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Regular readers of RPGDot won't be surprised about the fact that there will be an expansion to Neverwinter Nights, called "Shadows of Undrentide" - since we reported about that a month ago (story). Now Gamespot has posted an interview with Paul Neurath and Rick Ernst, creative director and lead designer at co-developer FloodGate, as well as with Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk. They discussed this expansion with them:
GameSpot: The announcement of an official expansion to Neverwinter Nights comes as little surprise, since you've always stated your intentions to expand upon the core game. What are the biggest changes that players can expect from this expansion?
Paul Neurath: Well, we're really not trying to change the game so much as expand it. The initial Neverwinter Nights game covers a lot of ground, but even so, the Forgotten Realms is an amazingly rich fantasy world. Most everyone who's played Neverwinter Nights has a favorite monster, spell, or weapon that they'd like to see added to the game. So what we're doing with the Shadows of Undrentide expansion is adding a stack of new material and then building a new campaign to show it all off. The biggest additions would have to be the three new tilesets we've cooked up, a winter version of the rural tileset, plus a new desert and ruins tileset.
Ray Muzyka: Definitely, we've always planned to build and expand on the original game. One of the things that we have found at BioWare over the years is that our sequels and expansion packs are usually even better than the original game. This is because our teams are experienced using the tools, and we have tools and design frameworks available to use that allow our designers and artists to make progressively more complicated and interesting content. We're looking forward to this partnership with FloodGate on the first expansion pack to Neverwinter Nights. It will set the groundwork for the second expansion, which is also in development, exclusively at BioWare. There is a second interview about a yet unnamed expansion, too - so you moght want to check it out as well. |
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NWN: Shadows of Undrentide Q&A at Gamespot
