Cormyrean Nights

My commentary - with pics!

Migrated my vote from old vault:

Really like that when I'm injured, commoners react to it.

- typos(in conversations if not prompted otherwise): "Marick?." - Lana; "elvin" - Perugo; "I sees"&"your"(should be "you're") - Nadie; "night"(should be "might") - Pyke; "go"(should be "got") - Buppi Deepockets; "tat"should be "that" - Dane Notter; "This trolls is a scrag" - scrag description; "Vrok" or "Vrock", that is the question, both forms are used ; "Elestras'"(should be "Elestra's") - Celdor;
- War wizard in the war wizard tower advises me to consult the war wizards in.. the war wizard tower...
- random commoner/merchant houses: when loading a game inside such scripted house everything inside may change(chest disappear etc.)
- bruin the bear quest: I can talk to bear and start the quest despite not being anywhere close to druid or ranger
- I could talk to Tania about Lana, when I had not even started Tax Fraud quest
- too many lizardmen(the same group/encounter all over), their cave is too big, encounters are designed to spawn behind you if you took the "opposite" route
- after Earbos is taken his bodyguards do not acknowledge his imprisonment
- Negan does not take her shield from my bag of holding
- at some point in game purple dragons started to ask me to sheathe weapon when I had none in hand(neither my henchmen)

Oh and S P O I L E R added to my class specific list as harper scout specific.

I really enjoyed the story and the characters. The main quest became unfinishable at some point (after part two) and I could not complete the mod. Really a shame, maybe some out-dated scripting?It's obvious that the author put a lot of effort into this mod, and I don't want to vote it low, but I couldn't finish it, and that lowered my overall rating of an otherwise amazing game.

A very solid Adventure for anybody. Fighting is a bit too easy, a few more bosses, and it would be perfect.

This is a proper City Adventure guys! Strong 8. I would give it whole 10 but the generic NPC's and some interiors in the city are a big let down. Also too many typos and misspelling. "Sheathe your weapon", how frustrating! :P But the freedom of exploration and great story makes up for it. Really good module, i'd put it next to Aielund saga (i'd say it is as good as chapter 2).

This was a well made, very enjoyable module with a lot of freedom in exploring the city and doing side quests, with good variety, good writing, some nice in-built systems, and a satisfying progress curve.

Plot-wise I didn't think it was all that memorable, but still very well done, and especially nice if you're into the Forgotten Realms settings (it's not my favourite, but I can appreciate how the author made use of it). Still, I thought the main quest was a bit of its weak point - it's not bad at all, but it doesn't stand out that much among the side quests either; in fact, I found many of the side quests more exciting, and to me the final Adventure Guild quest felt more epic and extensive than the main quest. But that's not necessarily a bad thing, it also means that the main quest doesn't get much in the way of free city exploration. I was a tiny little bit disappointed though how abrupt the ending of the main quest came, and that you didn't get a chance to go back to the city, identify new items, retrieve others from the henchmen you left at the Adventurer's Guild, etc. It was just like "congratulations, you win" and then the credits. (So make sure to finish all side quests and loose ends before following the second half of the main plot, which, fortunately, I did.)

Keep in mind that it is a very old, pre-HotU module, so the henchman interactions are rather lacking; e.g. they don't go into sneak mode when you do and you can't tell them to sneak either - not even the rogue -, the cleric often tries to cast buffs in melee instead of attacking, even when you tell her to etc. So it might be particularly worth it to play this module with Tony K's henchmen AI mod (which I didn't though, so I can't say how well it works). Occasionally, I had minor issues because fleeing enemies would draw my engaged PC into automatic teleport zones, or because a henchman would cast Flame Stike on an enemy and destroy a placeable that was supposed to be interactive, giving clues, but since I saved often it didn't really set me back. I played with the EE (8193.9) and the only obvious issue I found was one secret door embedded into a cave wall not being accessible, but it was just a shortcut to an area that was also reachable by foot, so not such a big deal. Sometimes I had to peek into the walkthrough, because I had overlooked something (but brownie points to the author for even including one! Very helpful.)

That being said, the above are really the only issues I encountered during many, many hours of gameplay, and that the module is so old makes it all the more impressive how well done and enjoyable it is, all in all.

I rated this mod many many years ago on the old vault as Jfoxtail.

As I constantly return to the best game I ever purchased I thought to recap my comments for newer EE Players.

This mod is a deserving Hall of Fame adventure. In fact the author Servilan was a very early adopter of the Aurora toolset and posted this mod as a bit of an open challenge to Bioware (and to a lesser extent the early community) to improve the story telling vis a vis the Origninal Campaign - with the powerful creative abiity of the toolset. In this he succeeded. The story arc and the immersion into a "large city" at least equivelent to Neverwinter was very well done in the days before SOU and HoTU. It is deep in Faerun Lore and doubly rewarding for fans of the setting.

Once you  recongnize the age of this entry - the design choices - limited henchmen - inventories - hopefully you can appreciate what was accomplished when this game was 'new' and many of us played on PCs called 486's before something called Pentium was even affordable (let alone "cores").

If you persevere and play through this entry I think you will find this a rewarding experience for the story telling - plot arc - Faerun Lore and above all the immersion in crowed bustling  city with "Royal Intrigue" at the end game.

I rarely give 10 star ratings but this one was truly a gem! The combination of non-linearity, great henchperson interface (I take issue with the above comments on this page!), fine storyline(s) and interesting NPCs with scripting that changes are all what I enjoy in a module. Yes there are some minor issues, but nothing to detract from a fine overall experience. One thing that I will offer as a warning, finish ALL of the minor quests before taking on the main quest to save the King! If not, the game ends with finality and you cannot go back and mop up.

Not sure I can agree with the comments above about a limited henchperson interface and such. With at least 6 choices of helper, each with their own limited gear, storyline and quest, and full conversations, I really cannot remember a better implementation of this relationship. And the fact that you can fully equip them is always a major plus in my book. I haven't seen a nicer handling of this aspect of a mod before, in hundreds that I have played.

This may be an oldie but it has withstood the test of time and is certainly worth a play through. Not sure how I missed it the first time around!