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NWN2 - Mysteries of Westgate Interview @ WarCry

by Dhruin, 2008-04-15 14:15:16

WarCry catches up with Alan Miranda from Ossian to discuss Mysteries of Westgate, with much of the conversation covering the foundation of Ossian and the process of developing MoW.  Here's a snip that suggests Ossian might be working on a second Adventure Pack:

WarCry: What was the original philosophy with regard to development of adventure packs for NWN 2? Has it changed since the studio's founding?

Alan Miranda: The philosophy behind the NWN2 adventure packs was to make larger and more complex downloadable role-playing games than what had been released as the NWN1 premium mods. We really wanted to make an expansion-quality adventure but on a smaller scale. This viewpoint hasn't changed since finishing Mysteries of Westgate (MoW), except for the fact that we continually like to challenge ourselves at Ossian, so to that end, we would like to create a larger amount of content for the next adventure pack.

Underlying that philosophy, which is specific to the adventure packs, is simply the directive that all our games be games of the highest quality. Our goal is to always give fans epic adventures to play, and we succeeded in this with both of our games, Daggerford and Westgate. In their May issue, PC Gamer said MoW was "top-notch" and "a real gem," which is fantastic to hear because that's exactly what we strive for. The fact that it took the RPG reviewer (Desslock) around 20 hours to play, instead of our official 15 hours, further reinforces our adventure pack philosophy of larger, more complex downloadable games, because it puts MoW in the same gameplay length and quality category as an expansion.

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NWN2

SP/MP: Single + MP
Setting: Fantasy
Genre: RPG
Platform: PC
Release: Released


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