Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition

I was so taken by this game, it was absolutely fantastic UNTIL the Vale of Shadows. At this point, after the second Crypt, the difficulty went exponential. I had got that for on "core rules" difficulty, but i ended up attempting the rest of this insane level on story mode, which means your party cant die. This is where i found that i would never, ever finish this game, as even with no party deaths, the swarms of wraiths etc are just overwhelming and pin down the team. I commend anyone who has ever got past this, I seriously dont have time for this. I thought my game was bugged at first, but its apparently not. What I do not understand is how I got so far on " core rules", only to be stomped on this level, even on story mode. Anyway, its back to Baldurs Gate for me! I got value from the game, but I need to leave it, as I actually have a life.

I really enjoy this game. Still have the originals I bought from Interplay with their jewel cases and was the I.E game I played the most. Compared to BGII and all the mods available this game got dated fast, but the EE fixed that. Sure, in-game balance in the EE version is just non-existent, but the game is still fun to play. I would have given it 5 stars, but I just haven't been able to run any of the EE games on my current Kubuntu machine for a while now. Version 2.6 of the game just came out and it still has the "libssl.so.1.0.0" library not found error. Had the necessary libraries that worked with version 2.5, but now that workaround no longer works and the games don't launch. I hoped that by moving the games to 64bit only this would have been resolved. Shame because I really wanted to roll a new party and start a new adventure.

This is the pinnacle of story-telling and gameplay. An amazing adventure that should be enjoyed by all.

If you like Baldards Gate you will like this

I love it!