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Fun but annoying....

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: March 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

One of the reasons Dungoens&Dragons has a very hard time going from Pen and Paper to video game is becuase of the interactivity factor. Not to say the RPGs based on D&D rules aren't fun to play...I spent a good portion of my 22nd year of life playing and replaying Baldur's Gate. But now that NWN has come out, I think we might have peaked. The game looks great, its level of interaction is very enriching, and for the most part its fun to play. All this in its favor but still there is something missing. For anyone who's ever been a basement dwelling gamer dork like me can tell you, the video game still can never hold a candle to the Tabletop experience. In the video game..what the programmers want to happen will happen, nothing you can do about it, no matter how clever you are. In the Pen and Paper (tabletop) game, you're interacting with other people, a Dungeon Master who can think and adapt at will. Other living thinking players who can do the same. Players can bounce ideas off of each other, and come up with strategies that can be impossible to account for. This just doesn't happen in NWN or any other D&D based video RPG. That's what's missing. As for saying the game can be annoying...I think theway the programmers meant to compensate for what I just said was lacking...they give you way too much to do, and too close together quest wise. I'm no fool, and I'm pretty good at multitasking, but when I have a goal to acheive I don't want to click my way through a 5 minute talking to by an NPC only to have yet another quest stacked on top of what it is I'm already doing.

Typical rpg problems, disappointing toolset.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 13
Date: January 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

While the game itself is fairly entertaining, it still has those typical design flaws programmers just can't seem to see. Inspite of being told to stay put, characters with you magicly show up next to you as you pass through some doorways, often right into a scene best handled alone. More often, very imaginative strategies will gather fewer experience than rushing blindly into battle. "Scripted events" (where your character is magicly thrown into a new situation or plot line which he or she has the power to control, but can not) can make thinking gamers feel cheated.
The much hyped toolset is a disaster for imaginative Dungeon Masters as the vast majority of "monsters" are of the humanoid type. If as game creator, you don't mind using the same basic type of creaures over and over, the toolset will work for you. Anyone very creative however, will see that most of those fantastic creations from the Monster Manuals can not be included in their game. Professional graphic artists may (in a conciderable amount of time) be able to create unique creatures. Anyone else however, is out of luck. Even if one would be satisfied using the provided monsters, they will be bombarded with the program language "scripting" needed to make events happen within their world. The NWN series contained here had the potential to be great, but falls victim to typical computer RPG problems and unproductive tools for one's own imagination.

Not as good as Baldur's Gate

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: August 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I got this game thinking it was another, newer, better version of Bauldur's Gate, it ain't. It just doesn't have the interactivity that Baldur's Gate, not as many side quests, and just not as much fun. I like it, but prefer the Baldur's Gate style combat then the Diablo style. Plus I like being able to control the ENTIRE party, not just one character. I guess its made more for online play, but I'm just not into that. I still wish BioWare would come out with another better version of the original Baldur's Gate, I really think there would be a HUGE market for it.

neverwinter rules

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 22, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Great game. I bought this game so I could get on the internet and play online. 3-n-1 a good price for three fun games.

Good but not great: too combat oriented, Baldur's Gate is better

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have played through the Diamond version of this game, including Undrentide and Hordes of the Underdark.

I can't say much for the multiplayer aspect of it, since my friends aren't really d&d people, but I can speak for the single player aspect.

This is one of those games like starcraft, WoW, etc. that is fun mostly for the endlessly competitive tactical combat aspect. In NWN, combat is all about math, especially for fighters. This is fine, except, there's not much besides combat in this game, so it gets tedious, since unlike in the above games, you don't participate in combat, you just click on something and then wait. (in NWN you only control one character)

There's not a lot of story, not a lot of non-combat challenges (Although there is one lawyer-quest that is pretty fun). Plus the background environments are highly repetitive, there's very few textures and all the buildings look the same inside. In other words, don't expect this game to have much 'meat' to its plot or atmosphere compared to the high-quality single player RPGs like Final Fantasy 7.

You might say to me: "Hey, but what about all the modules you can download?" Yes, there are a lot of modules to download, but there is basically only one that reaches the quality level I am referring to (Darkness over Daggerford), and all the other ones have either bad writing, dubious content (awkward polygonal sex scenes come to mind), or are just plain short.

All in all I would say if you like games like Diablo II, then buy NWN.

On the other hand, if you like games like Final Fantasy 7, with more of an epic story, side-quests, mini-games, and variety in general, you are much better off getting the Baldur's Gate box set below.

Baldur's Gate 4 in 1 Box Set (DVD)

A mix of the original Baldur's Gate series an the Dark Alliance Series

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: July 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Neverwinter Nights picks up where Baldur's Gate 2 left off with the engine of the game. It's much more fluid to control your character. While there's more story and character development here than in the DA series, it still pales in comparison to the orignial BG series. You'll find the NPC personalities to be rather dry, and the quests that go with them a little too straight forward. Most of the items you need to find to complete them aren't too far off the beaten path. The game is long and entertaining... if you like long dungeon crawls, you'll certainly get your money's worth out of it. A small tip: Rogue is very fun, but challenging. Paladin is much easier as you can cut through the battles.

The down sides that no one talks about.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: April 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Most people quickly point out that w/ both expansion packs, this game is over 100 hours long. While that is a plus, the buyer should beware: 100 hours is equal to over four days of non-stop game player (if you also sleep, it's actually closer to a full week).
The other down side of this game is that there's a lot of places to go and they are not all easy to find (for those who played Diablo II, think the Jungle level but for the entire game). This game requires a walkthrough, or atleast an annotated map of each area. Trust me, w/o it, it may take another day or two to finish the game. Luckily there are many walkthroughs available on-line, and for free.

Pretty good, but still has flaws

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: March 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'm enjoying the game for the most part. The graphics are very good. The story is interesting. Voice acting is really good. What flaws it has isn't going to make me stop playing the game, but they are still annoying.

As I play NWN, I can't help but campare it to Diablo 2. The fighting is slow and rather dull. It seems to take forever to level up even at very low levels because the XP for killing stuff is rather low. I find contolling the character rather difficult. If I want to go towards the camara and click that area, he moves very slowly and for only a couple of feet. So, I'm forced to turn the camara around. Sometimes he'll just stop fighting. By the time I noticed he's not doing anything anymore he's almost dead. When I tell the NPC that is with me to stay put they still come running in to get killed. Diablo 2 seemed to have millions of different weapons, armors, ext because of the prefix and sufix system they used. I just don't feel like there is enough veriety of weapons and armor. And, I really can't tell if my armor is really doing anything. For example, I have a large tower shield. Sometimes I switch to a torch if I can't see well. I find I do just as well having a torch in one hand instead of a shield. Seems to do me no good. I have yet to find a helmet that takes damage. They seem to only enhance certain values instead. I find the "save" feature VERY annoying. I hate having to save before going into EACH and every room. Then I get really mad when I forget to save for about an hour and have to trudge through it all again.

But, with this said I'm still going to keep playing it.

Versatile, replayable

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: October 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The best thing about this game is the replayability factor, thanks to player-made modules. I recommend getting the Platinum edition, as many of the modules available for download require one or both of the expansion packs.

WOW

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

this game is like crack. its hard to pull away from this game. i hope you dont have a life cause this will pull you away from it.

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