Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition

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  1. Meristation
    Apr 25, 2018
    80
    The legendary role-playing game comes back to life with very few improvements but with the hope that the updates will do even better. We expected more from Beamdog.

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6.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 52 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 28 out of 52
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 52
  3. Negative: 17 out of 52
  1. dsparil
    Mar 29, 2018
    10
    Why don't people do research before they buy? Not once did Beamdog say the HD graphics will be included at launch it will come later.
    Anyway,    Why don't people do research before they buy? Not once did Beamdog say the HD graphics will be included at launch it will come later.
    Anyway, I knew what I was buying when I bought it and it is great fun.    … Full Review »
  2. night4
    Mar 28, 2018
    1
    The biggest selling point, the HD graphics, ISN'T EVEN INCLUDED.

    So it has almost no new features, and it looks terrible. You're basically    The biggest selling point, the HD graphics, ISN'T EVEN INCLUDED.

    So it has almost no new features, and it looks terrible. You're basically paying for an Early Access game here, and it's shameful. Shame on you, Beamdog, shame.    … Full Review »
  3. aidanpscott
    Apr 27, 2018
    4
    Because the games that have come out this year have largely sucked, with a few exceptions such as God of War and Halo Online (Thanks toBecause the games that have come out this year have largely sucked, with a few exceptions such as God of War and Halo Online (Thanks to Microsoft and 343, nobody can download it, sadly), I actually went back to all my old games and started replaying them. Baldur's Gate I, II, Dark Alliance I/II, KotOR I and II, The Oddworld games, the Jedi Knight games, you name it. I also ended up replaying the original NWN games (with the two main expansions) on my mac. I finished right around the time this game came out and, out of love for the franchise, bought it on steam. Because I have replayed the original unenhanced version of NWN, it was fresh in my mind and I will be comparing it to the enhanced edition.

    First off, the enhanced edition has some serious problems. In order for your game to look appealing at all, you have to disable Vibrance and Ambient occlusion, and then it essentially looks like the old game. It runs a lot slower than the original edition that I have, but I do believe this is because the enhanced edition is built off of the NWN Diamond Edition of Neverwinter Nights, which I remember having serious frame rate issues back in the day.

    The game has little to no changes that are actually good, aside from the fact that they added skyboxes and roofing, which would be a cool edition if it didn't mess with certain cinematic scenes in the process (Drogan's battle at the beginning of SotU, the rafters gets in the way of the scene).

    The game has all the content you remember and the multiplayer is back, which is awesome! I am so glad because I loved the NWN multiplayer back in the day, despite its flaws (and their are quite a few). They work, connection is fine. I personally haven't noticed many issues with it.

    I am using a mac to play the game and have the CEP mod installed, which is great, except for the fact that robes and cloaks/capes make me invisible. They don't render without updated Nvidia drivers, which sucks. I would have uninstalled it if not for the fact that I need it to play on specific community created modules, such as the Aeilund Saga. This isn't a slight on the game, however, as it is a problem with the mod itself. It's an issue I wanted to put out their if anyone was considering getting the game for mods such as Aeilund.

    The game has problems, glitches, more bugs than the original game and that is a problem. This is a REMASTERED game, so why is it worse?!?! Running out of space, so I'm gonna leave it at that.

    I had REALLY HIGH hopes for the studio developing the game, Beamdog, who is founded and headed by BioWare's former co-founder Trent Oster. As most of you probably know, Beadog has performed HORRIBLY! It sucks because I really want to like them and support the enhanced versions of the games they are making; I love Baldur's Gate, I love Neverwinter Nights, and I am hoping they might do something similar with the KotOR games, but they seem to have been half-assing these "enhanced editions" simply to milk the money off of gamers who are fed up with this insufferable modern day, "Triple A" gaming market that continuously makes sub-par games riddled with bugs, glitches, and worst of all, microtransactions and lootboxes. Beamdog's "enhancements" have only made the games worse! It doesn't hep that Beamdog is injecting SJW themes into these games we love (Siege of Dragonspeare, the Baldur's Gate expansion I never thought I would get, is riddled with SJW messages!)
    I WANT Beamdog to succeed! I WANT to like them, but how can I when they make these sub-par remastered games!

    In my opinion, if you are as fed up with the gaming market as I have been, I would highly recommend going back to your old games and playing the hell out of them. Get your 360 out, your PS3, and play some genuinely good games. If you want to play NWN, I recommend playing the original version over this one. BUT... if you want to get back into the multiplayer setting of NWN, you will need to get the Enhanced Edition since Gamespy, the company who was powering the multiplayer servers, shutdown. I am really loving the MP setting and I got my friends into it recently, which is awesome! I have 90 hours played on it right now, and I plan on playing more. But I could have just as easily done so on the original version.

    If you, by chance, no longer have your old copy of NWN, I would actually recommend getting this game instead of rebuying the older versions, primarily because NWN EE is cheaper ($19.99). Just disable Vibrance and Ambient Occlusion in the video settings, get the necessary mods, do what you can to keep it running, and you might as well be playing a slightly worse version of the original thing.

    In terms of content, this would have been a 7/10 (Good, by my standard), but considering this is a remaster of the original thing, one of the worst remasters I have ever played, I have to give it a 4 (Sub-Par). It's NWN, you know what to expect, but it IS objectively worse than the original version.    … Full Review »
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