Game of the Month
GameSpot PC's Game of the Month for June 2002 (Platinum)

Neverwinter Nights

Developer: BioWare
Publisher: Atari Games
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  • GameSpot Review Score: 9.2

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    "Neverwinter Nights is one of those exceedingly rare games that has a lot to offer virtually everyone, even if they aren't already into RPGs. The campaign alone is easily worth the price of admission. Not only is it on par with all the best computer RPGs to date, but it's also a lot friendlier to new players, making Neverwinter Nights a perfectly good choice as someone's first role-playing game. Add the other aspects of Neverwinter Nights--the toolset, the DM client, and the multiplayer options--and you have a unique game that's an undeniably remarkable achievement. Some games are memorable, but years from now, people won't just remember Neverwinter Nights--they'll also still be playing."

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    From the makers of the Baldur's Gate series comes BioWare's most ambitious effort to date: an 80-plus-hour single-player game and a robust multiplayer component that lets real-life dungeon masters create persistent virtual worlds that can be linked together for thousands of players.

    Though not without a few minor drawbacks (such as a slightly dated graphics engine), Neverwinter Nights is a clear choice for GameSpot PC's Game of the Month for June. It's one of those increasingly rare creatures--a game that was worth the wait. As GameSpot's Executive Editor Greg Kasavin put it, "Neverwinter Nights is indeed the end-all, be-all Dungeons & Dragons RPG that it's been touted to be for the last several years."

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