Customer Reviews
Solid game, but the Official Campaign sucks 
2008-01-14
This is a really fun game, but don't worry about playing the Official Campaign. It's not very good. However the user content is amazing. Some of the best modules are Shadowlords and Dreamcatcher (http://adamandjamie.com/nwn/).
One of my favorites... 
2007-09-11
This is one of my favorite games, right up there with Starcraft Broodwar and Counterstrike 1.6. This and those two games are about the only video games I ever play anymore, and with good reason. They are awesome games. The campaigns are fantastic, but what is possibly my favorite is the online play with other people. This is a must-have for any D&D player or RPG lover.
Great Game 2007-07-16
For this price, I don't see any reason for anyone who enjoys RPGs not to buy this.
The graphics are nothing spectacular now, but the storyline is absolutely amazing. The four chapters of the single player campaign will keep you -very- entertained for a long time.
The game play is easy enough (especially as a Ranger or Druid), the alignment consequences add to the 'roleplaying' aspect and there's really a lot of content there if you're into it. If you have the time and $10, get the game.
I you have alot of time on your hands this is a good time passer 2007-02-22
Ok, it can have it's glitches now and then,but overall its a good way to spend your pocket change. When starting, a mage or other spellcaster is the worst pick, they range,sure but it takes awhile even in quickselect ; a ranger is far better. My advice is to make a rouge or secondary rouge to pick those locked chests and disarm the traps. This can really anger you if your killed by a trapped chest thats vital to open.plus(theories not confirmed)in the second chapter there is a door that leads somewhere that cannot be bashed with a 100+ lock on it.Another thing is the henchmen are always running off to kill a enemy while your still opening the chests in the first room.
The game itself is fun but the dungeons are difficult, even on easy mode a few moderate level monsters are lethal. I advise buying this game with an expansion pack like shadows of the undertide or ect. Despite those drawbacks overall this is a game to be on your shelf, its over 100 hours of good gaming and sure to be worth the cost
A Good, Fun RPG 2006-05-09
The Neverwinter Nights game series is one of my all time favorite, if not favorite, games. It's strength lies in it's diversity. This is not just one single player game nor is it just one multiplayer game. It can be about anything you want it to be. The game comes with one story to play through with many side quests. The game is massive, which is good and bad. Sometimes things seem to drag on, but then they pick up again. Overall it is a good story that will take up a lot of your time and keep you entertained.
Once you have completed the main campaign, unlike in most games, things are not over. You still have many choices. Since you get to create your own character and shape it how you want, you can always play through again with a character completely different than the one you just played. One negative to the story the game comes with though is that regardless of your character the story does not change much if at all, only how your character handles things. If you tire of that story you can download countless others that have been created by other creative players or Bioware. These vary in style and quality but there are many good campaigns out there to entertain you, all for free. Though Bioware does have some that you can pay to download, all player created content is free.
Think you have a good idea for a campaign? Think you can do better than Bioware or others? Then go for it! Neverwinter Nights comes with a toolset that has everything you need to create your own stories and worlds.
Tired of playing single player games by yourself? Then just connect to the internet and look through the many campaigns or persistent worlds that other players have created and are playing 24/7, all for free. Chances are you will find some place that feels right to you. Or create your own and have others enter your world and be at your mercy.
Neverwinter Nights is over 4 years old now. This should not put anyone off from buying this game. In fact it is a big plus. It means it is cheaper now than it was when it was new. There is still a good community with plenty of content to find to download. Most if not all the bugs you might have read about have been worked out by now, and work arounds have been made for things that were found limiting originally. Bioware has not left the game alone either as an update was just recently released and they have released new campaigns to download. Being older the graphics may not be top notch for today's standards, but they are still very pleasing with beautiful scenery whether you are walking through a zombie infested city or taking a nice stroll through an autumn woodland.
For what you get with Neverwinter Nights it is well worth the price. If you want to get the most out of the game though you really need to buy all the expansions. Buy Neverwinter Nights alone if you want to just take a test drive but if you want to really get the most out of the game spend the few extra dollars and get the bundled packages that include all the games and be sure to check out the Bioware forums.
