Gamespot posted their review of Neverwinter Nights, and once again this is a high rating (9.2/10). Here's a bit from the article:
During play, you'll find that Neverwinter Nights' interface and controls are outstanding. Characters move nice and fast, so there's never any tedious travel. You can click to tell your character where to go, press and hold the left mouse button to keep running in the direction of the cursor, or use the W, A, S, and D keys to move. Right-clicking calls up a radial menu that lets you interact with any character or object in various ways. This lets you easily perform tasks like unlocking chests and disarming traps or picking characters' pockets and using combat feats. Also, a dozen customizable macro buttons line the bottom of the screen, allowing you to set up convenient one-click (or one-key) access to different weapons, spells, items, potions, and special abilities. If a dozen isn't enough for you, a total of three dozen are available by using the Shift or Ctrl keys. An optional onscreen automap clearly displays your relative location in each region and denotes any points of interest. A journal feature also helps keep things organized by clearly sorting all the quests you've taken on and indicating whether you've made any progress in them or finished them altogether. The game's manual, which is more than 200 pages long, gives plenty of background info on the 3rd Edition rules, but the game itself is well designed enough that the manual isn't required reading. |
NWN Review at Gamespot
