Neverwinter Nights 2

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  1. Keron_Heruman
    Aug 23, 2023
    8
    Very underrated cRPG. It's beautiful and solid, with D&D 3,5 mechanics and an acceptable quest design. The history is not bad but the comparative with other previous games is very hard (BG I&II, NWN, DA:O...).
  2. PenetratorGod
    Aug 20, 2023
    7
    Neverwinter Nights 2 offers a fascinating fantasy story full of exciting tactical combat mechanics and deep characters that you will either love or hate. The game is a bit dated and has a lot of technical issues that haven't been fixed in time, but I think it's still a great role-playing adventure that almost anyone can enjoy today.

    The compelling story keeps you hooked to the game and    Neverwinter Nights 2 offers a fascinating fantasy story full of exciting tactical combat mechanics and deep characters that you will either love or hate. The game is a bit dated and has a lot of technical issues that haven't been fixed in time, but I think it's still a great role-playing adventure that almost anyone can enjoy today.

    The compelling story keeps you hooked to the game and the Forgotten Realms universe with a satisfying experience that lasts an average of 100 hours with additional packs to finish the single player campaign. Multiplayer mode support. The full-featured game toolkit allows you to easily create and share custom mods of your own. One of the most original representatives of Dungeons & Dragons. Good soundtrack and mostly well voiced characters compared to the first game.

    Interactive dialog system provides dynamic and fun character interactions. A character-building system where the possibilities are almost endless. Support for dozens of community-created story-based modes, so the adventure never ends. Frustrating camera angles require constant attention while in battle. Optimization and technical issues. Artificial intelligence is very weak. Difficulty can be unbalanced at times.    … Expand
  3. HydrophobikFish
    Jun 9, 2023
    8
    Really excellent RPG with a classic dnd feel. First three acts are impeccable early-mid level adventuring. Very memorable characters that play off of each other in fun ways, a strong and engaging central mystery set in a well-realized and active region. The best base building in any RPG I have ever played, period. Plot goes a bit more off the rails later on but stays relativelyReally excellent RPG with a classic dnd feel. First three acts are impeccable early-mid level adventuring. Very memorable characters that play off of each other in fun ways, a strong and engaging central mystery set in a well-realized and active region. The best base building in any RPG I have ever played, period. Plot goes a bit more off the rails later on but stays relatively interesting, and back end feels short and unfinished. Overall a very fun game, but much stronger earlier than later.… Expand
  4. Holo_0f_Yoitsu
    Sep 2, 2022
    4
    I've tried and failed to play the whole game through three times and I end up bored out of my mind every time. It's just so dull. The AI is trash too, it's poorly optimised and the story sends me to sleep. The only positive is the character creation
  5. Mrki93
    Mar 8, 2022
    10
    I write this today as a chelange to those people that gave it 0s. I just finished my third time playing this game. First was back in 2007. I would like those people that said that this is "not a RPG", that it is "cheap rehash of NwN1", that "Obsidian made all crap". Giving a game that for "10-20 hours depending on how quickly you play it holds a very good quality" 0 is saying more aboutI write this today as a chelange to those people that gave it 0s. I just finished my third time playing this game. First was back in 2007. I would like those people that said that this is "not a RPG", that it is "cheap rehash of NwN1", that "Obsidian made all crap". Giving a game that for "10-20 hours depending on how quickly you play it holds a very good quality" 0 is saying more about you than about a game doesn't it? I don't giva a **** if it is a protest vote. I would like to hear again from "Pike", "SamG", "Wombat" who thinks that "NWN1 was near perfect" and others. The game held it's own for 16 years, show me a 0 game that lasts that long. ****… Expand
  6. Amorph0us
    Jan 7, 2022
    9
    Cannot underrate the second release of these fantastic series. The best part of it is that it uses the 3.5 edition of D&D, maybe the best in the game and too few games used it which is a shame. The worst part is the clunky interface and the poor graphics.
  7. krongos
    Sep 28, 2021
    9
    Still love this game. Not perfect, but it was awesome, I didn't experience any issues with camera. Story was quite cool. Ending was meh, but I have head canon, so its fine.
  8. TsukasaHiiragi
    Aug 20, 2021
    5
    NWN2 has not aged well at all, even back in 2006 it was fairly over-rated but passable for the time even though it was extremely buggy and had some of the worst AI to date that caused no end of frustration for players.

