[raynor]

Originally posted by gregebowman:
If I can get my new compouter soon, I'd like to know how these following games rate, since I've been wanting to play some of these for years, but couldn't due to hardware requirements:

Dungeon Seige
Neverwinter Nights
Rollercoaster Tycoon 2

I would recommend very strongly against Dungeon Siege. This game plays like the developer was just trying to get something out the door *before* Neverwinter Nights. The graphics are amazing. But the gameplay isn't, IMHO. I never even finished this game.

I enjoyed Neverwinter Nights and finished it. My chief complaint with the single player play for NWN is that it just gets so easy about halfway through. Even with max difficulty settings the NPC's and monsters just don't hit you very much even though their damage *is* increased. I have experimented just a very small bit with their toolset for creating new modules and was impressed with it. I think the re-playability of this game *should* be pretty high since it is so easy to create new modules.

If you check out the review of RollerCoaster Tycoon II on Gamespot.com, I think that review is right on target. There are a few enhancements to this game that might make it more appealing to someone who has never played before. But if you played the original and are looking for a successor with loads of new features and better graphics, this isn't it.