| Some things I liked about IWD:
- the freedom to create the whole party
- the easy to handle IE engine which allows controlling your 6 characters without much effort
- the story
- it's very well balanced
If you don't like playing a party of 6 you can play the with less characters, even with one if desired.
The customisation is in fact limited, like with all AD&D games. Games like IWD2, ToEE or MM6-7 offer far more.
I wouldn't call the rolling for character stats unprofessional, it's a traditional rpg element like playing with parties. If you want to change it into a system with fixed amounts of points like in NWN just distribute only 78 of the points you've gotten.
Heart of winter is add-on to IWD, I recommend installing it before playing IWD, it improves a lot, not only increases the level cap.
IWD2 uses 3rd edition D&D rules, therefore it grants lot more freedom at character customisation and development than games which use AD&D rules. |