Description
In the Northern parts of Faerûn the winter never ends. In this harsh realm of ice only a few tough survivors live, and nowadays even those hardy few find the conditions a tad tougher. A party of adventurers has just arrived at the small fishing town of Easthaven. Its leader Hrothgar organizes an expedition to help a troubled nearby tree-village, Kuldahar. The party joins the expedition, but an ambush by frost giants causes an avalanche, killing everyone but the heroes themselves. Now they must continue Hrothgar's quest and discover the source of the evil that threatens the land.
Icewind Dale is a party-based role-playing game with real-time combat, very similar in visual style and basic gameplay mechanics to
Baldur's Gate. The game utilizes the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons rules. As opposed to
Baldur's Gate (and similarly to older AD&D RPGs), the player is free to create a party of up to six characters belonging to various races and classes; no characters inhabiting the game world are able to join the party afterwards. Compared to
Baldur's Gate and
Planescape: Torment by the same developers,
Icewind Dale is more combat-oriented; it has a linear plot advancement and focuses on extensive exploration of hostile areas rather than conversations with characters and quests.
Alternate Titles
- "冰风之谷" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
- "冰風之谷" -- Chinese Title (Tradition)
- "Bingfeng zhi Gu" -- Chinese Title
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User Reviews
The Press Says
| Eurogamer.net (UK) |
Windows |
Aug 19, 2000 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| Computer Gaming World (CGW) |
Windows |
Oct, 2000 |
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90 |
| Power Unlimited |
Windows |
Sep, 2000 |
8.8 out of 10 |
88 |
| Game Captain |
Windows |
Aug 28, 2000 |
83 out of 100 |
83 |
| Gamezilla |
Windows |
May, 2001 |
81 out of 100 |
81 |
| Absolute Games (AG.ru) |
Windows |
Jul 09, 2000 |
80 out of 100 |
80 |
| Quandary |
Windows |
Aug, 2000 |
 |
80 |
| Mac Gamer |
Macintosh |
Apr 10, 2002 |
70 out of 100 |
70 |
| Gamekult |
Windows |
Sep 08, 2000 |
6 out of 10 |
60 |
| JeuxVideoPC.com |
Windows |
Oct 01, 2000 |
11 out of 20 |
55 |
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Trivia
Preview version
In the preview version distributed to gaming magazines the end boss had special dialogue (mostly threats), e.g. "I slaughtered many editors and their families."
Sales
Icewind Dale hit the shelves the exact same time as
Blizzard's Diablo 2. Despite selling numbers that were below the "Big D",
Icewind Dale was a good commercial success.
This entry was contributed by
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