I'm thinking of buying NWN, because I've heard good things about it and from the trailers I've seen the graphics look really good. But before I went out and bought it I wanted to ask a couple of questions...
>Do you it is a good game?
>What edition of rules is it played on?(What game out of BG1, BG2, IWD2 would it be closest to?)
>Are there NPC's?
>Are they any good?
>If I did buy it, should I get an exspansion and which one?

It revolves around online play - the OC is nothing special. ALFA (http://www.alandfaraway.org) is recommended.

It's played on 3rd Edition - IWD2 is the closest. Quite a lot of similarities actually.

Yeah, but you can only have one at a time in the OC.

Dunno, never finished the OC.

If you want to play ALFA, you need both expansions.

Thanks DM

Although DM has already answered just about every question, I'll throw in my own opinion. I never played the game online, so I cannot comment on how enjoyable the game is in that mode. But single player isn't much fun. It's purely hack and slash, a bit like soloing IWD 2 but with even less to do outside of combat. LOTS of pointless empty chests in the OC. The NPCs are OK, some have interesting back stories, but don't expect BG2-style interactions (since you cannot have more than one in the OC, and 2 in HOTU).

I never played SOU, but did experiment a bit with HOTU. Again the gameplay is nothing special. If anything this expansion redefines "munchkin". The added prestige classes do make it fun to experiment with various character combinations, however.

I think the NWN Platinum or something like this is available (through SP too!), which includes all 3 flavors of the game. If it's for a good price, this would be a good idea, since it gives you everything in one neat package and allows ALFA play.

Yes, it only makes sense to buy the all-in-one Platinum package now.

The vault... modules... the vault... quite amazing assortment of modules... the vault... modules...

Neverwinter Nights is a lot of fun the first time around but is not one of those games you can play over and over again like BG2 or Icewind Dale. A lot of it has to do with no party mixing as you are pretty well playing solo the whole game (your NPC's run on their own AI). I would not buy any of the expansion packs until you played the first one and see if you enjoyed it. The expansions are pretty boring with HOTU a little better than SOU. The story is pretty good in NWN but without the party of six like other Bioware games, it ain't the same.

I got the platinum set and am enjoying it. The Healer is annoying, but worth the hassle against the undead...

I just got a copy for a friend of mine, shes played it just once and is totally hooked, shes now on ebay looking for the platinum set! :rolling:

I hated the OC, all of them. Too many flaws and lack of role-playing for my taste. The part that I enjoyed most was the beginning of SOU, but it still doesn't come close to BG for roleplaying, NPCs, and open-ended play.

I also tried the vault and didn't find anything I liked, there wasn't enough open-ended play or attention to detail. Though I haven't tried that many modules from the vault, after trying some of the top rated ones, and recomended ones from SP; I gave up.

Though, I've never played online or ALFA so I can't say how they are for fun. But I've heard great stuff about ALFA, and after visiting their site I left drooling.