Neverwinter Nights 2

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6.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 674 Ratings

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  1. BrapBrap
    Jan 8, 2007
    0
    Copyprotection that cannot read correctly in 2 of my 3 Drives. Update theat cannot work due to bugged copyprotection. Bluescreens & Freezes (Havent had a Bluescreen for years) tons of minor bugs and a COMPLETE FREEZE AFTER WINNING TYRS CHALLENGE. Reinstalling wont work. And a "Customer Service" that is typically Anglosaxon - NONEXISTENT!!! (Sorry all you Anglosaxons out there!)
  2. Jack
    Nov 25, 2006
    0
    The only reason I'm giving this a 0 is there isn't a negative option. This game makes steaming piles of trash look good. Not only are there significant game stopping bugs, but the entire game plays as if no one at Obsidian even bother to fire it up on a machine.
  3. WulfJ.
    Dec 2, 2006
    0
    I had more fun trying to get a refund for this game than I did playing it. It has next to nothing in common with NwN1. The interface, the toolset, the ai, the inventory, and the overall game play is all so far from the original, I can only assume the game was made to cash in on the community. This is a sad day for Wizards of the West Coast. This is a game that I would expect to find in a I had more fun trying to get a refund for this game than I did playing it. It has next to nothing in common with NwN1. The interface, the toolset, the ai, the inventory, and the overall game play is all so far from the original, I can only assume the game was made to cash in on the community. This is a sad day for Wizards of the West Coast. This is a game that I would expect to find in a bargain bin. Not as a sequal for the best RPG of the last 10 years.… Expand
  4. ValoD.
    Sep 24, 2007
    0
    It is clear that all Obsidian managed to do with this game was to get some quick cash. In general, it stunk! Graphics: Bad, Sound: Worse, Story: idiotic, Bugs: Lots, Replayability: None,Toolset: Destroyed, Community: Gone There ARE worse games, but for it's hype and lazy/incompetent/bad content in the areas described above acompanied with being an insult to NWN 1 and D&D it deserves It is clear that all Obsidian managed to do with this game was to get some quick cash. In general, it stunk! Graphics: Bad, Sound: Worse, Story: idiotic, Bugs: Lots, Replayability: None,Toolset: Destroyed, Community: Gone There ARE worse games, but for it's hype and lazy/incompetent/bad content in the areas described above acompanied with being an insult to NWN 1 and D&D it deserves a big ZERO! In short: BLEH!… Expand
  5. Pike
    Jun 13, 2008
    0
    The game started off brilliantly. And for a good 10-20 hours depending on how quickly you play it holds a very good quality. But after that bugs started to creep into the game eventually rendering the game unplayable. NWN2 has great potential but I can't see that a game deserves a rating if you can't make it to the half way point. Once Atari get their act together and realise The game started off brilliantly. And for a good 10-20 hours depending on how quickly you play it holds a very good quality. But after that bugs started to creep into the game eventually rendering the game unplayable. NWN2 has great potential but I can't see that a game deserves a rating if you can't make it to the half way point. Once Atari get their act together and realise that part of releasing a game involves making sure it works then maybe it'll be worth playing. Until then, spare yourselves the pain.… Expand
  6. SamG.
    Nov 13, 2006
    0
    A significant portion of the playership find, even on extremely high end systems, the game has major flaws that make it unplayable. Even if your system is listed on the acceptable supported system list you may find yourself one of the unfortunate masses begging for help on the official forums and being ignored by the devs. I say, don't waste your money on this, its seemingly a 50/50 A significant portion of the playership find, even on extremely high end systems, the game has major flaws that make it unplayable. Even if your system is listed on the acceptable supported system list you may find yourself one of the unfortunate masses begging for help on the official forums and being ignored by the devs. I say, don't waste your money on this, its seemingly a 50/50 chance that you'll be able to play it at all. The affected player systems have nothing in common outside of they all use windows. there seems no guideline for which kind of system most easily succumbs to the framerate being stuck at 2-5 fps and after about 10 threads of 10-20 pages each have been yanked by the admins there has yet to be any dev post even so much as saying, 'we're aware of it and trying to find a fix' ..nothing. Be forewarned. If you're determined to get this game, be smart and borrow a buddy's first to make sure it runs right before handing over 50+ dollars on what many of us consider a flawed and shoddily supported game.… Expand
  7. LauraD.
    Dec 3, 2006
    0
    This game is nothing but a cheap rehash of NwN1. The same lame OC storyline, EVEN THE SAME VOICE SETS! This game was cheaply made, and then titled to sell to the existing community. I feel like I've been tricked. This is not worth buying, there is no area in the game where I am satisfied with how it works.
