
Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter Review
Its numerous ancillary improvements actually amount to very little value, considering you can finish the expansion quest in just a couple of casual play sessions.
Its numerous ancillary improvements actually amount to very little value, considering you can finish the expansion quest in just a couple of casual play sessions.
It's well suited for fans of Black Isle Studios' previous games, classic hack-and-slash AD&D computer games, and anyone looking for an action-packed role-playing game with a lot of depth.
Bioware's Infinity Engine has powered some of the greatest RPGs out there. Arriving a short time before Baldur's Gate II was Icewind Dale an RPG that at its core was just a linear dungeon crawler, but a very well designe... Read Full Review
5 of 6 users found the following review helpfulFollowing on from the excellent Baldur's Gate series, Icewind Dale is a fun adventure which focuses more on adventuring than the deeply - immersive character interaction which was the hallmark of both the Baldur's Gate s... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulIcewind Dale, like Baldur's Gate I and II, is based in the Forgotten Realms fantasy world and uses the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) rules to dictate the action. The story takes place in the frozen northland of the ... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulI have enjoyed playing Icewind Dale for 10 + years and spend at least 2 months of every year playing it over and over again. Each time I start a game I build a different Character and team to have a new experience and ad... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulIcewind Dale was a game that exceeded the expectations of those who had waited for Black Isle's next game after Baldur's Gate and its expansions. It turned out to be more than the filler in between the first Baldur's Gat... Read Full Review
0 of 6 users found the following review helpfulBaldur's Gate had upped the ante on making RPGs based on the Dungeons & Dragons franchise through its well-designed epic of a story, but perhaps had not taken full advantage of the pseudo-real-time 2nd. edition AD&am... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpfulIf you've played Baldur's Gate, then you are already used to the infinity engine; If not, then it may take some getting used to. I refer to it as "real time turn based combat", because it happens in real time, but you ca... Read Full Review
1 of 3 users found the following review helpfulIcewind Dale series is the second one of AD&D rules based CRPGs that take place in Faerun(the main continent of the Forgotten Realms Setting).This time your adventures are located in the area of Spine of the World,which... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpfulIcewind dale is a great game. If you can go with the ageing graphics of course! If you can, then you will enjoy the incredible atmosphere that the game delivers. I played it for the firs time back in 2001 and since then... Read Full Review
4 of 6 users found the following review helpfulIcewind Dale... what can I say? Normally I like heavier RPG's along the lines of Baldurs Gate, but IWD was of such high-quality, I rather like the dungeon-crawling game. It knows what its focus is... combat. You develop ... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpfulIcewind Dale's the first game I played that features AD&D rules and its world of the Forgotten Realms. Being both an RPG and strategy fan, I quite liked the experience this Black Isle game had offered. I spent more t... Read Full Review
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