    This game suffers from everything you can expect from a 2006 game ranging from bugs to poor camera angles, and fast forward to 2021 and this game has aged very poorly.
  9. PsychopathicTim
    May 14, 2021
    10
    My favorite game of all time! Warts and all! It's ironic how version 1.0 of the game is the version that is the least broken, at least on all of my play throughs. The game chugged on my old dell latitude laptop, and I still enjoyed it, in spite of how much it bugged out. Now I have a Dell precision laptop with much better stability, and I still love it just as I did back in the day,My favorite game of all time! Warts and all! It's ironic how version 1.0 of the game is the version that is the least broken, at least on all of my play throughs. The game chugged on my old dell latitude laptop, and I still enjoyed it, in spite of how much it bugged out. Now I have a Dell precision laptop with much better stability, and I still love it just as I did back in the day, actually love it even more now! I played this when I was in middle school around 2012- 2013, first introduced to it in summer camp, but see my review of platinum edition as I owned that one before owning the base game by itself.… Expand
  10. Topfpflanze
    Apr 21, 2021
    5
    The base game is one of the worst ever written. The story is long, but completely linear and of crippling dreariness. The implementation is so weird that you can rarely tell if it's a quirk or you just didn't understand the controls. The characters are executed with personalities to some extent, but this changes little in the game. For casual players it probably makes more sense: the flowThe base game is one of the worst ever written. The story is long, but completely linear and of crippling dreariness. The implementation is so weird that you can rarely tell if it's a quirk or you just didn't understand the controls. The characters are executed with personalities to some extent, but this changes little in the game. For casual players it probably makes more sense: the flow of the game doesn't bother much with AD&D rules, and once you've forgotten the old back-and-forth, new back-and-forth isn't so boring anymore. The downsides of AD&D spells are fully implemented: One and the same spell combined with half a dozen mods results in a confusing collection.… Expand
  11. LordHoggington
    Mar 26, 2021
    2
    Boring, generic, uninspired, tedious, and worst of all, NOT satisfying in any way. Being old is no excuse. NWN 1 was 10X better.

    This game is only loved by pseudo-intellectual neckbeards, the type of clowns who listen to bad music just to be different, or pretend crappy tasting beer is an "acquired taste." Game is trash, and it's lauded by those with trash taste.
  12. Steyraus
    Mar 5, 2021
    3
    Boring dry story , clumpsy compat and the game just drags on going no where. I really dont get what people see in this studio..
  13. letefte
    Feb 4, 2021
    9
    Despite it's many technical issues NWN2 still delivers an interesting take on the rpg formula. Be warned though, the game is from a bygone era and it shows. That being said, it is still a game that is worth getting. Especially if you want to see some of Obsidian's early steps (before Fallout: New Vegas).
  14. CarolusX2
    Dec 20, 2020
    6
    If you're expecting a game that is as good as Dragon Age Origins (which is extremely similar) or Knights if the Old Republic, then you will be disappointed. However, if you're willing to compromise on certain aspects then you might find this game enjoyable.
    Note, I have not finished the game, it's incredibly long but I've spent more than a week now on it.
    Story: The story starts out in a    If you're expecting a game that is as good as Dragon Age Origins (which is extremely similar) or Knights if the Old Republic, then you will be disappointed. However, if you're willing to compromise on certain aspects then you might find this game enjoyable.
    Note, I have not finished the game, it's incredibly long but I've spent more than a week now on it.

    Story: The story starts out in a cozy little village where you, an adoptive child, learn the ropes of the game in the Harvest Cup. The village is later on invaded by demonic entities that seek something that is hidden within it, which then becomes your task to transport and investigate once you reach the city of Neverwinter. Along the way you meet companions with interesting personalities and are somewhat vital to the story in certain parts. You and your new buddies are meant to find out the truth about the mysterious shards while roaming around Faerun looking for clues and diving into dungeons.