FANTASTIC! 2006-04-11
Neverwinter Nights takes on a tour through the entire Forgotten Realms, as you adventure across an entire continent to become a skilled and mighty warrior! It's epic adventure like you've never had before!
Good, but too limited 
2006-04-01
This game does a good, though not perfect job at implementing D&D 3rd edition rules. The main storyline of the game is interesting. The game allows for multiplayer, and also comes with a kit for modding. I quite liked the combat system in this game.
One thing that I really didn't like about this game is that it's very not open ended. There's one set way to do just about everything in this game. If you play an evil or chaotic character there's little chance to actually do things the way a character of that alignment should. This game is very strongly geared towards lawful, or neutral good characters, and it makes me wonder why they even allow you to be any other alignment.
There's very little room for character development, which doesn't bother me in other styles of games, but is something that an RPG like this really needs in my opinion. Also there were parts of the game that really really dragged on way too much.
However I did really like both of the expansions for this game, though they too were very set in stone as far as how things are going to play out.
Great way to hang out with friends. 2006-03-07
I have played alot of MMORPGs... and alot of single player RPGs. This however is neither and it definately has it's niche.
The best way to play this game is to have a set of friends that all like this kind of game (RPG) and can dedicate 1 night a week or so to play it. If you can throw a "lan party" using some older PCs that can handle this that is ideal... however playing over the internet is still good also.
The reason why it fits this niche very well is that it does some things better than MMORPGs.
1.) low system spec requirement
2.) low time commitment
3.) None of the outside influences
4.) No monthly fee
5.) Familiar rule set
By outside influences that is the biggest issue for many people... you see someone running around in armor off some god and you WANT IT BADLY. Then you start playing more hours so you can get that armor faster... one day you turn around to look for your friends and they aren't there. You basically end up leveling at different rates and can no longer hang out. Playing this game removes ALOT of that temptation/pitfall of MMORPGs.
There are obviously flaws to the game as well... it's dated graphics, slightly awkward interface (although not bad), and the fact that if a machine locks up and they haven't manually saved that 1 person loses hours of work (but you can download a charector editor to artifically fix them if needed)
In the grand scheme of things though there isn't a better cooperative RPG type game for multiple players that is quite this handy. Guildwars is probably close since it also has no monthly fee. I don't think Diablo II falls into these ranks as nicely.
a good rpg 2005-12-01
thanks amazon readers for bringing life back to this game. i had finished the first chapter and uninstalled it a few months back. i hated the limited camera angle where you could not see beyond few feet. then, i came across a review which said that you could hack the camera angle. thank you thank you, for now i have renewed interest in the game - the 3d camera works well.
the graphics are not that good (and bloatware) compared to knights of the republic which uses less memory and has much better graphics (why can't they develop nwn with kotor graphics engine beats me..)
anyway, the story is good if not great, and character development is fun (i am using a paladin/theif along with linu the cleric). gameplay is good and lasts hours and hours.
a great game for rpg fans!
Entertaining, but has some room for improvement 2005-10-22
NWN was a fine gaming experience. The story was good (not great; sometimes it seemed contrived), as well as the sound, graphics and playability. There were some glitches with the pathfinding functions of the game, however; I often found my character getting stuck on a small obsticle that in other Black Isle games (Baldur's Gate series and Torment, in particular), your character(s) would simply walk around it and keep going. While the over all story was decent, you had to go a long period of time between parts where the plot progressed. Having only henchman has ups and downs. I agree with all the other people who miss the banter between party members in previous games. That was very fun, and it would have been a welcome addition to NWN. There was a bonus to this "deficiency," however. Being able to carry only one henchman with you makes the replay value much better. The game's dynamics change drastically. For example, I played through and finished as a paladin. Since most of the oponents are undead, the battles were relatively easy. I took the rogue henchman through and he was able to handle most of the locks and traps. Another time I played through about half way as a rogue and took the cleric henchman with me. It was way harder (but very fun). I couldn't just lung into battles. I'd have to sneak around them, lure a few away from the crowd and finish them off before attacking the others.
