GameSpot has published an excellent preview of Bioware's upcoming fantasy role-playing game for the Mac, PC, Linux and possible BeOS, Neverwinter Nights. Among many other details, the preview discusses the game's single-player game and the plot line in which it follows...

In the single-player game, you'll begin as an inexperienced character who must initially complete a training exercise put forth before him by his guild in the city of Neverwinter. An illness--in fact, it's a full-blown, deadly plague--is sweeping across Neverwinter. The city is necessarily put under quarantine. As someone who hasn't yet fallen victim to this mysterious plague, you're enlisted to try to help discover the nature of the malaise--or, better yet, a cure for it. A search for the cure will take you across more than two dozen different play scenarios--or, modules--each of which takes several hours to complete. Do the math, and you'll see that the campaign is designed to be at least 60 hours in length.

by MacNN Staff