Hordes of the Underdark Reviews
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Hordes of the Underdark takes Neverwinter Nights to new heights. It's an incredible single-player adventure that you'll want to experience more than once. Between the game's multiple endings and its awesome character creation, it's definitely worth playing this 20-plus hour game again just to get a different feel for its compelling story and tight gameplay. Module makers have lots of new goodies to work with and online adventurers can make even cooler characters to show off. While Shadows of Undrentide was a definite step up, Hordes of the Underdark is more of a leap.
The second is at ActionTrip with an overall score of 88/100:
On an overall note, Hordes of the Underdark offers a considerably more rewarding experience than the Shadows of Underntide and, therefore, deserves an honorable place in your RPG collection. It presents enough improvements to the NWN franchise to satisfy its ever-growing community of devoted players. After you're done, you'll most probably get the incentive to try it again with another new prestige class.
And the third is at FiringSquad with an overall score of 84%:
With all that said and done, you're not likely to find another game that lets you skip the pansy levels and move onto the dragon-smiting immediately (actually, I don't recall any actual dragons per se.). Without Hordes, you won't be able to play the new modules, doubtless a ton of which will take players all the way to the top level 40. These aren't just simple (ooh extra hitpoints) levels, but levels that have epic feats, levels that unlock the real power of your prestige classes. Admit it or not, there's something appealing about being an all-around badass in a game. It's why we play them.