  8. Wombat
    Nov 14, 2006
    0
    Near perfect game (NWN1) botched and the on-line community well and truly left out in the cold, NWN2 is not a sequal it is a different game with none of the fun or good aspects of the first do NOT buy this game - at least for a few years
  9. Bruno
    Nov 21, 2006
    0
    The only difference between Bioware and Obsidian is that bioware made 2 good games, whereas Obsidian made all crap. After Planescape Torment everything that was released was terribly linear with a kiddy plot. SW, NWN1, NWN2 are all the same overhyped junk for people that think that their biggest gaming achievment was finishing diablo 2 for the 10th time.
  10. GEF
    Nov 26, 2006
    0
    Garbage. Absolute, undeniable garbage. You know, a class-action suit against obsidian might be in order. Failure to provide in their product what was stated on their packaging and in their promotions. The utter failure to provide a useable piece of software out of the box. The complete contempt they have shown purchasers on their forums, either by ignoring customers or by curtailing theirGarbage. Absolute, undeniable garbage. You know, a class-action suit against obsidian might be in order. Failure to provide in their product what was stated on their packaging and in their promotions. The utter failure to provide a useable piece of software out of the box. The complete contempt they have shown purchasers on their forums, either by ignoring customers or by curtailing their customers valid complaints. These asses might as well put in big letters on the sales box "VIRUS INCLUDED". If, and that's a stretch, the game does start you can rest assured that you won't play for long. This game/virus reboots or otherwise shuts down machines more often than a great deal of bugs you'd find using a well-known virus. That's not wildly inaccurate. You should research the forums on Bioware if you think all these 0-3 ratings are biased opinions. People with $5000 machines can't get this garbage to run, or be stable or have any kind of performance at all. Even on the lowest settings available. The people who give this p.o.s. anything above a 4 or even 5 don't know NWN very well. NWN1 could sit running static for hours and days and have no issues at all. You could run NWN1 at it's maximum settings on a moderate machine with better than modest performance. NWN1 multiplayer was the standard by which other MMORPG's compared themselves. NWN1's community didn't fix NWN1, they expanded it beyond the original designers imagination. And then obsidian took this incredible genre, the name NWN and all the NWN1's players and shoved a big stick in their ass. For the money paid on this game obsidian should have at least given us the courtesy of a reach-around. Lest we forget, the 1.02 85meg update that for all intents and purposes fixed nothing. Others will disagree and by all rights they can, but after all the update hubbub (the update process consumed a good 6gig during the process) and the scrolling "Patching..." you will still be left with only the shell of a game. I won't try to address the editor or modding as I gave up on NWN2 after playing into it for only a few days. I stopped because my hideously high-level character was unable to progress any further because of yet, you guessed it, another well publicised bug (again, look at the Bioware forums) that makes the game unuseable. Though I don't know the return policy of any other state's stores but my own, I would make the assumption it's not much different. Once you breach the plastic it's yours. Does't matter if all that was inside was a rubber-band and a ball of toe jam, it's yours now. You can see why more and more companies are releasing pieces of fecal matter like this dog, because the consumer gets screwed and the companies bitch at the vendors about software theft and not to take back opened software. They got us. We got taken. Someone should fly a plane into their building. I truely believe that unless something drastic happens these companies will continue to release horrid turds like this one knowing full well that their software doesn't work and then ignore the people who complain about it. You should try to follow some of the problem threads because you'll have the opportunity to watch complete threads being deleted. They know it's broken. They knew that when they shipped it. Hell, they knew it when they sent the master to be copied. Some poor programmer who worked on this dirt-bag probably got canned because he repeatedly told those in charge that it wasn't ready. Happens all the time. But their are other venues for that conversation. As it sits on the shelves it is the biggest piece of shit you will come across this christmas season. You want to give away $50? Send it to a good charity and take the write-off. You want a great game that's D&D? This isn't it. They should take the upper echelon at obsidian out behind the building and put a bullet in their heads. It was those greedy bastards who allowed this to happen. The amount of money they took willingly with full knowledge of it's problems is nothing short of criminal behavior. There are some very eloquent votes in this list, mine may not rank very high in it's evalution but after the expenditure and headache I felt compelled to share this with you. Good, bad or indifferent. But you didn't pay $50 for it, now did you?… Expand
  11. ArchonWhackamole
    Dec 3, 2006
    0
    I cant believe this was released as is...what the heck!? I have a top of the line machine and it still has issues running this sloggy beast.Im going back to playing oblivion now...see ya.
