Neverwinter Nights 2 Gold

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Amazon Maximum Age: 20 Amazon Minimum Age: 144 Batteries Included: 0 Binding: Video Game Brand: Atari EAN: 0742725276352 ESRB Age Rating: Teen Feature: Bundle includes: Neverwinter Nights 2 and Neverwinter Nights 2 Mask of the Betrayer Format: DVD-ROM Label: Atari Manufacturer: Atari Model: 27635 Number Of Items: 1 Platform: Windows Publisher: Atari Release Date: 2008-05-06 Studio: Atari
Features Bundle includes: Neverwinter Nights 2 and Neverwinter Nights 2 Mask of the Betrayer Singleplayer or online multiplayer Over 50 hours of gameplay Create your own adventures and share them with your friends Play your adventure as the Dungeon Master
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Editorial Reviews: Neverwinter Nights 2 Gold combines Neverwinter Nights 2, the sequel to one of the best-selling and genre-defining role-playing games ever, and Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer, which allows you to advance to epic levels (above 20) and choose from over 100 spells.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Late to the Party and Glad I Was Comment: I enjoy RPGs whereby one can have several party members who join you and NWN2 delivers as opposed to NWN1 where your PC is limited to one companion and an animal companion if your PC can cast such a spell. The original campaign is also superior to to the OC of NWN1 as well and the very fact you can access your NPC party members is a real boon to gameplay. I thought the voice acting was excellent and the NPC characters had considerable depth. The bottom line is that I had a lot of fun with it. The resting aspect of only five seconds instead of a whole game day was refreshing. There were also a number of things that I never experienced before in an RPG that were quite intriguing: a trial and the running and defending of your keep. The game is decently long, the story line good, and various quests fun. You also get to choose who will be in your party as you go though there are a few times when a certain NPC has to tag along. There is even a cheat code, if you like, to raise your NPCs to a total of 6 + you = 7! You muct put this code in at the beginning of every chapter. There are a few cons, however. The first and foremost is: Get ready to spending a significant time of patching the game. I am so glad I waited three years before buying it because the amount of patches to get this game working properly is astounding. Obsidian deserved the heavy criticism for initially selling a bug infested slop. Just use the update button until the patching is finished and then get ready to patch the included expansion Mask of the Betrayer (MotB). After the patching both games played without any issue. Another con - to a degree - are the cut scenes. Now they are important to the game and some of them contain enjoyable humor, but sometimes they get long and there are a suprising number of them throughout. Still, not a real game breaker. The last con has to do with MotB in that there are a few significant game mechanics that are different from the OC. Proabably the major one is spirit-eating and the impact that has on gameplay. It can really force you to get bogged down as you are always having to gauge your spirit hunger and spiritual energy. The aspect was none too popular with the majority of players and is the reason for my 4 Star Overall rating. There is a cheat code whereby you can disable it. Still MotB was a lot of fun and you can export your PC from NWN2 into this expansion. This is a worthy game to purchase and play; glad I did. Customer Rating: Summary: my rants Comment: this games ai is none existent and you have to run graphics to low i wish it was better 10000000 percents because i love games like it this game was a major disapointment to me it locks up or crashes daelan redfeather would be ashamed and so would minsc and boo jaheria wouldnt care but i do believe that all the updates are trying to fix these issues i seem to have to have to update it slowly the map is affected by these updates cause the caves have changed yes that means i it runs so bad i cant get threw the ruins so ASHAMED FOR NEVERWINTER Customer Rating: Summary: Great game Comment: Better than NWN 1, I enjoyed the character interaction. Was the 1st game in a long time that I played more than once for the story. Hope they don't mess it up by letting Cryptic make a NWN MMO. Customer Rating: Summary: NWN2 Review Comment: Nothing groundbreaking in this game but it is fun to play and has a fair amount of extras to keep you entertained. Customer Rating: Summary: Cooler than the original Comment: I played the original NWN and was sorely disappointed. I could never get past the first chapter, because I found the whole thing exceedingly boring, and I got lost from sheer lack of directions in the expansion packs. NWN2 fixed that, in several ways. The first is with the characters you encounter. The people actually seem more real, and you can build relationships with your companions based on your actions. The characters have more depth to them, and have backstory and quests to go with them. The second is the plot. Apparently, it's quite typical of adventure games, but I wouldn't really know. I enjoyed the plot, and unraveling the mystery. Parts of the first chapter were a little tedious, but were still fun (at least on the first play through). This is particularly true of MotB, which has a truly epic plot and even better characters. Third, you can now control all of the player characters. Instead of only being able to give suggestions, you can equip them the way you wish and tell them exactly what to do. I've found that by tweaking the AI slightly, you can get a party that doesn't need turn by turn guidance, but figuring out just what you want can take a while. Playback value varies, because it depends on how thoroughly you did everything the first time. There are two sides to choose from in the beginning, so I suppose you could play through it twice to see how each one plays out, but other than going back and finding little things, there's not a whole lot to get the second time around. If you enjoy playing with different characters, however, and don't mind the same plot over again, it is a wonderful replay. Challenge will vary depending on the person and how well you level. For NWN2, I played the first time and missed several side quests, and was about five levels below recommended. This made playing hell, even on the easiest level. On the other hand, if you do it right, you can blow right through most of it. There are a few cons to the NWN2 as well. You are "herded" a lot more. There is less space to wreak havoc than in the original. There's much more guidance, and you have to follow along the main plot or not continue with the game. There are enough side quests and different things you can do that it doesn't really matter, and you still get to make choices, but the basic plot and events will stay the same regardless. I rather liked this, because it means you don't get lost wondering what to do nearly as often. Some of the quests are rather annoying, and quite a bit tedious, but only one or two stand out in particular. I didn't notice the problems with the camera in NWN2, but I had a hard time adjusting to the change in MotB. However, it is possible to tweak the camera until you find what you're comfortable with. More Reviews