When I first played Neverwinter Nights 2 I had a lot of issues relating to its stability. Thankfully over the years the patches came out and fixed most of those issues, but the fully functional version is definitely this one (On my PC at least, NWN 2 is a bit infamous for poor optimization). The overall stability is a really nice addition to this rerelease. With this purchase you will get all four campaigns that were made for NWN 2, it can vary between how the four are depending on your opinion. The base game has what could be considered a really cliched story, but if you're like myself, who is very into the lore about the Illefarn empire, you might find the base game's story pretty enjoyable as it tells of what happened to the strange Elven, human and dwarven empire . It even furthers the story of their protector, protector that plays as the big-bad of the campaign, for quite sad reasons. Mask of the Betrayer continues the story of your NWN 2 character, but this time you are taken to Rashemen, and you are inflicted with a certain curse, a curse that forces the character to absorb the souls of others to not be destroyed. Overall, its great, but the gameplay aspect with the soul eating can be really annoying. Storm of Zehir... wasn't all that great, its one of those cases where you create a game, and then add far too much to the plate and barely balance most of it out. I haven't played the entire of this expansion yet, so I can't really put a full opinion on it. But the start of the expansion was really odd to get into, and pulls a lot of BS (Namely not allowing you to rest in any dungeon as far as my memory goes. As a spellcaster D&D fan, this is really damn annoying) Mysteries of Westgate definitely does have a lot of mystery in it as the title suggests, and overall, its story is fairly interesting, sadly I can't put my full opinion on this either due to not playing the entire game. But what I've seen so far is pretty fun, if a bit confusing. /ArgonianLord
First off, before we start this review, Daiktana was never as bad as the press claimed Daikatana follows the story of Hiro Miyamoto, an heir to a certain Usagi Miyamoto from way back in the past. Throughout the course of the game, Hiro will be searching for a legendary artifact known as the Daikatana, a weapon crafted by his ancestor Usagi, and had in some way attained the ability to allow time travel. This Daikatana sets most of the plot for the entire game, as explained in the intro (Be warned, its quite lengthy) As a massive fan of Daikatana, I will still admit that it has some slight flaws, flaws we will go over shortly. But now time for the pros of the game. Daikatana offers four different episodes set in different time periods. Unlike most episodes in 90s FPS's, Daikatana has a new set of weapons and enemies for each episode, which helps make the theme of the episodes look even more epic. Couple this with a great and memorable soundtrack (That can be found in the game's data files) and you might just get some of the coolest episodes ever seen in an FPS game. Another neat addition for people who are really into video game stories (such as myself) is that Daikatana offers story relevant cutscenes throughout the entire game, a rarely seen thing in FPS games back when this came out (Far as my memory goes). The story is really great in my opinion, and introduces some interesting characters every here and there. The game also offers great visual effects and nice action packed combat! The cons about Daikatana are mainly focused around the friendly AI, which can mess up a great deal at times. I really recommend gettin' the fanmade 1.3 patch before playing the game, due to all the AI fixes (Both for side-kick and enemies) and massive side-kick health boost (Which makes it a lot harder for enemies to kill them, which is good) I also recommend having a walkthrough up in case you get stuck, some areas can be really cryptic on your first playthrough. 4.5/5
