Neverwinter

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5.3

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  1. JimmieRamone
    Jul 3, 2023
    2
    It's difficult for me to classify Neverwinter as an MMO. I feel a much better description would be a dungeon hack-and-slash with some MMO trappings. Character customization is bare bones, even leaving out the fact that certain iconic races are locked away behind the pay wall. You're able to choose your character's sex, race, and class along with his/her origin and patron deity. The latterIt's difficult for me to classify Neverwinter as an MMO. I feel a much better description would be a dungeon hack-and-slash with some MMO trappings. Character customization is bare bones, even leaving out the fact that certain iconic races are locked away behind the pay wall. You're able to choose your character's sex, race, and class along with his/her origin and patron deity. The latter two are surprisingly limited, given the setting; even in 4th Edition's greatly reduced pantheon, there are a number of gods and goddesses worshipped by the people of Faerun, yet the game only gives you a fraction. Likewise, the origins only cover a handful of locales in the Realms. It quickly becomes apparent that this game was not made for diehard fans of Forgotten Realms.

    If you're looking for a worthy successor to Neverwinter Nights, you will not find it in this game. The Foundry is a poor substitute for that legendary series' robust world-building and DM tools, with even the most highly regarded player-created dungeons essentially boiling down to the same formulaic hack-and-slash gameplay of the main game. I cannot recommend this game to anyone looking for a meaningful MMO experience. With a friend or two, some fun can be had in fighting your way through waves of kobolds and orcs so long as you keep your expectations in check.

    Overall: Pass    … Expand
  2. liseterk
    Aug 1, 2022
    0
    I played far more than 500 hours of this game between different platforms. Playing since the very start (Foundry and all) it pains me to see what this has become. This is not a game, this is a hamster wheel with constantly recycled content, which doesn't require any skill, thought or any kind of personal involvement. First Cryptic took away customization options, now every Class plays theI played far more than 500 hours of this game between different platforms. Playing since the very start (Foundry and all) it pains me to see what this has become. This is not a game, this is a hamster wheel with constantly recycled content, which doesn't require any skill, thought or any kind of personal involvement. First Cryptic took away customization options, now every Class plays the same way, everyone does the exactly same thing given that play the same class. Now there are no real builds to speak of, it's turned into an console action game. After that they streamlined every item customization option, and used a weird scaling to hide the massive power-creep. You need to accept the fact that anything you achieve in this game is temporary. It will be gone in the next patch. If you for some reason play something else for a few months or so, all your previous grind will be a distant memory. Your power in this game is only borrowed, it's taken away every patch, the economy is broken and everything you do gets constantly obsolete. Game pushes you to cash shop at every turn to jump those artificially created hurdles. Let me explain how predatory the power-creep in this game is in a very recent and simple example:

    After leaving the game with Best-in-Slot items (called enchantments) which were worth roughly around 27 million in in-game currency (Astral Diamonds), I "dared" to give a break of a year to the game. Relogging after a year, I realized all my enchantments are obsolete, and I can turn them in for new stuff. The game gives you the ability to adapt to the new system and protects you from being obsolete, what a player-friendly way to handle this, right?

    This is not what happened. What the game gives you for your 27 million AD worth of items is 1 second tier item, which is worth somewhere around 2 million in in-game currency. So in essence, you have to start from scratch (with an item you receive, which will only remind you of the fact, all of this will be eventually taken away again) and all your previous grind is practically worthless. Mind you, this is not because new content is introduced, and you need to do new content, that would be fair, if your items are outdated, and you only need to grind for these items at the new content areas. How the game used to give you the guarantee to be semi-relevant in the new content was, that power was anchored to Companions, Mounts and Enchantments, so no matter how powerful new content drops are, you were still able to participate in the new content and grind that out to keep up with the power curve. Now that this anchor is taken away as well, I would have two options: Repeat the content, which I already did, just to grind more currency, that was taken away from me, just because, to replace what I already had. So, I would need to repeat the content which I already did, and I need to repeat it until I get what I had in first place to be even able to do the new content at the level where I would be able to "grind" the power that you have just lost because new content is gated behind power-levels which require those enchantments. What a wonderful player experience!

    In any other game, there would still be power creep and inflation, but they would at least have the courtesy of hiding it behind new content to create the illusion of advancement, not force you to repeat old content just because.

    For any new players: don't step into this hamster wheel, it's predatory to the extreme.

    For returning players: don't bother using your bandwith to download this, it will only piss you off.

