Hordes of the Underdark Review at 1UP

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(Originally posted by chevalier)

1UP have reviewed the Hordes of the Underdark expansion and given it a score of 8.5. Here's what they say:

I found while playing Hordes that I was really, really enjoying not partaking in my real life. It was easy to look past the now aged and overripe core graphics and lack of facial animations and dive face first into an engaging storyline more inline with traditional D&D adventuring I never played because I was too cool and preoccupied with the fairer sex. I won't attribute this newfound joy to typically chop-chop heavy Neverwinter gameplay or the workable interface that's not seen a graphical retooling since its inception, but rather to the pacing, design, story, familiarity, polish, and subtle additions that help round out the expansion's already robust offering. Things like a little shop in a bottle that lets players toss out inventory filling bootie looted from the corpses of monsters and even a few puzzles that range from numbing fetch quests and flip switching contests to more clever plays on traditional brainteasers really help drive the experience home. And the ultimate conclusion (the only one I've experienced, anyway) sums the game in a solid manner that left me satisfied.

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