  12. MortenB.
    Dec 9, 2006
    0
    Not one good thing to say about the game. The old NWN is even miles better then this one. Sigh. I experienced 4 in game logical bugs,3 of them I managed to find a workaround the last one I have no clue what to do about, and I am stuck. The last straw were when the last patch version crashed every time, and I am unable to patch the game. DOH! Avoid this game at all cost!
  13. GeraldS.
    Sep 13, 2007
    0
    What can I say that hasn't been said already? (the negatives, that is--there are no positives I'll willingly repeat). I had a gut feeling this would be a stinker out of the box, and I wasn't disappointed. I thought the OC (that's original campaign for you noobs) was bad in NWN1, but it least it could be (and was) rescued by the community who saw the potential in the What can I say that hasn't been said already? (the negatives, that is--there are no positives I'll willingly repeat). I had a gut feeling this would be a stinker out of the box, and I wasn't disappointed. I thought the OC (that's original campaign for you noobs) was bad in NWN1, but it least it could be (and was) rescued by the community who saw the potential in the Aurora toolset. That's gone! I have been modding for several years and tried my hand at NWN2 toolset; even with my experience in C++ programming I was at a loss as to how they could...uh hmm...'mess up' the good thing they had in the Aurora's simplicity and ease of use. A module could be created that took up kB of space and distributed to the community, but in NWN2 the same file would take MB. This one died on the vine. I played it about two hours (and messed with the toolset another 20 to 30 hours) before uninstalling it, then reinstalling Baldur's Gate II again. Avoid like the plague.… Expand
  14. ChrisQ
    May 23, 2009
    0
    This game is an insult to our community...I will never pre-order again, nor will I believe the hype from the online reviewers reviews for games from this company until "real" people that are unbiased post theirs after playing. I can't describe how disappointed I am with this game.
  15. JulioC.
    Nov 12, 2006
    0
    This game is not a RPG game but a linear adventure game with tons of stupids bugs and pretending to live from the greatness of NWN1. Obsidian ruined the "Neverwinter Nights" name with this horrible creation, and i bet my finger they know their game is crap. Bioware please, slap the face of obsidian and return us the greatness of neverwinter nights. We really miss you!
  16. Methane
    Nov 12, 2006
    0
    Do NOT buy this game. It seems that every large review website gives it anywhere from a 7-10. Go check out BioWare's forums. The complaint thread was 14 pages loger then the pro's thread on the first day. NWN1 was never intended to be a single player game. It was a game designed to be multiplayer and focused on the toolset. The reason it survived for years as a top-rated game, Do NOT buy this game. It seems that every large review website gives it anywhere from a 7-10. Go check out BioWare's forums. The complaint thread was 14 pages loger then the pro's thread on the first day. NWN1 was never intended to be a single player game. It was a game designed to be multiplayer and focused on the toolset. The reason it survived for years as a top-rated game, despite little upgrades on graphics, was because the community was so extremely huge and brought forth HUGE custom content upgrades. People could create their own playable modules online. That factor alone made NWN1 a classic. NWN2 is ALL campaign. For every online game you want to play, you have to download files (manually, from the internet, with no autodownload function). In NWN1, there are 4 modules in the entire campaign. In NWN2, there are 10 (at least). This means no online game can ever be large - ever. They will be restricted to less-then-an-hour watered down scenarios. NWN2 has tons of bugs. Many people say using the toolset is impossible unless you have a huge monitor. Likewise, a lot of people say that NWN2 is a big step backwards. They point out that BG1, over nine years old, has many features that NWN2 lacks. The D&D rule is, "Sometimes, rules can be bent by DMs to improve gameplay." NWN2 sticks *entirely* to D&D rules, ignoring what a lot of people enjoy. Oh, and DMing? If anyone is a DM at all, the most basic functions are left out. Want to give gold? Type it in the Debugger manually. XP or levels? Find some other way to do it then with the interface, because it isn't there. Death penalties? Why, that'll be too hard! Why not just let them respawn 54 times without a single loss of XP? Gold value is nonexistant. You don't travel dungeons to get money, you travel to get items and XP so you don't have to spend the 100k you have on upgrades.… Expand
  17. Higher_Standard
    Sep 29, 2010
    0
    Obsidian doing what it does best, sloppy seconds. And people wonder why I'm not getting fallout new Vegas. The thing that made the original nwn amazing was the Multiplayer, and they completely killed it.
  18. Fastpoose
    Jan 15, 2011
    0
    NW1 expansions were awesome, and nw1 overall a very good, rpg. This is buggy crap, RUBBISH game, don't buy! More people will be getting sucked in to buying this rubbish on cheap STEAM deals, don't bother its not even worth $5 with the expansions!
