The best DnD game ever made

I picked this game up again because I honestly have no idea where my disc copy of NWN diamond is and this was on-sale for $6. Sometimes, nostalgia gets the best of our judgment. Not here. The graphics have not aged well and seem a bit blocky today, but the gameplay is still smooth as silk and after I decided to play for an hour or so the evening I had purchased it, I later noticed the sun had come up. Needless to say, it's still as every bit as enthralling as it's ever been. Here's Why - I easily have 1000+ hours in this game. Like no other game before or since, NWN translated DnD to video games in a way that retained the essence of what made tabletop so much fun, but in pure, distilled video game form. NWN was a re-invention, not an adaptation. The (50-100h+) vanilla main campaign of NWN1, while much maligned for reasons that entirely elude me is actually quite good - and full of a number of the kind of offbeat and memorable characters of the kind that made bioware popular (including the hilariously psychotic Grimgnaw). NWN expansions are longer than most other entire games at 20-30 hours+ (and there are 2 major ones here and several "premium modules" smaller "DLC" usually 4-10 hours). HotU, one of the expansions is simply amazing. NWN1 also legitimately makes it so pretty much every class is viable and none really break the game like the way you can easily break BGII with a dual/multi class. So you can actually role play as your class rather than meta-game (though you can do that too). You can choose who you want for your party. If you don't want a thief, don't take one. The game is all about choice. Real-time combat and the DnD DM/campaign and modding experience are where NWN especially shines. Its modding toolset is probably the best ever made, Because of that many, many people have contributed modules to the game. All different sorts - long, short, action, role-play, fantasy, mystery. Single-player, multi-player, entire persistent worlds. Highest Recommendation.