This is one of the best DnD Games ever made. Of course the story cannot compare to Baldurs Gate. But what makes this game special is the engine. Good graphics and infinite possibilities. There are so many and so different mods for this game, you will never run out of good ones. The reach from good RPG stories over trading cards games to puzzle games like a quite accurate remake of the original Zork. The first addon, Mask of the Betrayer has a great story. The other original stories are good but not great. Here a short list of mods which I can recommend: Planescape (RPG) Harp & Chrysanthemum (RPG) Dark Waters & Dark Waters 2, Pirate Cards Trading Card Game included (RPG) Icewind Dale Remake (RPG) ZORK – Rediscovering the Great Underground Empire (Puzzle) Asylum: A Bet, A Corpse (drives you crazy)

Having Mysteries of Westgate included is an awesome addition. I thought MoW had disappeared from this reality alltogether. A bargain at any price, what with 100 hours of gameplay and 10 000 hours worth of extra fan made modules at NWN Vault.

For one thing, you first have to know that this game is really buggy. I mean REALLY buggy. Though it is, as stated in the description, a near-perfect adaptation of the D&D 3.5 rules. As for the campaigns themselves, well... The original campaign is okay. It's incredibly cliche, but from the way the plot presents itself, it's clear that they knew they were writing a cliche storm and they decided to have fun with it. The likable characters and sometimes very witty dialogue make this one worth it, though. Actually, Neeshka alone is worth playing this for. Mask of the Betrayer is, put simply, amazing. Every problem one may have had with the original campaign is addressed here. We have a very dark, and epic plot here, with some of the best characters from the original campaign (Hi there, Neeshka!) returning. Storm of Zehir is also great, but for different reasons. Where Mask of the Betrayer was dark and serious, Storm of Zehir goes sprinting off in the opposite direction. And it is glorious. A silly, yet at the same time brilliant, piece of work here that's impossible not to love. I haven't played Mysteries of Westgate, but more content is always a good thing, right? So to put it simply, if you can look past the bugs, you have a decent main plot, a really dark and epic sequel story, and a lighthearted romp side-story. Altogether, this is a great package and well worth your time and money.

I own the Platinum edition of this game, and I'd be willing to buy it again here for the extras and for the Mysteries of Westgate campaign. Four campaigns (hundreds of hours of content), hundreds more downloadable adventure modules (see Neverwinter Nexus and Neverwinter Vault), multiplayer and DM-led game support, persistent online worlds, and a toolset and wealth of custom content to create your own adventures. If you liked Dragon Age: Origins or Baldur's Gate, definitely try this game. Despite some finicky camera and movement controls (some of which is alleviated by its extensive customisability and user-made fixes, such as Skywing's Client Extension), this is one of the best modern RPGs around. The major things that differentiate this game from its predecessor, Neverwinter Nights 1 (aside from the graphics), are the party system and dialogue system. You get a fully controllable party here, as you have in DA:O and the Infinity Engine games, while in NWN1 you can only directly control the main character. The second expansion added the ability to choose any of your party members as the speaker in a conversation, so that your main character doesn't have to be the one with all the social skills. (Mods exist to apply this functionality to the previous campaigns as well.) This is my most often-played game, and I bought it two years ago. I can't recommend it enough. If you love those other games I mentioned, you should also love this one.