Is Icewind Dale worth getting? I'm in the middle of BG 2 right now

[Avariel]

As I said, I'm in somewhat close to finishing BG 2 now, and I was just wondering if I should also get Icewind Dale?

Is it as good as BG 2 and Torment?

That's all I wanted, I really appreciate any responses.

Thanks,



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If you enjoyed any of the other BioWare games, Icewind Dale is a must. It's a great game. And with the expansion coming out in a month or so, the game will be that much better.

I'd recommend buying it, definitely. But that's just my opinion =).

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[Weasel]

I have only seen one bad point,no NPC's like in BG2.You have to make your whole party. http://www.gamebanshee.com/ubb/mad.gif http://www.gamebanshee.com/ubb/mad.gif Or this could be better. http://www.gamebanshee.com/ubb/confused.gifNOT.

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[Avariel]

That could be a good thing though, it means that the focus of the story would be on your whole party, instead of just the main guy, which could be just as cool as the NPC's in BG and BG 2.

(However, I WOULD miss Minsc and Boo after awhile)

Thanks for the advice!

: )


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[Maurice]

While BG 1 and 2 both have an in-depth story line, IceWind Dale is more true to real AD&D play. IWD revolves a lot more around dungeon crawling and hack & slashin' monsters to pieces than the BG series did. The story and character interaction in IWD is not nearly as important as it is in BG.

[Xandax]

This sounds a lot like the good old Eye of the Beholder days, mayby I should get this.

Then I'll get something to do on the 24.12 *G*

[Avariel]

That sounds good to me, I'll probably get it, then.

I'm guessing it's 2nd Edition, right?


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[Bill]

Yes,it uses 2nd edition rules.
As mentioned above,it is different than the BG series.The story is simple,but you got to fight many monsters and explore many dungeons (great artwork here).The spell effects are also different from the BG series-in my opinion some look better!.
Overall you will spent around 40-60 hours of gameplay.Good luck!

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[Gruntboy]

This is a top game - worth waiting for the bundle though.

Lead your self-made characters all the way to level 14 (or whatever). Slash and magic missile your way through hordes of undead, trolls and yuan-ti. Classic, if more linear than the BG games.

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[Ron]

I just wish you could turn team damage off http://www.gamebanshee.com/ubb/biggrin.gif Some mage spels are useless cause they hurt everything. Flamestrike is sorta the same as BG2 except it hurts the guys beside the victem.

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[Gruntboy]

Yeah. Minor gripe in that a lot of the spells are kind of 'area effect' (flame strike) but you can only target enemies (and not the ground like fireball) - by the time the spell is cast the dude is in toe-to-toe combat with your fighters. Nice. I say, have those protection from fire spells ready!

[Proximo]

As Gruntboy mentioned earlier Icewind Dale's story is linear. In my opinion it's too linear. The game is great except this little problem. I played through both BG at least two times, but I only played through ID once, it was great, but only once.

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Proximo

[Ron]

All in all tho, its a great game. Worth the money I think.

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[Gruntboy]

Agree worht every penny. If only to fill the gap between BG1 & 2. Having said that, it could take off bigtime with Heart of Winter. Worth a second playing to refine your party ready for an export.

BTW, I was thinking of doing a party of three multi classed chars to cover all the angles and max out those xps, but they'd only be as good as a party of 6 wouldn't they? And half the attacks. A party of 3 single classed? That's only an extra level or 2 apiece, not really worth it.


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[This message has been edited by Gruntboy (edited 12-29-2000).]

[Ron]

Well if you had a
mage/cleric= 1 attack
Fighter/thief= 1 attack
Ranger= 2 attacks.
That really woudnt be all that bad of a party. Everyone with 18 Con of course http://www.gamebanshee.com/ubb/biggrin.gif
They would need all the extra Hp's they could get.

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