    The story and the individual sidequests are interesting, no doubt about that, if you're into classic heroic medieval RPGs then this wont be of any surprise. However, some of the quests can get extremely tedious after a while, you rarely feel that what you do holds any weight in the universe. The game tries to be a "choices matter" kind of deal with alignments and branching storylines but it falls flat when nothing seemingly have consequences. On my playthrough I chose to be of the Lawful Evil alignment, for funsies because I usually play the good guy,
    The problem is that none of my actions barely phase my good companions who I might add are the only type of alignment in the beginning. If I'm this enormous dickhead, why would a friendly druid, a decent dwarf and a misunderstood but kind Tiefling not just leave me as soon as possible? Why are there no other choices early on? The first evil guy joins in act II which took me days to start. The lack of sidequests and the game railroading you into a "good" character leaves much to be desired in the story department.

    Gameplay: Its turnbased and it has the rule sets of DnD at the time, which I think was 3rd ed. You basically pick a class in the beginning and there's a lot of classes to pick from, not only that but also prestige classes (superior forms of the original ones) and multi classing is available, which makes it easier to create the character you want to be. Most of the game will be spent dungeondelving and few quests have variation, which would be fine because its DnD after all if the combat was fun... The AI is severely broken, they dont follow you into battle a lot of the times and sometimes just stand around doing nothing, while your pc is getting pummeled. Also you tend to face the same enemy over and over again, the dungeons arent exactly small either and I hope you like the color grey and brown a lot.
    Also stealth, which doesnt work. For two reasons, first one is that you control a whole party at a time where usually only one is proficient with stealth yet the game is based around cooperation? The other reason is that like the combat, it simply doesnt work. One of the missions that requires your npc to be stealthy is broken because the guards notice her regardless of how many points in sneak you put into her. And then once you reach the second floor, your party transports with you (which is weird) and it's impossible to continue to sneak because there's a sequence where a bunch if guards notice your main PC even though hes supposed to be back at the door, but he somehow transported to the cutscene?
    Crafting is... Convoluted and tedious, dont bother with it, the loot is usually good enough to outfit your npcs. Graphics: This game was made in 2006 so maybe dont expect wonders, it's no Oblivion in terms of colors or architecture, actually a lot of it is reused which becomes apparent pretty quickly in both Neverwinter and the unending caves. Characters look okay, especially the main cast. Special-effects can sometimes be cool!

    Audio: VA is sometimes really good, or really bad, not a whole lot in between. The banter between the cast is pretty good but its few and far between. One thing that will get on your nerves though is everytime you select your npcs/pc which happens a lot and having to hear the same recorded lines over and over again. There is one recorded line for each spell, problem is when you're a warlock and use Eldritch blast on repeat. Music was turned down pretty quickly into the game, nothing really memorable there. Overall: Meh.    … Expand
  15. dlcatalin
    Jul 12, 2020
    6
    It starts alright ... nice graphics, funny dialogue and nice adventures. But in the mid to late game it turns into a pile of bugs and unpleasant rushed unfair unplanned combats. Especially the last 2 end game battles, it's a big difference between making a battle challenging and making it entirely UNFAIR. Mine was so bugged and broken i had to just uninstall the game and watch aIt starts alright ... nice graphics, funny dialogue and nice adventures. But in the mid to late game it turns into a pile of bugs and unpleasant rushed unfair unplanned combats. Especially the last 2 end game battles, it's a big difference between making a battle challenging and making it entirely UNFAIR. Mine was so bugged and broken i had to just uninstall the game and watch a walktrough on Youtube to see how it ended. That Black Gaius boss bugged every time i've met him, he never died, i was doing 0 dmg to him with melee. I had to cheat and use the console to kill him the first time. The second time even that didn't work. And to top it off my party was stuck behind energy walls, half of them where paralyzed and couldn't move. I used like 10 immobility spells on the enemy, ZERO worked. Broken or bugged, frustrating experience.… Expand
  16. Terrastro
    Feb 16, 2020
    4
    1. Stupid, childish, boring, predictable and linear as a blackboard plot, in some moments causing an acute negative. Mediocre dialogs with pseudo non-linearity that will not affect anything globally.

    2. With a technically good engine, the developers managed to use it so crookedly and mediocre that there was nowhere else to go. Absolutely empty and poorly detailed locations, there is    1. Stupid, childish, boring, predictable and linear as a blackboard plot, in some moments causing an acute negative. Mediocre dialogs with pseudo non-linearity that will not affect anything globally.

