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Icewind Dale

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

Part of the Following Groups

• D&D / AD&D licensees
• Dungeons & Dragons Campaign Setting: Forgotten Realms
• Games with a paper doll inventory system
• Graphics Engine: Infinity Engine
• Icewind Dale series

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User Reviews

Technically good, but lacking depth and content	Unicorn Lynx (132767)
Ooohh … now I remember this! An adventure gal revisits the RPG genre	Jeanne (73931)
Excellent break from the Baldur's Gate series.	OlSkool_Gamer (99)
Not just another overrated RPG	Sam Tinianow (100)	unrated
Wonderful RPG with a twist	The Gay Elf (16)
Superb RPG - But it lacks the soul of AD&D	Indra was here (14332)

The Press Says

PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Sep, 2000	90 out of 100	90
ActionTrip	Jul 31, 2000	87 out of 100	87
PC Player (Germany)	Aug, 2000	86 out of 100	86
GameSpot	Jul 07, 2000	8.6 out of 10	86
Gamesmania	2000	85 out of 100	85
Game Revolution	Jul 01, 2000	B+	83
Game Captain	Aug 28, 2000	83 out of 100	83
Gamezilla	May, 2001	81 out of 100	81
Quandary	Aug, 2000		80
Absolute Games (AG.ru)	Jul 09, 2000	80 out of 100	80

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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.