Icewind Dale

Discount Price: $8.49

Features:

• Utilizes an enhanced version of the Bioware Infinity Engine as used in Baldur's Gate.
• Developed by Black Isle Studios, the group behind the bestselling role playing games Fallout 2 and Planescape: Torment.
• A completely new Advanced Dungeons & Dragons adventure with an epic storyline in the tradition of Baldur's Gate.
• Includes 3D technology developed for Baldur's Gate II that allows for incredible spell and environment effects.
• New spells, equipment and abilities provide a higher level of gameplay.

Accessories:
PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine

Customer Reviews:

TOTALLY AMAZING GAME!!! [Posted on 2005-05-02]
Icewind Dale has to be one of the BEST computer RPG games of all time! It has everything one looks for in such a game; from an incredible setting, to a highly original plot, to excellent multiple roleplaying options, to outstanding graphics, to extraordinary accuracy in relation to Dungeons & Dragons, and much, much more!
There is something here for everyone as the variety of challenges is large indeed, including battles, puzzle solving, and dialogue among others.

The game is set on Toril and specifically in Faerun. It deals with a great evil that has arisen and descended upon the region bringing the people misery and despair.
The story as a whole is excellent! The plot is so incredibly well written and presented that the gamer feels that they have been transported to another plane of existence and are actually present among the characters, seeing what they see, feeling what they feel, sensing what they sense. Moreover, the game does a great job of presenting the distinct cultures and civilizations of the inhabitants/peoples of Fearun, and Icewind Dale in particular. This has, without a doubt, been achieved as a result of a great deal of research that has gone into learning and understanding the numerous and often complex characteristics of the Forgotten Realms world.

Strongly recommended along with the Baldur's Gate series and Planescape: Torment.
Trust me, you will not regret it!

So, you like BG I & II...? [Posted on 2006-07-15]
Then maybe you shouldn't consider playing this game. Though I suppose that would depend upon what elements you liked about them. To be fair, I haven't finished Icewind Dale I or II. Of course, there's a reason.

You have a six member party. You don't get to pick those party members up through interactions or interesting story lines. You have to create them yourself. If you think fighting is the most fun, engaging, and important part of an RPG, maybe it won't matter to you. Sidequests? Nonexistent. Towns are not a central feature. Like an even less fun Dungeon Siege, maybe.

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