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Neverwinter Nights 2: NWN 2: MotB Review at Game Tap

| 21 Oct 2007 03:12

Game Tap has posted a review of Mask of the Betrayer and handed it a score of 7/10 and a "try it" rating. Handing the game some high praise, the reviewer said:

Instead of saving the world from a massive menace, you'll find yourself figuring out who's placed a nasty curse on you and why. In the process you'll explore people's dreams (which are a shadow version of the normal NWN2 universe), try to cut in line in a sort of interdimensonal version of the DMV, and even take part of a sort of Paradise Lost-style uprising. Simply put, Mask of the Betrayer is quite possibly the most original, and best, Dungeons & Dragons game since the days of Baldur's Gate II and PlaneScape: Torment.

Citing the usual technical glitches that Obsidian seems unable to remedy:

It's not as flat-out broken or buggy as NWN2 originally was, but I still had a fair share of quests that didn't work, and disappearing text and items. Also, man alive, the new camera system, while technically better than NWN2's, is still a total pain. It's too easy to lose your orientation, and while it works fine for outdoors, the limited camera angles you have for interior dungeons translate into getting lost frequently. Then again, your companions also tend to get lost just following you.

It's a bit of a shame that some technical quirks, and a gameplay mechanic that I personally found extremely annoying, are present.

All in all a very positive and very well-balanced review. Head to the link above to read it all.

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