    2. With a technically good engine, the developers managed to use it so crookedly and mediocre that there was nowhere else to go. Absolutely empty and poorly detailed locations, there is almost no interactivity with the environment, and what is available mainly happens according to the plot. Disgusting animations, miserable cutscenes and ridiculous staging in these cutscenes. What else to talk about, even if they could not come up with their own musical accompaniment, they simply took and copied the existing one from the first part.

    3. The combat role-system is made very clumsy and ridiculous, look at these wretched attempts and picking after what was in the first part is simply impossible. It is unclear why they introduced alchemy, which the vast majority of players simply do not use because of its uselessness. Boring and unclear why the introduced micromanagement of the castle, which after a while begins to annoy more and more.

    To summarize: In the second part I was prompted to play NWN1, after passing this masterpiece I decided to go through the second part (although I knew that it was worse in the whole of the first part) and regretted it very much. I look at the ratings of the press and just can’t believe in their objectivity, how could you put more than 6 points to this mediocre craft !! ??    … Expand
  17. elderdragon
    Jan 1, 2020
    9
    I have played NWN2 when it was released. Now, I am replaying it, almost 13 years after the release. All I can say is the game is a classic. There was bugs in the past, but the GoG version is 100% function. I only don't give 10 out 10, because the AI of the characters still a complicated thing. But, overwall, the first campaign and the expansion Mask of the Betrayer are epic.
  18. Mizuiro
    Apr 25, 2019
    6
    A big disappointment. Not even close to the great NWN1. Neverwinter was great for his community and online worlds BECAUSE THE TOOLSET WAS OPTIMIZED AND EASY TO USE, in nwn2 this failed so all the online part of the game failed and it never became a real successor of nwn1.
  19. roachtbp
    Dec 7, 2018
    10
    I didn't play this game at release because I heard so many negative things about it. Mostly, I heard that it was filled with bugs and that the system requirements to play it were so high that most PC's couldn't even run it. However, more than 10 years later (after numerous patches were released and with today's PCs having more than enough power to run the game), I finally decided to playI didn't play this game at release because I heard so many negative things about it. Mostly, I heard that it was filled with bugs and that the system requirements to play it were so high that most PC's couldn't even run it. However, more than 10 years later (after numerous patches were released and with today's PCs having more than enough power to run the game), I finally decided to play it. I played through the original campaign and all 3 expansions (Mask of the Betrayer, the Mysteries of West Gate, and the Storm of Zehir) on the hardest difficulty setting. I was STUNNED at how truly amazing this game was! I had heard so many bad things about this game that my expectations were very low going in (plus I thought NWN 1 was a complete dud, so I had VERY low expectations for the sequel). Man was I in for a surprise! This game is a masterpiece! I think most of the bad reviews are because of how buggy the game was when it was initially released. But now (more than 10 years later) it has been patched many times and most bugs have been eliminated.

    Anyway, here is my opinion of the game:

    The character creation system has so much depth. You can spend hours creating a character because there are so many options - race, class, attributes, skills, feats, deity, etc. Unlike the garbage that was NWN1, in this game you can actually have a full party. You can equip all your party members and have full control over all of your party members during combat. The game uses D&D 3.5 rules and combat is very strategic. The story is good and the companions are well done (for the most part). The graphics are also good for a game that was released back in 2006.

    The original campaign is pretty good, but the 3 expansions are even better! I truly loved this game, and it reminded me of Dragon Age: Origins in so many ways. It is better than Dragon Age: Origins in some ways - the character creation system has so much more depth than DA:O and the combat is a bit more strategic. But DA:O definitely had the better writing, story, and characters. If you are looking for an RPG with great characters and story, DA:O is definitely better. But when it comes to character creation and strategic combat, I feel that NWN 2 wins hands down.

