![]() The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Unless you have a fond nostalgic memory of playing through this game, I recommend that you save your money – more importantly, your time – by avoiding it.Ī review copy was provided by the publisher. Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition was a mediocre game in 2000, and has proven to be a BAD game to play in 2020. This is a time period where truly great RPGs – Diablo II, System Shock 2, Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber, and Deus Ex – were releasing alongside older, yet timeless classics, like Chrono Trigger. Playing through this game, and being cognizant of the other RPGs available during this 1999-2000 time period, I find it baffling that Icewind Dale is held in such high regard. It is a shame that Icewind Dale decided to play it safe, and to a boringly generic fault. Alongside Planescape: Torment, they each provided their own iterative spin on the beloved Dungeons & Dragons franchise. Icewind Dale wasn’t an innovative game 20 years ago – it was a byproduct of Baldur’s Gate‘s success. The old D&D mechanics that this game is based on are confusing to understand, poorly explained, and useless to the underlying gameplay – even after comprehending them. I’ve leveled each of my characters, numerous times through, and have been rewarded with seemingly nothing beyond paltry stat bonuses. ![]() ![]() Worst of all, leveling up lacks that sense of reward and excitement that so many others games put front and center. The audio, ambient background noises, and voices are all low quality. The visuals are highly dated, blurry, and difficult to discern between objects, both up close and far away. The controls, although adapted with a character-drive control scheme, is still unintuitive and a constant struggle. Whatever limited abilities you get access to, one or two per character, won’t influence the end result of combat very much, and those that are useful can easily be exploited through resting outside of battle.įor the sake of brevity, here is a rundown of other detracting gameplay elements: the loot system is cumbersome, and drops loads of useless items after each engagement. Depending on the characters you initially selected, or rolled, they can have spells or abilities that can be used in combat. If you forego the second-by-second pausing of the action, then you’ll find yourself at the mercy of a simplistic hit-things-with-a-stick AI. It feels clunky due to the initial pause-and-click design, which requires severe micromanagement of your six party members. The core of the combat experience has some severe flaws that, by today’s standards, are simply unredeemable. It does get points for having a cold, but lore-dense world. The storyline isn’t bad, but is certainly a rather generic adventure setup. The main dialog exchanges are voiced, but don’t expect an interesting story or engaging plot here. You’ll be spending half of your time clicking through the environments and dialog trees to progress the story, and the other half in-combat – the former offers some degree of reward for obsessively searching through the environment, but that reward is hardly ever satisfying, or meaningful. Since then, millions of plan escape: torment fans have enjoyed exploring the strange and dangerous city of Sigil and surrounding planes through the nameless one's eyes.Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition has aged very poorly in many aspects, including gameplay. It won RPG of the Year from multiple outlets for its unconventional story, characters, and amazing soundtrack. With these companions and others at the nameless one's side, you will explore worlds in search of answers, all to discover that some destinies cannot be escaped and some memories cost more than an even an immortal can bear.The original plan escape: torment was released in 1999 to widespread critical acclaim. You are prodded awake by morte, a floating skull and Keeper of secrets, to embark on an adventure taking the nameless one from the dirty streets of Sigil into the mysterious outer planes and even into the depths of Hell itself.In your search for answers, you'll find companions matching the bizarre nature of the planes: a chaste succubus who can kill with a kiss, a confused crossbow-wielding Cube, a suit of armour animated by a Spirit demanding justice, and more. "What can change the nature of a man?"You are the nameless one, a hulking figure covered in scars and tattoos collected over the course of countless lives-none of which you can remember, but are now coming back to haunt you. Planescape Torment & Icewind Dale Enhanced Edition Nintendo Switch Game Description ![]()
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