Neverwinter Nights: Diamond Compilation Pack (DVD-ROM) | 
 enlarge | From: Atari
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $19.99
New (7) Used (8) from $14.52
Avg. Customer Rating:  106 reviews
Sales Rank: 1055
Format: Dvd-rom
Platform: Windows Xp
ESRB: Mature
Media: DVD-ROM
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 1.1
MPN: 100722
Model: 26819
UPC: 742725268197
EAN: 0742725268197
ASIN: B000B8K7RC
Release Date: October 25, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Product Description
Neverwinter Nights Diamond is the total package from the award-winning Neverwinter Nights gameplay. From Bioware the developers of Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights is an Advanced Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Neverwinter Nights has been designed specifically for the online, multiplayer environment and the latest in 3D technology. It also allows anyone to experience all the magic of pen & paper Dungeon-Mastering on a home computer. Neverwinter Nights' powerful and user-friendly Solstice Toolset allows creation and population of entire new modular worlds and stories for others to adventure in. Enter a multiplayer module as a DM (Dungeon Master) and alter plots, possess characters and manage combat from behind the scenes all in real-time. Shadows of Undrentide offers role playing fans more Dungeons and Dragons features than the ground breaking original. Additional skills, such as Tumble and Appraise, additional feats, such as Divine Might, Extra Music and Bullheaded, additional new weapons, such as Holy Water Flasks and Choking Powder, additional new prestige classes, such as Harper Scout, additional new monsters from the Dungeon and Dragons universe, such as Medusa, Cockatrice, Sphinx, and Female Fire Giant, and additional new spells. Hordes of the Underdark is the 2nd expansion for the revolutionary role-playing game Neverwinter Nights. BioWare has created a dark and dangerous world of adventure set in the world of D&D. Your mind is sharp from hundreds of books studied, callused hands from years of weapon play, nimble feet from slipping unseen and unheard past thousands of guards and unshakable faith in gods worshipping. But is it enough for the final terror? As the last hope for the Forgotten Realms, you must face the unstoppable and decide the fate for all. As the hero, are you a legend? Epic levels, new prestige classes, new creatures, spells, feats, weapons and new tilesets to explore endles
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 Good Value for the money November 12, 2008
With all the free online play (some of it very good) and the standalone campaigns as well as the module design software Neverwinter is an outstanding value and Diamond is the most inclusive.
 Mad as heck November 7, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this game over a week ago from Amazon and would really like to play it, but so far have been unable to do so. I have the original NWN and have had no trouble playing it on my Windows Vista quad core machine. Then I installed this Diamond collection. The message I received on my screen said that the game is not compatible with Windows Vista. Fine, so I go to the website to download the patches and load one patch, still the game doesn't work. Then I try to download the other patch and its over 100 mb of programming. I start the download through my phonelines, the computer is on all night until morning and in the morning the computer says "you ran out of time" whatever that means. So I go to the website again and try to get through to a technician and there is no phone number. So they give me a message that they have received my complaint and will get back to me which of course they never did. So here I am stuck with a $20 coaster. I really want to play this game if I could ever get it to work but I doubt it since I got no help from Atari. Now the Atari corporate offices are in NYC and I could probably take the train over there and make a scene by using their disk as a frisbee in the CEO's office but I doubt it would do much good. So come on Atari and get your freakin act together so I can play what I paid for.
 Good Game / Minor Problems October 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Pro's: Good DnD Game, as always. DVD makes install a breeze. A lot of replay ability and classes to choose from. Definitely a good way to spend twenty bucks.
Con's: While it is hard to find con's with the game itself, here are some problems I had. 1st, Windows Vista, you must download all the Bioware updates before even trying to play this game. Otherwise, windows will block it completely. Along with this you still get loading screen crashes and it may take you a few attempt to get into the game (Right clicking and running as Admin helps) The 2nd issue I had was with Multiplayer Games. I haven't been able to post any successfully online to play with friends. Lan seems to work just fine, however, after following all trouble shooting steps and several hours of technical support forming this issue is still unresolved.
Oldie but Goodie October 11, 2008
When I was younger, I didn't have the patience to wade through NWN's seemingly endless quests as you participate in the spiralling plot. This kept me in the first two chapters indefinitely. But when NWN2 came out, my interest in the NWN franchise was renewed. NWN2 was more immediately engaging for me than NWN, but the denouement of the original NWN campaign makes the foot-dragging of the mid-game well worth it.
Coming back to NWN, I can say I'm glad I did. BioWare adventures like this are always worth your money if you're an avid RPG fan. With my Diamond edition, I beat the original and part of SotU, and still come back to play it from time to time when I am craving a well-designed and interesting single player RPG.
I'm also hosting a NWN dedicated server campaign on my Internet-facing Linux box. Some friends and I work on the module and deploy once in a while, then partake in a little roleplaying environment when we all have the time. So the multiplayer and modding aspects are actually the best of any Bioware game (except, perhaps, NWN2). All of this is great fun, and puts Mass Effect to shame.
Those unfamiliar with BioWare's legacy may not be convinced by the name alone; but once you've taken the time to play through just one of their games, you'll have no doubt that BioWare titles truly live up to their renown: a genuinely interesting, intense, engrossing single player RPG experience that will keep you glued to your screen until you've finally restored order to the Forgotten Realms once again.
Stability/System Reqs: 4.5/5. Game is well-engineered to scale to high and low-end hardware, and has never crashed on me. Minor Windows Vista issues can be worked around.
5/5 for replayability/moddability, excellent main storyline (in all the expansions), value (only $20 for all of this!), and graphics that are serviceable even in 2008. Recommended as a gift to folks who are stuck with an older PC that can't play the newer ones like Mass Effect. Highly recommended to anyone who has ever played a BioWare game, liked it, and somehow skipped NWN.
A couple camera issues, but otherwise great. September 2, 2008
This is a fantastic game; very enjoyable despite its age. My only two complaints deal with the camera. Sometimes when your character walks too close to a wall, the camera zooms so far in you can't see anything, but you only have to rotate the camera a bit to zoom back out again. Also, not all camera settings are saved, so when reloading a saved game the camera angle and zoom distance are reset to defaults.
That aside, I would recommend this game to anyone who enjoys fantasy RPGs, and especially any D&D fans. It even makes some minor improvements on pen-and-paper D&D, such as a Lore skill which lets you identify magic items without a spell.
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