Neverwinter Nights

by Atari

Product Features

• In Neverwinter Nights, a city is under quarantine as a deadly plague decimates the population. You are sent on a quest to find the cure.
• Hire muscle or join up with other travelers to form war parties -- Journey through ancient dungeons, battle the deadliest monsters, and learn the skills you need to become a great hero.
• Neverwinter Toolset creates new characters, monsters, stories, weapons and legends.
• Invite up to 64 friends to experience your customized adventure.
• In Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide takes you east, to the frontier town of Hilltop. A young apprentice sees her mentor killed, and strange artifacts are taken from his home. She'll cross deserts for revenge.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00029QORW
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.5 x 1.5 inches ; 11.8 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: September 15, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,172 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PC | Edition: Platinum

Neverwinter Nights Platinum opens up a new world of magic and mystery to you. Explore a world where magic weapons, mighty beasts, unthinkable monsters and amazing challenges are waiting at every turn. Features the original Neverwinter Nights and the Shadows of Undrentide and the Hordes of the Underdark expansion packs. Three new chapters of storyline in all-new settings, far from the Sword Coast Incredible new skills like Tumble and Appraise, help you on your journey Amazing new weapons and enemies -- Use your Holy Water and Choking Powder against Medusas, Sphinxes and Cockatrices Also includes the Aurora Toolset for creating your own universes, quests and storylines

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One good set of rules, dozens of (free!) adventures to play, April 19, 2005

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C. Huygen (New York, New York) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Neverwinter Nights Platinum (CD-ROM)

I've played a lot of computer based role playing games and I think Neverwinter Nights is the best. I've played it for over a year now.

For one thing, the Platinum package offers an incredible amount of content that used to cost $100 in a very affordable package. Second, the game is based on Dungeons and Dragons rules, which have been tested and refined for decades. It takes a while to grasp the richness of the possibilities, but it's worth it. Third, some people complain about the graphics but I think they look great. I never get tired of pausing a battle and zooming the camera around in circles and in for a closeup. Fourth, the interface is so simple it's almost a work of art. You right click on any particular object and a menu of things you can do with it comes up.

Fifth, with NWN comes a toolset that lets you build your own adventures. The ones provided with NWN Platinum are pretty good -- with Shadows of Undrentide and Hordes of the Underdark being far better than the original campaign. So you can download, for free, literally hundreds of additional games that fans have spent hundreds or thousands of hours creating. And many of these are even better than the adventures that come with NWN Platinum. People have also built additional scenery, monsters, environments, and much more. So you learn one set of rules and you're set for dozens of adventures - some short and intense, some huge and sprawling (with up to 60-100 hours of playing time, so they say). I feel like I'm totally set to be entertained for the next 6-12 months, probably more if people keep building great adventures and putting them online. (See nwvault.ign.com for a glimpse of what's out there. And did I mention it's all free?)

Sixth, if you have a fast online connection (which I don't), you can play online with others in "persistent worlds" full of gamers, or in campaigns with your friends -- and a Dungeon Master can even run the show and provide the kind of interactivity and richness that pen & paper experiences used to provide. I can't speak to that whole aspect because I don't have DSL or cable, but many people love playing that way.

I think this is simply an unbeatable package. Diablo I&II were incredibly fun, they had atmosphere and gameplay for days, but in terms of role playing they lacked depth and freedom, and battles were basically a clickfest (click on that one! now click on that one! now click on that one!). Morrowind is unmatched as a sprawling, freeform adventure, but it's so open ended that you often feel lost and somewhat unmotivated after a couple of weeks, or months, of playing. Plus, to improve your lock picking skill, you had to pick hundreds of locks. To improve your jumping skill, you had to jump and jump and jump. That system just doesn't appeal to me.

I wish you good gaming. [PS: advice for new players: play a cleric. Great combination of fighter and spell caster. Lots of fun.]

86 of 99 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pick this up....then give up your free time!, September 27, 2004

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Underwear X "A gamer who must constantly dodg... (Reno, Nv United States) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Neverwinter Nights Platinum (CD-ROM)

In case you haven't heard of Neverwinter Nights yet (and in case you're wondering, we landed on the moon too.) and are in the dark about this incredible series, here's your chance to redeem yourself! In any case, this 'platinum' pack includes the original Neverwinter nights and both expansion packs, Hordes of the Underdark and (though the less exciting, but still fun) Shadows of Undrentide. What you should know is that this is the 'it' game concerning playability, multiplayer fun, as well as expandability with the excellent tool sets included to craft your own D&D adventure. It is an RPG set in the Forgotten Realms world (but has been modded to all sorts of worlds-you can even find an upcoming Dragonlance mod soon to be released), and I would stand by it to say (along with the Baldur's gate series as well as the fairly new Knights of the Old Republic...All made by Bioware...Hmmmm pattern here?) it is one of the best games you will play in a very long time (Until a month from now when the next 'big' thing comes and levels all expectations...suffice to say that the way technology is growing so fast, it doesn't give us poor gamers a lot of time to appreciate those great games that come out!). With tremendous graphics that still hold up remarkably well (its not THAT old), stellar gameplay and 100's of hours worth of pure entertainment, quit reading this review and wasting your time! Play the game NOW!(and plan on dodging those pesky necessities 'showering' and 'eating'!)

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best, January 12, 2005

By 

Ken McCormick "kmccormick12" (Waverly, IA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Neverwinter Nights Platinum (CD-ROM)

I've been playing computer role-playing games since Wizardry came out for the Apple II. (For those of you too young to remember, that was when a machine with 48K of RAM was considered super-fast.) Neverwinter Nights is, IMHO, one of the best ever in the genre. It combines ease of play and an interesting story effortlessly. Better yet, one doesn't have to be The Amazing Kreskin to figure out what you are supposed to do next. Too many other games substitute cryptic puzzles for good game play. Neverwinter Nights does it right.

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