    For current players: please do yourselves a favor and stop it with the sunken cost fallacy. There are better and more player-friendly games out there.    … Expand
  3. retread558
    Mar 16, 2022
    0
    Solid and enjoyable game till mod 6 in 2015. They manged to stabilise the game with Mod 8 later that year. After that it was a long slow decline. Few highlights but players still largely stuck around. New leadership around 2021 saw a major increase in focus on extracting cash from players. The length of time anything purchased remained useful dropped fast. Mod 22 launched in January wasSolid and enjoyable game till mod 6 in 2015. They manged to stabilise the game with Mod 8 later that year. After that it was a long slow decline. Few highlights but players still largely stuck around. New leadership around 2021 saw a major increase in focus on extracting cash from players. The length of time anything purchased remained useful dropped fast. Mod 22 launched in January was another example. Since the launch player numbers have been in freefall. It remains to be seen whether the latest round of leadership changes can staunch the loss of players. It seems kind of doubtful unless the new owners give the new leadership team more resources to recast the game. As the increasing cash demands on players probably reflected needing to take more money from a declining player base to keep revenue numbers up it is unlikely that further investment would be an attractive proposition to an accountant. There are still some good things about the game, though very little of the spirit of the first few years remains.… Expand
  4. RBarut33
    Apr 29, 2021
    0
    Steamde türkçe arayüz türkçe alt yazı olduğunu söylediği için merak ettim indirip oynamak istedim. Oyunu indirken 200 mb olduğunu gördüm şaşırdım indirdim. kurulum sonrası açılışta oyun yok. Bildiğiniz setup. oyun türkçe değil setup türkçe. oyunu setup ile kuruyorsunuz. oyun kuralum sırasında hangi dilde kurmak istersiniz diyor orada da türkçe yok. oyunda zaten alt yazı yok. yinede girdimSteamde türkçe arayüz türkçe alt yazı olduğunu söylediği için merak ettim indirip oynamak istedim. Oyunu indirken 200 mb olduğunu gördüm şaşırdım indirdim. kurulum sonrası açılışta oyun yok. Bildiğiniz setup. oyun türkçe değil setup türkçe. oyunu setup ile kuruyorsunuz. oyun kuralum sırasında hangi dilde kurmak istersiniz diyor orada da türkçe yok. oyunda zaten alt yazı yok. yinede girdim oynadım işaretleri takip et takip et gına geldi. sadece gitmeye gidiyorsun bir salmadı bizi dolanıp yaratık keseyim keşfe çıkayım. Türkçe yazmasa hayatta indirmezdim ve bu oyunu 2. kere indirişim olduğunu fark ettim 13gblık oyun dosyasını indirdiğime mi yanayım bu oyuna indirmek için 12 saatimi harcadığımamı yanayım. Tabi bu yanmayı içimden atmam gerekiyordu. Gittim steam şikayetine dolandırıcılık yaptığını bizzat anlattım. 12 saat oynadı nedir ya 10 dk oynadım 12 saat oyunu kurmakla geçti.Steam oyun download setubını oyun olarak tanıtmışlar o açık olduğu sürece oyunu oynuyor gösteriyor. en fazla 10 dk oynamışımdır. Merkez şehrine girer girmez orayı tanıdım. o ejder yüzlü adamda tanıdık gelmişti zaten. Kusura baksınlar ben bu dolandırıcılara emeği var diyipde 1 puan bile vermem.… Expand
  5. jseph1234
    Mar 23, 2021
    1
    A terrible, Linear MMO that no one wanted. This was supposed to be Neverwinter Nights 3 but instead this trash MMO was foisted on Forgotten Realms fan and met with the proper dislike it deserve.

