Neverwinter Nights Platinum | 
 enlarge | From: Atari
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $32.99
New (5) Used (8) from $19.89
Avg. Customer Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 10705
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows Xp
ESRB: Teen
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Platinum
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 98
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 1 x 1 x 1
MPN: 25821
UPC: 742725258211
EAN: 0742725258211
ASIN: B00029QORW
Release Date: September 15, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| 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. |
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Product Description
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 storylines
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| Customer Reviews: Read 24 more reviews...
 Good but not great: too combat oriented, Baldur's Gate is better August 15, 2008
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)
neverwinter rules July 22, 2008
Great game. I bought this game so I could get on the internet and play online. 3-n-1 a good price for three fun games.
 Platinum shines December 17, 2007
If you are a D&D fan you owe it to yourself to pick this game up.
The first module (the main) is a little boring. It's the last 2 modules that makes this game shine.
For the price it's well worth the $$. Many hours of gaming from this title.
 One of my favorites... September 11, 2007
This is one of my favorite games, right up there with Starcraft Broodwar and Counterstrike 1.6. This and those two games are about the only video games I ever play anymore, and with good reason. They are awesome games. The campaigns are fantastic, but what is possibly my favorite is the online play with other people. This is a must-have for any D&D player or RPG lover.
The STANDARD by which modern RPG's are judged.. June 9, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Neverwinter Nights is not perfect. Perhaps the biggest complaint is their inaccurate implementation of the D&D ruleset (3.1 I believe) which caused some friction between bioware and Wizards of the Coast and caused Bioware to invent their own fantasy realm to compete with D&D. Which is all seems so unbelievable considering that Bioware with the incredible sales of Baldur's Gate really rescued D&D from dwindling into obscurity. But, the history of this game and their incredible creators (Bioware) is besides the point. Neverwinter Nights position in the history of CRPG'ing is well established. It is the standard by which all newcomers will be judged.
It was this game that gave the death knell to turned based computer RPG's. The trend was that turned based combat was too slow and unexciting. The nerd in me would disagree, but the child in me would wholeheartedly agree, so I can see both sides of this issue. My opinion matters not in the grand scheme of things as the 'action' RPG trend has consumed the market. This was largely due to the suceess of this game.
I am rating this game long after I have played every chapter to conclusion. After I have played numerous FREE fan generated story content. After I have created enough Forgotten Realms characters to populate the entire city of Neverwinter. It is true that the first chapter was so-so in terms of story. It is true that the second chapter was almost dull in terms of story. It is true that the last chapter was truly epic. But these are VERY MINOR QUALMS in terms of what Neverwinter Nights means. Neverwinter Nights is another realm. It is a well created fantasy world you recreate on your computer. The characters look a little cartoonish, but not like Zelda. Like D&D, in an exagerated way.
This was the first game (it beat Morrowind) to have the ability to really really change the appearance of your character to correspond to what your character is wearing. This simple thing really lends to the sense of accomplishment, the sense of achievement. The implementation was not perfect, but it was much improved by the third chapter. The net result of all the changes lead to a rich world that you can interact with. It is a fairly non-linear world, with a lot of depth. When you add in all the custom content, the player designed worlds, you have really SO much from this one simple well priced package, it should be completely irresistable. Even on an old system, things look GREAT. Armor is shiny, water looks pretty good, and even your hair cut waves when you bob your head. It is an immersive experience.
If you haven't played this game, or if you never got all the chapters, you are missing out. You must try this. If you are a turned based officianado, this might not be enough to convert you, but you ought to find out why the 'action' market is taking over. You have access to enough consumer made content to keep you occupied for months and months if not years. It is really the best deal in RPG'ing out there, even if it is a bit dated. I still play, from time to time, and I have the new incarnation of this series as well. So try it...what have you got to lose but free time anyway?
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