And for some reason, it's really the only rpg in which above all others I felt I was playing MY own character. Morality, decisions, and all.
Drakensang doesn't come even close to that - it doesn't give you even the slightest superficial hint of choices, morality, decisions, or deep party interactions.
Really? I thought Drakensang actually did that better - they didn't have as many choices, but only because they left out the ones that really didn't matter. NWN2 was full of it, and, as the guy above me said, you can't really influence anything except your own abstract "alignment" thing. I've played good and evil characters, and even if you're a real dumb kind of superficial "torture ants" evil, it doesn't really change a thing. Let alone an evil person who hides his evil streak, you just magically become good, and if you do something evil then, everybody hates you. It's silly... Sure you have great character creation options, but you really can't be a profound character in NWN2. Definitely not as profound as, say, the Witcher.
Drakensang left no more options than NWN2 in that regard, but at least they were honest about it and didn't make a whole useless system around it. And you didn't HAVE to hoard conversation skills and charisma with your main char just to get people to do stuff. My favorite class is Ranger. Tough shit, buddy, you're not going to persuade a damn thing in the whole game, no matter who your party members are. Big fun.
Personally I thought NWN1's storyline was very simple, but it was fun and obvious. NWN2 is a mess. Its story is a mess, people keep trying to kill you when you're in the door of your own tavern, the party member's personal quests are annoying little distractions, the whole business with Shandra was transparant and boring... how many times did she get abducted again? How do the Githyanki get into the tavern and abduct her without anyone noticing, when I'm good enough to easily kill like 25 of them in one fight? They don't even have rogues, and I am a rogue. And you couldn't even pretend not to care about her, sheesh. Who believes a pint of fresh blood is the only way through a door? Blastglobes, anyone? Elanee wanted to sleep with me even though I never actually put her in my party after getting Qara. I got as much influence as possible with Khelgar but he still became a monk, because I was a Ranger... Grobnar keeps talking and singing to everyone's dismay, but he doesn't wanna sing me a song before my fight with whathisname? Sure knows how to pick his moments, that guy.
Meh, maybe it's just me. I never found a place in NWN2 that was anywhere near as interesting as Beorunna's well... or Port Llast.. or Luskan... in the original NWN. I thought Crossroad Keep could've been great... but it turned out not to be.
