Neverwinter Nights Reviews
Posted Sunday, June 30, 2002 - 16:29 CET by Mollusken

There's no end to the reviews these days. First we go to Gamersclick, who thinks the game is good enough for a score of 94%.

Being more than Baldur’s Gate II in 3D, and even more than tabletop D&D adapted for the PC, Neverwinter Nights is, bottom line, one of the best games available on the PC today. The sixty-American-dollar price tag is off-putting, and getting the game to run could very likely be an ordeal. Nevertheless, the light at the end of the tunnel remains bright. For every hour spent trying to resolve compatibility issues, there are several hours of solving quests, and for every dollar you spend, you’ll find several hours of enthralling gameplay. It may not be the perfect adaptation of D&D on a PC, but it’s as close as is possible at this point in time, and between the single player game, multiplayer games, the 100-hour campaign, creating your own modules, and playing user-made content, there is sure to be something here for everyone. Suffice it to say, Neverwinter Nights is probably the best $60 purchase you will make for a long time.

And over at ActionTrip the score is 93 of of 100.

The tale of Neverwinter Nights really got under my skin in the past few weeks. From what I saw on my adventures through the labyrinths, dungeons, forests, caves, villages, and cities, I can safely say it was one hell of an enthralling RPG voyage. I'm sure that most gamers are aware of Bioware's reputation when it comes to making thorough role-playing games. Even though the game's only just been released, the community of Neverwinter Nights is already thriving like crazy. What makes Neverwinter Nights stand out from other RPGs, is its unique Aurora Toolset, which gives players the opportunity to create their own scenarios and worlds to venture in. The rest of you can just sit back and enjoy a single-player experience that includes four huge chapters along with a couple of sub-chapters. In any case, we finally have a true fully 3D 3rd Edition D&D title on our hands. In short, playing a D&D game with 3rd edition rules expands the RPG genre and it allows you to create your ideal fantasy character.

The last review for now is at Gamer's Hell, where the score is 9 out of a possible 10.

I can do nothing but rave about this game. Deep and sophisticated singleplayer, rich and truly social multiplayer, there is nothing that stands out as needing improvement. I almost feel the $60 USD pricetag is worth it. Do I have any issues with this game at all? Only one. As good as this game is, as much as I am having fun with it, its still a Baldur's Gate clone. Adding a good multiplayer aspect and updating the graphics does not change that. I think this issue is going to come up more and more as we see the next wave of games. We are in a stagnant period. The next wave of games are steps in an evolutionary process, but are far from revolutionary.