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DANGER: Neverwinter Nights just might be the last RPG you buy!
Wha- wha- what??
That’s right. Neverwinter Nights just might be the last RPG you buy. But, you say, how can that be? Quite simply, because in addition to more than 100 hours of exciting adventure that ships in the original Neverwinter Nights Diamond campaigns, there is a lifetime of adventure that awaits you online. Enough to satisfy even the most discriminating RPG player.
You see, one of the most exciting and enduring aspects of Neverwinter Nights is its multiplayer capability. Shipped with the game are a toolset and a special application that enable players to craft their own adventures and host those games for others to play via LAN or internet connection. Due to these powerful adventure-crafting tools, hundreds and hundreds of online worlds have sprouted up and are frequented every day by thousands of players– even as the game celebrates over 10 years of play.
Playing online is easy. Just click the “Multiplayer†option when the title screen appears after you launch Neverwinter Nights. This will launch the Gamespy client (that ships with the game) and after creating a username and password, you’ll be connected online and can view or join any one of the worlds. Create a character on that world and jump into the action. It’s that simple.
These worlds run the gamut of play styles such as roleplay (where you can let your inner elf come to the fore), hack’n slash action, arena combat, social, or story-based. Most blend a bit of everything. They may be based on the worlds of popular fiction or be of the designer’s creation. They may be set in the world of fantasy, the modern world, or even science fiction. Try a few, try them all. You’re sure to find more than a few that fit your interests and excite your imagination.
The best part is that access to this unlimited online adventure is free. With your purchase of NWN, you gain access to play all these without ever having to pay again. Unlike those “free to play†MMO games where it is free up to a certain level or where success can only be achieved through plunking down additional cash for gems to buy the best equipment, Neverwinter Nights online play is wholly and entirely free. Forever.
If that wasn’t enough, you could download any of the thousands of free community-created adventures from
www.nwvault.com (many of these are regarded as being as good as or better than the original campaigns). You can also expand your game with new spells, feats, skills, races, classes, or treasure. At the risk of beating a dead orc, this content is also free.
The prolific community-driven effort to create adventures and expand the look and feel of the game has led to a large and passionate following for the game that has succeeded in making Neverwinter Nights stand tall, even when compared to the RPG games of today.
So, where should your Neverwinter Nights adventure begin?
www.neverwinternights.info is a good place to understand the depth of the game. Get online and find out why Neverwinter Nights just might be the last RPG you buy. Ever.
Modifié par BelowTheBelt, 17 septembre 2012 - 06:10 .
