Leroux: Not officially anymore, but they allowed community members to take over the updates, and I think some Beamdog employees still work with them in their free time, as fans.

Being very sceptical of the EE at first, in hindsight I agree, Beamdog did well on this. But maybe it would have been fairer to label the EE as "Early Access / In Development", considering it was a work in progress with frequent updates for years. And it's a shame that some of these updates took ages to arrive on GOG.

I just wished they had also found a way to give us more quickslots, the lack of which is my main pet peeve with NWN (not sure if they tried, and to what extent).

Leroux: That's because several Bioware devs of the original NWN are now part of Beamdog, but none of the Beamdog founders and employees had anything to do with Obsidian's NWN2. Beamdog officials had already said that if anyone was to do NWN2 EE, it would not be them, because they had no ties with the original.

g2222: Wasn't that Icewind Dale 2 which was lost? This is Neverwinter Nights 2.

Devyatovskiy: Just as surprised as some people that this is headed up by Aspyr and not Beamdog. The latter did a fantastic job on the original Neverwinter Nights. That game is still getting a steady stream of updates and expansions. It has truly withstood the test of time. What about NWN2? Well, even on its release it couldn't overshadow the first game. There was lackluster support for mods and shoddy multiplayer options. It's no wonder that NWN community as a whole never moved en masse to it from the original game.

That being said, I'm still a bit puzzled why Aspyr would be pinged to remaster this guy. Beamdog could have probably brought it up to the standard that everyone is expecting. Not to mention actually make it worth the time for players who make mods and content. I just don't see NWN2 having the same longevity and support as NWN enjoys today.

tremere110: Yay! It's not Beamdog! Oh, it's Aspyr... ::sigh:: dammit.

On one hand, no pointless drivel that makes the original worse because of poor writing. On the other hand, if you make any mods Aspyr owns them in perpetuity.

Well that sucks.

Zaephir-Moth: Same skepticism here, but remarks like yours are interesting. I've managed to dodge all the EE versions up to now, and happily at that - bug fixes and content made by fans being far enough to satisfy my needs -, on top of not being enthusiastic about anything related to Beamdog - to put it mildly -, but so many people are reporting their great job regarding NWN 1, limited to the strict (expected) minimum, that I may give it a try one day.

Leroux: Whether the EE is worth it or not mostly depends on what you're planning to do with NWN. If you're only interested in the official legacy campaigns, possibly even played them already, there's not much of a reason to buy the EE. It's mostly for those who are interested in online play or new custom content and modules that are still released by the community now and then. I think the major part of the NWN community has embraced the EE by now, so new content won't always retain compatibility with NWN Diamond.

Zaephir-Moth: Thanks a lot for the feedback ! Details are surprisingly scarce in the reviews, since those usually amount to polar opposites without much precisions.
Even though I've dabbled a lot with user made content back in the days - most of it, in my opinion, not really being terrific... -, I've now switched to broader style of gaming, spending more time with official products and playing more of them, instead of spending thousands of hours on a single title. Even though one could, indeed, stick to a few old BioWare, Bethesda (etc.) games until his death, due to the incredible sum of unofficial fan work !
So remasters that don't significantly polish the original content won't interest me much. Which would imply a lot of efforts in the case of NWN 1 and 2 ! So much bugs or content missing at the beginning...

Leroux: They did quite a bit, I think, but most of it was "behind-the-scenes" stuff that would be more appreciated by the modders and not immediately recognizable as improvement to the average player, until modders make use of the new freedom the changes provide. They also occasionally introduced new bugs, admittedly. I'd say from how you describe your gaming preferences, the EE is probably not for you.

There is a free HD textures pack by Beamdog, but it won't consistently update all the graphics, especially in modules with user-made content, so IMO, using the HD pack might worsen the overall look due to these inconsistencies.

CaptainGyro: This is peak Old Man Yells at Clouds

GOG.com: The Fate of The Forgotten Realms is in Your Hands – with DUNGEONS & DRAGONS NEVERWINTER NIGHTS 2: ENHANCED EDITION, coming soon on GOG!

Return to the city of Neverwinter. A dark force sweeps over Faerûn, ravaging everything in its path as though searching for something – something that you now find in your possession. As the Shard-Bearer, only you can stop the King of Shadows and his army from desecrating the land you call home. Will you save Faerûn, or fall victim to the temptation of absolute power?

Wishlist it now!

Wragan: you can only buy the Enhanced Edition of the first game (don't know why).

AlexTerranova: "Enhanced" editions did not sell well, so the publisher removed the original versions of BG 1 & 2 , IWD, PS:T and NWN from the store.

Now you can only get originals as a bonus, when you buy "Enhanced" at much higher price. It is very likely, that the same will happen with NWN 2.

MikeMaximus: 10 days until release. A little odd GOG still doesn't have a listed price or the pre-order discount that Steam currently has.