Imagine if BG3 added DLC like campaign modules of existing games. Mayhaps a Ravenloft in BG3? or a Player tool so the community can add and make their own! It could be amazing.
This game was my childhood. I still remember when my parents would yell at me about staying up late playing this game on my school days. This game almost made me flunk junior high. Lol.
This game turned me into a Zombie. Spent 20 years coding for it.. day in and day out and all night to. My skin actually started turning grey from lack of sleep! lol
I bought NWN back in the day and played the main campaign as an elf cleric. It was kind of nice to have bows and longswords as a cleric, and cleric is insanely strong throughout the game considering how many diseases, ability drains, level drains, and other debuffs there are.
I actually find this game to be very fitting in the modern age. More so than a lot of other games, as I don't really mind the loot in every corner or the abundance of mobs in the standard campaign. And it is a D&D game so you can build your character in any fashion you want to, so the options you get change depending on how you want to play and build a character. And if you play the Neverwinter Nights enhanced Edition, you can just start the third DLC and get a level 15 character immediately crafted exactly as you want it and slowly build your character with gear throughout the run of the campaign and I find that to be the most enjoyable as the game gets exceedingly difficult the further you get into the campaign. But the things that I always adore about this game compared to any other D&D game, is the fat that combat feels genuinely like combat with characters dodging, countering your attacks, and moving around making the combat that much more enjoyable to watch. D&D has always kept the wacky in mind when making loot enjoyable, so there's always plenty of gear options to craft the character specifically to your liking. Plus the campaign, while Bland at times, can seriously be fun to experience how truly massive this game is. I would put this as my favorite D&D game of all time just for the fact that it's so replayable and has a lot of good features implemented in it. However be warned about the enhanced Edition on consoles, as beam dog has yet to completely fix certain ports of the game and it might be a hit or miss if the game runs stable consistently for long periods of time. It's not a perfect game by any means but it is a fantastic D&D game for the most part. And honestly the most fun I've ever had with this game has been with the ranger build. Fighter/ Ranger with a pet bear, using longbows and dual clubs. My gear is pretty simple as the only pieces that really matter are a chest piece giving me tangibility when standing still, boots of speed, A ring that gives me 250 health, and an amulet that allows me to spawn a nymph to follow me around and heal me. I have an enchanted longbow that shoots fire arrows indefinitely and two clubs that's done and apply acid damage every round. But anyway great review and discussion on such a rather underrated game.😅
They do at this moment there are more than 6,700 community created adventures the vast majority of which are free it's an endless Sea of adventure you don't need to replay anything ever!
Very nice and comprehensive review. Enjiyed watching as I did playing the campaign. I have completed it probably 20-30 times with various builds. To me the story is good, ups and downs, a lot of side quests, hue open world to explore, especial in act 2, you encounter a lot of various enemies. I agree it meant to be played for few times until it becomes boring because completing all side quests become really annoying for very extended open areas and consuming time to move from 1 point to another (that's why I use speedhack just for traveling to complete OC many times). Well done, looking forward to your other NWN reviews.
This was a game I played the campaign on a ton as a child, and as a big fan of longform youtube reviews, this was great. You captured the upsides and downsides of the experience very well, keep it up!
True classic, faithful to D&D, fun and worth playing. I just beginning my adventure in NWN2 You play D&D game and complaining about opening chests? COME ON buddy!
One of the best game in the past. So many choices to multi class. I made so many powerful characters then, so many unique builds. There's roleplaying, pvp in persistent world which we can even create with the toolset. Campaign has love elements, depending on choices, the outcome is different. Many games nowadays does not have so plus points. Either a part is lacking. Wish they make a new game based on these ideas. The only prob with NW nights is the old graphics.
Thank you! I really enjoyed this review and after looking over the content you put out I decided to subscribe because I will definitely enjoy this channel a lot😄 Keep up the great work!
