Shadows of Undrentide Review at NLG
Posted Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 19:44 CET by chevalier

Next Level Gaming have reviewed the Shadows of Undrentide expansion to Neverwinter Nights, rating it 93%. Here's a clip:

One of the first areas where you will appreciate this new polish is with the new campaign. What starts as a simple lesson from a well traveled dwarven mage named Master Drogan, soon turns into an ever increasing challenging adventure that pits your character (and trusty selectable henchman (which can even be a kobold bard) in a race against the forces of evil to reclaim 4 stolen artifacts of power. Standard, yes, but Bioware has a masterful way with dialogues trees that provide both good and evil responses options that allow you to role-play your character. Some conflicts, as always, can be avoided with a charismatic sorcerer with a swift tongue, or easily circumvented with little words and the swing of a dwarven axe. The single player campaign also provides your first introduction to some of the new creature models Bioware had been working on. As I mentioned, there are 16 new creatures in all out of the box, including the medusa with its stone gaze, Gorgons, Wyrmlings, Feaerie dragons, formians and stingers (which have very cool models and animation by the way) and lastly my favorites the Sphinx and Cockatrice.

Read the whole thing at NLG.