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R.A. Salvatore on Neverwinter
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Kotaku sat down for a quick chat about Neverwinter, and video games with R.A. Salvatore. You can give it a read right here.
Link to the news article.
Link to the news article.
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Regarding Drizzt, I never had enough exposure to him outside of the CRPGs so I never got worn out by him. The most I ever saw of him was in the Mezobertaniumsnosmonsnks game referred to in the article, and it looked like an interesting character. Would like some more official trademark NPC development in the crpgs to see what people love or hate about these characters from the novels.
It's funny. I've read the Drizzt saga since the early 90's when I was a kid in school and still head to my book store every year around October to buy the newest R.A. Salvatore novel. However, with that being said, I never really liked Drizzt or his entourage very much. Drizzt was okay - usually a little more likeable when he would go into his frenzy/hunter states, but overall not very interesting as a personality. The rest of his team were so stereotypical and boring I could hardly put up with them.
However, I've always enjoyed every book in this series. Outside of the original Crystal Shard series, all of these books are highly enjoyable and entertaining - they remain my favorite series to date and should as I've read them for around 20 years now. I usually credit that to Salvatore's ability to write from the perspective of multiple characters and more importantly, enemies. I've found myself liking the enemies of Drizzt and company more than them. Artemis/Jarlaxle especially which is why I felt Servant of the Shard and the ensuing Sellsword saga to be some of my favorites.
What I've enjoyed about Gauntlgrym and more specifically the newer Neverwinter novel, is the fact that Drizzt no longer has his companions; he's finally coupled with a character who is as smart as he is, as skilled as he is, but looks at life from a completely different perspective and questions every thought that Drizzt thinks. It's looking like Drizzt's new life is going to be a little more "shades of gray" which is what I think his character needs - especially in the more dark Forgotten Realm post spell plague setting.
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This looks to be a good thing and with people impressed so far with the demo they were shown at PAX, that shows good signs.
Yes in fact kingdoms of Amalur is essentially a prequel to the mmo code named "Copernicus".
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/44283/kingdoms-of-amalur-reckoning-mmo-rpg
That explains why the game has that awful World of Warcraft cartoon art style. I could not get into that game, it has a very `fairy´ fantasy feel about it, I am more for darker fantasy and realistic or gritty art styles.
Mass Effects are good, 3s endings are just HAMSTER, and bioware also said that they made them too hasty
That's objective. Personally, I never understood why Mass Effect was so popular. The story was very bland and not very good, honestly.
We all have our own opinions i suppose, after all world would be very gray if we all would think same way
From the article linked in post 1:-
Spoiler alert lol!
Cattie-brie is dead. She died during the Spellplague. You might want to read Neverwinter book 1, Gauntlgrym
hmm... still doesn't means she can't appear... (if you know what I mean ;p )
Not Gauntlgrym. You'de want to read Transitions Book III The Ghost King to actually read that part. And there is the fact that she may or may not appear. Since there have been sightings of a Pretty young "Witch" and her Halfling companion in the book Gauntlgrym
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