http://pc.ign.com/articles/704/704146p1.html

topic says it all. go and have a look.

I kinda like kinda how kinda they kinda stayed kinda with kinda the kinda original kinda theme, kinda. :)

I'm fearing the release though. All that precious time it'll consume.

[Edit] He didn't close the doors! :x

Stand aside. NWN2 basher coming through.

But honestly, I don't think it looks very impressive. I don't really see how a game that looks like that can be so heavy on the system requirements. Admittedly, I couldn't see very much because the screen was so small, but of what I could see, I don't think it was anything particularly amazing.

The most exciting thing about that video was the AoE spells get a blast area marker for better placement. The character appearances, animations and areas didn't do anything for me.

It's all to do with the object generation. The trees have to be generated from a library, each leaf, etc etc. The terrain map is not flat like nwn, you can do whatever the hell you like with it (within reason). It has bloom, which isn't the lightest of effects.

Allow me to bring up this point. Load an area where 20 people have elemental protection on, ni nwn, from where you Can't see them, to where you Can. On a mid ranged system, you'll still encounter a few moments of lag. and thats Now.