I just entered the area. Already, with walls all around me, spots and areas are showing up in random places without me even exploring that area yet. When you are looking for a quest item, this sucks.

Lets get to what makes this game tick. Pen and Paper reproduced on the computer. Whoohoo! Finally? Well, they definitely have everything going there way. Now if it will only work! Yes, yes, you may have read some other reviews, personally I think whoever reviewed NWN on Gamespot should be hung out to dry and given his box. They praised the multiplayer/toolkit. Now what I am curious about is, when was it possible to review a game without playing it for more than 15 minutes? If this person would have played around with the toolset long enough, or even popped by the Bioware forums, you would have seen the endless customers having problems with complete, random corruption of modules. Yes that's right. As of this point, there is a HUGE bug in which builders of worlds are getting some of their work done, only to get their modules corrupted through no fault of their own. A Bioware Moderator has posted a sticky asking players to give their system specs. A player came up with an idea to get the module un-corrupted through a delicate process. But after a while, the rumor is that it will become so corrupt that you will not be able to edit it or play it. This causes the game that we want to be completely unstable. Most DM's right now are holding out for a patch that might fix this game breaking problem. But lets get to the great aspect of the toolkit.

You can do whatever your heart desires. I have extensive playtime into the toolkit as of this point, and let me tell you, when my modules are not being corrupted left and right, I am having the time of my life. You can do anything to setting a radius of a sound trip, adding conversations to NPC's, manipulating their stats, edit all terrain, and script anything from a torch being put out by a guard, to an NPC unlocking a door for you. The toolkit has tremendous possibilities. If they would only fix the darn bugs. If you cannot tell, there is frustration in my voice. I play with a group of friends that I have known since my EQ days. I am trying to build a story I have wanted to see for the longest time in a D&D module. Something beyond scary to spook the best of them. I am having tremendous luck doing this, but it really puts a damper on things when you lose 4 hours of work because of a bug beyond your control. Attention game reviewers. Play the game and test the game BEFORE you write the review. If need me, email me at Utnayan@yahoo.com and I will make sure to give you a quaint lesson in that very subject.

Here, I made my NPC, gave him a conversation tree, put a Neverending Night (TM) Torch by him, and gave that radius around the torch a "fire" sound effect when the player came hear it.

Another thing that was left out but promised, was the ability to add your own MP3 music to your modules. For some reason, you cannot. Again, lack of any Bioware replies on this. Well, with help from a friend, you can with a slight adjustment to the game itself. If you are interested in a work around, email me at that above address and I can reply with it for you. But let it be known it will effect the music of the single player game. I got this idea from my friend Dextor, who tricked the system into accepting his Enya song. Now if I can just get him off the sissy music we will be set for our mods.

All in all, if Bioware would fix 3 very annoying and game breaking bugs, this game would be the cream of the crop for RPG's for years to come. Until these bugs are fixed however, they are a thorn in the side of many who want to experience this game hassle free. If anything, the single player game will whisk you away to another world for the time being, as long as you can handle having to go through a dungeon 2-3 times because the map said you were already there when you weren't. I just couldn't let another review go by without letting the public know, that the grass isn't as green as some people might lead you to believe. This game is getting tremendous fan boy attention, even from most reviewers who maybe just want to ignore the problems this game has because they either do not want to admit there are major faults in the game, or simply have not played it nearly enough to give that review in the first place.

My honest suggestion would be to buy the game, have fun with it in the single player. If you are looking to create mods and DM, wait until they have ironed out the bugs in the toolkit with module corruption. Otherwise, you have a chance at wasting hours while you watch your module fade into Run time errors.

Game: Neverwinter Nights
Publisher: bioware.com
Author: Mike Nelson
Date: June 26th, 2002
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