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Battles in NWN are real time, but the game can be paused at any time to issue commands, just like Freedom Force or Baldur's Gate. You can assign several actions for your character to do, then unpause and watch him run across the screen, flinging spells
...read the complete Neverwinter Nights review at RPGFan"Hold up!" Tomi Undergallows moves forward quickly. The floor panels are overlaid in red, meaning that section of the floor contains a trap. Tomi kneels down beside the panels, his hands working quickly. There is a click. The trap has been disarmed.
...read the complete Neverwinter Nights review at GameZoneOne problem with both forms of story modes is the scripting in side quests. You'll discover items and people involved in a particular side quest. The problem is that if you haven't triggered the events that start the side quest -- the events that
...read the complete Neverwinter Nights review at GameSpyNeverwinter Nights is undoubtedly one of the most highly-anticipated games of this year. After five years in development, the game is finally done, and to the delight of RPGers around the world, Bioware hasn't left us disappointed. If the shear size of
...read the complete Neverwinter Nights review at IGNVisually Neverwinter Nights is pretty impressive. Lighting and environmental effects are cutting edge and the transition to a 3D engine seems to have been a bit of a breeze for Bioware. Flickering torch light makes shadows dance on dungeon walls and
...read the complete Neverwinter Nights review at GameplanetThe most noticeable and unique thing, visually, about the NWN engine is its lighting effects. Characters can have multiple shadows based on the different light sources in the room, which can make for a moody, if not a little too exaggerated, atmosphere.
...read the complete Neverwinter Nights review at AtomicGamerWhile fantasy role-playing on the computer is nearly as old as video gaming itself, Neverwinter Nights may be the first electronic game to add the elements of creative, loosely scripted storytelling that define the pen-and-paper role-playing experience.
...read the complete Neverwinter Nights review at AllGameThe game itself is the best adaptation of the D&D Third Edition rules into an actual video game so far. It brings out many aspects of the Third Edition rules that many people gloss over when playing the tabletop versions, but when you play the game you
...read the complete Neverwinter Nights review at All RPGNeverwinter Nights is a role playing game based on the Dungeons and Dragons rules system. For those of you not familiar with games like Baldur's Gate or Icewind Dale, as NN takes after, these are not your average video game RPGs. With deep plots, plenty
...read the complete Neverwinter Nights review at Game Vortex 
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