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Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide
Released On: Jun 17, 2003
78
7.6
All Platforms
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
78
71% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
29% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
78
71% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
29% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
The tilesets offer a little more variety than modifying lighting on older tilesets to accomplish the same visual effects and thank Mordenkainen they improved the system for setting creature waypoints.
Possesses the same degree of replay value as the original game. Once gamers have gone through the entire new campaign, they can find a lot of new and interesting things to experiment with the next time around - a characteristic that should define any decent RPG.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 100 User Ratings
7.6
62% Positive
62 Ratings
62 Ratings
32% Mixed
32 Ratings
32 Ratings
6% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 100 User Ratings
7.6
62% Positive
62 Ratings
62 Ratings
32% Mixed
32 Ratings
32 Ratings
6% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
This expansion is the reason to buy Neverwinter Nights. An intriguing, tight little story dealing with one of the coolest bits of the Forgotten Realms, and an iconic NPC companion -- Deekin, the kobold bard. Short and sweet. Infinitely better than the original campaign for Neverwinter Nights, which isn't worth bothering with.
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If you're like me and enjoyed Neverwinter Nights then you'll enjoy Shadows of Undrentide. It's a fun romp through a dangerous, magical land.
SOU is perhaps the funniest fantasy-RPG I've ever played... One of those expansions that make the original game pale in comparison. [Sept 2003, p.94]
If you're a Neverwinter modder you'll probably want to get it just for the tilesets, creatures and new scripting wizards and NWN fans will find plenty here to keep them busy, but Shadows of Undrentide isn't a "must-have now" expansion pack for the average gamer.
A better-than-average expansion pack, worth the asking price of thirty greenbacks, but diminished by its lack of real inspiration. [Sept 2003, p.72]
Offers a professional, worthy campaign and is definitely a good buy for the price even if it isn't as satisfying a single-player RPG experience as Bioware's immortal "Baldur's Gate II" series.
Solid NWN expansion with strong focus on RPG elements, good story, first part in the snow, second in the desert, so enough variation here and despite mixed reviews I was actually nicely satisfied with Shadows of Undrentide. Created a new char for that exclusively to spice up things a bit, took me about 30 hours to finish, so good chunk of quality content here, although the next expansion - Hordes of the Underdark is even better! 7/10
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While it is not a bad expansion it is also really short and underwhelming for me. I however enjoyed the new prestige character classes. We got the Arcane Archer (Magical bowman), Assassin, Harper Scout (Don't use this it is a terrible class), Blackguard (Dark Paladin) and Shadowdancer (Manipulators of light and dark that have shadow magic like abilities). I especially liked the Arcane Archer as magic and arrows are a terrifying combination and the Assassin. Also a Blackguard is an interesting class even for me who finds Paladins a bit limited. For itself the story and characters are good. It is set in the Forgotten Realms on the continent Faerun. Your character is an apprentice of a dwarven adventurer who lives in a small settlement. One day the village is attacked and your masters laboratory is the main target. With the disappearance of some very valuable artifacts and your master barely alive the main story begins. It is not bad by my standards. It has some good ideas and twists. However it took me not long to finish it. I see it more as a stepping stone to the amazing “Hordes of Underdark” expansion which is the next adventure of your hero story-wise. It adds also some feats, spells and some improvements to the game. Graphic and soundtrack were rally good for its time but the graphics did not age that well. Overall this would have been a disappointment if I bought it not in and all in one edition of Neverwinter Nights. If is enjoyable but nothing to write home about. Nothing more and nothing less.
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Summary The first official expansion to Neverwinter Nights features a new 40-hour single player campaign as well as game features new to Neverwinter Nights, such as additional D&D skills, feats, classes, monsters, weapons and spells. In addition, the pack includes three new tile sets and other assets for use in the Aurora toolset that will enabl...
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- PC
Initial Release Date: Jun 17, 2003
Developer:
- BioWare
Publisher: Atari SA
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