Neverwinter
Intense overall intensityWhat's in it
Real-money currency (Zen) buys mounts, companions, and progression-affecting items, and lockboxes require purchased keys.
Free-to-play progression is heavily gated behind a VIP subscription, rotating limited-time offers, and paid unlocks.
Real-time action combat with weapons and spells against undead, orcs, and monsters; blood is shown on hits but there is no dismemberment or gore.
Ale, taverns and drinking are part of the fantasy setting and referenced in the world.
The story turns on a plague and a rising undead army, and a plot thread involves a wizard sacrificing plague victims.
Lore includes demon-worshipping cults, infernal pacts and rituals that raise the dead.
Some armor sets and cosmetic outfits are cut to reveal skin, with no explicit exposure.
Liches, a dracolich, and plague-warped monstrosities give some zones a grim, unsettling tone without sustained scares.
Wolves, bears, boars and other beasts appear as ordinary combat enemies.
Occasional mild exclamations such as 'damn' and 'hell' appear in dialogue.
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What it is
Neverwinter is a free-to-play online action RPG set in the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms. Players build a hero from several classes and battle monsters, undead, orcs and dragons through story campaigns and cooperative dungeons using real-time combat that shows blood but no gore or dismemberment. The world trades in dark fantasy material: a city plagued by rising dead, a corrupting chasm, cults and necromancy. It is heavily monetized, with a real-money store selling gear, mounts and upgrades that affect play, randomized lockboxes that require purchased keys, and a VIP subscription plus limited-time offers that press players to spend. As an MMO it carries open text chat with strangers, private messages, in-game mail and player trading.
How it's framed
The game frames combat as heroic adventure against clearly villainous foes, and its dark and occult elements as fantasy threats to be overcome rather than endorsed. Its monetization is woven into ordinary progression, with paid shortcuts and randomized rewards presented as routine parts of play.
Details
- Developer
- Cryptic Studios
- Publisher
- Arc Games
- Released
- Dec 5, 2013
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