This game is better than NWN 1 in everything from execution, presentation, story, fluidity of gameplay and my favorite edition of D&D (3.5). I'm approaching the end of MOTB with my favorite class Favored Soul. The main campaign is clever, fun, original, and introduces a brilliantly fun scheme to make you lord of your own castle and keep, with you being responsible for being a good Baron. Whereas the main campaign makes you responsible for many, Mask of the Betrayer makes you responsible for yourself when you are stricken down with a deadly curse that has real and actual consequences for choices and behavior. The only downside I've encountered so far is that the primary campaign has a sudden ending that isn't explained very well, and the transition into MOTB is very stark and without explanation until nearly the very end. MOTB makes up for it with spectacularly interesting characters.

Ultimately a great storyline and infinite possiblities!

It's a great game but it's very sad that it's impossible to install it without the addons.

I have spent over a thousand hours on this game over the years. But I still want to start again from time to time. This says it all.

I have tried really hard to like this game - but after two full play-throughs of NWN 2 and MotB, as well as two half play-throughs of SoZ I can finally say that I don't like this game at all. * Music: The game recycles some tracks of NWN 1. I don't know any other rpg that does this and it is irritating. The original tracks are a mixed bag. There are a few stand-outs that are wonderful and emotionally gripping, however there are also tracks that are really annoying * Graphics: There is not a single good looking location in the entire game. Everything is dark green/grey/brown with nothing standing out in any way. The game is visually depressing. That may be intentional, but it's not pleasant to play. Apart from that, the towns and areas seem to have been built with a third person perspective in mind, however the game is virtually unplayable in tpp. * Balancing: Having played all of the IE games countless times as well as other D&D adaptions I can easily say that this is the worst example of balancing in any rpg I've met thus far. There are really mean difficulty spikes on seemingly trivial battles, while others that should be difficult turn out to be really easy and it's hard to read what you're doing right or wrong. * Controls: The horror! There are multiple control schemes, most of them are literally unplayable. The only one that works kind of is the strategic view after heavy tweaking and key-rebinding. * Leveling: While there are vast options for developing your character's skills, the game does a very poor job of visualizing which feats lead to what other feats and classes. * Level design: Boxes and mazes - very unbelievable and not fun Good sides * The story of MotB is phenomenal * Character creation offers so many options (albeit the feat system is convoluted and hard to read) * Content: The game is quite long, which is great if you enjoy what's there All in all I really cannot recommend this game. It's a chore to play and offers way to little.