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More Than A Game: World Creator and Interactive Community

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 10
Date: July 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

For those who have read the reviews and hype surrounding NWN over the past months/years like myself, its very satisfying and safe to say that Bioware delivered what it promised and what everyone hoped this game would be -- it is an excellent role-playing game (RPG) and the DM elements are all top-notch.

For everyone else, this is an excellent role-playing game (RPG) but that's only one aspect of it. It's a fantasy / medievel RPG, but so much more. This allows you to create an assortments of player types, items, scenerios, worlds, etc, (just like the Dungeons and Dragons paper and pencil games if you've played those). But the difference is you don't have to imagine what it looks like since it's right in front of you. You can either simply play, as most people will do, or you can be a "Dungeon Master" (DM) and create your own scenerios and/or worlds for people to interact and explore. Not only that, but the DM can interact and manipulate the players and world while it's going -- in real time.

The Graphics and gameplay are great and the animation is very fluid. Though when you play online with others, you will probably experience some lag from time to time. Not everyone will like the campaign story shipped with the game (about 60-80 hours of play) which is actually rather easy compared to other games, but not the most inventive. For one, there is the tediousness of Diablo and Everquest where you kill and loot, kill and loot. But the beautiful thing is that it doesn't matter since you never have to play it. The fan base for this game is HUGE, so players and gamers will be creating hundreds of scenerios that you'll easily be able to download -- or make your own! (Though having some programming experience will be a huge benefit).

Overall, this "game" isn't so much a game as it is an entire world creator and interactive community within a fantasy / medieval backdrop. Literally, the only limitation to the game will be yours and everyone else's imagination. If you want to experience NWN, you need to immerse yourself in the community or hop online with your friends. But if all you want to do is "complete a quest" you can certainly do that with this, but other games will suffice almost as well (but again the graphics in this are beautiful). However, if you're the type of person where the joy is in the journey, not the destination, then NWN is definitely for you.

The biggest downside to this type of game is time. Like Everquest, it will take time to immerse yourself and get the maximum enjoyment out of this game. So parents, if you ever want to see you children again (unless you're good at dictating their online game time) you may not want to buy this game. But for those who are looking to plunge themselves into a world of fun, imagination and nearly unlimited creativity, you can't do better than this right now.

Side Note: The game has been somewhat buggy and problematic for some people. And while it seems that it's been a problem for a lot of people, keep in mind that more people are buying this game currently than any other, so the percentage probably isn't any (or much) higher than those problems other computer games experience. Bioware will certainly be addressing these issues, and to see if your computer will work for this game as it is now, check out the Bioware website for this game at ...otherwise, you may want to wait a while before buying the game, depending on how your system rates with the known issues until they have made the appropriate bug fixes.

Spent ... dollars on a game I STILL can't play.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 10
Date: August 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is so full of bugs that it crashed my system. Over and over again.

I updated everything. Even bought a new graphics card. I upgraded from a GeForce2 to a brand new GeForce4 64 Mb DRR.

The game still crashes...plays for a few hours... then crashes again...after several hard reboots; it freezes...then plays...then crashes...etc.

It's sad really because its a very beautiful looking game with real potential.

Since not some people ARE capable of enjoying gameplay without problems (lucky dawgs!), I'd advise to buy at your own risk.

If your system crashes, it's not your comp it's the game!

However, don't be surprised if your comp never runs the same again even after a complete uninstall!

An excellent game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 17
Date: June 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Just got the game today (had to go to work : () , but
it is one of the most engrossing games I've seen. Just tried
out the single player aspect of the game but with the toolset
and DM part it should be a game that consumes me for the next
couple of months.
Give it a try and don't pirate it, these guys worked for five
years on it!

Great Mp, single player [is bad]

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: June 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

At first my review had nothing but great things to say about this game. After getting over the first day adrenaline and finishing the game, I have a slightly different opinion.

The single player experience is less than stellar. Its too easy to level up, and the grunts are to easy to beat. The main bosses are hard at times, but even they represent little or no challenge when you reach the higher levels. You only get one henchman, which means you are basically fighting mobs of bad guys all alone. Also, even though there are a number of side quests, they seem very reptitive (kill someone for me) and are fairly linear. You can only play in one city at a time, so once you beat the first chapter you can't go back to finish other quests. This means you can end up with tons of useless junk that may or may not be quest critical, and you have to carry it around because you don't know if you'll need it. The camera is sonewhat limited to only seeing what's around you. While this is more realistic, you can't see up a three story castle, you only see the wall in fornt of you. The story line overall is fairly lame, basically a save the world story that has been done thousands of times. If you want a better Single player game, try morrowind or the older baldur's Gate 2.

This game was clearly designed for multiplayer, and this is where the game has the most potential. It's quite obvious the five years of development were spent trying to find a way to allow users to create their own worlds without simply giving them a debug version of the software. The toolset has the potential to allow players to basically create their own games. The problem is, this will take time. If you load up the single player campaign in the toolset you will see how much scripting and planning it takes just to create one area. With the DM client some of this can be adlibbed, but there will have to be multiple DMs if you want to handle more than a few players. However, the game has only been out a few weeks and there all ready some great modules being developed. This will definitely be the defining point of the game.

As for tech issues, I bought a new 128mb video card for morrowind, so i am having no problems with the graphics. The patch is necessary for monsters to have special abilities, but otherwise the game ran fine for me. I use a 866p3 with 512 meg of ram on windows XP. If you have an older graphics card it probably won't support it, and there have also been issues with systems with processors greater than 2ghz. Check out the forums at bioware.com to make sure your system will work.

