kind of wonder if people had this same feeling with Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords when Obsidian did the sequel instead of bioware, same could be applied to Neverwinter knights 2.
NwN2 was my baby for a long time, it wasn't nwn1, I didn't cry myself to sleep cause it was different. But liked it all the same for what it was and being part of the same world, forgotten realms (neverwinter). i did die inside when nwn online came out though.
KOTOR2 is still very much a sequel though, and not only because it runs on the same engine. While Obsidian subverted a lot of SW tropes, it is still building using blocks set up by Bioware. I was someone who didn't enjoy KOTOR2 when I first played it, but I never heard it argued that it isn't a proper sequel.
NWN is a better example. For me NWN one the weakest cRPG I played, and probably still is, so NWN2 was NWN1 done properly. But I can imagine someone who loved NWN1 tool-box design to be disappointed with a more conventional direction NWN2 took.
Damn, I should replay NWN2 at some point. It's in this sweet spot that it's not memorable enough, so I can recall all that is has to offer, but it's done well enough, so it's always enjoyable to return to.