    Don't let all the negative reviews scare you - this game has been patched many times since its initial release way back in 2006, and I can now confidently say that this game is truly a masterpiece! This game should not be missed by any rpg/D&D fan.    … Expand
  20. Zareli
    Nov 28, 2018
    8
    A great game but the story falls short compared to NWN1. Aside from that, everything felt a little stale since it introduced nothing very interesting.
  21. Petrik87
    Aug 25, 2018
    7
    Id give this game 8.5 if It werent for so many bugs.
    It is a shame for such great game to be so bugged and to have so horribly made camera.
  22. RagingPoet
    Aug 6, 2018
    9
    NWN2 is great RPG, main campaign improves the original in every way possible. Not sure what's with all those negative user scores, maybe it was very buggy at launch?
  23. Broyax
    Apr 8, 2017
    2
    Ce jeu, c'est quand même 3 ans de patchs ininterrompus et pourtant... il est resté toujours aussi chiant à jouer. Malgré une histoire qui a été plus soignée ou mieux développée par Obsidian par rapport au premier, il réussit le triste exploit d'être encore plus emmerdant qu'Oblivion : on salue la performance...

    L'interface bordélique à souhait avec les inventaires séparés pour chaque    Ce jeu, c'est quand même 3 ans de patchs ininterrompus et pourtant... il est resté toujours aussi chiant à jouer. Malgré une histoire qui a été plus soignée ou mieux développée par Obsidian par rapport au premier, il réussit le triste exploit d'être encore plus emmerdant qu'Oblivion : on salue la performance...

    L'interface bordélique à souhait avec les inventaires séparés pour chaque personnage file une migraine carabinée, ainsi que les règles de donjon truc avec ses 1d20, 2d8, 1d4... Pour la technique, c'est un sérieux bond en avant cela dit : peu de jeux étaient aussi beaux mais aussi exigeants ! Un coup d'épée dans l'eau donc : se taper 15 im/s ou une version très dégradée à 30-40, ça n'arrange pas les choses. Quant à l'univers de Neverwinter... je préfère qu'on m'enchaîne devant Oblivion, ce sera moins pénible.    … Expand
  24. Horrux
    Feb 3, 2017
    9
    I was a fan of Baldur's Gate 1 & 2. Then Icewind Dale 1 & 2. And so on. When I got this game, over 10 years ago, it wouldn't run well enough to play. I refuse to play any game at 10 fps on low on an up-to-date PC. Zoom forward to 2017, and what do I see, the GOG version with all the patches (and additional work) included. So I bought this game AGAIN.

    Is it worth it? Oh... YES. This    I was a fan of Baldur's Gate 1 & 2. Then Icewind Dale 1 & 2. And so on. When I got this game, over 10 years ago, it wouldn't run well enough to play. I refuse to play any game at 10 fps on low on an up-to-date PC. Zoom forward to 2017, and what do I see, the GOG version with all the patches (and additional work) included. So I bought this game AGAIN.

    Is it worth it? Oh... YES.

    This game has pretty much everything that made the other Forgotten Realms games awesome. The only thing missing being banter and interaction between NPCs. Other negative: the story of the original campaign takes its time getting going.

    Other than that, the action is awesome, the stories are great, the game finally runs decently, there are few game-breaking bugs, and best of all, the campaign creation toolkit: it's awesome. Not that you'll need to use it, because over the last 10 years HUNDREDS of user-created campaigns were collected and posted on mod sites.

    Basically if you like pure RPG games, or if you like D&D, you owe it to yourself to play this. It may be 10 years old, but it looks 5, not 10, and you probably don't play RPGs for stunning graphics. Sure they can be nice, but the roleplaying is where it's at.

    So, discounting -1 for the lack of inter-NPC dialogues, this game gets a solid 9/10.

    It only keeps me wishing that Obsidian would make a NWN3 instead of that Pillars of Eternity stuff... It isn't bad, but it isn't D&D either.    … Expand
  25. Jeb077
    Mar 26, 2016
    6
    One of the most anticipated games ever for me, unfortunately turned out to be a huge disappointment. The original was no standalone masterpiece either but at least was polished with little to no game breaking bugs. NWN2 had serious bugs that lingered for months, some unfixed to this day. Camera was annoying and despite patches still doesn't work quite like the original. While graphics,One of the most anticipated games ever for me, unfortunately turned out to be a huge disappointment. The original was no standalone masterpiece either but at least was polished with little to no game breaking bugs. NWN2 had serious bugs that lingered for months, some unfixed to this day. Camera was annoying and despite patches still doesn't work quite like the original. While graphics, lighting, and textures got an upgrade. Faces, sound, voice acting, and animations did not. And don't get me started on the toolset.

