Neverwinter Nights Editorial

IGN's Neverwinter Vault has published an editorial entitled "Neverwinter Nights: The Diamond That Awaits Every RPG Gamer", in which they offer some thoughts on why the game continues to excel years after its release. Contrary to what the article claims, however, Neverwinter Nights has actually been on the market for over three years. A snip:
One of the biggest misconceptions tied with Neverwinter Nights is just what the package is - many feel it was an official campaign with a toolkit attached to it. It was however quite the opposite - it was a toolkit with an official campaign attached to it. This was the source of much dismay on release since Bioware made a huge gamble - NWN would on release have a toolkit that the community had not quite embraced and an official campaign that may not satisfy - would gamers realise that NWN would mature like the finest of wines? The answer is that it seems not, but if the true RPG fan would look in their wine cellar to the changes that have occurred in this bottle, they will most likely never look at another cRPG again. Years on, the toolset has been perfected, mastered and the talented members of the community have created stories and worlds that would make BioWare themselves proud.