Neverwinter Nights 1
That's right..Neverwinter Nights 1! Don't look so surprised, more people still play NWN1 than NWN2. there are nearly always double the number of NWN1 players on PWs than NWN2 players. There are many reasons for this but I don't think it tells the whole story.
The great strength of NWN1 is the ability to run actual campaigns, its possible to actually build and populate a good number of areas between sessions and have each area remain the same quality. Yes the graphics are not as shiny as NWN2 but you won't be spending 10 hours mapping a forest your party will spend 10min walking through and totally miss that lovely waterfall you made and old shrine to a long forgotten god!
I missed out on the multiplayer side of NWN1 when it came out, clucky dial up Internet scared me off. I played the campaigns in single player and that was it, the game destined to gather dust shoved to the back of my gaming shelf. I got into online roleplaying by accident, a friend of mine was raving about a online RPG he was playing and how great it was, it sounded so good I decided to give it a try..alas I am terrible at remembering things like names and I ended up buying the wrong one...a new MMO called Dungeons and Dragons Online.
Well I got lucky, after a few days of playing I blundered into a charming elven thief and her warforged sidekick, Vanya Mia and Aux. A few dungeons were ransacked..many kobolds were slayed and a guild was formed. It turned out VM and Aux still played NWN1, a small group of dedicated role players taking turns to DM adventures for the others in the group. After a few weeks of DDO I got the invite to join up.....shockingly that was over 10 years ago and I am still gaming with that group! Yes people have moved on and new people have come in but the group still meets and plays NWN1 a few times a week.
some random pic's from the NWN1 games now:
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