How good is this game?

B.E. Meathead · 07-10-2002, 11:49 AM

Guess I'm asking a biased audience, here, [img]smile.gif[/img] but - how good is this game? I'm looking forward to the sequel but I never played this one. Should I bother to buy it or just wait for IWD2? Thanks.

Meathead

Azred · 07-10-2002, 12:28 PM

Yes, go ahead and get the game. I liked it very much--great scenery and music. On the one hand the plot is fairly linear, but then most great novels are, as well.

Buy this game, including the expansion Heart of Winter and then download Trials of the Luremaster. [img]graemlins/petard.gif[/img]

--Twilight-- · 07-10-2002, 01:27 PM

Hello,
well, I suppose that it's like this: IWD2 should be a much better game, but, it's not out yet (really soon) and would cost full price. IWD + HOW/TOL you can get at a discount, with full game support from places like this. If you like the genre, then why not play IWD, enjoy it, and then get IWD2? You'd get IWD2 when it's not quite new, so, don't wait if you want the better features, but wait and get IWD if you just like playing these games (how much free time do you have?).

If you really want to get technical, then Baldur's Gate 2 is certainly considered by the majority as being the best of this game group, so, you could play that until IWD2 is available (beware, its a really big, really good game). The remake of Pool of Radiance got bad reviews, so you can get last year's collector box set for $20 in some stores - although you might like the game.

- Twilight

Witch King · 07-10-2002, 02:59 PM

If your into fantasy stuff such as lord of the rings then you'll enjoy it even more than most people. As you dont seem to know that much about the game you should also know that its a computerised version of Dungeons and Dragons, with the luck of the dice being evened out and averaged by your computer

[ 07-10-2002, 03:04 PM: Message edited by: Witch King ]

Ervain Blackshealth · 07-11-2002, 04:16 AM

i think the game is really good, as soon as i played the demo i bought the game

Kakero · 07-11-2002, 05:23 AM

here's something different, i don't like this game, I think it's the worst game blackisle has produced. the characters are too skinny, the potraits are lousy, it's like someone use a wooden colour to paint the game. I really hate the " aye aye commander or ...yeah...okay I'll do it " .can't they say something like " rubber boots in motion, or high speed low drag "

the tactics in the game is lousy, it's like your characters are marching on a field. when you click a monster to attack, all of them will swarm the monster. really annoying during the end where you have to fight few greater mummies at one time.

Also, the conversation is pretty much limited. the music is lousy too. that's why I didn't buy the expansion pack.

I hope IWD 2 is somewhat better than this.

B.E. Meathead · 07-12-2002, 12:35 AM

Uhh - OK [img]smile.gif[/img] Nice to hear the flipside, too! I do have BG2 (unfortunately what I don't have is tons of time to pick away at all of it, cool as it is) but I'd heard that IWD is more of a straight-up dungeon hack whereas BG is less so. I'd also heard the score and scenery were great in IWD. Linearity is ok by me. Cool - thanks for the advice!

Meathead

BlakJak Birkin · 07-23-2002, 12:55 PM

I think you got it all wrong, BG and BG2 are !THE BEST! I'd shove Icewind Dale and keep at BG and BG2!!! Then get BG2 Throne of Bhaal, it's great!

BlakJak

Malavon's Rage · 07-24-2002, 01:16 PM

hey are you gonna be able to export/import your characters from IwD into the second?

Cyril Darkcloud · 07-26-2002, 01:55 AM

No, you will not be able to import your IWD characters in IWD II. The new game is based upon the 3rd edition D&D rule set and is set approximately 30 yrs after the story in IWD. It is also designed for characters to begin at first level.

07-10-2002, 11:49 AM	#1
B.E. Meathead Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: July 9, 2002 Location: United States Posts: 6	Guess I'm asking a biased audience, here, [img]smile.gif[/img] but - how good is this game? I'm looking forward to the sequel but I never played this one. Should I bother to buy it or just wait for IWD2? Thanks. Meathead __________________ Stamped and Certified: 100% Grade A Mad Cow Beef

07-10-2002, 12:28 PM	#2
Azred Drow Priestess Join Date: March 13, 2001 Location: a hidden sanctorum high above the metroplex Age: 54 Posts: 4,037	Yes, go ahead and get the game. I liked it very much--great scenery and music. On the one hand the plot is fairly linear, but then most great novels are, as well. Buy this game, including the expansion Heart of Winter and then download Trials of the Luremaster. [img]graemlins/petard.gif[/img] __________________ Everything may be explained by a conspiracy theory. All conspiracy theories are true. No matter how thinly you slice it, it's still bologna.

