Neverwinter Nights 1 was a failure to me - a technological nightmare with boring story, after games like Planescape: Torment, BG1&2, Icewind Dale etc. Its expansions were good though. Let's say post-Interplay Bioware didn't exactly have my confidence. So I was relieved, back in the day, to learn that this one was made by former Black Isle people in Obsidian Entertainment and not Bioware. As a result, we got an adventuring party with amazing NPC companions, a deep and engaging story and overall a good game. Then they released Mask of the Betrayer, which was even better than the base game. And the game still plays well, there's hardly anything that has aged badly. Sure the visuals are "back then", but the art direction and style are good and inspired.

I played this when it came out and have recently purchased the collection from GOG. It is a great game but it DOES HAVE BUGS. Saying it doesn't is a lie. Right now I have a charcter in my party with over 520 skill points to spend when I go to level him up, he can't spend that many points, making it impossible to level him up... that is a bug. Not game killing, but annoying. So be warned. It is a great game and I do recommend it, but the people saying it doesn't have bugs are wrong. It is better than it used to be, that's for sure, but some problems still exist.

Multiplayer cannot be used without logging into a Bioware account. LAN mode requires online connection to Bioware servers. Either remove this DRM riddled filth from GOG or fix it.

The basic campaign is actively bad to the point where it's hard to tell if its trying to be a parody or not. Mask of the Betrayer is somewhat more polished but if you replay it it becomes painfully apparent how little your choices actually matter. Storm of Zehir on the other hand is nothing but quality swashbuckling fun that I'd give 5 stars to on its own.

I played NWN2 when it came out, and had good but foggy memories of it (mainly remember playing a good Warlock in Mask of the Betrayer). So when the most recent sale came up, I decided to revisit - also because i've started playing D&D IRL again. The game is less 'practical' to play than its predecessor or the Baldur's Gate games - everyone rushes at the enemy at the same time and the AI isn't always super clever. But it's a fun, sprawling story with some very good story twists and turns, and pleasant NPC party members to converse with (no rivals to Minsc and Boo's throne, though). So, I've invested over twenty hours, and I get hit with a bug where I can't use the cursor to make the party move anymore. No help for it anywhere. And it has corrupted all my saves. A game killer. Apparently, after all this time, it still hasn't been possible to remove all the bugs from the game. I had other bugs as well, but those were easy enough to work around. So, all in all, game itself is very fun and a pretty good translation of D&D 3.5e. And you may get lucky and avoid the nasty bugs. But be forewarned: they are in there and they are plentiful.