The strongest and best feature of the game is customizability. You didn't have to know the script language and you could make a passable campaine just using the tools. If you become proficient with the script language then the sky was almost the limit.
Eventually. Can't promise exactly when though. Right now I'm going back to some of the old Infinity Engine games split in between NVN 1 Premium module reviews. After that we will see.
@@storytimegaming7875 I will wait. And besides, there are other things I have to look forward to that will keep me oblivious to what you are doing such as Dragon's Dogma 2, South Park Snow Day, Chainsaw Man Reze Arc movie, Zom 100 Bucket List of the Dead Season 2, Dragon Age Dread Wolf, Spy X Family Season 3 and much, much more.
I recently installed this game for the first time in what feels like a decade, and I only made it to the beginning of Chapter Two before completely losing interest. I'd had enough. In truth, it's a boring story. And because it's so combat heavy every quest is so repetitive. Everything boils down to enemies running towards you at first sight and you destroying them. Even the Charwood quest, when it comes down to it, is mostly just a load of fighting. Compare this to something like A Dance With Rogues -- ahem -- where you can play to a rogue's strengths and not be penalised (xp wise) if you, for example, sneak past a bunch of enemies instead of killing them. I'd forgotten Lovecraft's story about Sarnath. My default position when it comes to pre-human lizardman empires is to assume it's a rip-off of the Kull story, The Shadow Kingdom.
There’s hundreds of richly crafted custom campaigns on the Neverwinter Vault site - many of which rival Baldurs Gate in scale and hours of content. Broaden the horizon!
@@MadPutz I do visit the Vault from time to time when I get that nwn itch. But I can never stick with anything new and always end up replaying ADWR instead.
Never found the campaign too engaging. Modules for online play though - totally different story. I don't think any other game took a similar approach as NWN. The toolset is very fun to mess with. Your game doesn't look too vanilla and I doubt it's a recent update. What mods are you running? Would be cool if you included such info at the beginning. EDIT: alright, that comes later 😅
For a good portion of the game I was using the Creature Override mod which has some new skins for monsters such as orcs trolls, undead, etc. Definitely makes it look a little more 2006 than 2002. I think that is the most noticeable one. Also the high definition weapon packs and crates.
Started playing the mobile version recently. The main campaign kind of put me off with the 30 minute unskippable tutorial segment as well as the extremely annoying voice lines of your thief companion. I found shadows of undrentide to be a lot more fun from the jump. I'll go finish the original campaign at some point, but overall, the game itself is amazing. I'd also like to say that i quite enjoy the narration. Reading the script almost like a DM might, with the inflections to emphasize certain things. The almost cheesy style of narration lends itself very well to any DnD video
@@storytimegaming7875 yeah after finishing your video, I decided I'll be giving the original campaign another go. Probably will start tonight. The story seems solid, if a little generic. That first chapter is just a bit of a slog
This campaign was so mind numbingly by the numbers. It was Bioware phoning it in. I respect the toolset they put together for fans but this campaign was a disgrace lol. How anyone can say this main campaign is better than NWN 2 main campaign is crazy.
I don't think the game has aged well. I played the absolute hell out of the game when it came out and beat it but I loaded it a couple years ago and realized "oh gosh...this.....this isn't good". I played through the tutorial and uninstalled.
That game is fucking awesome. Now that there's been a Baldur's Gate 3 the world needs Neverwinter Nights 3.
Indeed, I don’t know if either Larion Studios or BioWare will do the honors of a third game for Neverwinter Nights. Here’s a list of the companions for Neverwinter Nights 3.
