NWN1 pretty much IS a hack and slash game, especially the endless-seeming last section. IMO, NWN2 is definitely a better game and vastly more worthy of the title RPG, not least because you can actually talk to your party members and interact with them. It could certainly be improved a lot, though, which is why it is merely OK rather than good. SoZ actually allows your whole party conversation options, rather than just your main character, so you'll like that part, at least (As I did myself). It's not got the most amazing plot and you'll see every twist coming a mile off, but it gives you a lot of freedom and a real sense that a party is involved rather than one person plus henchmen.
Now they need to fuse the openness of SoZ with the character interaction of NWN2 and we'll finally be getting there... Although from the sound of things, Dragon Age may have beaten them to it.
Although from the sound of things, Dragon Age may have beaten them to it.
