Icewind Dale - Retrospective @ PCGamesN

Jeremy Peel of PCGamesN posted a new retrospective for Icewind Dale.

Icewind Dale was Black Isle’s attempt to bash out a quick action RPG in Baldur's Gate's Infinity Engine. Because they were the studio who'd built Fallout, however, they failed miserably: accidentally making a coherent world of Faerun's northern wastes, and filling its dungeons with tangled networks of tactical battles. It’s still one of the best mistakes you can play on the PC today.

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I fondest memories of playing Infinity games are mostly Icewind Dale (with BG2 a close second). I loved the frozen zoo or aquarium map, which ever that was, my memory is getting fuzzy. I might have to get the updated version and play again.

I think the most memorable part of IWD map was Severed Hands. Loved the historical background of the place, ambiance, puzzles…. which is ironic, because I disliked the place so much in the sequel