These are picayune faults, however, and the good aspects of Neverwinter outshine its problems. It is not, however, the nearly perfect game that many expected - a humdrum story mars the experience. To Neverwinter's credit, it is a solid game with strong gameplay, innovative aspects, great multiplayer options, and a powerful level creation tool.
Of course, with lofty expectations all too frequently come high standards, disappointment, and mediocre games.
For everyone who missed the pen-and-paper role-playing games of the seventies and eighties (lots of people), Neverwinter sounded like a dream come true all the fun of the interactive D&D games, skillful DMs, and computers to handle the complex statistics. Neverwinter Nights was closely watched throughout its development because of what it promised: the ability to play old-fashioned D&D games, with powerful dungeon masters (DMs), through linked computers.
