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Icewind Dale

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- Fun Fun Fun
It may not be the newest but it is a fun game for a reasonable price. I did not try anything on line. This game is safe for adult players in you can pause at any time. I would suggest it to anyone liking D&D games.

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- Still got it after all this time
So your bored of the newer RPGs as they seem to be carbon copies of one or another? Try this game then! It is very open, but not as much as sandbox games. There are quests and sub-quests. If you do get this i recommend getting the expansion for it "Heart of Winter". It adds more areas. Even more, there is another expansion set for it online that you download called "Trials of the Loremaster". It is free and available at "The Sorcerer's Place". Currently, im finding some newer RPG's stale and bored (and costly, since i cannot buy any of the new systems). I decided to go back and play some old games. Im still suprised how fun this game is after all this time. Now that i am older, i also notice some good writing in the storyline of the game. If you want a game where it is just a big adventure, with open maps like a sandbox method, try this game again.
Although by today's standards, the graphics are obsolete, you cannot say anything bad about a game that is this much fun! Note: Be wary of using it on Windows Vista. Many games that are older have problems with their software on that system. Well, im back to hunting and hacking-slashing. Have fun everyone!

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- Overall good plot info...
Any game requiring cheats is flawed! There are some essential plot developements provided. If you enjoy reading the novels, especially the North of Faerun, this game is good. I like the pronunciation of elven words but found the Elven civiliztion out of context in the frozen North. Make sure you create strong characters as well as enable your cheats, or the game is impossible!!!

The design is great. Music, special effects, and the voice over hooks you from the beginning. The role playing is minimal, unlike Baldurs Gate. Hack and slash for those who like that style of play. The final scene is unbeateable, thus if you want to continue with the expantion, you must finish the original. Neverwinter Nights is much better in my opinion.

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- Baldur's Gate minus the charm
As a fan of the Baldur's Gate series, I decided to give Icewind Dale (IWD) a try. Unfortunately, Black Isles did not strike gold twice. While Icewind Dale is a carbon copy of their excellent Baldur's Gate games in many ways, it lacks the personality that make the BG series great.

IWD actually has a number of things in its favor. The character creation system is very rich, allowing you to customize your party of six in true D&D fashion. Also, there is a long list of abilities, spells, and equipment that you'll run across, as well as visually appealing environments, solid voice acting, and compelling music. Some of the dungeons can be genuinely creepy, and there's a sense of accomplishment once you clear one out.

Unfortunately, the game is deeply flawed. IWD is a bit too hard, even for a person who has some experience with RPG dungeon-crawling. Even worse, it's an artificial toughness designed to lengthen the game by requiring you to repeatly reload saved games. Your characters will die countless times, and this simply can't be avoided. And since your cleric will not be able to resurrect dead party members until late in the game (Raise Dead scrolls are expensive too), you will not be able to continue the game with dead characters. It's really a shame that the developer did not pace the game better, since it's going to turn off a lot of people from the very beginning.

If you can get beyond the tedium and frustration of having to save the game every 2 minutes (and reload it almost as often), the gaming experience is still rather uninspired. The story is lackluster and cliche. There is none of the banter between party members that made Baldur's Gate so fun. All of this together becomes mind-numbing after a while, since the game profoundly lacks a sense of purpose or narrative power. It's all really unfortunate since some effort obviously went into creating the game.

Ultimately, if you haven't played Baldur's Gate, by all means play it (both BG1 & BG2). If you've already tasted the glory of the Baldur's Gate series, then IWD will probably be a disappointment.

Pros:
+rich D&D character creation
+good voice acting and music
+wide range of spells, items, etc.

Cons:
-unnecessarily tedious and difficult
-lackluster story
-Baldur's Gate clone without the personality

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- A bi too linear and short- but great atmsopherics
I've just completed Icewind Dale after over a week of intensive gaming, and I have to say I greatly enjoyed it. But looking back on it and trying to be objective I have to admit there were a few things that were disappointing.

Firstly as my title suggest, the game is alsmot totally linear. Areas and quests can only be accessesed after you complete the previous ones.

Some monsters are nearly impossible to beat the first time you meet them and require knowledge that you gain from the first meeting to beat them later. For example it was unknown to me the first time I met them that Umber Hulks could confuse a party member. The fist time I met a group my entire party got confused and often starting attacking each other. But with such forwearning it's possible to take preventinve measures beforehand. Thus many encounters become a kind of puzzle that you have to figure out. Which may be rewarding in a way but is not really in the spirit of true roleplaying games, where you're expected to play through an encounter there and then, not replay it until you've completed it.

Quests can be completed before you actually meet the person who wants you to complete it. Best example is in the Frost Giants cave where in the middle of the map is a pen full of slaves. To get there you'll probably have slain all the trolls and Frost Giants and when you meet their leader he'll ask you to clear a path so that he can escape. It would have been much more sensible if you met him at the start of the level.

Combat can become a bit repetitive.

The actual gameplay area isn't all that big, despite what it might seem at first.

On the positive side though character advancement can be very rewarding, and you'll be almsot drooling in anticpation when you can learn some higher level spells.
Tne voice acting is of high quality an dis actually genuinely intentionally funny at times (why not try the fighter voice who's vocabulary consists of "Waaaaarrrghhh!!" , "Unngg" , "Huh?", and "Yeeaargghh!!")
But perhaps above all it's the atmospherics I loved about the game. The music by Jeremy Soule is possibly the best soundtrack I've heard for game, complementing the visuals pefectly. Whether it's a quietly epic sweeping theme signifying a quest about to begin in Easthaven, or a restrained yet sinister theme in the ettin caves or the heroic yet frightening them in Lower Dorn's Deep, the music can rouse your emotions.

I can recommend Icewind Dale, but just be aware that it has a few flaws.

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