Icewind Dale
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A party of six heroes heads into the frozen north to fight a growing evil. It's a combat-focused cousin of Baldur's Gate, built on the same Infinity Engine.
Kit's verdict · 7.4/10
It's a thrilling dungeon crawl with great music, but a light story.Kit · Sadkitty Games
Loved
- Tough, tactical party combat
- Beautiful hand-painted maps
- Stunning Jeremy Soule score
Not so much
- Thin story and characters
- Lots of combat filler
Play it if fans of tactical party combat and old-school D&D.
Skip it if players who want rich companions and story.
Cheats & codes
No cheat codes
Icewind Dale doesn't have cheat codes. The tips and secrets below are the next best thing.
Tips
Play it better
- Build a balanced party of six; a cleric and a mage are essential.
- Use pause and queue orders to manage your whole party in fights.
- Bring area-of-effect spells for the many large fights.
- Rest often but carefully; enemies may ambush camps.
- The Enhanced Edition adds better interfaces and new classes.
Secrets & unlockables
Hidden in plain sight
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Trivia
- It used BioWare's Infinity Engine.
- Jeremy Soule composed its score.
- Beamdog released an Enhanced Edition in 2014.
- Icewind Dale II followed in 2002.
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