Nachdem es um das kostenlos spielbare Online-Rollenspiel “Neverwinter”, das eigentlich noch in diesem Jahr erscheinen sollte, zuletzt verdächtig still wurde, kam es nun, wie es eigentlich kommen musste.
So meldete sich im Rahmen der diesjährigen gamescom der zuständige Publisher Perfect World zu Wort und gab bekannt, dass Cryptics Projekt nun erst im kommenden Jahr das Licht der Welt erblickt.
Die zusätzliche Entwicklungszeit soll laut Herstellerangaben genutzt werden, um weitere Features zu implementieren, die die Entwickler gerne schon zum Launch in “Neverwinter” sehen möchten – darunter ein umfangreiches und motivierendes PvP-System.
, I have reservations about the efetfcs that poor balancing and character building have upon the long term prospects.I’ll admit, I’m in a sulk because character building has moved closer to games like KoTOR and become so simplified. You make one of two decisions in the early game about which paths you’re going to follow and after that you’re done. Most of the prestige classes add extremely little, and I found very few of them have had any major effect on the way I play the game. (Obvious exception for rangers and spirit healers)Unfortunately, although most of the class decisions are arbitrary, there are a few balance shattering exceptions. At higher difficulty levels a character dedicated to healing (preferably a spirit healer) becomes more or less essential, and I think that this will really get in the way when it comes to choosing henchmen.That being said, since Sanctum has a fixed cast of four, thrusts magery upon you with the story and trends towards the massive set piece battles (something DA does very well) I can certainly see why you would be drawn to the transition. I’d have no problems there, but I think in the long term it will be Neverwinter Nights that retains the permanent place on my hard drive.Coo, rambling again.