So, and gay romance?

[Iantos]

Just curious if they added it.

[Tyler Durden]

They didn't add anything new to the storyline, so if it wasn't present before it won't be now. Not sure if there were before though. I only romanced Aribeth and Nathyrra.

[Planguy]

I'm not sure what the question is here? Like did they add a gay romance? Or did they make some of the characters romancable by the same sex?

[Bug]

I actually think that Beamdog learned their lesson from previous backlashes. Their latest releases have all been respectful to the source material.

[Mr Rhav]

they did not add or take away anything story/character wise. If you want it added the main campaign is easy to mod, you can open the main campaign in the toolset and have at it. change anything and everything to your desires.

[Planguy]

I'd actually like them to be able to make original content that doesn't cause backlash. Hell, even characters like Mizhena wouldn't get backlash if they just put actual effort into making the character rather then just concentrating of making a diverse character. It'd also help them if in addtion to such characters they also added some characters that pandered to straight male fans. Like for every Corwin have a Sharwyn or Aribeth.

Anyways if they made one of the characters bi which would people prefer?

[Tyler Durden]

Personally, I don't think they should mess with the game's storyline or characters at all. But if they made their own module or whatnot, they can do whatever they want.

[Skip Bittman]

Can you imagine being the sort of person who a) sits around worrying about this and b) brings it up every single time that developer releases a game for YEARS and YEARS

[💖 Officer Hotpants 💖]

Only between me and that magic hand from HotU~.

[Cheb]

No, it's just regular ol' NWN. And why you'd want that kinda thing in this game in particular I'll never know. I had more of a boner for Dakkon than any of the characters in NWN xD

[Julius Borisov]

https://www.beamdog.com/nwn_faq#13

Are you changing existing content in any way?

Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition includes UI and quality-of-life features. All the included story content remains as it was in Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition.

This question has also recently been covered by this interview with Trent Oster:
https://techraptor.net/content/beamdog-trent-oster-neverwinter-nights-enhanced-edition

“With Neverwinter Nights, the entire game is structured around the concept of a module, which you can play with your friends and then move on to another module,” Mr. Oster began. “When we built the new content to the Baldur’s Gate series, there really was no choice, it had to be part of the campaign and the feedback we received indicated the fans wanted more all-new content. With [Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition] it makes so much more sense to build a smaller scale adventure, where the experience is new from the start as opposed to burying plots within the existing campaign.
Dungeons & Dragons is a long-running role-playing game, and Wizards of the Coast is sitting on a treasure trove of adventures that could be adapted to this new platform. Unfortunately, there is no current work underway for adapting any of WOTC’s modules to Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition, but Trent Oster hasn’t ruled them out entirely, stating that they’d “love to bring some of the greats to the platform and we’re always talking with the Wizards of the Coast about the potential.” It’s crystal clear that Beamdog is in it for the long haul with this game.
As with all games, the first Neverwinter Night‘s had its fair share of cut content. Some bits of unused dialogue and code still remain in the game, and archives of a rumored original design document mean that there’s a lot of potential for restoration of missing material. Originally, Beamdog had no plans to tinker with the core games and simply upgrade them with the planned graphical improvements, but community feedback has led to them re-examining that stance. We may see some of the game’s missing bits brought back to life, though how exactly that will play out is still up in the air."

[DrMcCoy]

IIRC, HotU was supposed to have gay romances, right? But WotC shied away from it, and so it was never realized. Or at least I think I remember that being a rumour back in the day. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Me, I'd love to see all gender-restrictions in all the romances removed.

In the OC, those should be fairly easy, I guess, since they're so shallow. Well, except for maybe gendered nouns in languages that feature them, like German.

[Spongie]

@DrMcCoy
"Me, I'd love to see all gender-restrictions in all the romances removed."

I'd rather have the original content intact. Like someone mentioned, it's super easy to mod convos so such a mod isn't unlikely. Thinking back how many modded servers there used to be, I'm sure the community will develop all sorts of crazy stuff now that they have a maintained engine.

Also, the game plays quite differently depending on your race, gender and class. The intent is to give your choices meaning (it's not just cosmetics) and also add a bit of replayability with new characters instead of doing same-old every time.