Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition, the revamped re-release of BioWare’s 2002 wizard ’em up, is because of launch on March 27th. That’s the information from revampers Beamdog, whose prior retromancy consists of revamping Planescape: Torment and overhauling Baldur’s Gate then making a new expansion for it. Like these, Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition has fancier footage, although NWN being 3D means the overhaul is a bit more concerned.
Beamdog introduced the discharge date in a dev livestream on Friday, throughout which additionally they confirmed off their revamped Hall of Justice. That’s from about 24 minutes on this archived stream:
I do like that the brand new type jogs my memory a little bit of 2D environments from the Infinity Engine RPGs, the dimensions and stress of element and whatnot.
The Enhanced Edition is fancier on the floor however does nonetheless have the identical gameguts, sufficient that saved video games and mods from the unique will nonetheless work on this. The originals are nonetheless stocked in digistores so you’ll be able to all the time simply get these in the event you’re not keen on modernisation. That’s effective. No hurt.
Beamdog are nonetheless updating their revamps of Infinity Engine Enhanced Editions, by the best way. A brand new Icewind Dale replace is in public beta testing proper now, fixing bugs and including options together with Italian voiceovers, whereas the 2 Gates Baldur have updates on the best way.
