St. Martyne (3648) on 6/28/2008 1:17 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

Phew, indeed.

I've just finished MoTB, and what a bad game this is. It's much worse than NWN2 and even original NWN was much more entertaining. How could Obsidian release a game like that is really beyond me... Nah, I'm just pulling your leg. ;-) It's undeniably the best RPG I've played since... well, I am tempted to say "ever", but I won't disturb the rest of the dead and say that it's the best one since the first KOTOR. The Witcher is out of the competition because it's not that much of an RPG. MoTB features a truly intelligent story that holds together pretty well, despite the insane amount of fantastic lead characters and all the side threads. Extremely satisfying up to the very end! Writing glowing review right now.

EDIT: Here's a snippet from Avellone Alpha Protocol interview:

"“I’ll probably be found dead a week later for saying this, but I felt that KOTOR2 was perhaps a C+ because it wasn’t finished,” says Avellone. “That’s my fault. It was an ambitious project but that doesn’t excuse the fact that you should work within the resources that you have. Things got better with Neverwinter 2, but I do not consider it to be an A product. More of a B-. Part of the issue is you’re still trying to form a team. But eventually everybody understands how everybody works, and the pipelines get more finalized and you get a lot more support. The expansion pack for Neverwinter 2 was an A-, and I have very high expectations for the future – we’re just going to get better.”"

I tend to agree, Chris. Good luck!