Origin companions: Prologue
1. Male Half Orc Fighter, two handed sword, mercenary. Romance: yes. Name: Rodrick.
2. Female Half Wood Elf Ranger, bow and arrow, thief. Romance: yes. Name: Kaylee
3. Female Dwarf Cleric, mace and shield, acolyte. Romance: yes. Name: Amy
4. Female Human Wizard, staff, student. Romance: yes. Name: Lauren
5. Male Tiefling Warlock, dagger, acolyte. Romance: yes. Name: Draco
6. Male Drow Rogue, swords, assassin. Romance: yes. Name: Edge
Main Campaign companions
1. Female Moon Elf Sorcerer, staff, noble. Romance: yes. Name: Llyodas
2. Female Human Paladin, spear, knight. Romance: yes. Name: Dame Gwen
3. Male Human Bard, lute and dagger, entertainer. Romance: yes. Name: Derek
4. Male Gnome Druid, club, Sage. Romance: yes. Name: Puck
5. Male Gray Dwarf Barbarian, two handed axe, exile. Romance: yes. Name: Grouchy
6. Female Half Orc Monk, gauntlets, scholar. Romance: yes. Name: Lian
Temporary/AI companions
1. Male Human Monk, gauntlets, student. Romance: yes. Name Chuck Lee
2. Male Shield Dwarf fighter, axe and shield, soldier. Romance: no. Name: Rhys
3. Female Halfling Rogue, daggers, thief. Romance: no. Name: Tini
4. Female Wood Elf Druid, staff, Sage. Romance: yes. Name: Flora
5. Female Aasmir Paladin, two handed sword, Demi god. Romance: yes. Name: Leah
6. Female Dragonborn Sorcerer, staff, scholar. Romance: no. Name: Emilia
7. Male Tabaxi Ranger, bow and arrow, thief. Romance: no. Name: Whiskar
8. Male Half Sun Elf Cleric, staff, acolyte. Romance: yes. Name: Helios
War of the elements dlc
1. Male Earth Genasi Barbarian, two handed hammer. Name: Roc
2. Female Water Genasi Cleric, spear. Name: Aqua
3. Male Fire Genasi Wizard, sword. Name: Blaze
4. Female Wind Genasi Rogue, daggers. Name: Aero
Feywild DLC
1. Male Winter Eladrin Sorcerer, staff. Name: Jackrosel
2. Female Spring Eladrin Druid, spear. Name: Vinyl
3. Male Summer Eladrin Paladin, two handed sword. Name: Solaris
4. Female Autumn Eladrin Ranger, bow and arrow. Name: Leafae
Imagine if BG3 added DLC like campaign modules of existing games. Mayhaps a Ravenloft in BG3? or a Player tool so the community can add and make their own! It could be amazing.
There's supposed to begin releasing a tool set with the next update I think it's number seven@@FrazierHarcrow
If Solasta had better graphics it would have been, the campaign editor in that game is very robust now, but creature graphics are waay too goofy.
Obsidian please
I played this as a kid, and that intro movie of him forging and fighting is burned into my memory
This game was my childhood.
I still remember when my parents would yell at me about staying up late playing this game on my school days.
This game almost made me flunk junior high. Lol.
This game turned me into a Zombie. Spent 20 years coding for it.. day in and day out and all night to. My skin actually started turning grey from lack of sleep! lol
I bought NWN back in the day and played the main campaign as an elf cleric. It was kind of nice to have bows and longswords as a cleric, and cleric is insanely strong throughout the game considering how many diseases, ability drains, level drains, and other debuffs there are.
Cleric is hands down the best Class, Paladin is also really strong, but Cleric has overall more utility.
You have a very pleasant style of narration man
Thanks, I appreciate that!
I actually find this game to be very fitting in the modern age. More so than a lot of other games, as I don't really mind the loot in every corner or the abundance of mobs in the standard campaign. And it is a D&D game so you can build your character in any fashion you want to, so the options you get change depending on how you want to play and build a character. And if you play the Neverwinter Nights enhanced Edition, you can just start the third DLC and get a level 15 character immediately crafted exactly as you want it and slowly build your character with gear throughout the run of the campaign and I find that to be the most enjoyable as the game gets exceedingly difficult the further you get into the campaign.
