Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker (expansion pack)
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Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker is an expansion pack
released for BioWare
's Neverwinter Nights
which includes three premium modules: Kingmaker, Shadowguard
, and Witch's Wake
. Released in November, 2004, Kingmaker later won the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
'PC RPG of the Year' award.
This module is the expansion pack's namesake and shows a number of parallels to Neverwinter Nights 2. In the game, the player starts out with 4 companions. Through a short conversation and an easy fight scene, the player gets a quick look at each of the character's allies before having to choose only two to continue on with. The next part of the game revolves around trying to get enough guilds to elect the player as Lord of the Keep. If and when they succeed, the third stage of the game begins, where the player goes to fight their ultimate enemy, the Masked Man.
This module is named after the organization featuring prominently in the game. The player starts out in a graduation ceremony of sorts where they get to pick one of three symbols to be their own. Each symbol has special actions that go with it. After the graduation, the instructor tells the player that a man is looking for them. This leads the player into a series of tasks that end up with the city falling into chaos. The module's story has a dead end, possibly it was never finished.
Being the third module in this expansion pack, Witch's Wake is a cliffhanger whose sequel was never finished. After a cutscene where the player watches his Prince die right after hearing his cryptic last words, the game continues as an amnesia-ridden soldier (the player) struggles to get home with the help of a witch.
Expansion pack
An expansion pack, expansion set, or supplement is an addition to an existing role-playing game, tabletop game or video game. These add-ons usually add new game areas, weapons, objects, and/or an extended storyline to a complete and already released game...
released for BioWare
BioWare
BioWare is a Canadian video game developer founded in February 1995 by newly graduated medical doctors Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, and Augustine Yip. BioWare is currently owned by American company Electronic Arts...
's Neverwinter Nights
Neverwinter Nights
Neverwinter Nights , produced by BioWare and published by Infogrames , is a third-person perspective computer role-playing game that is based on third edition Dungeons & Dragons and Forgotten Realms rules. It was originally to be published by Interplay Entertainment, but the publisher's financial...
which includes three premium modules: Kingmaker, Shadowguard
Neverwinter Nights: Shadowguard
Neverwinter Nights: Shadowguard is a premium module for Bioware's 2002 PC RPG, Neverwinter Nights. The module was sold at the Bioware store for $4.99, and comes with the "Witch's Wake" premium module for free. The game is only an hour or two long. The module features a new adventure set in a unique...
, and Witch's Wake
Neverwinter Nights: Witch's Wake
Neverwinter Nights: Witch's Wake is a module for Neverwinter Nights with a heavy emphasis on storyline.-Plot:Witch's Wake is set in a unique setting created specially for the module, which features a dark, mysterious world and lots of unique sub-races with their own special bonuses.The game starts...
. Released in November, 2004, Kingmaker later won the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences , founded in 1996, is a non-profit organization that promotes computer and video game entertainment with the annual D.I.C.E. Summit event, where its Interactive Achievement Awards ceremony has been held annually since 1998...
'PC RPG of the Year' award.
Modules
The Kingmaker expansion pack includes three premium modules: the main adventure of the same name, and two minor modules.Kingmaker
- Main article: Kingmaker
This module is the expansion pack's namesake and shows a number of parallels to Neverwinter Nights 2. In the game, the player starts out with 4 companions. Through a short conversation and an easy fight scene, the player gets a quick look at each of the character's allies before having to choose only two to continue on with. The next part of the game revolves around trying to get enough guilds to elect the player as Lord of the Keep. If and when they succeed, the third stage of the game begins, where the player goes to fight their ultimate enemy, the Masked Man.
Shadowguard
- Main article: ShadowguardNeverwinter Nights: ShadowguardNeverwinter Nights: Shadowguard is a premium module for Bioware's 2002 PC RPG, Neverwinter Nights. The module was sold at the Bioware store for $4.99, and comes with the "Witch's Wake" premium module for free. The game is only an hour or two long. The module features a new adventure set in a unique...
This module is named after the organization featuring prominently in the game. The player starts out in a graduation ceremony of sorts where they get to pick one of three symbols to be their own. Each symbol has special actions that go with it. After the graduation, the instructor tells the player that a man is looking for them. This leads the player into a series of tasks that end up with the city falling into chaos. The module's story has a dead end, possibly it was never finished.
Witch's Wake
- Main article: Witch's WakeNeverwinter Nights: Witch's WakeNeverwinter Nights: Witch's Wake is a module for Neverwinter Nights with a heavy emphasis on storyline.-Plot:Witch's Wake is set in a unique setting created specially for the module, which features a dark, mysterious world and lots of unique sub-races with their own special bonuses.The game starts...
Being the third module in this expansion pack, Witch's Wake is a cliffhanger whose sequel was never finished. After a cutscene where the player watches his Prince die right after hearing his cryptic last words, the game continues as an amnesia-ridden soldier (the player) struggles to get home with the help of a witch.