I am currently playing this game through for my fifth time and have easily played it greater than 1000 hours. What I can tell you is that It does take some focus and adjustment to really get it playing perfectly. There is a medium to large learning curve to this game and many people don't make it through that stage to really enjoy what and all the game has to offer (...and that bums me out big time!). What I think are the 3 BASIC UNDERSTANDINGS that help to operate this game competently and get the full enjoyment out of it are: 1. Some general knowledge of DND 3.5 rules - This game is a visual interpretation of these rules, so read a primer online because it really helps to know what's going on so you can control outcomes with your strategic choices. These rule can be intimidating, but they are not that complex. 2. Camera Control familiarity - The camera can be super-annoying, landing you on a rooftop or behind a pole when the viewpoint rotates, so you need to learn which angle to use and when and how to make that happen with minimal effort. 3. AI Mode and Puppet Mode control familarity - SO IMPORTANT! When the fights get tough, you need to pause and issue commands and this works great in Puppet Mode but a lot of other moments may utilize AI Mode better, which requires a careful programming of the individual characters AI options. It takes some tweaking, trials and especially patience because it also involves competence in Camera Control. If you can surpass (...or even get halfway through...) these curve factors, it will crystallize your NW2 experience and make the game not at all confusing. It's an amazing gem; I really enjoy it! (***I also HIGHLY recommend trying the free modules on Neverwinter Vault - there are some truly beautiful and cool gameplay modules there.)

Neverwinter NIghts was my first RPG game. I loved the story and universe, and i found the second opus even better! The new graphics were awesome compared to the first game and the story, dialogues, and choices were so cool and funny ! I spent so much time on this game and on its extensions, Storm of Zehir and Mask of the Betrayer, and it was so damn awesome!! Mask of the Betrayer truly was my favorite. I would recommend these games to anyone. There's a lot of things to discover about your own story and mysteries to unveil all over the Sword Coast. PLAY IT.

Just a an amazing RPG and graphics and everything still good. I wish they would make an official patch or something just for a few minor things but there is a whole website that is dedicated to it anyway. The game is just amazing I always love BG2, IWD, PoE I actually like this better.

While some features I wanted to carry over from the first game didn't, this game is fantastic in it's own right. The story for the game and all of it's expansions are much better than any D&D game after, especially the Dragon Age games. The quick cast spell menu is a great addition though issuing voice commands can interrupt and fizzle a spell you are casting if you don't time it right. The expansions are magnificent adding many great features and Mask of the Betrayer is an outstanding addition with a marvelous and ominous story introducing mystical locations such as the Astral and Shadow Planes, and the ability to define party AI with a relatively straightforward radio button menu so that you don't have to constantly micromanage all party members and can run a party more efficiently. It also includes an extremely fun feature known as The Hunger which compels you to feed on spirit energy from your enemies or be consumed by Hunger. Storm of Zehir adds even more features and entirely new play modes. It lets you build a custom party from the start including previous exported characters, and introduces an overland travel map with random but visible monster parties which spawn battle maps a la JRPGs. Also NPC mobile parties which appear on the map and of course locations of interest. Robust and active modding community with many add ons and persistent world servers for MMO style play. DMing features also available for table top style games. Character export features available though restricted from the first game and if you aren't careful you can run into some bugs like quest items you can't drop stacking in your inventory. Otherwise, a fine game and very fun and compelling to play.

A really nice game with many new features in comparison to the prequel. Graphics are pretty for the games age, new races, few new classes and an amazing (by my book) campaign that brought back some memories from old cRPG games where you could really roam the map. Official campaign is bland and uninspiring: bandits/monsters/outsiders/undead. Especially late game, the bad design of the campaign renders some characters mostly useless. On the other hand the other campaign - mask of the betrayer is a truly great experience. Finally, the Storm of Zehir is in fact, the best campaign I've played in quite a while - and I honestly wish it would last much longer with many more locations! The only bad thing is stability. The game seems to develop irrecoverable map problems as you play the official campaign making it impossible to play if it happens.