Thus, considerations like moral alignment are rendered moot. The party doesn't affect the outcome of the story much, as the only option is to cut down everything in their path. This sets the party off to battle hundreds of different enemies and save the North. The player's band of adventurers have arrived at Icewind Dale, looking for work, and are asked to investigate strange goings-on in a nearby town. There is little backstory to the entire game. There's no shortage of snow in Icewind Dale. In contrast, Baldur's Gate allowed the player to create one main character with all of the other party members being predefined and joining the party as they were encountered. There is little-to-no backstory for any of the characters, unless the player chooses to create one, and limited personality to each party member beyond their stats. Even though it's mechanically identical to Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale is more spiritually similar to the Diablo series, in that the primary driver for the game is combat, leveling up the party, and collecting more-and-more powerful equipment.įrom the get-go, the player creates a party of up to six characters, which fall into the classes offered in the 2nd Edition AD&D Rules. Though based on the Infinity Engine, which powers the Baldur's Gate series, Icewind Dale is less focused on story and character development than those games. Icewind Dale is an Dungeons & Dragons RPG released in June 2000 by Black Isle Studios. Overview A combat heavy game, focused on loot
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |