Neverwinter Nights is on sale again for the next 17 hours (until 8 AM CST on June 14th)! That means it's time to offer more free copies of the game to those who are interested in trying it and getting hooked on it. The following is a repeat of my previous "Want a Free Game?" posts, so if you already got NWN from me feel free to pass the information on to a friend so you can play with them!
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In addition to WoW I'm quite fond of a game called Neverwinter Nights. It's an RPG that came out a few years before WoW which is completely amazing because it is immensely customizable. You can play solo campaigns, you can play multiplayer campaigns, and you can play online on what are effectively MMOs (abet with playerbases in the dozens to hundreds instead of tens of thousands).
It has a
complete toolset that can be used to tweak almost every mechanic and
create custom content - the original "official" Bioware campaigns make
up like 0.1% of what's available for the game, and a ton of the user
made content blows the original campaigns out of the water. Users can
also add new content in the form of ".hak" files, which add new creature
models, new tilesets, new weapons, new feats (like talents), etc.
And all of this is free except for the original purchase. It's available to buy on a site called Good Old Games for $9.99 normally - which includes the original campaign, both expansions (so two more campaigns), and an additional "premium" module - but it's on sale right now for less.
Except I'll sweeten the pot even further - if you send me an email at balkothwarcraft at gmail dot com before the deadline mentioned at the top, I'll buy the game for you and send it to you as a gift. Absolutely free. Because I think the game deserves to be promoted.
It's not something you should immediately play - you'll want to familiarize yourself with the basic mechanics of the game before trying my module. It's also only technically halfway finished since I only had a month to build it - which is still 3ish or so hours of playtime, and once it's done you'll be able to pick up where you left off and play the remaining 3ish hours that are planned.
Speaking of familiarizing yourself with the game, I would be happy to play through the official campaigns (or some custom campaigns, I'd strongly recommend the Aielund Saga at a minimum - among many other custom campaigns - which is much better than the official campaigns but again somewhat expects a familiarity with the game) with anyone interested, provided we can arrange suitable times. The first official campaign probably takes about 40 hours to play through, the second two both take about 20 hours each.
IMPORTANT NOTE
You will need to request a unique multiplayer key once you claim your game or else you will be unable to sign into some multiplayer modules for security reasons. There are instructions on how to do so on the GOG site.
Also, some of the old multiplayer services (like game listings provided by Gamespy) are no longer active - but members of the community have recreated replacements that are just as good (or better in some cases) as the originals. More information can be found here. Feel free to contact me (via email or private message on the boards - this is my profile there) or post on those boards for help if you need it.
Again, email me at balkothwarcraft at gmail dot com if you want a copy of the game, want to find out more about the game, want to try to play the game with me, or whatever.
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