I'm certain, beyond doubt, that this must have been posted countless times. However, I'm trying, with difficulty, to spark some life into a rather bare forum so help me out will you? My question is which did you prefer; Icewind Dale 1 or 2.
For myself, I, marginally, prefered IWD2 as of the wider variety of characters, enemies, missions, weapons, spells, places.... everything really. However, I cannot take anything away from Icewind Dale 1 which successfully hooked me and, without it, I may have never bought IWD2, BG1 or NWN. In fact I may have never even have found this website!

But anyway, back to you, what do you think?

<font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#00FF00">1 for me despite IWD2 having better character creation. There is something about 1 that is just captivating.</font>

[ 10-18-2004, 02:53 PM: Message edited by: pritchke ]

2, bacuse IMHO everything was simply better, deeper, with more opportunities and choices...
<font size=5><font color=red>BIGGER, LONGER, UNCUT!</font></font>

2, because the 3rd ed rule makes the game better. and more character choices and able to multiclass easier. Better character voice confirmation. Better music. Good story.

1 for me. I have played IWD and HoW many times over. The flow of that game is really smooth. I loved the story as well as the battles.

As for IWD2, I like the game a lot (I am currently playing it) but it seems to be missing something the first one had. I can't put my finger on it though. Anyway, I really enjoy playing this game.

[ 10-22-2004, 03:57 PM: Message edited by: Pystal ]

2 due to a greater challenge and endless supply of character creation. And more monsters = more goodness [img]smile.gif[/img]

2, mostly because of the incredible variation of character creation. I really wish that they'd been willing to do an expansion.

Another thing I like about IWD2 is the larger portraits. The larger size allows for bigger pics to be used. And those bigger pics are easier to edit, than the older IWD1/BG2 sized pics. Portrait edits are fun to do, if you have a decent graphics program like Pain Shop Pro. And if you have some imagination and a little talent, you can create your own edits, particularly ones that fit your idea of what a new character will look like. Let me tell you, a new IWD2 party with a nice custom backstory and custom portraits for each character is a real joy to play!


The really nice thing about IWD1 is the HOW and TOTL expansions that add so much more gaming goodness.