Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition

Regular crashes and softlocks with little to no improvements made. Better to buy the GoG version as to not support such a lazy enhanced edition.

Why is this game even allowed on the store? All the negative reviews are correct about everything. A massive pile of game halting/crashing bugs that are absent from the original version AND the GOG version all marketed as an enhanced edition with no real discernible updates outside of a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ controller support feature. Be for real.

If you are going to remaster a broken game you are supposed to fix it at least somewhat.

I loved NWN2 back in the day, so I was excited to play the enhanced edition. Unfortunately, it is so buggy that it is literally unplayable. At the end of both the orc campaigns in act one (the save the Water Deep Emissary quest) the game failed to launch critical interactions at the end of both the campaigns. I spent hours hours trying various script in the developer console, but none worked. The game seemed like it was going to let me advance the story anyway but that was not the case. Interacting with Callum at Owl's Well didn't drop experience points or close/complete the quest, so no dialog option to advance the game with the City Watch at Neverwinter. Boom. End of the line. Like I said, I spent hours online trying various tricks in the developer console to no avail. I tried starting the game from an earlier save and redoing the campaigns but ran into the same issue. I'm out.

I was honestly surprised by the amount of negative reviews. So far, that hasn't been my experience at all. Sure, it's a little janky and I've had one crash, but underneath that is a genuinely fantastic RPG. The story has pulled me in, the D&D mechanics are deep and rewarding, and character building feels like it actually matters. If you enjoy old-school CRPGs and don't mind a bit of roughness around the edges, there's a lot to love here. I'm having a great time with it.

Great piece of nostalgia software, but the Enhanced Edition is still a mess. It suffers from bugs, random crashes, and an unintuitive UI / controls that desperately needs to be updated for modern players. Aspyr could take a page or two from what Beamdog has done with Neverwinter Nights 1.

I want to start off by saying I love this game. I've been playing it since November of 2006. But I can't recommend it. To start off, there are a few things that this version does that are a plus. First off textures do look better than the original version, especially in 2k or 4k resolution. It's not something I could pinpoint in screenshots, but it is noticeable when you switch between NWN2: Complete and NWN2:EE. You can just tell that the original game was designed for 1024x768 resolution. It's also, nice as an older gamer, to not have to wear my reading glasses when reading ingame text. Second, it's nice to have a functional server browser. Third, the controller support is a great addition to the game. These positive aspects do not outweigh the issues that this game has. One issue which is a problem for all versions is the length of the original campaign. I've heard some youtuber describe it as a 60 hour campaign that should have been 20 hours at most, and I couldn't agree more with that sentiment. Thankfully, the expansion campaigns are shorter than the OC. But the biggest issue I've had is specific to this version. The game is not as stable as the Complete version on GOG.com. Being an older game, the autosaves are few and far between, so you'll want to hit quicksave often. It's really frustrating to crash and come back to an autosave from an hour ago. If you just want to try out the game, wait for the complete version to go on sale on gog.com. The only way I could recommend the EE version is if you want to play the game with other people without having to use third party mods and utilities.

I first played this 20 years ago. It's great to be back!

Constant Crashing, and you have to click through 13 splash screen on the game launch. So when you crash and got to load it up again, get ready for some clicking. If Asyper ever comes back and takes care of the endless crashing ill update review.

Very outdated graphics for a 2025 game. My character keeps getting stuck in places without any obstacles in the way. That's about it. Needs more fixing.