Suzie Ford Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Editorials

Neverwinter Nights 2: Admin’s Corner: Persistent Worlds in NWN 2

We have coerced a new opinion writer into the halls of NWN 2 WarCry. Lanessar joins us as a parttime editorialist. Titling his ...

By Suzie Ford Legacy AuthorOctober 9, 2006

Editorials

Neverwinter Nights 2: Why DO Gamers Buy Sequels?

Here’s a portion of the article. Remember this is an editorial! Companies have many reasons to produce sequels. For a game producer, sequels ...

By Suzie Ford Legacy AuthorOctober 8, 2006

Editorials

Neverwinter Nights 2: Large Scale, Open-Ended RPGs and the Casual Gamer

*** Super-Duper Cliff’s Notes version — RPG Developers: Stop creating “open ended, epic-scale” time-consuming worlds while ignoring the people that only have 10-30 ...

By Suzie Ford Legacy AuthorSeptember 16, 2006

Editorials

Neverwinter Nights 2: Ithalyan Speaks: The Cutting Line – Player Psychology vs Reward

As I have been writing about making monsters more interesting, rather than beefier I realized another player habit had always bugged me. Whether ...

By Suzie Ford Legacy AuthorSeptember 10, 2006

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Neverwinter Nights 2: Segal Speaks: The Grognard and D&D

D&D was not even a full wargame, though it proved it could stand on its own. The original rules were meant to be ...

By Suzie Ford Legacy AuthorJuly 31, 2006

Editorials

Neverwinter Nights 2: Build Your Own Campaign World

So here’s my World Building Checklist and here’s my pasted version: A. Main Definitions 1. Where did the world come from?2. What happened ...

By Suzie Ford Legacy AuthorJuly 26, 2006

Editorials

Neverwinter Nights 2: Judge & Jury Tackle Party Restrictions

Fu’Miga Well, well, well… what we have here may prove to be a historic event, Gatz, bacause I almost agree with you., Fu’Miga ...

By Suzie Ford Legacy AuthorJuly 20, 2006

Previews

Neverwinter Nights 2: Warcry at Obsidian Part III: Colors, Animations, Races & Classes

Rounding out my “other” category, I asked Ryan: Are there any new animated effects (like the fear animation)? There are no new visual ...

By Suzie Ford Legacy AuthorJuly 14, 2006

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Neverwinter Nights 2: Warcry at Obsidian Part II: General Info, PWs & the DM Client

After lunch, we returned to the Obsidian offices and found lead developer Josh Sawyer all alone in his office, a lucky happenstance for ...

By Suzie Ford Legacy AuthorJuly 12, 2006

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Neverwinter Nights 2: Warcry at Obsidian Part I: Toolset

Arriving at Obsidian’s offices on July 10, 2006, my Warcry compatriot Josh and I were greeted kindly by the receptionist, Jessica Edge, not ...

By Suzie Ford Legacy AuthorJuly 11, 2006

Editorials

Neverwinter Nights 2: Papermonk Does It Again: Doom & Gloom

Actually titled “Doom & Gloom OR How the Internet Makes People Stupid”, Papermonk has once again pointed his rapier wit at the NWN ...

By Suzie Ford Legacy AuthorJune 12, 2006

Editorials

Neverwinter Nights 2: Judge & Jury: Warlocks of the Coast

Gatz: You know, I bet Dick York said the same thing during production meetings for Bewitched. Warlocks have a history longer than Gandalf’s ...

By Suzie Ford Legacy AuthorJune 11, 2006

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