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Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask Of The Betrayer Expansion Pack 1 (PC DVD) | 
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| From: Atari
Category: Video Games
List Price: £19.99
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Rating:  9 reviews
Platform: Windows Xp
Genre: role-playing-games
Media: Video Game
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 3546430131602
ASIN: B000UZ0PUU
Release Date: September 28, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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 ARGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH October 8, 2007
Richard Kelly (Manchester, England)
18 out of 37 found this review helpful
I'm not sure what the other reviews here have seen, but I certainly cannot agree with most of it. Firstly there was the fiasco of the install - install and NONE of the scripted speach options worked, there was a community hotfix for this as Atari hadn't tested the install with the latest update the Neverwinter Nights 2 so it simply didn't work!
2. The camera - it may be slightly better that in the original game, but it is still awful. As the game takes place in several built up areas it makes the game almost unplayable in certain places. I still don't enjoy walking out of a door to discover that the camera has been placed directly over my right ear! It's playable, but it is anoying as hell.
3. The game does appear to be a well though out rpg with lots going on and an epic story, the epic characters/skills are really pretty good but on my shiny new Vista Machine with the latest drivers for everything it tends to crash about every 30 minutes or so, which is just plain rubbish.
It looks good - if only it was stable on my machine I would be enjoying it, as it is I will probably have to wait for Atari to get a patch out before really seeing what it's all about. I've just discovered that one of the items I need to continue isn't actually there is my install. Back in the box with this one I think!
 Mask of the Betrayer - WOW! October 7, 2007
BuntyandBabli (UK)
13 out of 19 found this review helpful
This game plays very well, it's definately very polished barring one or two instances. Story-wise, I don't think I've ever enjoyed a story more since Baldurs Gate II and it's expansion. The setting, the atmosphere, everything pulls you in right from the start and as far as epic level play goes, I still got my a** handed back to me on a bladed platter on more than a number of occassions forcing me to actually THINK about how to approach situations - a rare event in the OC.
The music is definately some of the best that I've ever heard in a game. Speech is also improved, dialogue is a lot more emotive. Dialogue and character development is superb. My only gripe is that I wish Act III was a bit more fleshed out like Act II with a bit more to do rather than get railroaded straight into the ending. the latter part of Act II and Act III is very fast.
The game works well on a number of levels and it would probably appeal more to adult gamers, the story is dark, gritty, personal, nuanced and very subtle and I went away from it thinking about the themes. Five stars! Obsidian Entertainment has definately created a classic!
Much better than NWN2 October 1, 2007
Lord of the Rings reader (United Kingdom)
11 out of 18 found this review helpful
Been looking forward to the expansion ever since completing the NWN2 campain. The game looks far better than NWN2 and plays like a dream, character classes are much more varied with new spells, items, feats etc. The game can also be quite challenging in places and Atari's claim of 25 hours isn't far off correct. The developers have to be applauded on it's improvements with gorgeous graphics and smooth challenging gameplay.There is a slight patch issue at the moment as the dialogue isn't all there however this is easily fixed without waiting for the patch. 5 stars on everything.
 Flawed again! December 29, 2007
Twisted Individual
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
Ok, firstly i cleared NWN2 even with all the bugs, characters disappearing, cutscenes messing up, numerous crashes etc only to get a terrible ending with a few pictures and a voiceover lasting around 3minutes. Talk about rushed.
I love these kind of games though, playing BG, NWN1, Torment, ID etc so i thought ok i'll give this a chance.
The start was great , i noticed the loading times were a bit quicker and the camera options were changed, things were looking up. 10 hours of gameplay later i'm just as frustrated as NWN2.
Firstly they have changed the camera, but it's still needlessly complicated and considering more of this game takes part indoors it makes it worse. It's still the worst camera control i've ever used in a game. The method of changing your view is done by ticking tons of boxes and trying to find a combination that works of which none do comfortably. There's still tons of bugs which again i had to fix myself like script missing my entire team turning invisible in some dungeons, the camera getting stuck on rotating, npcs getting stuck in scenary and inevitbale crashes.
Because mages are so overpowered in this game now the fighting is so unpredictable and luck based it's not even funny. There's a fight you have to have at one point early on in the game. I got destroyed the first 3 times. Then the 4th time it was over in 6seconds and the cue scene just triggered without me even really seeing what happened. This happened in most of the large fights with mages just blowing everything up with hollywood style explosions. Not much fun really.
There's a NPC that joins your team early on as well and if you bring them around their body obstructs your view half of the time so annoyingly that even though i wanted them i had to leave them behind all the time.
Now for the worst aspect of the game. The new concept of this spirit meter is an atrocious idea. Rpgs are about taking your time, exploring and fighting with some choice. This game and this meter forces you to rush everything making it more of an arcade blast em up if you're a mage and slash em up if you're melee character (if there's anything alive left for you before the mages kill everything) The linear design, whilst helped a tiny bit with the other world you can go into, only makes the spirit meter worse. Everything feels rushed and the combat has next to no tactics just everything dying in firework displays.
As far as i'm concerned i've given up on NWN2. Some people say in it's defense it's the toolset and the multi-player aspect people buy the game for not the official campaign. Well my advice is if you're looking for a game where the official campaign doesn't matter to you and you love to fix bugs yourself and will only use this for making your own maps then go ahead and get this.
However if you're looking for an RPG to play in the traditional style of Baldur's gate etc or a modern open ended world to explore like Oblivion then avoid this like the plague as it's neither and will just drive you mad.
Fairly original April 16, 2008
Craig Lam (Aberdeen, Scotland)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
A slightly (I've used two wishy-washy words in this review already - fairly, slightly) daring expansion for the flawed Neverwinter Nights II. The spirit thief mechanic works surprisingly well, the new music is absolutely fantastic, and the new characters are decent.
There are a few engine improvements - performance was noticeably smoother in comparison to the original campaign, despite the graphics being slightly enhanced - but the game still feels fairly cumbersome and restricts the sense of freedom one should feel in a D&D game.
Monks are still marginalised too!
I would give it an overall recommendation.
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