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.

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Screenshots

Icewind Dale Windows The game is full of such large-scale, tough battles. You'll need some good tactical plan for this one

Icewind Dale Windows Hehe... Quite a character, this Hrodgar!

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Trailer

Alternate Titles

"冰风之谷" -- Simplified Chinese spelling
"冰風之谷" -- Traditional Chinese spelling
"Bingfeng zhi Gu" -- Simplified Chinese title

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Part of the Following Groups

User Reviews

Old times recaptured in a straight line	Windows	Unicorn Lynx (181445)
Excellent break from the Baldur's Gate series.	Windows	OlSkool_Gamer (102)
Ooohh … now I remember this! An adventure gal revisits the RPG genre	Windows	Jeanne (76226)
Not just another overrated RPG	Windows	Sam Tinianow (116)
Wonderful RPG with a twist	Windows	The Gay Elf (14)
Superb RPG - But it lacks the soul of AD&D	Windows	Indra was here (20853)

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Critic Reviews

ComputerGamers.com	Windows	Jan 15, 2001	96 out of 100	96
Gamer's Pulse	Windows	Jul 23, 2000	91 out of 100	91
Jeuxvideo.com	Windows	Jul 17, 2000	18 out of 20	90
WomenGamers.com	Windows	Aug 08, 2000	9 out of 10	90
All Game Guide	Windows	2000		90
Daily PC Game Reviews	Windows	Feb 26, 2011	8.5 out of 10	85
Game Captain	Windows	Aug 28, 2000	83 out of 100	83
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Macintosh	Jul 17, 2002	8 out of 10	80
Mac Addict	Macintosh	Aug, 2002		80
Gry OnLine	Windows	Dec 14, 2000	7 out of 10	70

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Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Icewind Dale + Heart of Winter	11	Rwolf (20034) Apr 28, 2017

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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.

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Related Web Sites

Hints for Icewind Dale (These hints are designed to give you just what you need without spoiling the game for you.)
Icewind Dale (The official homepage)
Icewind Dale: FAQs & Guides (A collection of files that includes full strategies and help for specific character types and more.)
Mike's Icewind Dale pages (A great resource site for Icewind Dale. Tips, walkthroughs, weapon charts, subquests and much more.)
Strategy Guide for Icewind Dale (by the Stratos Group)

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