    Just a money-making, NON-Neverwinter Nights RPG. Don't waste your time or money on this junk.
  6. Murkwater
    Jul 2, 2020
    2
    This game was just as fun as wow during WoTLK, right up until the pay to win mechanics started kicking in. Shame people ruin perfectly good games with micro transactions, if it was subscription based this game would have been so much better.
  7. Legitplayer
    Aug 11, 2019
    0
    I was playing this mmo because It was easier more casual less time consuming&pay2win.
    unfortunately with new patch they ruined the game and erased every reason why I play this game.
    People with more than 1k hours immediately quit the game because they lost everything they grinded for basically meaningless to play If they destroy the things you grinded hundreds of hours for.
  8. Wodzuxxxx
    Feb 3, 2019
    0
    Nice bug, nice lag ta gra z każdym modułem to co raz gorszy syf. Pazerność, glicze, bugi, lagi to norma w tej grze
  9. ireviewbadgames
    Nov 2, 2018
    3
    2018 REVIEW: The most positive aspect of the game is the foundry, which grants creative players the ability to script/write custom quests and dungeons, theoretically making an unending supply of new content. Character design and background information is also impressive, though rolling dice (literally, not a metaphor) for stats like strength and charisma is objectively poor design and2018 REVIEW: The most positive aspect of the game is the foundry, which grants creative players the ability to script/write custom quests and dungeons, theoretically making an unending supply of new content. Character design and background information is also impressive, though rolling dice (literally, not a metaphor) for stats like strength and charisma is objectively poor design and still hasn't been re-worked into a point-buy system since the game's release. The classes are relatively interesting, though suffer from one-dimensionalism that many other MMORPGs on the market avoid.

    Unfortunately, the game is also covered in hidden pay-to-play mechanics (such as only two character slots before having to pay for more) and a horrendous leveling experience. Just to be clear, the game is a railroad of quests- you cannot deviate, otherwise you cannot progress with your character. There are better MMO experiences to be had elsewhere- Elder Scrolls Online, World of Warcraft (a private server if you really want)    … Expand
  10. Faithfully
    Jun 6, 2018
    0
    “Danger Will Robinson”... Run Away From This Game!!

    Neverwinter has lots going for it, but the volunteer and paid support staff have a serious dark undertone and high school clique mentality, that verges on what could be considered a hate crime campaign against those who are different! I naively believed that in a world who constantly promotes the terms "Diversity and Tolerance",    “Danger Will Robinson”... Run Away From This Game!!

    Neverwinter has lots going for it, but the volunteer and paid support staff have a serious dark undertone and high school clique mentality, that verges on what could be considered a hate crime campaign against those who are different!

    I naively believed that in a world who constantly promotes the terms "Diversity and Tolerance", that our faith centered family, friendly guild, would be considered part of the protected Diversity umbrella... but I stand corrected :-((

    Because our Guild leader pointed out in the official Neverwinter forums, that the ARC Quests for PC (a free way to make Zen/Game Money) were removed from our sign in page, and that a community moderator was being dishonest in posting her replies, saying that “the ARC Quests would return shortly", then the volunteer moderator waged a defensive war to silence our Guild leader... (FYI months later, still no ARC Quests for PC, so you can see who has something to hide!)

    In fact they even went to the point to ban everyone who our guild leader played with online, from the forum as well... Now because we all got together and wrote ARC Game Support, about the blanket forum posting ban of almost 30 toons, they are now threatening to ban our guild leader (and all of us) from the game completely, to cover their hate practices of our guild and commitment to truth with honesty!

    Our guild never asked for this... Dishonesty and deception within the ARC community staff, simply would rather ban 30 toons, than be honest and end the hate campaign!

    It is sad the undeniable influence Hate Mongers have, in a modern professionally designed game world, when no one in cooperate has any concern for truth, or even our legally protected rights to be different! It's like our guild stronghold has turned into a Concentration Camp, and we are all waiting for the hate campaigner's gas to be turned on! (What ever happened to “Never Forget”???)

    If respect, peaceful diversity, and Truth is something you support, don't expect to be supported by Neverwinter or any of the ARC games at this time:-((    … Expand
  11. XenWithAPen
    May 21, 2018
    0
    The game is fine, but the customer service through Arc is **** garbage. It doesn't matter how much money you spend on their game, they will treat you like an idiot and be of no help whatsoever. Don't waste your money on these people, they aren't worth it.
  12. Ahitoa
    May 11, 2018
    3
    Neverwinter online is a fake MMO. Here are the 3 main reasons, not necessary in the order of importance:
    1. Rigged RNG - opening boxes with VIP keys is an exercise on frustration. The people who win are, 90% of time, devs on disguise or players who bought dozens/hundreds of keys with real money, a fact never advertised.
    2. Daily adjustment of dungeons and poorly designed tooltip on    Neverwinter online is a fake MMO. Here are the 3 main reasons, not necessary in the order of importance:
    1. Rigged RNG - opening boxes with VIP keys is an exercise on frustration. The people who win are, 90% of time, devs on disguise or players who bought dozens/hundreds of keys with real money, a fact never advertised.
    2. Daily adjustment of dungeons and poorly designed tooltip on pourpose - long story short devs change everything daily and make dungeons suddenly more difficult in order to *scare* the players and made them buy new stuff to become more powerful. The only enjoyable class, less prone to be destroyed by this, is the Oathbound Paladin, at least until the *end game* dungeons. Those are brutal and require to be BiS (best in slot) aka spend 60 + millions Astral Diamonds or 1200 dollars.
    3. The game is plagued by min/max players and guilds who control crafting and the Auction House. Their builds never worked past a certain level because they are either devs in disguise manipulating the odds against them or cheaters who survive impossible hits/mechanics grace to third party software.

