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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent game, excellent value., October 9, 2003
Neverwinter Nights Gold is the original NWN game and the Shadows of Undrentide Expansion pack. If you already own NWN, then just purchase Shadows of Undrentide. If you already own both, then there's nothing new here at all. The 'extra modules' included are the free ones from Bioware which, if you've patched the game, you already have anyway. If you don't have either of those already, this is the version to get.Out of the box, this is arguably one of the best RPG's ever made for the PC. Both the original module, and the expansion module are excellent RPG's in their own right. But the real reason to get the game is the huge quantity of excellent fan-made content available. Many, many, many excellent fan-made modules are already available. Specifically, the Dreamcatcher series, the Shadowlords series, the Lone Wolf series, and 'Midwinter Festival' are far more interesting than the included modules and completely free. Two very noteworthy projects are nearing completion as well. One is a conversion of the classic Dragonlance book series into NWN modules, and the other is a huge Planescape project called CODI (City of Doors Inititative.) Many modules modules include original graphics, sounds, and 3d models that add awesome variety to the game, and look nothing short of professional. This game is also almost entirely free of bugs. Earlier reviews correctly reported that the game was barely playable. The code is now very mature, and runs near perfectly on almost any hardware that meets the minimum requirements. NWN was made primarily as an engine for fan-made content, and has spawned one of the most interesting RPG communities to be found. If you like RPG's at all, you must buy this game!
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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
NWN-The REAL DEAL, February 11, 2004
By A Customer
If you have a 10 year old computer then DO NOT BUY THIS GAME! But if you have a fairly new computer with a decent video card-(in other words, your system is set up to PLAY video games) and you loved playing the old Pen and paer Dungeons and Dragons-THEN BUY THIS GAME NO MATTER WHAT THE COST!!!!! BUY A FEW COPIES FOR YOUR FRIENDS TOO!!! This game is the ULTIMATE in D&D roleplaying adventure, and here's why: The Original Campaign is incredibly detailed and long to play--even if you "hack-N-slash your way through it. The second campaign is truly awesome as a stand alone adventure in its own right. I found the first Campaign somewhat slow to start out and skipped ahead to the second "Shadows of Undrentide" and it totally blew me away! A masterpiece in story-writing-plot. Now lets just suppose that you buy the game but neither plot appeals to you--there is an EDITOR that comes with it so you can make your own adventures for you and your friends to play! You can even move your Pen-N-Paper game into NWN and just play online! What's that? You don't know anything about computers--just how to play computer games?--Well you are still in luck!-There is a massive online gaming community with dare I say "Thousands" of talented people releasing quality modules all the time. I believe there are about 2300 modules available for download currently--but that number changes daily give or take a few--the point is, there are so many adventures to partake in that you will be playing this game for YEARS!!! There does not seem to be any slowing down this gaming community! It is comprable to say (please no one take this the wrong way) a medievil-fantasy "Sims" game! We ALL know how big the "Sims" has got over the years and how it has stayed big for so long--the gaming community that has created mods/haks/items/models etc. etc. This new edition of NWN GOLD is well worth the price! The original OC PLUS the first Expansion for the price of 1 and a half cd's!!! that is an offer you cant refuse! Take the chance, if you have problems with the game at first search the "Forums" and the community will have no doubt already have listed the solution to the problem--I've never really had many problems with the game--but then again I dont have a computer from "Bob's Basement Bargain Blowout"
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent game with a cool toolset feature, November 24, 2004
Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars
Neverwinter Nights has been around for a couple of years now with the two expansion packs merely extending and expanding the life of an already excellent genre-best game.
My biggest complaints with this game have always been only being able to create a single character, and relatively weak henchmen. You could not upgrade the NPC hireling's equipment, nor could you form a true party of guys and gals you created.
In Shadows Of Unrentide you don't have this problem. It's ridiculously easy if you use your character from the original game. I've played it for a few hours and have been fighting Kobolds, wolves, skeletons, and a few bears. Not much challenge for a level 12 Rogue/3 Fighter/ 5 Harper Scout, really. My henchman is the Half Orc Barbarian/Wizard and he's got almost 200 hit points. I expect that although I'll enjoy the quest side of this expansion, that I'll have to wait until Hordes of the Underdark before I get challenging combat again.
The graphics are nice and the music is excellent, you really can't find anything that's not outstanding in the presentation aspect of this game.
The toolset is also an interesting feature. You can make a basic little fun game without to much fuss, but if you want to make your own hirelings, make portals work, etc. you'll need a good grasp of programming language. Cutting and pasting scripts from other modules may not work, especially if they are made to work with a hak pack that you downloaded specifically for the aforementioned game. You can easily make hacked equipment. I had a 1st-level fighter taking out Ancient dragons with one or two hits because he had armor/items that made him immune to everything, and weapons that did all sorts of crazy fire/ice/electrical/acid/negative energy/positive energy/sonic, etc. damage to enemies. Cheating like that normally ruins a game, but it was funny to watch when I tried it out.
Yeah.
Now if only it had Drizzt Do'Urden or a few of the Forgotten Realms heroes or villains in it...
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