  19. DantheMan
    Mar 28, 2011
    0
    The voice acting in this game is terrific and when you get far into the campaign there are some scripted scenes between your NPCs that are amusing. That's the good news. /all of it/. The bad news has been repeated here many times before. Many bugs, even at this late date, a horrible camera that has to be seen to be believed, perhaps the worst AI ever invented, the list goes on an on.The voice acting in this game is terrific and when you get far into the campaign there are some scripted scenes between your NPCs that are amusing. That's the good news. /all of it/. The bad news has been repeated here many times before. Many bugs, even at this late date, a horrible camera that has to be seen to be believed, perhaps the worst AI ever invented, the list goes on an on. It's tragic because there is a good story behind it all. But the execution is painful to behold. This game is an excellent reminder that what seems 'cool' to game designers isn't always fun to play. They would have been better off doing less but doing it better rather than trying to cram every cool feature from the D&D rulebook and creating a god awful mess. A serious disappointment, even only paying $10.… Expand
  20. noobr
    May 8, 2011
    0
    I'm giving this a 0 because it quite frankly deserves it. Its just so incredibly poorly made, making an attempt at a in-depth rpg is no excuse for Extremely clunkly interface camera and responsiveness.
  21. KanekoShiori
    Jul 8, 2013
    0
    If Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of The Betrayer gets a 10, the OC gets a 0. It really deserves a -5 since many skipped the great expansions because of it.
  22. brindle88
    Oct 25, 2014
    0
    terrible game, best thing about it is the forgotten realms cover that it has, this is probably why they sold half there copies as well. No where near the same level as BG, BG2.

    Forgotten realms and D&D franchise has been ruined
  23. koval321
    Aug 18, 2014
    0
    Its very poor linear RPG because no matter what you choose it always end the same way, so you may just click any dialog options not even reading them and game play itself. For example I meet dwarf on road and am do everything to kill him or avoid to join my party but he always do it. And worst from that he always resurrect and heal when am throw him into battle, where only one npc I wantIts very poor linear RPG because no matter what you choose it always end the same way, so you may just click any dialog options not even reading them and game play itself. For example I meet dwarf on road and am do everything to kill him or avoid to join my party but he always do it. And worst from that he always resurrect and heal when am throw him into battle, where only one npc I want to have in team died at beginning without any possibility to save her. This completely ruin my concept of how play game, because I don't have any choices. Many things in interface and movement are awkward, sometime am even losing control of movement like this game wants to play itself and you only disturb it. Some dialogs are funny but that is strange dark humor. Definitely I wouldn't say its better from Baldurs Gate heh noo way! When I was on swamp in road to ruins map look like very linear road in shape os circle, when I was inside ruins again map look the same linear circle. First puzzles and maps looks most dumbed down I ever seen. For example somebody give puzzle where are hidden 3 items. And then you not only known and see where it is, but npc even literally tell you that. For example clue say one is in green, and there is person dress in green, obviously right? Well they made it even more obviously because npc from team tell you: look he is dress green and item is hidden in green you see green and green like you are total fool. Or one is hidden in chest and there is only one chest around and npc near it stand and say it is that chest LOL its so dumbed-down cant believe this! Or one is hidden in wood and you don't even have chance to think because when you walk near it npc tells you the answer its here! So whats the point to even have this puzzle and any choices when game lead you all the way in everything? Well after am completed quests in first village this should end as lets say some kind of beginning tutorial training map. Thats ok, but after am leave it in real quest this continued, I was unable to do anything my way and must always joint to team this dwarf. And that false options was just ridiculous like you select something like options: I don't care about him am just walk here, You can kill him its not my business,, I don't want to talk with you, go away.. and it always result that you save him from some villains (and you cant escape from that map) and become friends LOL Its worst RPG moments I ever seen. Its not just linear but dumbed down linear. Like go to that box and there is only one box which you see and when you come closer somebody tell you: look its that box LOL… Expand
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82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 46 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 46
  3. Negative: 0 out of 46
  1. Quandary
    80
    So it isn't perfect, particularly not for players who prefer using the mouse, but Neverwinter Nights 2 is nevertheless a hugely enjoyable trip.
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  2. Game Chronicles
    89
    Rich narrative, engaging gameplay, and total attention to role-playing detail.
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  3. Digital Entertainment News
    83
    Neverwinter Nights 2 is a strong single-player adventure thoroughly enjoyable in and of itself. That it will serve as a platform for endless mod gaming only makes it that mich more appealing.
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