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On Wed, 5 Apr 2017 10:53:50 -0700, Justisaur <just...@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On 4/1/2017 10:44 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>>
>>
>> It's March, and they say that Winter is over. That means that I should
>> be spending more time outdoors, enjoying the longer days and warmer
>> weather. Well, the days are definitely longer but they certainly
>> aren't warmer - this month has been rainier (and snowier) and far
>> colder than all the rest of this Winter combined. But at least that
>> means I have an excuse to huddle indoors staring at a computer screen;
>> better that than muddling about outside in the icy rain and wind.

>
>> So when I learned there was a fan-made "Pool of Radiance Remastered"
>> mod for the "Neverwinter Nights 2" game

>Hmm. I think I heard something about that, but didn't think it could be 
>done properly in NWN2, which from your review seems about right.

There was a Pool of Radiance mod made for the first Neverwinter Nights
(well, first made by Bioware; damn this constant reuse of titles in
games!) that was a closer match to the Gold Box game. In fact, in many
cases you could actually use the hint book from the 1986 game to help
you through the remake (I had to do that for the damn maze on
Sorceror's Isle). The biggest difference was that  - rather than
guiding 6 PCs through the game - you were limited to a single player
character (and optionally one follower), due to the limitations of the
underlying NWN engine.

I expected the same when I downloaded the version for NWN2, except
with nicer graphics. What I got wasn't bad - in fact, it was a very
commendable effort - but it at a cost to what made the original so
memorable. 


>> What Have You Been Playing... IN MARCH 2017?


>Dugeon Robber.  Still playing this web OD&D game off and on.  I'm up to 
>level 8 Advanced on this replay. I've got to level 10 advanced with 
>cleric last time.  I plan to keep playing until I've got all the classes 
>retired at level 10 advanced, which might be impossible in a human lifetime.

Alas, it still utilizes Flash. Like many, I junked Flash years ago and
while, overall, I'm the happier for it, Dungeon Robber is one of the
things I miss.