Neverwinter Nights Platinum
by Atari
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Product Summary
Brand: AtariFormat: CD-ROM
Release Date: 2004-09-15
Platform: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP
Publisher: Atari
Product features:
- In Neverwinter Nights, a city is under quarantine as a deadly plague decimates the population. You are sent on a quest to find the cure.
- Hire muscle or join up with other travelers to form war parties -- Journey through ancient dungeons, battle the deadliest monsters, and learn the skills you need to become a great hero.
- Neverwinter Toolset creates new characters, monsters, stories, weapons and legends.
- Invite up to 64 friends to experience your customized adventure.
- In Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide takes you east, to the frontier town of Hilltop. A young apprentice sees her mentor killed, and strange artifacts are taken from his home. She'll cross deserts for revenge.
Video Game Reviews of Neverwinter Nights Platinum
Customer Review: Good but not great: too combat oriented, Baldur's Gate is better
Summary: 3 Stars
I have played through the Diamond version of this game, including Undrentide and Hordes of the Underdark.
I can't say much for the multiplayer aspect of it, since my friends aren't really d&d people, but I can speak for the single player aspect.
This is one of those games like starcraft, WoW, etc. that is fun mostly for the endlessly competitive tactical combat aspect. In NWN, combat is all about math, especially for fighters. This is fine, except, there's not much besides combat in this game, so it gets tedious, since unlike in the above games, you don't participate in combat, you just click on something and then wait. (in NWN you only control one character)
There's not a lot of story, not a lot of non-combat challenges (Although there is one lawyer-quest that is pretty fun). Plus the background environments are highly repetitive, there's very few textures and all the buildings look the same inside. In other words, don't expect this game to have much 'meat' to its plot or atmosphere compared to the high-quality single player RPGs like Final Fantasy 7.
You might say to me: "Hey, but what about all the modules you can download?" Yes, there are a lot of modules to download, but there is basically only one that reaches the quality level I am referring to (Darkness over Daggerford), and all the other ones have either bad writing, dubious content (awkward polygonal sex scenes come to mind), or are just plain short.
All in all I would say if you like games like Diablo II, then buy NWN.
On the other hand, if you like games like Final Fantasy 7, with more of an epic story, side-quests, mini-games, and variety in general, you are much better off getting the Baldur's Gate box set below.
Baldur's Gate 4 in 1 Box Set (DVD)
Description of Neverwinter Nights Platinum
Neverwinter Nights Platinum opens up a new world of magic and mystery to you. Explore a world where magic weapons, mighty beasts, unthinkable monsters and amazing challenges are waiting at every turn. Features the original Neverwinter Nights and the Shadows of Undrentide and the Hordes of the Underdark expansion packs. Three new chapters of storyline in all-new settings, far from the Sword Coast Incredible new skills like Tumble and Appraise, help you on your journey Amazing new weapons and enemies -- Use your Holy Water and Choking Powder against Medusas, Sphinxes and Cockatrices Also includes the Aurora Toolset for creating your own universes, quests and storylinesFantasy Games
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