    Performance crawled on the best machines at the time, highly CPU dependent. Somewhere buried was a decent, but linear, RPG. The community abandoned this game pretty quickly. Diehards stuck around for over a year hoping for bug fixes and toolset support, only to learn Obsidian is no Bioware.

    On todays machines the game is playable at least, and a single RPG player fan might want to check it out if they have exhausted better choices. Of course the true value of picking up NWN2 lies in gaining access to the excellent expansion, Mask of the Betrayer. As good as MOB was, it still can't quite fix the disappointment that NWN2 was.    … Expand
  26. Psysiu
    Jan 29, 2016
    3
    I've waited for so long to finally play this and decided to delete it after a few days of constant suffering. I don't think I've ever been this frustrated with any game especially since I really had enjoyed the 1st one.
    AS (Artificial Stupidity) beyond anything I've seen so far (for f... sake, cast this spell I queued 5 times and not stand there for 10 minutes like an efen statue or run    I've waited for so long to finally play this and decided to delete it after a few days of constant suffering. I don't think I've ever been this frustrated with any game especially since I really had enjoyed the 1st one.
    AS (Artificial Stupidity) beyond anything I've seen so far (for f... sake, cast this spell I queued 5 times and not stand there for 10 minutes like an efen statue or run to hit that guy, just efen cast it!),
    forced design choices to make your life more difficult (yes, you can rest before battling this boss or tiny rat, but not in this hour long level of nearly constant fighting. And well, sorry but the last auto save point was 2 hours ago before that insignificant talk with lord Nasher)
    and amount of severe bugs years after release so high, it leaves you amazed that his was made by a pro developer (Hey Psysiu, Ammon Jerro left the keep and we don't know where he went, do you want to add Ammon Jerro to your team and go look for him? Use this scroll or Chain Lightning - aw, you've just casted a spell of Identification, aw, it's still in your inventory - cast again, aw, fireball, aw, Mirrored Image, aw, Light)

    Nice story but the broken game mechanics is not worth the pain.    … Expand
  27. BSim500
    Jan 23, 2016
    1
    I think the most revealing thing about NWN2 is the way the developers quickly abandoned it compared to the "extended treatment" given to every other Bioware / Black Isle "Forgotten Realms" games (eg, 2013 Enhanced Editions of 1998 Baldur's Gate, etc). That's why despite being made 10 years ago, NWN2 STILL has multiple serious unpatched game-breaking bugs (campaign events not triggering,I think the most revealing thing about NWN2 is the way the developers quickly abandoned it compared to the "extended treatment" given to every other Bioware / Black Isle "Forgotten Realms" games (eg, 2013 Enhanced Editions of 1998 Baldur's Gate, etc). That's why despite being made 10 years ago, NWN2 STILL has multiple serious unpatched game-breaking bugs (campaign events not triggering, save-game corruption, frequent crashes, critical NPC's getting "stuck" in combat after death at certain points, etc). The devs literally have no intention of fixing the worst "stopper" bugs. Likewise, support from the modding community is far lower than the original even today.

    Despite being 4 years newer, NWN2 has aged FAR worse than the original. UI & toolset is abysmally convoluted and a huge step back compared to original. Camera control is also worse than original (every mode has something wrong with it). Music & voice sets are largely just copied from the original game. A lot of stuff that "just worked" in the original has been stripped out for no reason. Eg, intelligent right-click "radial-menu" has been nerfed and now takes 4-5 clicks to do the same thing 2-3 clicks used to do. You can no longer assign dual-wield to quickslots (eg, "F3" selects both sword & shield as a pair no longer works).

    Graphically, it's "technically" better but as another reviewer has mentioned it often doesn't feel it due to the graphics style looking more "cartoony". Character faces look hideously ugly. Some of the original game's tilesets actually looked better from an isometric POV. Some inventory icons now look nothing like the item they are supposed to represent. Minimap looks worse. As many have commented, the game's requirements & performance are way out of whack with the graphical "quality". In fact the game somehow manages to run slower than Oblivion with HD textures whilst looking far uglier.

