Discussing: Neverwinter Nights Review at EuroGamer

Neverwinter Nights Review at EuroGamer
Posted Wednesday, July 31, 2002 - 17:46 CET by Sorcerer

EuroGamer came up with a review of Neverwinter Nights and rated it 7/10. They weren't particularly impressed, like this bit shows:

The problem is that Neverwinter Nights has no party dynamic - you are limited to your main character and one follower, which may be a hired henchman, a magical familiar or a creature companion. This may come as something of a shock to fans of Bioware's previous games, and it was certainly a huge disappointment for me. In the Baldur's Gate series you have a party of half a dozen varied characters at your disposal, usually including a thief, a mage and a priest as well as warriors, giving you a wide range of spells and abilities to take advantage of. In Neverwinter Nights you only have two characters at a time, one of which really needs to be a dedicated close-range fighter to stop the hordes of evil doers from overwhelming you, and one of which needs to be proficient at picking locks and disarming the many traps you'll stumble across. Even with the increased freedom you have in developing your character, this doesn't leave players with much room for manoeuvre, especially in the early stages of the game. And given the incredible length and plodding pace of the main campaign, there's little encouragement to come back and play your way through the whole thing again with a different character type.

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Name:	Sorcerer
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Date:	Thursday, August 1, 2002 - 22:07 CET
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The single player campaign isn't that bad Extremist... Granted, it's far off from the epic story of BG, but then again, you can't be son of a god in every game.

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Date:	Thursday, August 1, 2002 - 20:05 CET
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When Bioware admits that Single Player campaign is an uber crap, then and only then you'll stop reading such (re)views. But why would Bioware admit that this game is worth only as MMORPG when it would cut selling it to those like me who shudder on playing online? Single-Player is not add-on. In that case this game would be MMORPG. But it's RPG. So multiplayer is an add-on. Or perhaps I'm wrong?

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Date:	Thursday, August 1, 2002 - 12:45 CET
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When will the people finally realise that this games is ment to be a multiplayer and that the single-player is a kind of add-on to it. Man ..

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Name:	Headbanger Unregistered
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Grmbl, I 'm sick of all those reviews who complain about the fact that you cannot play a whole party. It is D&D but then on a computer.... Can you play a whole party in D&D? No, you only play one character. Second, everybody looks too much at Single Player. Bioware never hid the fact that NWN best part isn't the Single Player campaign, but the Multiplayer Options, and the ability to write new modules. Considering that, Bioware has reached there goals and NWN deserves a better rating. I would also five a 7/10 for Single Player but a 9,5/10 for the Toolset and a 9 for Multiplayer.