Well, coding is fun so if I have time, count me in.

Oluf: Yep, but if we've got enough people interested in this, I intend to keep up-to-date with the community.

For those who want to know more about the NWN community and the modifications of NWN, http://nwvault.ign.com/ is a great place to look.

Heh... yes... I also hope the parser is smart enough that the whole damned game doesn't choke if you use too many variables, like it did in the original.

Oh, you'll hear all about it on IRC, I'm sure.

Controls and graphics are likely to be like NWN only updated, basically, so that bit is more or less given. If you liked NWN, you're likely to like (like!) NWN2.

So you'd skip the possibility of making our own gameworld because the basic campaign isn't to your liking? Sounds a bit... counterproductive, no?

NWN2's basic campaign will no doubt be a nice action-fantasy romp. That's what most people want, so that's how they make the game. I didn't buy NWN for the official campaign, though. I bought it because of the immense possibilities of custom content and modules.

If you don't like the game world, consider it buying the means to run our own gameworld... but don't buy it yet if that's all you're looking for. I don't know what the practical possibilities of persistent worlds are in NWN2 yet. That is still to be seen. Personally, I want to play the game and the custom modules that are guaranteed to follow its release, though.

I got hyped enough about NWN2 and went out to buy my copy today

I played it a bit but not enough to judge it yet...however my first impression is positive

ps. I will play it all weekend so i wont be much on irc

taking a semi-break (ie restarting the game becuase i changed some options) so figured i would write a bit more about what i think of it so far

I havent gotten very far in the game yet, i am the type of person who likes to turn over every little rock there is! The good things i have noticed so far:
1) The storyline seems decent, might be a bit easy to figure out where its heading...but it might take an unexpected turn later on!
2) lots of classes and races
3) the grapichs are really good...if your comp can handle it!! (mine cant...)
4) voice acting in many places! In some ways and places this reminds me of KOTOR...which is good!

bad things i have noticed so far:
1) the camera is very very strange - after around 4-5 hours of gameplay i still havent gotten usede to it...
2) When i tried to patch the game to 1.01 the update failed...i guess this will most likely soon be resolved.

It's likely. It seems fairly well thought-out, from what I've seen. Very different from NWN1 in that respect.

Yep. The lot from NWN, plus various subraces. Drow, tiefling, aasimar, wild elves - you name it! I'm running an aasimar, myself. Always loved that race. Interesting classes as well. They seem to have gone more or less all-out D&D 3.5 except for some minor changes, this time. Quite nice.

Mine can... almost. I'm running it with fairly high settings, and it occasionally gets choppy, but man... it's nice!

I'm very picky about voice acting, and some of it is kind of wooden, at least in the beginning. Most is very good, though. That Ironfist dwarf is great!

The camera works like in NWN, but the game is kind of different, so you play it differently. I use driving cam, because I like being close to the action. Have a look at the options in your settings and figure out which of the four camera types you like best.

It worked for me, though the patching takes a loooong time.

All in all, I really like the atmosphere and the feel of the game. It seems a lot more adventuresome (not as in adventure game) and intimate than the first game. NWN1 had entirely too much of Dungeon Siege in it for my tastes really, though SoU and HotU were better. Mainly, the custom content was what made that game worth its mettle. NWN2 seems a lot better on its own - so far!

My own gripes are that the controls feel more clunky than in NWN and that I think the game may falter in terms of replayability. Then again, who knows?

Further reports as we delve deeper!

I don't have the game... yet!
But, I just wanted to support Oluf, the patcher makes a complete backup of the game while patching, so you need some space for that
I read this elsewhere, something like your NWN folder will be around 11GBs while patching. Hope to get the game soon

I looked at it while it was patching and it took at least 2.5 gbs.
A very strange way to patch!

oh well...off to play some more computer. Its so nice having a game that is worth playing