Mixes in trading elements with the standard RPG lore of NWN universe. This is not a bad thing, and if Obsidian had the ability to release further expansions I can see where the series would have really excelled instead of being relegated (unfairly) to second-class RPG. Worth the money.

I was a little surprised by this add-on. I bought it on special and wasn't expecting much. I think a lot of the negativity comes from the fact that its very little like the original game or Mask of the Betrayer. Those were linear, story based games, where you explored relatively big maps, had interesting companions. et. They lived and died with the story and companion interaction, which I liked in the original campaign and found rather bland in Mask of the Betrayer.

This game really has the feeling on an old school RPG like Wizardry. You explore two huge outdoors map, run into random monsters & encouters. Skills are not just useful, but necessary. Party planning is important. There are lots of small dungeons you run into, and it has a nice open world feel, but still has a story. You also create your own party. While this excludes companions with lots of personality, it does let you use all the party building options the series has to offer.

In short I highly enjoyed this game. I see from the other reviews that it's not everyone's cup of tea, but if what I described sounds good to you, I suggest gving it a chance, provided of course you already own the original Neverwinter Nights.

I love Neverwinter Nights both the first one and the second, this expansion is a very different experience than the excellent Mask of Betrayer.

You start of by chosing your own party which allows you to choose exactly what kind of party you want but it means that there is no back story to them, you can't stop and talk to them as in the original game a prev expansion. The graphics are good but the game still semms to need a huge amount of processing power for what's on screen. Music is also a highlight of the game.

Storm of Zehir is a more light-hearted affair compared to the dark and brooding MotB, still if like me you crave all the Neverwinter Nights RPGing then by all means give it a go.

Not as good an expansion pack as the previous one (MoB). It introduce some new elements, but the they are not well implemented, and story is unimpressive comparing to NWN2 and MoB mildly speaking. But still, there are a lot of explorations, a lot of decent combat, and a lot of new thing to discover, so if you are a NWN fan, you still should grab it. And it will be perfect if you can find a deal!

An excellent expansion expanding the game with more of the excellent combat and fun found in the original.

In my opinion this is the weakest of the three classic quest arcs.

While the overland map does add something new to the game it seems to be nothing more than a filler for the lack of normal areas which are low in number and rather small for the most part.

Trading is quite nice but hard to mess up really so there isn't much challenge there.

Being able to start with a full party is an interesting option if you want to try an all warlock party or somesuch but ultimately isn't better or worse then getting your favorite npcs into the group.

The main reason i would recommend this are the new (prestige-) classes, first and foremost the hellfire warlock which can be quite fun and has nice graphics.

If your money is tight this is the one pack to skip though.