But the things that I always adore about this game compared to any other D&D game, is the fat that combat feels genuinely like combat with characters dodging, countering your attacks, and moving around making the combat that much more enjoyable to watch. D&D has always kept the wacky in mind when making loot enjoyable, so there's always plenty of gear options to craft the character specifically to your liking. Plus the campaign, while Bland at times, can seriously be fun to experience how truly massive this game is. I would put this as my favorite D&D game of all time just for the fact that it's so replayable and has a lot of good features implemented in it.
However be warned about the enhanced Edition on consoles, as beam dog has yet to completely fix certain ports of the game and it might be a hit or miss if the game runs stable consistently for long periods of time. It's not a perfect game by any means but it is a fantastic D&D game for the most part.
And honestly the most fun I've ever had with this game has been with the ranger build. Fighter/ Ranger with a pet bear, using longbows and dual clubs. My gear is pretty simple as the only pieces that really matter are a chest piece giving me tangibility when standing still, boots of speed, A ring that gives me 250 health, and an amulet that allows me to spawn a nymph to follow me around and heal me.
I have an enchanted longbow that shoots fire arrows indefinitely and two clubs that's done and apply acid damage every round.
But anyway great review and discussion on such a rather underrated game.😅
The online rp community for this game was huge. I miss community like that and wish people still did that.
Aerelith is an rp server and still going strong.
They do at this moment there are more than 6,700 community created adventures the vast majority of which are free it's an endless Sea of adventure you don't need to replay anything ever!
@Chewjitsu I played a lot with my dad when I was 12. I'm rediscovering it, and I'm having an absolute BLAST
Lady Darth Aribeth
Very nice and comprehensive review. Enjiyed watching as I did playing the campaign. I have completed it probably 20-30 times with various builds. To me the story is good, ups and downs, a lot of side quests, hue open world to explore, especial in act 2, you encounter a lot of various enemies. I agree it meant to be played for few times until it becomes boring because completing all side quests become really annoying for very extended open areas and consuming time to move from 1 point to another (that's why I use speedhack just for traveling to complete OC many times). Well done, looking forward to your other NWN reviews.
This game is great in 2024 and Hordes of the Underdark is even better!
This was a game I played the campaign on a ton as a child, and as a big fan of longform youtube reviews, this was great. You captured the upsides and downsides of the experience very well, keep it up!
Thank you! Appreciate it!
True classic, faithful to D&D, fun and worth playing. I just beginning my adventure in NWN2
You play D&D game and complaining about opening chests? COME ON buddy!
Dang, I haven't played this game in decades, and I still remember all these names...
You know what's amazing the fact theres still servers and populated ones at that of this game with all the modules and what not to this day
@@somervillettv2272That is, indeed, one hell of a thing!
There are more than 6,700 community created adventures currently available the vast majority of which are free and it's now available on mobile
The nostalgia from that intro video!
One of the best game in the past. So many choices to multi class. I made so many powerful characters then, so many unique builds. There's roleplaying, pvp in persistent world which we can even create with the toolset. Campaign has love elements, depending on choices, the outcome is different. Many games nowadays does not have so plus points. Either a part is lacking. Wish they make a new game based on these ideas. The only prob with NW nights is the old graphics.
Thank you! I really enjoyed this review and after looking over the content you put out I decided to subscribe because I will definitely enjoy this channel a lot😄 Keep up the great work!
The strongest and best feature of the game is customizability. You didn't have to know the script language and you could make a passable campaine just using the tools. If you become proficient with the script language then the sky was almost the limit.
2024 and I play in my Mobile by Android version 😊
Hope NWN 2 come to mobile too.
I loved NN campaigns, I played druid so I could have summons to make up for not having a full party like other D&D games.
Are you going to do a review of the main campaign of Neverwinter Nights 2?
Eventually. Can't promise exactly when though. Right now I'm going back to some of the old Infinity Engine games split in between NVN 1 Premium module reviews. After that we will see.
