Icewind Dale

Talk about how awesome it is here!

Or about how *frustrating* it is. Just finished Dragon's Eye, and my god did that last fight kick my ass. And should I be resting after every fight? Having to track back to the third level from the fifth every single time I needed to sleep at least tripled the length of those last two sections.

But the music is very beautiful (even if it doesn't play all the time) and the art is very lovely. Possibly more lovely than what I've seen of Baldur's Gate 2. Certainly prettier than Neverwinter Nights. And I respect the voice acting — though there's less of it in older titles, I'm finding it more compelling than in Mass Effect or Dragon Age or whatever. Anyone else feel this way?

Comments? Criticism? Help? :D

Yet another series I've been meaning to try out. I'm still very unfamiliar with Dn D mechanics (Just winged it through NWN 2 and Mot B) and from what I hear IWD has you making a party completely from scratch. What's a good site for getting the hang of everything in Dn D? Any basic strategies and party builds?

Not a clue. I downloaded a mod that gave you a party of five pre-made characters complete with voice acting. It's pretty decent and I'm enjoying it so far, though the way they're all laid out pretty much forces you to play as a mage of some sort.

There's a similar one for 2, only with about ten character choices.

Generally, I just make a balanced party that covers at least four basic classes: fighter, wizard, rogue, cleric. Beyond that, I just pick something that sounds good.

aw, Icewind Dale, a game I've never finished. Unlike baulders gate 2, where all the characters have a personality/backstory that makes you care for them, I was never able to get interested enough in the player made ID party to keep playing with them.

I got it on GOG, so I'm sure I'll finish it someday...

edited 15th Oct '11 8:17:05 AM by Blissey1

@op how do you think the second game stands up to the first one? I've played the second a bit and it was fun, but would I be better off playing the first?

I snagged Icewind Dale 2, Baldur's Gate 2 and Planescape: Torment off of GOG a while back. I loved Planescape from beginning to end, but I sort of hesitated with Baldur's Gate 2. I kind of felt a bit lost with all the characters because I hadn't played the first one. Will I have a similar experience with Icewind Dale 2? I don't think I should, because I've heard it's pretty light on plot, but I just wanted to check.

Icewind Dale requires you to roll your own characters and doesn't give you any others, so it's not like you'd start out with characters from the previous game.