Neverwinter Nights Remastered Out Now: What They Changed

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Neverwinter Nights Remastered Out Now - Here s What They Changed

Neverwinter Nights Remastered is out on Steam now, and developers Beamdog have made a few changes - not too many, though. Via: igg-games.com That’s right, friends. It’s time to whip out your character sheets and twenty-sided die once more. Neverwinter Nights has been remastered, and it’s waiting for you on right now. Already, then, every gamer’s spidey sense is tingling. These days, the word remaster brings up a whole array of mixed feelings. Are we talking a ground-up rework, like the Crash Bandicoot N-Sane Trilogy? On the other hand, we’ve all been burned by lazy remasters that just give the game a slight texture bump. Before we take a look at what kind of dramatic change Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition has made to the game (spoiler: precious little, really), the uninitiated are going to need a quick overview of this curious old title. THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY Released for PC back in 2002, Neverwinter Nights is a third-person RPG from BioWare. It’s set in the Forgotten Realms area, a campaign setting from Dungeons & Dragons. It’s based on an even older title of the same name, which was the very first MMORPG to actually display graphics. That one ran on AOL from 1991 to 1997, if you’re decrepit enough to remember it. So, yes. In deference to the source material, the combat in BioWare’s title (as well as just about every other darn action) is influenced by constant digital dice rolls. It’s super faithful to the tabletop Dungeons & Dragons in that sense, and so enjoyed a steady stream of updates from fans (and official ones, of course) from its initial release onward. All these years later, then, the game’s Enhanced Edition has arrived on Steam. were at the helm of the project; the developers behind other remasters like the Icewind Dale and Baldur’s Gate titles. Sadly, as reports, Neverwinter Nights has simply been touched up a little here and there. In the Enhanced Edition, the game simply adapts better to higher resolution displays, and some subtle visual details have been improved. This may be disappointing for long term fans, but it’s important to remember that the team had to tread carefully here. Particularly with a game that’s been modded out the wazzoo over the years like Neverwinter Nights. As the report also points out, this means that rich seams of additional content (in terms of mods and such) remain fully compatible with this version. So, yes. That’s a silver lining, at any rate. Interested parties can hit Steam right now, where the new Enhanced Edition awaits for $20, along with DLC packs for a small additional cost. If you’re on the fence, for the spangly new version.