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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 119668" data-attributes="member: 115">I think that the problem with NWN's release is that the game was announced extremely early.  I've known about this game for quite a while, pretty much since development was in it's early stages, as have many people.  When you wait for something as long as we have, after a time it does seem like it is going to be vaporware.Additionally, while having it be released with the PHB was a lofty goal, I think the designers really underestimated the time it would take to make the game.  Years of work have gone into this game, and to be done alongside the PHB it would have had to start pretty much the same time that 3E started.  From a programmer's standpoint, that would have been hell changing and re-changing all of the rules numerous times.  So there was pretty much no way it would be possible.Now, there's a lot they left out already due to time restraints.  The true test of NWN won't be it's release date, but rather how much of that missing functionality is added to the game afterward.  Right now I can think of a few ways to get around some of the missing stuff (climbing, swimming, prestige classes) but it's a hack job.LightPhoenixC'mon June!</blockquote>