nuneren
Game Owner
 NWN
NWN: SoU
NWN: HotU
SW: KotOR PC
NWN 2
Mass Effect PC
Joined: 18 Aug 2002 |
 Posted: Saturday, 20 December 2003 01:01PM |
I live in denmark and after buying hordes, i found out that it cant be played in MP and on the box it only says 20 campaign, nothing about it only being a single player, i am very dissapointed. i have played it in SP and yes it is a good game, but the fun i have in playing NWN and SOU in multiplayer was what made me buy HOTU, and i cant play it in MP. old times pen and paper roleplaying has and will always been a MP experience, so making this game to only single player, is making NWN from a roleplaying computer game to just a computergame, sad but true. i must admit its a great computergame, but there went the roleplaying. too bad cause that was the best computer roleplaying game ever  |
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Grimrider
Game Owner
 NWN
NWN: SoU
NWN: HotU
Joined: 11 Jul 2002
From: Vancouver, BC, Canada |
Posted: Saturday, 20 December 2003 01:02PM |
Umm...HOTU is a Multiplayer game. I play on Multiplayer almost every day, and I have HOTU.
Maybe you're doing something wrong?
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CMinus
Game Owner
 NWN
NWN: SoU
NWN: HotU
NWN 2
Mass Effect PC
Joined: 04 Mar 2002
From: 6 feet under |
Posted: Saturday, 20 December 2003 01:18PM |
HotU single player blev lavet til single player only fordi det forbedrede mulighederne for b.la. special effekts.
BioWare gjorde det således fordi de mente markedet for grupper af spillere i SP var for lille i forhold til de gameplay muligheder der blev givet erd at lave det rent SP.
Ja, jeg ved det: Trist!
(de har vist sagt det i forbindelse med et interview eller noed, men det har tidligere været nævnt det ik blev sagt tydeligt nok)Edited By CMinus on 12/20/03 13:20 |
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vesselle
Game Owner
 NWN
NWN: SoU
NWN: HotU
SW: KotOR PC
Jade Empire
NWN 2
Mass Effect
Mass Effect PC
Joined: 06 Nov 2001
From: lost in the desert |
Posted: Saturday, 20 December 2003 01:19PM |
not really. it only became MP with the last patch. it was designed as SP only.
V***V
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CMinus
Game Owner
NWN
NWN: SoU
NWN: HotU
NWN 2
Mass Effect PC
Joined: 04 Mar 2002
From: 6 feet under |
Posted: Saturday, 20 December 2003 01:19PM |
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[oops, error] Edited By CMinus on 12/20/03 13:20 |
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Merif
Game Owner
 NWN
NWN: SoU
NWN: HotU
Joined: 16 Aug 2003 |
Posted: Saturday, 20 December 2003 01:20PM |
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Nuneren has got a point. Hordes of Underdark does work however, but is a very bugged multiplayer game. At a recent LAN paty several problems occured such as Relic of the Reaper dragging the entire party along, not being able to go down the well, stuck in the first cut scene at the very start etc. Although this is fairly simple to work around, if a little frustrating I think that perhaps some warning may of been helpful towards the community. |
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Snotwort
Game Owner
 NWN
NWN: SoU
NWN: HotU
SW: KotOR PC
NWN 2
Joined: 22 Dec 2001 |
Posted: Saturday, 20 December 2003 01:20PM |
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I think he means that the official campaign for HoTU is not meant for multiplayer. |
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Syrsuro
Game Owner
 NWN
NWN: SoU
NWN: HotU
SW: KotOR PC
Joined: 15 Jan 2002
From: Somewhere out in left field |
Posted: Saturday, 20 December 2003 04:23PM |
BioWare felt that, by focusing on the SP aspects of the Official Campaign and ignoring MP compatibility, they could make it a better campaign overall.
For more information about this, see the sticky above: Click Here
Carl
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Roeg
Game Owner
NWN
NWN: SoU
NWN: HotU
SW: KotOR PC
Jade Empire
Jade Empire:SE
NWN 2
Mass Effect PC
Joined: 19 Jun 2002
From: New Hampshire |
Posted: Saturday, 20 December 2003 07:28PM |
It should come as no surprise that Atari (formally Infogrames) has misleading packaging. They are the used car salesmen of the video game industry.
I think Biowares decision to make a single player module was fine.. and Atari's decision not to represent that to the buyer typical.
Next time, be careful when buying an Atari product to make sure it is what you think you are getting. Hopefully in the future Bioware will find a different publisher.
Regards,
Artuk
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alexmatusiak
Game Owner
 NWN
NWN: SoU
NWN: HotU
Mass Effect PC
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
From: Toronto, Canada |
Posted: Saturday, 20 December 2003 07:42PM |
Quote: Posted 12/20/03 19:28:26 (GMT) by Roeg
It should come as no surprise that Atari (formally Infogrames) has misleading packaging. They are the used car salesmen of the video game industry.
I think Biowares decision to make a single player module was fine.. and Atari's decision not to represent that to the buyer typical.
Next time, be careful when buying an Atari product to make sure it is what you think you are getting. Hopefully in the future Bioware will find a different publisher.
Regards,
Artuk
Has Bioware not started to work more with microsoft? Either way, I've run in to a half dozen bugs playing HoU multiplayer with my buddies but oh well ... I stand by Bioware too. How can I be mad at my old hometown boys  lol |
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Mikka-chan
Game Owner
 NWN
NWN: SoU
NWN: HotU
SW: KotOR PC
Jade Empire
NWN 2
NWN 2: MotB
Mass Effect PC
Joined: 02 Apr 2003 |
Posted: Sunday, 21 December 2003 01:09AM |
On the back of my US box, it says 'For the first time, characters can achieve Epic status (up to Level 40), while braving an all-new, 20-hour single-player campaign.' If yours doesn't say that, then... um... yell at Atari. A lot. As they do the box writing, I believe.
And remember that it's just the campaign that is single-player. The epic levels, the spells, the feats, the new toolset stuff and so on can be used fine multiplayer. Mmm. |
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fat_gato
Game Owner
NWN
NWN: SoU
NWN: HotU
SW: KotOR PC
Joined: 20 Jun 2002 |
Posted: Sunday, 21 December 2003 03:44AM |
They also said that the non us editions MIGHT have the old box. Mine says single player game.
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Grimrider
Game Owner
NWN
NWN: SoU
NWN: HotU
Joined: 11 Jul 2002
From: Vancouver, BC, Canada |
Posted: Sunday, 21 December 2003 03:50AM |
But still, if anybody installs and plays the game, the 'Multiplayer' button is in crystal clear view, whatever language it's in. 
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