    Stay away.    … Expand
  13. D3rosDHpl
    Dec 8, 2017
    0
    Craptric!!! Lag crash error. Wieczne lagi bugi crashe gra co moduł spada na samo dno. Nowe dodają o starym zapominają. Ta gra to dno i kilometr mułu.
  14. SonicX
    Dec 29, 2016
    1
    I spent 100 hours playing this MMORPG. There are lots of different locations and worlds. Lots of quests and stories certainly grace Neverwinter and make it interesting. It has quite beautiful city and colorful locatiins where you can improve your character. Despite this prons, Neverwinter has plenty disadvantages that make this game not playable. First of all, of course, donation. Zen ShopI spent 100 hours playing this MMORPG. There are lots of different locations and worlds. Lots of quests and stories certainly grace Neverwinter and make it interesting. It has quite beautiful city and colorful locatiins where you can improve your character. Despite this prons, Neverwinter has plenty disadvantages that make this game not playable. First of all, of course, donation. Zen Shop has items, that make your character much stronger than others. If you want to play MMORPG without any donation and have high skill persona, than Neverwinter isnt your choice at all. Secondly, classes in this game dont balance at all. Warlock is the leader of DD charachters and nobody could kill him 1vs1. If you choose heal from start, than you can forget about PvP, as you are useless there at all. As for me, I decided not to play this game, as it doesnt have Open-World system. If you want to get in another location, you dont have to walk there. You just have to go to the gate and press 2 buttons. In conclusion, I dont reccomend this game, as it needs from you only money and nothing more. Donation just kills this game.… Expand
  15. Dtka4uk
    Dec 29, 2016
    0
    Donate 1000$ and be top 1 arena gamer. **** this game. In main sity 30fps on min settings gtx 950. Best optimization. Rly don't spend you'r time on this game if you not milloner.
  16. Nude_Warrior
    Aug 4, 2016
    0
    SPOILERS! If you load into Helm's Hold, you crash while loading, making your character effectively lost. Oh, and this problem goes back to 2013.

    It's a freemium piece of garbage. It is not an RPG. It tries to be one, but anyone with 1/4 of a brain can see right through it. They bought a name they thought they could make money with and just proceeded to show how little they know    SPOILERS! If you load into Helm's Hold, you crash while loading, making your character effectively lost. Oh, and this problem goes back to 2013.

    It's a freemium piece of garbage. It is not an RPG. It tries to be one, but anyone with 1/4 of a brain can see right through it.

    They bought a name they thought they could make money with and just proceeded to show how little they know about its fanbase.

    Whoever thought of making a freemium D&D game should be beaten, like week in a hospital beaten.    … Expand
  17. Guam
    Mar 31, 2016
    1
    They have turned the game into a total cash grab, I would echo the comments of the most negative guys on here. Once you hit 70 you WILL be having to pay unless you are prepared to spend your entire day every week every month and all year in the game to progress to where you will NEED to be.
    Don't believe the guys who say you can do it all for FREE you simply cannot unless you have    They have turned the game into a total cash grab, I would echo the comments of the most negative guys on here. Once you hit 70 you WILL be having to pay unless you are prepared to spend your entire day every week every month and all year in the game to progress to where you will NEED to be.
    Don't believe the guys who say you can do it all for FREE you simply cannot unless you have absolutely no life imho! And even then you will need those pesky Coal wards and you WILL end up paying for those now!

    Avoid!    … Expand
  18. Gryphonklaws
    Mar 27, 2016
    1
    Going on two weeks since the major **** up called THE MAZE ENGINE. People still cant queue to access game content, in chat people begging for more players to so they can make an attempt at game content, actually people begging for any group so they can have a chance doing something. If this is the state of how they handle customer issues, bugs, and massive frustration than we all need toGoing on two weeks since the major **** up called THE MAZE ENGINE. People still cant queue to access game content, in chat people begging for more players to so they can make an attempt at game content, actually people begging for any group so they can have a chance doing something. If this is the state of how they handle customer issues, bugs, and massive frustration than we all need to ask if you really want to invest time and money into a game like this.

