Neverwinter Nights

I started playing this game on the iPad because I like the portability factor. I played it when it originally came out and seems pretty true to the original. I like the setting but it is a little static because it’s a relatively early crpg game. The main issue I have is that I bought all of the premium modules, but I can’t seem to get them to install. All I get is a white box with a line with only the word cancel in it. Is there something I am missing or is there another program that has to be install. All of the premium modules now say install but they won’t. I think this iPad port has great potential. I really like that the classics have been ported to this platform. Updated Review. I can download all the DLC but tyrants of moonsea. It just stops downloading around 6 or 7 seconds and then asks me to install again. The game plays great and the touch screen seems to work well but it was a little confusing at first when you are used to PC edition. It is really nice having this as a game on the iPad. Correction: Managed to install after 7th time trying. I look forward to playing it.

I wrote my first review complaining about the game crashing every time I tried to save the game. I followed the developers feedback about changing the zoom on my iPhone XS Max. Apparently, my iPhone was set to zoom. After changing it back to normal, I was able to save my game progress. I have amended my star rating from 2 stars to 5 stars where it should have been in the first place. The save issue was not a bug in the game, it was due to a setting on my iPhone itself. This is one of the greatest Dungeons & Dragons game you can get for your mobile devices. A very good port from the original PC version. The extra modules that are available for an added purchase are phenomenal and highly recommend by this Dungeons & Dragons fan. The only game that would beat Neverwinter Nights would be D&D Online. I don’t think that will be coming out to mobile anytime soon. So, if you love the Balders Gate series to include Siege of Dragonspear, Icewind Dale and Planes of Torment, you will absolutely fall in love with Neverwinter Nights. The best role playing game on iOS mobile to date. This is a must have for all Dungeons & Dragons fans and for anyone who just likes RPG’s in general. You’ve got to get this game, it is a benchmark and classic “just have” game of all times. Buy it now!!!! You’ll be happy you did. Mark my words.

OK, actual review time. Lots of bugs. 1) The inventory radial menu icon does nothing. 2) Sometime highlights from one item appear when looking at another item from another chest. 3) There really needs to be some form of toolset implementation. 4) It still has an occasional memory leak, which was left over from. The PC/Mac game. Every once in a while, on a reload, everything drops to like 1 FPS or less. 5) The NPC AI needs to be improved a tad, your henchmen and familiars, etc. can box you into tight space and then not move. 6) You need to be able to tell familiars and animal companions to NOT attack chests. They will do it forever. 7) Marrok, the blacksmith guy, sometimes just wont make a recipe. The parts are there, he is there, but, nope– 8) The main character will often, all of a sudden, just stop doing anything when in the midst of a fight. Usually the PCs track new targets very well, but sometimes the main one just decides to stand there for a while, no condition or effect on them, and do nothing, even when gettin hit. I have tested this one a bunch. It mostly happens when a lot of action is going on. Please, make the toolset another app, and use Files to transfer new stuff to the game. It could not be that hard. The toolset is really what made this game special.

The mages at Beam dog/Overhaul have crafted a wonderous thing! This rework of the classic BioWare game is perfect. I have gladly picked up Planescape, BG 1&2, and Icewind Dale from the same creators, and they are fantastic. This EE is beyond even those reworks. The game play/ controls are easy & the graphics capture the feel of the original while polishing some of the rough edges that were there due to the limitations of early 2000s tech. The in app purchases are well worth the $, as they expand the game further and let the player enjoy other parts of Faerun. Now if Beamdog can get Wizards to let them convert classic D&D modules to expansion packs for NN:EE, then there will truly be magic left in the world.

There are very few good RPG’s (IMHO) found within the IOS ecosystem. And yet every once in awhile I get sucker punched by quintessential grassroots RPG’s like this gem coming over. Like BG1, BG2 IWD, all Spiderware Games and most recently Atom RPG, THIS game is a staple of CRPG gaming lore. You can and WILL get lost in all the details, storylines, character builds and atmosphere. And to think- many years ago a CRPG of this caliber could only be played at a desktop or lugged around via laptop. Now...we’ve got all that RPG goodness (and vastness- 100hr +) in our pockets. Bravo Overhaul, you get my hard earned money.