07-10-2002, 01:27 PM	#3
--Twilight-- The Magister Join Date: May 16, 2002 Location: The fantasy wonderland that is Ohio Age: 54 Posts: 132	Hello, well, I suppose that it's like this: IWD2 should be a much better game, but, it's not out yet (really soon) and would cost full price. IWD + HOW/TOL you can get at a discount, with full game support from places like this. If you like the genre, then why not play IWD, enjoy it, and then get IWD2? You'd get IWD2 when it's not quite new, so, don't wait if you want the better features, but wait and get IWD if you just like playing these games (how much free time do you have?). If you really want to get technical, then Baldur's Gate 2 is certainly considered by the majority as being the best of this game group, so, you could play that until IWD2 is available (beware, its a really big, really good game). The remake of Pool of Radiance got bad reviews, so you can get last year's collector box set for $20 in some stores - although you might like the game. - Twilight __________________ I\'m NOT stuck on level one again - I just enjoy circles....

07-10-2002, 02:59 PM	#4
Witch King Dungeon Master Join Date: January 17, 2002 Location: The land of Mawdor, where the shadows lie........ Age: 37 Posts: 74	If your into fantasy stuff such as lord of the rings then you'll enjoy it even more than most people. As you dont seem to know that much about the game you should also know that its a computerised version of Dungeons and Dragons, with the luck of the dice being evened out and averaged by your computer [ 07-10-2002, 03:04 PM: Message edited by: Witch King ] __________________ IF practice makes perfect, and nobody is perfect, why practice?

07-11-2002, 04:16 AM	#5
Ervain Blackshealth Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: July 10, 2002 Location: England Age: 35 Posts: 13	i think the game is really good, as soon as i played the demo i bought the game __________________ Nicholas Owens

07-11-2002, 05:23 AM	#6
Kakero 40th Level Warrior Join Date: March 24, 2002 Posts: 10,215	here's something different, i don't like this game, I think it's the worst game blackisle has produced. the characters are too skinny, the potraits are lousy, it's like someone use a wooden colour to paint the game. I really hate the " aye aye commander or ...yeah...okay I'll do it " .can't they say something like " rubber boots in motion, or high speed low drag " the tactics in the game is lousy, it's like your characters are marching on a field. when you click a monster to attack, all of them will swarm the monster. really annoying during the end where you have to fight few greater mummies at one time. Also, the conversation is pretty much limited. the music is lousy too. that's why I didn't buy the expansion pack. I hope IWD 2 is somewhat better than this.

07-12-2002, 12:35 AM	#7
B.E. Meathead Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: July 9, 2002 Location: United States Posts: 6	Uhh - OK [img]smile.gif[/img] Nice to hear the flipside, too! I do have BG2 (unfortunately what I don't have is tons of time to pick away at all of it, cool as it is) but I'd heard that IWD is more of a straight-up dungeon hack whereas BG is less so. I'd also heard the score and scenery were great in IWD. Linearity is ok by me. Cool - thanks for the advice! Meathead __________________ Stamped and Certified: 100% Grade A Mad Cow Beef

07-23-2002, 12:55 PM	#8
BlakJak Birkin Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: July 17, 2002 Location: Wales Posts: 36	I think you got it all wrong, BG and BG2 are !THE BEST! I'd shove Icewind Dale and keep at BG and BG2!!! Then get BG2 Throne of Bhaal, it's great! BlakJak __________________ BlakJak The Dark <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[2gunfire]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/2gunfire.gif\" />

07-24-2002, 01:16 PM	#9
Malavon's Rage Elminster Join Date: July 15, 2002 Location: USA Age: 36 Posts: 412	hey are you gonna be able to export/import your characters from IwD into the second? __________________ Capital Punishment turns the state into a murderer, Imprisonment turns the state into a gay dungeon-master.

07-26-2002, 01:55 AM	#10
Cyril Darkcloud Lord Soth Join Date: February 7, 2002 Location: New York Posts: 1,980	No, you will not be able to import your IWD characters in IWD II. The new game is based upon the 3rd edition D&D rule set and is set approximately 30 yrs after the story in IWD. It is also designed for characters to begin at first level. __________________ One does not control the Wind. One enters it, feels its freedom. And moves.

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