Icewind Dale 2 Complete

I forgot how wonky it is compared to BG2:EE but it's one of those all time classics. Reliving childhood memories with games such as these

The overall plot of this classic game is weak, but then again you do not play it for the plot. The real joy is crafting a party of characters and seeing them progress. The developers did a decent job adapting 3rd edition rules to a video game. If you want an entertaining time-killer, then you could certianly do worse than this gem. Dated graphics and bland plotline kept me from being able to off five stars.

Finally forced myself to finished it, after 3 years after buying it on GoG, and no - fights wasn't hard for me. There are other repellers. So this is obviously a game where one creates a party and tests how do they fight, right? It would be ok if not all the annoying puzzles implemented only to make the game longer. Many are unlogic and solvable only with a guide anyway. The D&D3x system contains many social and thieving mechanics, but these are used sporadically here to make a place for mentioned puzzles. What if i would like to finish the game without a single fight using my speech skills or sneaking my way in and stealing some papers compromising my enemies? Not in this game and actually hard to point such one, maybe DeusEx1 or Fallout2 were close to it. At least it is fine debugged and more player friendly then other Infinity games - i used only XP-mod. Therefore my 50% rating - either skipp it or grab a sword and stop complaining soldier! Note: I run it under playonlinux because under Win7 it was too sloow. Additionally to switch to KDE Alt+F4 works best.

This game was the last of the classic infinity engine games and as such it was released in a rushed schedule. It is algo the only game in the series that was using the 3e rules and it shows. The game is enjoyable but much longer than required, you can feel there is a lot of filler and unnecesary combat. The overall dificulty of the combats is also uneven, in parts doesn't feel as strategic than icwd1. The loot also was not spectacular, except in the final chapter. The game in this gog release has an excelent cloud save inplementation.

i had onlyplayed baldur's gate before i played this game, its a massive step up and much more similar to the pencil and paper game of D&D i really like the plot and the gameplay is fine, no disc switching thanks to Gog