And NWN's story, quests and characters, while rushed towards the ending and not being Shadows of Amn-worthy , are definitely not so bad as they're made out to be.
True, but the presentation is just horrible. Completely sterile interface (especially compared to the nicely designed interfaces of Icewind Dale... imho by far the most beautiful Infinity Engine-Game ever), crappy dialogues, extremely awful graphics.
That's the reason why NWN never really reached the level of Baldur's Gate or Icewind Dale. It's not the rules or the game mechanics. It's not the story or the characters. No, it's the awful presentation of the game
btw: Because of your criticism of Wizardry 8 I've restarted the game. Awesome as ever. I'm currently invading Bayjin and evading evil Nessie
