The unopposed ruler of Dungeons and Dragons

Product Information

Neverwinter Nights 2 Gold combines Neverwinter Nights 2, the sequel to one of the best-selling and genre-defining role-playing games ever, and Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer, which allows you to advance to epic levels (above 20) and choose from over 100 spells. Combined, you get over 50 hours of immersive adventure!  Create and run your own adventures with improved building tools, and explore the Forgotten Realms rendered in breathtaking detail.

Product Title Included

• Neverwinter Nights 2
• Neverwinter Nights 2:  Mask of the Betrayer Expansion Pack

Product Overview

Neverwinter Nights 2

Neverwinter Nights 2 is the sequel to one of the best-selling and genre-defining role-playing games ever, set in the popular Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms universe created by Wizards of the Coast.

Bards sing tales of heroes from ages past, but never have the Forgotten Realms so desperately needed a champion. Years have passed since the war between Luskan and Neverwinter, almost enough time for the wounds of war to heal. But the brief peace the Realms have known may be at an end. Tension growing between the mighty city-states means the Sword Coast again teeters on the edge of open war. Unnoticed, a greater danger stalks the City of Skilled Hands. Unbeknownst to the denizens of the North, deep in the Mere of Dead Men, dark forces from across the Realms have been rallied under the banner of a legendary evil. If left unchallenged, all of the North is doomed to fall under its power.

Even in this darkest hour, hope remains. A mysterious relic is borne to Neverwinter in the hands of a lone hero so that its secrets may be unlocked - secrets that carry the fate of all the North. So begins an epic tale of shattered alliances, noble acts and dark deeds to be told across the Realms for generations to come.

Features:

• Use the completely rewritten, powerful Obsidian Neverwinter Nights 2 Toolset to create your own adventures, share them with friends, or run them through your adventure directly as the Dungeon Master;
• Play online with other gamers and enjoy limitless adventure;
• Explore the Forgotten Realms in greater graphical splendour than ever before with a completely new, cutting-edge graphics system and an overland map;
• Employ new spells, feats, and advanced prestige classes, based on the exciting Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 Edition rules;
• Engage new subraces including Tiefling and Aasimar,
• Recruit up to three companions to assist in your adventures. Improved party control allows for more dynamic tactical decisions in combat and more personal interaction;
• The player's stronghold is introduced. Gamers start from less than nothing, recruit people along their journey to live in his home and pledge themselves to his cause. Gamers can build powerful strongholds and affect the outcome of their game.
• Rediscover familiar locations and meet old friends from the Neverwinter Nights series.

Neverwinter Nights 2:  Mask of the Betrayer

Following the climactic battle against the King of Shadows, you awaken alone and stranded deep beneath the earth.  A dark hunger grows within you, threatening to devour your very soul.  Will you fight against the hunger within or will you embrace it, reveling in your newfound power?

Set in harsh, spirit-rich Rashemen, near the powerful nation of Thay, Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer presents players with an exciting new 20-30+ hour campaign filled with meaningful choices, rich characters, and surprising outcomes.  Continue the adventure of your Neverwinter Nights 2 character or create a completely new epic hero - no previous Neverwinter Nights experience required.  Hundreds of new gameplay options include epic levels; feats, spells, races, and classes; powerful weapons, armor, and crafting options; and hordes of diverse creatures.

Features:

• Enhanced graphics, including extensive use of specularity, environment effects, and normal maps; improved performance; streamlined party control; and an easier to use and more powerful toolset.  Experience Neverwinter Nights 2 at its best.
• Epic storyline provides the most riveting RPG experience since Planescape: Torment, with the compelling characters and plotlines for which Obsidian Entertainment is renowned.  Play the official campaign either alone or online with your friends.
• Stunning new environments include the Astral Plane, sunken Imaskari ruins, a Thayan wizard academy, and the Shadow Plane.  Immerse yourself in the Forgotten Realms as you have never seen it before.
• Explore an amazingly reactive world, where your decisions affect those around you and the passage of time realistically impacts gameplay.
• Switch seamlessly between exploration and tactical combat with the immersive, over the shoulder view of Character Mode and the top down perspective of Strategy Mode with its RTS-like control.
• Combat and negotiate with dozens of new creatures including many D&D favorites such as blue dragons, treants, hads, solars, and the two-headed fell troll. 
• Choose from over 20 classic and exotic D&D races, including the genasi: planetouched humanoids hailing from the elemental planes of air, earth, fire, or water.
• Customize your character with over 60 epic feats including the monk's Blazing Aura, the rogue's Epic Precision, and the druid's Dragon Shape.
• Master more than 50 new spells, including epic spells such as mass fowl, damnation, and vampiric feast.
• Play new D&D classes such as the Red Wizard of Thay, spirit shaman, and invisible blade.
• Collect souls from defeated foes to create mighty artifacts using an expanded item enchantment system.
• Create your own D&D adventures to play with friends online with enhanced modding tools.

Windows Requirements

• Windows 2000, XP
• Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2000 or equivalent (Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 or equivalent (or higher) recommended)
• 512 MB RAM (1 GB of RAM recommended)
• 5.5 GB Free Hard Disk space
• 4X DVD-ROM drive (8X Speed or higher recommended)
• 128 MB Shader Model 2.0-compatible Video Card - device should be compatible with DirectX version 9.0c or higher (256 MB Shader Model 3.0-compatible video card recommended)
• Windows XP compatible Sound Card
• Multiplayer: Local area network with TCP/IP protocol or Broadband Internet connection
• DirectX version 9.0c of higher