*/ Lankhmar Nights (another great module by Udasu, aesthetically rewarding compilation of adventures in Leiber’s universe with multitude of henchmen, collections of loose, city-based stories with a few major overarching plots, great fun suitable for few-quests-per-day approach)
What is more, last I checked they are all available in Neverwinter Vault to download and enjoy… so happy browsing, I hope this list helps tyou o make an informed choice as to what’s worth playing.ġA/ Aielund Saga (a classic with great visuals, nice story, and lord-of-the-ringuesqe epic scope complete with custom music, good for starters, as it will set your expectations as to how great module should look like) ġB/ Dance with Rogues 1&2 (roleplaying abused woman created by a single authoress in the course of many years, gloomy and ethically touching, although explicit sex scenes gameplay is hard but rewarding, so it’s good if you know NWN a bit before trying it one of the best interactions between the henchmen I have experienced in NWN module, expect psychological complexity and in-depth personalities) the game is actually capable of improving your real-life empathy level regarding women which is a spectacular achievement)ĢA/ Bastard of Kosigan (quasi-historical setting of medieval Europe! outstanding, peppery writing by medievalist writer Fabien Cerutti that makes you laugh and lament great custom music, court intrigue, epic battles, plot twists and so on, so on, so play on) ĢB/ Prophet Series (this must be simply played: book-like story, enjoyable fights, henchmen freaking out on discovering your fate, necessity to weigh lives of “countless unborn”, profound philosophical reflection on free will as well as… branching universes according to many this series beats “Pillars of Eternity” storywise of note is immersive choice of music and graphic boons like steep mountains or elven city)ģ/ Tales of Arterra Series (novel-like characters, moral dilemmas, “grey” ethics, well written dialogues and psychological depth of companions (like Persey) and some Planescape: Torment touch later on)Ĥ/ The Accursed Tower (classic RPG adventure “on the road” with snow creaking and fire cracking, quite linear, light but very enjoyable with a lot of emphasis regarding esthetical dimension recently updated by caring author Udasu to feature beautiful winter Wilderness tilesets)
Some of the games were written by promising writers, but writing is at least decent in all of them. ALL of them are recommended, offer tons of fun and could in general function as standalone games. The stuff below is really finely crafted and deserves your attention. Beware: you could easily sink hundreds of hours – if not a thousand! – on these. I also prefer stories that feature under-the-open-skies travels at least in places from the stories limited to hectic and boring dungeon crawling. The ranking reflects my age, gender, education an interest in morally, philosophically and aesthetically developed games. I also value good writing, epic scope, length of gameplay (short modules excluded a priori), use of custom content and original ideas over standard modules with a lot of roleplaying possibilities. I played all of the modules listed here and reviewed many of them on more extensively.
I am planning to add separate reviews of these modules at this site (although it is currently a work in progress). It is a subjective list of best modules available on A.D. Thanks to your valuable comments the list has been reworked, updated (new modules) and extended (longer mini-descriptions) to give you a feel of experience you’ll get without too much babbling. Many years ago I was looking for something like this myself on Neverwinter Vault and I was only partly satisfied. They will be enjoyable for any RPG fan interested in profund and polished gaming experience.
Here’s the hand-picked selection of modules below offer long, mostly polished, well written and rewarding gameplay – because these “modules” are in fact standalone new games made in Neverwinter Nights Aurora tooleset.