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Baldur's Gate in the arctic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Icewind Dale uses the same engine from Baldurs Gate(not really a bad thing:) yet it seems to have a feel all its own. though a bit too linear in comparison to Baldurs Gate, its still great fun and excitement. i also like it because you dont get killed every five seconds like in Baldurs Gate. My only real complaint about this game is that there is a limit to the number of experience points you can get, and most classes can only go as high as around 15th, 16th, or 17th level. Other than that, it is an awesome game and a must-have for fans of fantasy rpgs.

Almost There!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I really like the Icewind Dale Series. If you are into D & D it is a must play. The one limitation with this game is the sequences are pre-planned. You as an adventurer must form a complete party, and you go place to place in the order in which the game proceeds, linear. Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2 are both similar games but much more complexity and freedom than this one.

... too linear

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

the quests in this game are too linear. there are probally 10x the battles in this game but usually you can get out of things by giving coin. any game with the BIOWARE INFINITY ENGINE would get an automatic 4. I would have given a better rating if the game hadent crashed. although its not as stable as BG or BG2 it is worth the 20 dollars.

Pure magic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I've always been a gamer, but I was never an AVID gamer until Icewind Dale came along. The game sucked me in and wouldn't spit me out until I had finished it. The game brilliantly allows you to create not just one hero, but a party of heroic companions from scratch. There aren't any generic Diablo characters here either - you don't just pick a pre-made warrior, sorcerer, or rogue and begin hacking away mindlessly at your foes. You get to fine tune so many aspects of your characters that just creating a party can take hours (and it's bloody good fun!). Despite the battle-oriented gameplay (which requires considerably more strategy and brainpower than anything in Diablo), this game is a pure RPG all the way. My only complaint (aside from the game actually ENDING eventually) is that the game design is somewhat linear. All the same, the game is masterful at hiding this fact, and indeed, this element keeps the story strong. Icewind Dale is a brilliant game. Period.

Great fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

after playing Baldurs Gate 1 and still replaying it once in a while when i feel like it, i liked Icewind Dale a lot, and it gave me the chance to build a whole party for myself, but, i kept missing the personalities of the pre-made characters you find on the Baldurs Gate series, and i sort of expected more of them, but otherwise it is a good overall game, the lack of different characters to invite into your party makes it loose a little in replayability but thats maybe laziness on my part, so if you love RPG this game has it in spades!

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