@@storytimegaming7875 I will wait. And besides, there are other things I have to look forward to that will keep me oblivious to what you are doing such as Dragon's Dogma 2, South Park Snow Day, Chainsaw Man Reze Arc movie, Zom 100 Bucket List of the Dead Season 2, Dragon Age Dread Wolf, Spy X Family Season 3 and much, much more.
I have put over 15k hours into this game and only 3 hours of it is in the base campaign. I love this game.
I recently installed this game for the first time in what feels like a decade, and I only made it to the beginning of Chapter Two before completely losing interest. I'd had enough. In truth, it's a boring story. And because it's so combat heavy every quest is so repetitive. Everything boils down to enemies running towards you at first sight and you destroying them. Even the Charwood quest, when it comes down to it, is mostly just a load of fighting. Compare this to something like A Dance With Rogues -- ahem -- where you can play to a rogue's strengths and not be penalised (xp wise) if you, for example, sneak past a bunch of enemies instead of killing them.
I'd forgotten Lovecraft's story about Sarnath. My default position when it comes to pre-human lizardman empires is to assume it's a rip-off of the Kull story, The Shadow Kingdom.
There’s hundreds of richly crafted custom campaigns on the Neverwinter Vault site - many of which rival Baldurs Gate in scale and hours of content. Broaden the horizon!
@@MadPutz I do visit the Vault from time to time when I get that nwn itch. But I can never stick with anything new and always end up replaying ADWR instead.
2 minutes in and you got a subscription from me.
I love nwn modules as much a shate OC
Did you do a video on NWN2?
instasubbed! I love this game. I even love the base campaign : )
Never found the campaign too engaging. Modules for online play though - totally different story. I don't think any other game took a similar approach as NWN. The toolset is very fun to mess with.
Your game doesn't look too vanilla and I doubt it's a recent update. What mods are you running? Would be cool if you included such info at the beginning. EDIT: alright, that comes later 😅
For a good portion of the game I was using the Creature Override mod which has some new skins for monsters such as orcs trolls, undead, etc. Definitely makes it look a little more 2006 than 2002. I think that is the most noticeable one. Also the high definition weapon packs and crates.
Summoner is the true awesome game
Started playing the mobile version recently. The main campaign kind of put me off with the 30 minute unskippable tutorial segment as well as the extremely annoying voice lines of your thief companion. I found shadows of undrentide to be a lot more fun from the jump. I'll go finish the original campaign at some point, but overall, the game itself is amazing. I'd also like to say that i quite enjoy the narration. Reading the script almost like a DM might, with the inflections to emphasize certain things. The almost cheesy style of narration lends itself very well to any DnD video
I'll be honest with you. I liked the bard better. And she still can unlock chests.
@@storytimegaming7875 yeah after finishing your video, I decided I'll be giving the original campaign another go. Probably will start tonight. The story seems solid, if a little generic. That first chapter is just a bit of a slog
This campaign was so mind numbingly by the numbers. It was Bioware phoning it in. I respect the toolset they put together for fans but this campaign was a disgrace lol. How anyone can say this main campaign is better than NWN 2 main campaign is crazy.
Yup waiting for NWN3 to be made properly like NWN 1. NWN 2 sucked. :(
I don't think the game has aged well. I played the absolute hell out of the game when it came out and beat it but I loaded it a couple years ago and realized "oh gosh...this.....this isn't good". I played through the tutorial and uninstalled.
The video was great, but it seems like you hated the game and playing it was torture.
I was bored to death after chapter 2. Way too long, way too repeatative. The lakes of the north road still look great in 2024, though.
I did n find third chap bad, This is 3.0, try destroy a Dragon with the cleric harm spell, fun!
This game wasnt even fun to play back in the early 2000s lol
It carried me up to the 2010's. Hell, I still play it from time to time nowadays.
Baldur's gate 3 is to baldur's gate 1 and 2 as The Star wars prequels is to the original trilogy.