    Selecting targets in combat is slow and unresponsive. Queuing up actions for other party members doesn't always work. Longer load times. NWN 2's "improvement" of bringing back the party based system vs the original's "solo char with hirelings" is rendered pointless with such bad NPC AI. In fact "proper" party members are now more stupid in combat than "simple" animal summons were in NWN1. And it still "meshes" together less well than the much earlier Baldur's Gate / Icewind Dale stuff. Much more claustrophobic maps vs original (presumably due to the massive memory requirements).

    Just go buy the "Diamond Edition" of the original NWN and download some of the epic community mods like "The Aielund Saga". 10x more fun, no game-breaking bugs and double the FPS on hardware half as powerful...    … Expand
  28. jimbobslimbob
    Dec 10, 2014
    10
    This has to be one of my all time favourite games. I have sunk way to much time in it and I still find myself coming back for more. When it first came out it had its share of bugs and issues. Most of these were fixed over time.

    The game is based on D&D 3.5 - and is the closet you will ever come to playing such a ruleset on the PC. The game also features an integrated toolset to create    This has to be one of my all time favourite games. I have sunk way to much time in it and I still find myself coming back for more. When it first came out it had its share of bugs and issues. Most of these were fixed over time.

    The game is based on D&D 3.5 - and is the closet you will ever come to playing such a ruleset on the PC. The game also features an integrated toolset to create your own adventures. The single player is fun and with the huge amount of quality user-created content out there, it will keep you entertained for a long time. Even building your "ultimate character" is like a mini-game in itself. The sheer amount of customisation that can be achieved is mind-boggling.

    For people that do not know much about D&D, it can be a difficult game to master - but it is well worth doing. It is a game that keeps on giving. Simply put, the game is a masterpiece. I wish we would see more of this kind of game these days.

    Jimbo Rating: 10/10    … Expand
  29. Vamrem
    Dec 9, 2014
    5
    I don't know how to rate this game, I really I liked its campaign but at the same time it is what killed it. Obsidian clearly ignored the purpose of this system, leaving the online mode careless by doing whatever they wanted... the same happened to Dungeon Siege 3 and Fallout New Vegas, I only want to say them: do your own game but stop destroying sagas! It seems they thought the same whenI don't know how to rate this game, I really I liked its campaign but at the same time it is what killed it. Obsidian clearly ignored the purpose of this system, leaving the online mode careless by doing whatever they wanted... the same happened to Dungeon Siege 3 and Fallout New Vegas, I only want to say them: do your own game but stop destroying sagas! It seems they thought the same when they've planned Pillars of Eternity, an interesting project 100% Obsidian and I hope the best to this game to keep them far from other sagas!
    The other cause of the fall of this saga would be the MMO system but never will be the same: in NWN you are a hero known by the rest of the server by your feats and your story, while in a MMO you are a number, with lucky you would be known by your guild but never among other players or enemies. NWN is a more close experience, with real DM supervision and a history to share with your community.
    I thank all the gods that the recent MMO was called simply "Neverwinter" without a "3" (Did you see Obsidian?), leaving a different game outside the NWN series, so we can still hoping that someday we will see a NWN3...    … Expand
  30. sidonh
    Nov 22, 2014
    9
    The start is slow, there are some clichés and the ending still makes me want to hunt down Avellone and punch him. So why do I keep returning to this game? It's fun. Its companions are witty and amusing and alive (sometimes). The plot is ...well, Faerun-esque, but enjoyable.

    I believe everyone is familiar with the trial scene (and if not, you should be), some seemingly dull quests    The start is slow, there are some clichés and the ending still makes me want to hunt down Avellone and punch him. So why do I keep returning to this game? It's fun. Its companions are witty and amusing and alive (sometimes). The plot is ...well, Faerun-esque, but enjoyable.

    I believe everyone is familiar with the trial scene (and if not, you should be), some seemingly dull quests provided much amusement and it's a rich trip down the old Forgotten Realms. It may not be to everyone's tastes but for a D&D enthusiast, this is a classic.    … Expand
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#26 Best PC Game of 2006
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#6 Most Discussed PC Game of 2006
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#7 Most Shared PC Game of 2006

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Metascore
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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