When comparing Neverwinter Nights vs Shadowrun Returns, the Slant community recommends Shadowrun Returns for most people. In the question“What are the best RPGs (role playing games) on Android without in-app purchases?” Shadowrun Returns is ranked 5th while Neverwinter Nights is ranked 13th. The most important reason people chose Shadowrun Returns is:
With a set amount of moves and action points it is fairly easy to understand how the battle system works. Everything is tun based and tactics are the main component to gameplay. Users must judge where they want to move, what attacks they want to use while taking into account the environment, if anything in it could shield them and then base all of these decisions off of their allotted action points.
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Pros
Pro Lengthy campaign
The campaign in the game is around 60-80 hours long, making for a very lengthy title. Those looking for something to sink a lot of time into should be pleased with this.
Pro Intuitive battle system
With a set amount of moves and action points it is fairly easy to understand how the battle system works. Everything is tun based and tactics are the main component to gameplay. Users must judge where they want to move, what attacks they want to use while taking into account the environment, if anything in it could shield them and then base all of these decisions off of their allotted action points.
Pro Fleshed out interesting world
There has obviously been painstaking care taken in crafting the world and story of Shadowrun Returns. A noir cyberpunk story that sees the main character trying to solve a murder-mystery intertwined with a conspiracy. Throughout the game are characters who the main protagonist crosses paths with that have a tin of great dialogue written for them that is entertaining to read and also flesh out his cyberpunk world.
Cons
Con Managing items could be easier
Other games released around the time of this one featured way to auto sort items, which is meaningful in a game that has so many items to sort. Sadly this is not the case for neverwinter Nights, which means a lot of time will have to be spent on micro managing ones items. This can get tiring after a while.
Con Limited RPG paths
The story gets played out basically the same way on every play-through. Player choice only has moderate impact on the flow of the game.
Con Grammar errors
Needed a proofreader as their is tons of grammar errors which gives a rushed unfinished feeling.