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Ever-Win: Neverwinter Nights 2 On Steam

What happened while RPS was closed for the year? Well, I ate enough parsnips to kill a horse, got given a Nerf gun for Christmas and almost shot my girlfriend in the eye with it (I'll get her next time!).

Also, Neverwinter Nights 2: Platinum Edition was released on Steam and is currently enjoying a 50% off sale. I was never 'inta Neverwinter myself, let alone its huge modding community, but RPS reader Andrew "Block-Rocking" Brockert has provided us with some advice on how to get to the good stuff.

IGN's NWN Vault is where it's at, apparently, and you can browse all the top-rated mods right here. Mr. Brockert recommends Planescape: Purgatorio and Harp & Chrysanthemum. For multiplayer shenaniguns he says you should simply use the game's in-built server browser and pick a server from a category that sounds good to you. Finally, he says the IRC channel #nwn2cr at http://irc.nwn2source.net/ is a nice place to be.

But perhaps a wealth of free content doesn't interest you. Perhaps you just want to watch a trailer of Neverwinter Nights 2 and see how it's aged. Relax! I've got you covered. It's aged like this:

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Quintin Smith: Quinns was one of the first writers to join Rock Paper Shotgun after its founding in 2007, and he stayed with the site until 2011 (though he carried on writing freelance articles well beyond that). These days, you can find him talking about tabletop board games over on Shut Up And Sit Down, or doing proper grown-up journalism with the folks at People Make Games.
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