Don't buy this game if you want to play a spectacular single player game by yourself, because you'll probably be dissapointed. However, if you like mutiplaying rpg's, this game will be great. I always liked D+d games but never had the patience to role all the die and learn all the rules, but the computer does that for you. There all already new custom tilesets and characters being made by gamers, and with time there will be new modules you can play. As people become more experienced with the toolset there will be more and more worlds available, basically like mini-everquests without the monthly fee. The point is, the players can control the rules, which was the basic idea behind D+D to begin with.

Single player= 3 stars
Multiplayer= 5 stars

Disappointed at first - blown away now

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: July 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I was hoping this was going to be the next sequal to Baldur's Gate (as promised in BGII) so I was a bit disappointed when I had only a single character in my party. But then I started to see all the very cool stuff about this game. Not only does it have the great main storyline, the coolest thing about this game is the ability to download and play other modules designed by other gamers. This is 200 games in one! I'm recommending it to all my friends now.

Bottom line...very cool.

A Major Disappointment

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 21
Date: July 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I've played all of the previous games (Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Baldur's Gate II) and was excited about the release of Neverwinter Nights. However, if you play the single-player game, this is the worst of them all.

You no longer control six different characters (as in previous games); you only control one. You can hire "henchmen", but these are pretty worthless; you can't even control their inventory. Finally, you can only control one henchman at a time. So the single player game consists of your character and one worthless henchman.

They have added the ability to create your own dungeons - but who has time for this? If you have no job or social life, you might enjoy it as a way to pass time, but otherwise it is a memory-hogging extra that most people will never use.

If you enjoy multi-player games online, Neverwinter Nights is probably still a good game. However, if you like to play as a single player, I would recommend going back and replaying Baldur's Gate II.

simply doesn't work

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 14
Date: June 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game simply doesn't work out of the box - it crashes back to the desktop on my Windows XP computer before it even starts. As others have noted here - the Bioware forums are -full- of people who cannot run this game. Ultima IX redux.

Don't waste your money.

Slow down there skeptics!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 11
Date: July 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I read the post about all the bugs and I just couldn't help but posting a counter. Unlike D2, Counterstrike, Dungeon Siege, and numerous other games that promise the bugs will be fixed and months go bye NWN released an update within the first weeks of its release then another the following week. I have yet to have any bugs to report and on the forums from what I've seen every bug question has been reported and dealt with. I have been long waiting this game and I'm VERY pleased. I especially like how EVERY aspect of this game can be changed. From making your own char, to changing the environment, to customizing your own game, your own world, EVERYTHING either making modules or playing on the go as the dungeon master. The main campaign is a lil hack and slash heavy but after you get a feel of things you can change it. You can also steal script so you can learn how to create complex quests, worlds, characters etc. All and all there's too many options to even think of. You just have to be a lil patient to learn, read and have a lil bit of creativity/imagination.

Multiplayer niche doesn't work well

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 11
Date: August 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

So here's the scoop. Black Isle Studios is the king of computer D&D games, hands down. It's games all find the niches that make playing D&D fun.

Baldur's Gate 1 & 2: Fantastic single-player; you role-play, cast spells, fall in love, kick dragon [bottom], great story.

Icewind Dale: Devoted to combat, and the combat is challenging and imaginative

Planescape: Torment: Unique setting, novel quality story, exotic locales and NPCs, just a fantastic RPG.

Then there's Neverwinter. Its single player falls short, though they do implement the 3rd Edition fairly well. Unfortunately, since this is a digital game, some of the intangible feats had to be dropped. NWN is supposed to be about the multiplayer and the ability to write your own modules. Again, it is unfortunate you are so limited to the selection of the tilesets, creatures, etc, and the execution is a bit suspect.

The multiplayer modules are limited to the skill of those who create it. Hopefully there will be those who can use the Aurora toolset to its fullest. But right now, it leaves much to be desired. I would suggest WarCraft 3 or Morrowind as an alternative.

I don't understand

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: January 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

... why people give this game such a low rating, it's quite good if you ask me.

Now of course I'm rating this ENTIRELY on the Multiplayer aspect, I personally don't like to play the game alone. I've joined an online guild, play on five consistent world servers and play smaller mods with people all the time, and I will say that so far I've had a blast, and this is despite the small number of feats, skills and average number of spells. I don't play with people I know, and most people I play a mod with I never see again but hey, that hasn't stopped me yet.

The graphics are very good, spell effects are sweet and, with the help of the toolset, item possibilities (not to mention adventures themselves) are endless. NWN has all of the classic AD&D races and the 3rd Edition Half-Orc as well as all your favorite classes, including Paladin, Ranger, Monk, Sorcerer, Druid, Bard etceteras. Really it depends on the module, but battles can be stunning and viscous, with your characters ability to parry and do attacks aimed at certain body parts (called shot). Rogues can sneak attack, Bards can sing, Druids can summon animal hommiez (Rangers can too), Sorcerers and Wizards can call their familiars, but alas, you paladin will go without his trusty steed. Writing your character a biography can really help when playing online because other people have the ability to read it and can role-play their characters interaction with yours better.

Now yes a fair amount of the 3rd Edition rules have not been implemented but I can understand that and all the important stuff is there.

Take my advice and go buy this game you wont (shouldn't) be disappointed.

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