[Debaser]

Icewind Dale is a pretty good game in its own right, but it has nothing on the Baldur's Gate series. some of the spell graphics and what not are better in IWD, i think, but storyline wise and role-playing wise the BG series is paramount.

IWD does have a whole sh*tload of hack n slash, and it can honestly get very annoying sometimes. that's the main reason its taking so long for me to play through IWD and HoW, because i keep putting it off when i get stuck at a place with a horde of the same damn undead swarming my guys group after group. gets a little old after a while.