    The only reason I gave this game a 1 is if you just want to waste hundreds of dollars on a game with very little real content, that is constantly bugged, never class balanced because its unprofitable for the developers, very little in common with the DnD universe other than the payoffs they give Salvatore to use the name of popular characters, a tiny world to explore, constant change in game play when the developers develop new ways for cash grabs, a game that is really more suited to a cash grab tablet play than intense, rewarding play on PC, than this game is for you.

    As a 30 year veteran of MMORPGs from the release of EQ, DaOC, Star Wars online, Eve, Rifts, WoW, LoTR, Vanguard trust me, don't invest your time. Looking for a new game to invest in, this probably will just frustrate and annoy you. It is definitely not a gamers game.    … Expand
  19. mickmalcom
    Feb 21, 2016
    0
    Avoid this one at all costs. Though it starts fun, it quickly progresses to a cash grab by Cryptic. When you make max level, the only thing to do is a mindless grind to upgrade your gear, as there is no real 'epic' loot to chase. This gear upgrading requires certain wards which are only available to purchase for Zen, which is available for...you guessed it...real cash. Personally, I likeAvoid this one at all costs. Though it starts fun, it quickly progresses to a cash grab by Cryptic. When you make max level, the only thing to do is a mindless grind to upgrade your gear, as there is no real 'epic' loot to chase. This gear upgrading requires certain wards which are only available to purchase for Zen, which is available for...you guessed it...real cash. Personally, I like games that really get rolling once you hit max level. That is absolutely not the case here. Once you reach max level, there are only 7 or 8 encounters that are in any way challenging, and even those are dumbed down to the point that they are just button mashing with an occasional dodge. Also, unlike most mmorpgs I've played, there is not much in the way of character customization. By the time you hit 70, you have most of the gear you'll use till you get bored and quit. I'll personally never play another game by this company, they make lots of promises they don't deliver on and the staff seems to be trying to run it into the ground. Save your time, save your money, play something else.… Expand
  20. neverwinterdead
    Dec 7, 2015
    0
    This game used to be good. The only thing going for it right now is the combat system, because everything else has become endless paywalls, bugs, and no more of the old giant epic dungeons. I recommend playing the game from 1-60, but as soon as you reach 60 and try out the new content, you will realize you have been put on an endless solo content quest grind for the next 100 hours to reachThis game used to be good. The only thing going for it right now is the combat system, because everything else has become endless paywalls, bugs, and no more of the old giant epic dungeons. I recommend playing the game from 1-60, but as soon as you reach 60 and try out the new content, you will realize you have been put on an endless solo content quest grind for the next 100 hours to reach level 70, and after you reach level 70, you will be so poor and unable to do anything no one will take you to any of the dungeons to make money until you either pony up and pay real $$$ or go through months of trying to scrounge up enough astral diamonds to be average-geared 2500 item level player. After you are average-geared you won't even be able to PVP anything. You will die in 5 seconds and do less than 5% damage to a top-geared 4000 item level player. You will take 5-10 times longer to complete dungeons than a top-geared team. Really, all I feel is sadness for this game. Destroyed by greed and laziness. They don't even let you bring up issues on the forum without censoring you like the communist party in old China. I bet there is more freedom of speech in modern China than on their sad slow forum now.… Expand
  21. EmilOfPower
    Aug 18, 2015
    1
    When this game came out I was genuinely happy. Cryptic-made fantasy game with backing from Wizards of the Coast, awesome! Or so I thought. After all, this is the developer who gave me my first and all time favourite MMO - City of Heroes. I played Neverwinter since early Beta. I enjoyed it a lot. I spent a lot of money on it too. Then, just like that, around the release of Module 5 thingsWhen this game came out I was genuinely happy. Cryptic-made fantasy game with backing from Wizards of the Coast, awesome! Or so I thought. After all, this is the developer who gave me my first and all time favourite MMO - City of Heroes. I played Neverwinter since early Beta. I enjoyed it a lot. I spent a lot of money on it too. Then, just like that, around the release of Module 5 things started going downhill. You could feel the ever increasing demand of cash payments the game laid on you without much subtlety. Slowly but surely they began taking away our means of gathering the needed ingame resources via actual gameplay and put all of the best rewards behind heavy RNG system effectively taking out player ability and even time spent playing for favor of ZEN purchases. This "Free to Play" game currently offers a VIP program, basically a sub, something they said they'd never do. Personally I see it as a desperate last ditch effort for money grabbing. And to further alienate its players Cryptic also did very little to deal with the massive wave of bot users and cheaters who pretty much brought the game economy to the ground which is all too bad because we had potential here, so much potential. Great combat system, great RP value, pretty visuals..

