Icewind Dale (Mac)

Icewind Dale (Mac)
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Icewind Dale (Mac)
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Product Summary

Brand: MacPlay
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: CD-ROM
Release Date: 2002-04-11
Platform: Macintosh
Model: 160
Publisher: MacPlay
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Video Game Reviews of Icewind Dale (Mac)

Customer Review: Fun but had glitches
Summary: 4 Stars

Really good RPG but it seemed to have a few frustrating glitches that were not addressed with the most current patches. The game would occassionally lock my characters in place and not allow them to travel anywhere. They could melee if bad guys were next to them, and they could cast spells and use ranged weapons as well. It got a bit hairy once in a while and made for some challenging fights. To resolve, I would have to get out of the game completely and restart the session. No reboot required.

I don't know if the game would do this on older Macs - I ran it on a new iMac dual core machine.

I did enjoy the game and have now moved on to Neverwinter Nights.

Description of Icewind Dale (Mac)

Icewind Dale intentionally avoids a sophisticated role-playing-game plot in favor of classic Advanced Dungeons & Dragons dungeoneering. The game is set in the frigid corner of the Forgotten Realms made famous by author R.A. Salvatore's novels. Many fantasy fans will be familiar with the popular setting, but this time you get to create the heroes, and the adventures are your own.

Veterans of Baldur's Gate and Planescape: Torment will find BioWare's Infinity game engine instantly recognizable and usable. AD&D fans will be pleased with the interpretation of AD&D 2nd Edition rules. With a few exceptions (no kits, no Drow player characters, no two-weapon fighting), you can assume that if it's in the rule books it's in Icewind Dale.

Players can create six characters from standard AD&D 2nd Edition races and classes as they set off to find an ancient evil buried in the Spine of the World. Combat occurs in real time (no turns), but the action can be paused at any time in order to issue new orders, prepare spells, or respond to a new threat. The designers keep combat fast by allowing players to assign an artificial intelligence combat script to individual characters. Your party can encounter a minor monster, fire arrows as it approaches, attack it with fighters when it gets close, and then get healed by the cleric when the fighting is done--all without your intervention.

Baldur's Gate and Planescape: Torment kept players hooked with an engrossing story line, and, in the case of Planescape, excellent writing. Specifically designed as a more action-oriented "hack and slash" RPG, Icewind Dale relies on combat and character advancement as its own reward. While it lacks the random dungeons and incredible magic items of Diablo, the high experience point cap and the ability to create all six of your party members make Icewind Dale a worthy addition to any AD&D fan's game library. --Michael Fehlauer

Pros:

  • Ability to create your entire party
  • Slick computer game conversion of AD&D 2nd Edition rules
  • Faithful re-creation of the Icewind Dale region as detailed by TSR and R.A. Salvatore
  • High experience point cap lets players wield tremendous power--and face equally powerful foes

Cons:

  • Interface takes up too much of screen
  • Little replay value

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