Shadows of Undrentide Review at The Adrenaline Vault

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(Originally posted by Astin X)

The Adrenaline Vault has posted a three page review of the first Neverwinter Nights expansion, Shadows of Undrentide. They have given it a score of 3 1/2 out of 5 stars. Here is an excerpt.

At the risk of revealing too much, you'll find that the magical battle was more than legend, as the perpetrators of the ecocide in question are very much alive and still living in the "floating" cities from which they turned fertile farmland into the main ingredient of concrete. You'll also find them the victims of poetic justice, as whatever magics kept these buoyant towns afloat abandoned them after the they tried to work over the gods themselves. Thankfully, the resultant plummet left their homes attractively ensconced within the shifting sands. But sands, especially magical ones, can have tidal forces as strong as any oceans, forces that might easily be used to restore these ancient evils to their former glory.

Assisting you in your hunt will be any of a selection of new henchmen, drawn from the pool of students at Drognan's adventurer's academy. The spell-slinging Xanos Messarmos's rakish wit compensates for his greasy hair, green skin and inch-long fangs. Deekin Scalesinger is a "good" kobold and a bard, with aspirations of overcoming his race's dismal reputation for rape, pillage, and being the easy, first-level monsters that always get killed with one hit. As a female dwarf, Dorna Trapspringer would normally not be in the running for Miss Faerun, despite her lack of facial hair - Deekin and Xanos, however, make the choice easy. Dorna's not the world peace type, keeping true to her clan's inclination toward physical combat.

Read the full review here.