After both original Baldur's Gate RPGs and Planescape: Torment and Icewind Dale dropped on Switch back in October, it's finally time for the similarly Enhanced Edition of Neverwinter Nights to join its brethren on consoles today.
Taking the original Dungeons & Dragons RPGs from their PC home and enhancing them with mod-cons to make them play nicely on consoles, developer Beamdog did a fine job with the previously released games, and there's no reason to think they'll drop the ball when it comes to Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition.
In addition to the enhanced bells and whistles, the new console version also comes with 100 hours of DLC if the vanilla game isn't substantial enough for you. Here are a few screenshots to get you in the mood with some nostalgia-dipped, angular polygons:
As with the previous editions, the game is available in physical form on Switch. You can check out the reviews of Baldur's Gate I & II and Planescape: Torment & Icewind Dale to really get into the D&D mood. Spoilers! - we liked them.
Will you be picking up Neverwinter Nights and going on a nostalgia trip on Switch? How did you like the previous Enhanced Editions which came out in October? Let us know with a cheeky comment below.
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Thats nice.
I guess
I could never really get in to Neverwinter Nights.
Depending on the price maybe this time around I might.
That's so awesome. I always preferred this over Baldurs Gate, and I loooove Baldurs Gate. Happy Christmas gift to myself.
@Gwynbleidd
They are gonna be 50 aren't they ?
These graphics are REALLY dated...
No way I’ll be able to see all the small text without zooming every 2 seconds. I’m out
will wait for price drop got balders gate and planescape/icewind wind black friday, shame it didnt include two
A port? No chance... I'm not a graphics gamer but there really is a limit to that.
A remaster? Yeah sure as long as it has some graphic updates.
I watched some gameplay footage yesterday and just could not believe how small the character creation window is. Absolutely ridiculous
Even on PC a lot of the interface, text and dropped loot is difficult to see so hopefully they’ve made some adjustments for Switch.
@Gwynbleidd Not sure if sale is still going on, but Best Buy had discounted the physical editions to $30. I picked up Planescape at that price!
If I remember correctly it had control issues and I eventually stopped playing it. I probably will not pick this one up.
@setezerocinco Made worse by nostalgia causing me to "remember" Neverwinter Nights looking amazing... But yeah, 3D games of that era never age gracefully.
It's funny. Today everyone complains about how bad the graphics look. I remember when my $3k+ PC struggled to turn a decent framerate on this game because the devs prioritized fancy oh-so-realistic graphics that needed dual video cards over a smooth running game.....
One of my favorite DnD games, I played this so so much as a kid even with a terrible computer to the point that the game was a slideshow, I can't wait to play this game portably in a much better framerate, my how technology improves!
I'll pick this up; but again the launch price is way too high. Half-off and I'm in
50.00?! are they high?
I love the Beamdog ‘enhanced editions’ of the various Baldur’s Gate & Neverwinter Nights games ... and even got the Android port several months ago. BUT - that was $9.99 ... and THIS is $50?!? WTF - sorry, I have bought NWN for PC DVD, Mac DVD, digital editions For Steam and GoG, enhanced editions and Android ... and for <$20 I would get this. But c’mon, seriously?
Yea, but these are physical releases...
They were ported & enhanced for console controls.
These will never be as cheap as table/phone games.
If it cost too much, wait for a sale or check Wal-Mart.
I only bought these once before (back in the day), so I'm in.
One of my absolute favorite games from my childhood. I just might have to double dip.
Pass.
I was really disappointed in the Baldur's Gate port. The controls do not translate well on the Switch. They're very clumsy. These games need the precision of a mouse to play properly, they are not a good fit for the Switch.
Will be getting this right after I finish Planescape: Torment & Icewind Dale. In other news The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 3 has been announced for Switch, really excited for that one too.
Played all these games on PC when they originally released. May them pick them up if a price drops happily coincides with a lull in releases. But with too much to keep up with on the switch I doubt it any time soon
They must be on some good friggen drugs to come up with that price. I dont usually complain about the ridiculously high launch prices of old games, but this is nuts. And by all the footage I've seen it runs like a slideshow. What were they thinking??
I remember wanting this game back in 2002 after reading about it in PC Gamer, but for some reason I never got it. I don't get how they can seriously think about charging that much for a 17 year old game.
So how does this game -work- on consoles?? Or did they take the lazy way out and remove mod support?
NWN isn't NWN if you neuter its main selling point.
Not sure how they can justify this price. Love the games. Played them to death back in 'the day'. Double dipped on steam and NWN2 on gog. Not going to pay nearly the same as I would on the latest DQ. Nostalgia does have limits. One for the watchlist.
Agree on the price being way too high, although you DO get a lot of gameplay for your money. I will wait to get it sub $20, preferably used so Beamdog doesn't get any of it since they're on crack trying to charge this much for all of these ports.
A wise person once told me it's the consumers who ultimately set a product price. So this means either that:
1. Nintendo customers are ultimately stupid (I mean in their "herd" dimension of course, not taken singularly) or...
2. Beamdog considers them stupid.
While I can't deny that in every group of persons there always are some stupid ones, it would be interesting to investigate why Beamdog might consider Nintendo consumers that way.
Could it be because they usually accept any damn freaking crazy price?
Give us NWN2 with all the bells and whistles and you can take my money.
@NEStalgia were dual cards even a thing back then? I remember my mid-range pc running this game fine. Of course I am not known for my memory...
@PortablexombieV2 Sure, SLI first came out with 3Dfx cards back in the late 90's!
@NEStalgia time is flying by way too fast.
@PortablexombieV2 You can sure say that again!
I played this game so much back in the day. It was one of the few commercial Linux games I owned that would boot on the Portable HDD Ubuntu Distro I carried with me on business trips. The campaigns were decent, but the community stuff was where I lost so much time.
Bought this game and the controls are AWFUL! I was soo excited to play it as I used to play Baldur's Gate, and NWN back in the day on PC. Baldur's Gate controls are ok, and take some getting used to but in all they were fine. THIS GAME'S CONTROLS however are ridiculously bad. DO NOT BUY.
@beandob Yeah, the reviews and concensus so far is that this is a terrible port.
Third Edition is not vintage. Maybe first edition but not third.
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