    Bottom line - play at your own risk. As for me, I left Neverwinter for good.    … Expand
  22. llain
    Jul 28, 2015
    1
    The best feature is the combat system. The battle dynamics have potential for great complexity, and the user interface is well-designed and responsive. It's possible to create a wide variety of character builds with regards to gear and stats.

    Now the bad news. Even the best feature of the game is constantly breaking. Many popular abilities have been bugged for months without any    The best feature is the combat system. The battle dynamics have potential for great complexity, and the user interface is well-designed and responsive. It's possible to create a wide variety of character builds with regards to gear and stats.

    Now the bad news. Even the best feature of the game is constantly breaking. Many popular abilities have been bugged for months without any apparent fix in sight. The developers have a great deal of trouble keeping the classes balanced, so that at any given time one or two classes are OP compared to the others. And as for the variety of character builds you'd expect in a D&D-based game, if you want to be a viable party member, do real damage, or healz, etc., you will find your options much tighter.

    Now the worse news. As with all "free-to-play" games (emphasis on the quotes), you will eventually reach a wall which requires paying to pass. What sets this game apart from other MMOs with the same philosophy is the steepness and suddenness of this wall. It takes anywhere from a day to a week for most people to reach level 60 (out of 70) at which point a month or two of rewardless repetitive grinding is needed to reach 70. At that point it will take about a year to save up enough in-game currency for your character to be ready for the end-game content. Keep in mind that during this year you will be grinding 1 dungeon (yes ONE working lvl 60+ dungeon) and 1 skirmish (mini-game). It will not be fun. Of course, you can jump right into the end-game content for the price of roughly $300-$500, gaining access to another 4 dungeons (one of which is playable, the other you will simply exploit your way through it, and the other two you will never find anyone to run it with you because it's overpowered, unless you want to spend another $300-$400 for some truly epic gear).

    As of this writing there is exactly one viable way of earning in-game currency at the rate required to get end-game gear in a reasonable amount of time, and unfortunately it is extremely easy for botters to exploit. All complex quest-based and enjoyable methods of earning real rewards have been removed at this point.

    TL;DR - If you have $500-$1000 of expendable cash to spend on a poorly-maintained MMO with a nice combat system, go for it. Otherwise STAY AWAY.    … Expand
  23. TUMATAYO
    Jul 22, 2015
    1
    This game is free it was all fun in the beginning but in the end, since this is a pay for win game it is very disappointing, they have no originality in terms of PVP/PVE copycats of WOW, the balance of every each character is a joke one, some of the character has a lot of exploits, has a lot of imbalance, if you try to play this its okay because it is free choose the most exploitative heroThis game is free it was all fun in the beginning but in the end, since this is a pay for win game it is very disappointing, they have no originality in terms of PVP/PVE copycats of WOW, the balance of every each character is a joke one, some of the character has a lot of exploits, has a lot of imbalance, if you try to play this its okay because it is free choose the most exploitative hero like trickster rogue, paladin, and divine cleric. Most of the developers are amateurs they keep on promising some changes but only in imagination don't expect a balance game on this, another poor gaming of MMORPG.… Expand
  24. empirej
    Jun 18, 2015
    1
    This game just keeps going from bad to worse. My previous negative review has gotten worse since the release of module 6. Main Problems with the game: Soulless greed. Broken Promises. Wasted Potential. Milking the D&D brand for all its worth to fund other projects while letting this one fall to the wayside and go completely underdeveloped. A majorly broken game (with main characterThis game just keeps going from bad to worse. My previous negative review has gotten worse since the release of module 6. Main Problems with the game: Soulless greed. Broken Promises. Wasted Potential. Milking the D&D brand for all its worth to fund other projects while letting this one fall to the wayside and go completely underdeveloped. A majorly broken game (with main character powers that are broken for months if not years) with no apologies or apparent intention to actually fix the problems THEY created to rush re-used, stale, content out the door. ALL of these problems are abundant and rampant in this game. This very much is a PAY2win scenario game, and they keep trying to make that situation even worse with every new module. I could not recommend this game to anyone for any reason at this point. Avoid this game. Don't say you weren't warned.… Expand
  25. jblac02
    Jun 15, 2015
    2
    Alot has changed since my first review, almost entirely for the worse. When this game was released it had huge potential and it was fun for quite awhile but long delays for patches followed by huge let downs and massive pushing of the cash shop have effectively made the game a cash sink if you want to compete and pretty stale. Huge changes in game philosophy and design have also hurt theAlot has changed since my first review, almost entirely for the worse. When this game was released it had huge potential and it was fun for quite awhile but long delays for patches followed by huge let downs and massive pushing of the cash shop have effectively made the game a cash sink if you want to compete and pretty stale. Huge changes in game philosophy and design have also hurt the game and nearly a year and a half after I quit there is virtually nothing new to show after going back and checking out what I had missed since i last logged on. Don't waste your time here, the developers crumbled under the pressure.… Expand
  26. silverkelt
    May 21, 2015
    3
    This game went from good, to potential is there, to ok, to meh..
    The last release was just terrible, I mean terrible and they are doing very little to win veterans back to it. All but ignored the last preview testing and Mod 6 literally broke the game.. I mean most of the power/feats were broken for the first month and they are JUST now slowly rebuilding it. In addition if you come from    This game went from good, to potential is there, to ok, to meh..
    The last release was just terrible, I mean terrible and they are doing very little to win veterans back to it. All but ignored the last preview testing and Mod 6 literally broke the game.. I mean most of the power/feats were broken for the first month and they are JUST now slowly rebuilding it. In addition if you come from say middle of the mods 2-3 , there isnt much new for you at all. They did increase difficulty settings by a factor of about ten give or take though, so its much harder then it was. Up to you if you like that or not.

