Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer Fact Sheet
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Platform: Windows
Release Date: Autumn 2007
Developer: Obsidian Entertainment, Inc.
Publisher: Atari
Category: Role Playing Game
PEGI Rating: 12+
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:
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, revelling 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, armour, and crafting options; and hordes of diverse creatures.
PRODUCT FEATURES:
'¢ Major improvements to the Neverwinter Nights franchise: 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've 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 controls.
'¢ Combat and negotiate with dozens of new creatures including many D&D favourites such as blue dragons, treants, hags, solars, and the two-headed fell troll.
'¢ Choose from over 20 classic and exotic D&D races, including the new 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 artefacts using an expanded item enchantment system.
'¢ Create your own D&D adventures to play with friends online with enhanced modding tools.
Sounds like the team is putting a lot of work into this one.
