Contrary to what people tell here I found this game pretty slowpaced, sluggish and allways restricting something. Also way too much MMORPG styled and allways painfully reminding the player there is some stupid rule that the game environment sets for no apparent reason baning you from any invention you'd like to do. And what grieved me the most, there was a total lack of anything resembling the good RPG phenomenon: There is allways a treasure behind the waterfall. I mean there was like literally nothing to discover. Everything is plain and stupidly MMORPGish in a great-but-vain-graphics. At first I was so keen on playing this. Great graphics and AD&D again... I've tried it three times. Allways dissapointed. The only thing good for me was a faithfull implementation of the AD&D rules. But in a game, where you don't get to use them much for anything more then combat it's a poor excuse. Go for Temple of Elemental Evil with CO8 mod or earlier Bioware games. If you ask me.

This opinion is based on playing the original campaign on normal mode. Plenty of glitches through out. Events that don't trigger. Characters getting stuck. Useless AI. Items disappearing. Combat is pretty easy through out, until the end where it becomes impossible to move forward without cheats. The game doesn't have any way of grinding either, so there is no going back to an earlier save, to get your level up. Maybe the expansions are better. People say good things about MOB, but it'll be a while before I can muster any enthusiasm. If you do want to play this game, skip the original campaign. If you do play the OC, don't feel like you have to complete the vale+sanctum bit. It's just 2 hours of being annoyed. There is no particular reward for it.

I have this game on dvd, the original and the 2 expansions from Obisidian. Mysteries of Westgate was made by Ossian games and is a seperate expansion actually. Never played that one, now i have it in the gog version, to which i now also have. I have sunk many hours in NWN 2 and find it one of the better crpg's around, also better then the first NWN. I never could get into NWN 1, as that one feels too bleak to me. NWN 2 has a great story and it's also the strongest point, plus i like the companions you got. There is nothing wrong with the original campaign. Maybe not everyone's cup of tea, but i like it. From the companions i like especially Neeshka, Elanee and Qara and good old Khelgar Ironfist. Unfortunately it is true that the game has quite a wild history regarding bugs and it took Obisidian a while to fix it. I remember installing the game from dvd i had to wait a while because of patching. Another good point of this game i find that your portrait covers your char and you don't have to select a portrait of yourself like in NWN 1. The fighting goes in turns and the whole partybased system works well. Keep that in mind people, NWN 2 isn't a fast paced action rpg, but old school crpg. I also like the dialog system. And there is nothing wrong with the camera, since that was changed with MotB. Camera works good. Same with fonts and there is no stutter at all. NWN 2 also support mods and there are plenty some made. Earlier on you could find that on NWNVault, but that one is gone now. Overall NWN 2 is one of the better crpg's around with a good story, good gameplay and plenty of hours to play.

Let's start with the strength of this game: what works in NWN2 is the immersion. I felt really taken by the plot, I cared about the characters, the D&D setting felt believable, even in its clichés. The idea of managing your fortress and your army has been reused in Pillars of Eternity, Dragon Age Inquisition and Pathfinder Kingmaker. Your choices during the game will affect wether your companions will stay loyal to you or not, what factions will you support and how much damage will you inflict upon the NPCs around you. Defending myself during a trial, being diplomatic to lizardfolk, supporting a dragon against fire giants and then convincing said dragon not to eat me, encountering trapped devils and being besieged by vampires were all memorable moments to me. Of course, NWN2 isn't without flaws - the cutscenes are debatable by today's standards, and I would have wished for more choices and consequences, for instance in the matter of divinities. Still, NEverwinter Nights 2 is a game I'm in love with, and I was happy to replay one of the classics of my teenage period on GOG.

I played it before and fell in love with this game's chilly, suspense-ridden aesthetics and different approach to reinvent DnD 3.5. while the OC isn't the best campaign in terms of narrative and it lacks a bit in terms of gameplay and progression, the other modules like MotB and SoZ really make up for that. In general there is beautiful soundtrack, the depth of characters and their interactions and constellations between each other in these plots as well as tons of classes and other RPG choices in terms of dialogues, alignment, voicesets to choose from and a really well-done toolset make it a worthy successor of games like BG2. this version also includes the MoW module which was missing from the platinum or deluxe edition first, I think. Also I found many interesting modules to play on NWVault and Neverwinter Nexus. some came even close to quality for what they have as main modules. QA could have been better, but since years there is an official final patch available and alternatively mods for bugfixing and what not. so it's really playable. Camera isn't really an issue, like many claim, it's just that you have many different camera modes to choose from that you can adjust properly within in 2 minutes and it's all good. anyways, one of my favorite games despite a few rough edges, still deserves full five stars imo because I couldn't stop playing otherwise.