Icewind Dale 2 Complete

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

Difficult, entertaining, memorable. D&D is a great RPG system, and Icewind Dale along Baldur's Gate is one of the best uses of the system in a video game. Icewind Dale is a lot combat oriented than Baldur's Gate. Lock your fingers onto Quick Saves and Quick Loads. Memorise your spells and unsheathe your blade. The adventure has summoned you Will you answer it's call?

There are still some legacy bugs in the game. I played until the ice temple. There was an area with ice trolls. I killed all the trolls but now my dwarf is stuck in the area with the door and he can't cross the doorway again. I guess one work around is that you shouldn't try to use the doorway as a choke point. Maybe some of the ice troll bodies create a wall. Everyone else can walk through it but not my dwarf fighter with dash. Also for a heads up the game is difficult. I died so many times getting to the ice temple. Mainly the beginning is crazy difficult. Watch out for hold person. Such a simple spell but that spell right there makes the game hard.