    They have adding many time/pay and grind gates and each week , seem to take another player bonus away. They have recently hired some new people, but it seems that the company that made the game and operates it (cryptic) is in direct contrast to what the money side wants (pwe) cryptic wants a game thats fun, but PWE just wants a vehicle to make money.

    The best games make both happen, this one ATM doesn't, I can no longer recommended this game to people, I would suggest you look elsewhere until they fix it.    … Expand
  27. anthonygirdler
    May 18, 2015
    3
    Positive -
    Combat is great.
    Graphics are awesome. Monsters and the basic world is amazing - it's a very well developed and documented world. User created dungeons. Negative - It's not open world ! WTF ! The areas are linked by doors to travel through. This style of game NEEDS to be open world. D&D should feel like you can go anywhere and do anything. The user created dungeons    Positive -
    Combat is great.
    Graphics are awesome.
    Monsters and the basic world is amazing - it's a very well developed and documented world.
    User created dungeons.

    Negative -
    It's not open world ! WTF ! The areas are linked by doors to travel through. This style of game NEEDS to be open world. D&D should feel like you can go anywhere and do anything.
    The user created dungeons don't work if you need to reload a map within a map. You can play in a map for an hour, advancing a lovingly crafted story and then it will refuse to load another area. There are complaints about this on forums all over the place and it's inconceivable it has not been fixed.

    Overall - Very disappointed. This game could have been amazing with unlimited scope for user created content. Instead it has a closed feeling with even the best user content not working.
    When I was 11 some friends of mine bought a book called basic dungeons and dragons. We paid 5c per page to photocopy it at the local library. Adventuring in dungeons and dragons with my friends was some of the best times of my life. I still remember running out of arrows while perched on a castle wall and throwing my shoe at a troll. I rolled a 20 and killed it. So much fun. I played right through my teens, 20's and into my 30's. Family and work now gets in the way, but d&d still holds a VERY special place. To get my fantasy rpg fix I play wow, elder scrolls, diablo and a few other games. D&D online sucked. Neverwinter held so much promise with great graphics, mmo and most of all, unlimited user created dungeons. But they stuffed it up. It's not open world which is unforgivable for d&d. You can't close in a d&d world with doors. Sure, put up mountains and don't have flying mounts if you can't spare the time to flesh out the whole damned globe. But don't have linear paths and small maps that aren't linked.
    Please try again. You got so many things right. But you ruined the spirit of the game.    … Expand
  28. rhavin
    Apr 21, 2015
    1
    This game completely lacks of any concept for level 10-70. Basically, you level up as fast as you can, all gear you'll get becomes obsolete every 10 levels, what you can create with professions is time-consuming and wont be usable by anyone because noone will stay long enough in the level-range the equipment could be of any use. The in-game economy is a complete mess, the development lacksThis game completely lacks of any concept for level 10-70. Basically, you level up as fast as you can, all gear you'll get becomes obsolete every 10 levels, what you can create with professions is time-consuming and wont be usable by anyone because noone will stay long enough in the level-range the equipment could be of any use. The in-game economy is a complete mess, the development lacks any vision of roleplaying, the classes are not even close to the posibillity of balancing, the forum censores all criticism.

