place it in a different setting. In the end, KotOR was the first game with good 3D graphics and a story similar to that of all previous Infinity Engine games.
Sure, KotOR had a tower puzzle, but for crying out loud, BG2 had riddles as "I am the beginning of eternity and the end of life bla bla bla" (or something along those lines, and then the answer was the letter "e").
I never felt pushed out of KotOR's environment and very much felt in character throughout most of it. It really depends on how high you put your standards and how well you like Star Wars.
EDIT: BG2 was equally lineair as KotOR is. In KotOR you can travel to 4 worlds and take em in any order, as well as do sidequests and eventually be forced along the mainquest. BG2 however had sidequests that opened up as well, eventually forcing you down the mainquest. Don't kid yourself, both games were lineair as heck, BG2 perhaps just had more sidequests.
If you're talking non lineair: Morrowind & Daggerfall, there you go, both non lineair.
Last edited by MasterD_Evil; 19/06/04 11:31 PM.