    Bugs reported YEARS ago are still unfixed, there is NO response from the staff regarding ANY problems, just buzzword-dropping on every new "feature" that happens to be the next coffer of bugs.

    It simply the right game run by the wrong people and heading to desaster, so curently you should avoid it.    … Expand
  29. JakeParalta
    Apr 10, 2015
    1
    I've been playing this game for 2 years and I still cannot post in the forums.
    Cryptic studios and perfect world are sick of working with each other and it shows.
    They are both working on new games and funneling any proceeds from never winter directly into. The new areas in module 6 were cut copied and pasted together to make "new areas" with the same monsters that have had their names    I've been playing this game for 2 years and I still cannot post in the forums.
    Cryptic studios and perfect world are sick of working with each other and it shows.
    They are both working on new games and funneling any proceeds from never winter directly into.
    The new areas in module 6 were cut copied and pasted together to make "new areas" with the same monsters that have had their names changed lol!!    … Expand
  30. olia_bn
    Apr 10, 2015
    3
    SUMMARY: Enormous waste of potential and previous solid developer work, I can't recommend it any more.

    I really enjoyed the game at the beginning, enough to invest into a few "packs" (even though pricing in this MMO is much, much higher than it other F2P games; a mount - albeit account-wide - can cost 30EUR or more!). The good points include: - active, dynamic, interesting combat    SUMMARY: Enormous waste of potential and previous solid developer work, I can't recommend it any more.

    I really enjoyed the game at the beginning, enough to invest into a few "packs" (even though pricing in this MMO is much, much higher than it other F2P games; a mount - albeit account-wide - can cost 30EUR or more!).
    The good points include:
    - active, dynamic, interesting combat (console-like low active skill limit, different class mechanics etc)
    - attractive graphics
    - rich world, though mostly thanks to rich Dungeons & Dragons lore
    - enormous potential user-created content (could) bring; the content users provide is often exceptional, but it is not utilized to it's full potential
    - web-based gateway to interact with game world, including crafting, guild, auction house and ENORMOUSLY FUN dice game

    Unfortunately, blatant money-grabbing becomes obvious really fast and the game becomes a gear grind, with content locked behind gear score (or your CC number).
    While you can personalise your build, any change you'd make requires payment (or enormous amount of grind to exchange in-game currency to real-money currency).
    Bugs are rampant, but never fixed or acknowledged.
    Economy is in serious trouble because of rampant hackers and botters, but these issues are rarely addressed or fixed.
    There is almost no support to in my opinion the greatest, most unique feature the game offers, namely user-created content (Foundry).
    PvP is painfully unbalanced and heavily Pay to Win, modes are limited.

    To make matters worse, Mod 6 (April 2015) rose lvl cap to 70 but only way offered to level up are repeatable HOURLY quests, limited to 4 at a time, in re-hashed, re-used locations.

    I tried to like this game. I really did enjoy levelling (up to 60, in Mod 5 so before April 2015) - again, enough to invest (substantial) amounts of real cash into it.
    But developers seem incompetent, ignorant or too under the heel of Sales department to produce any quality content.    … Expand
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  1. Worth Playing
    Oct 8, 2013
    70
    As a D&D and Neverwinter Nights fan, I wanted to see what an MMO version offered, and I came away feeling that it accomplished its goals, if only for a month or so. It's like a single-player sandbox dungeon; when I reached what felt to be the proverbial end, it was time to move on.
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  2. XGN
    Sep 17, 2013
    55
    Neverwinter is a disappointing MMO. There isn’t a lot of freedom for players to roam and it doesn’t re-imagine itself in the open world genre. For a free-to-play game it offers too little.
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  3. Gaming Nexus
    Sep 6, 2013
    88
    Neverwinter is one of the best free-to-play games this year, with its fluid combat, extensive amount of quests, and Foundry tool in which players can create their own adventures. Most importantly, premium points and items don't affect the game for those who choose to adventure on the free route. Role-playing fans owe themselves an extended journey to the world of Neverwinter.
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