Icewind Dale review: Will Heart of Winter change your heart about Black Isle's icy D&D rpg?

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Published on July 3, 2021 3:19:30 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWgqTpeRED0

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Icewind Dale (2000)

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Review

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Welcome to our Review video on Icewind Dale, Heart of Winter, an expansion pack included in Beamdog's Icewind Dale Enhanced Edition, along with its own expansion pack: Trials of the Luremaster.



For many, Icewind Dale is the best Dungeons and Dragons RPG of all time, for some others, is not up to par with the Baldur's Gate series. But if you are on the fence about getting Icewind Dale Enhanced Edition as one of the games you should be playing in preparation for Baldur's Gate 3... Will Heart of Winter make any difference?


This is our Road to Baldur's Gate III series of video reviews. If you wish to check out our upcoming videos, check our introduction video for the series here: https://youtu.be/UHYEljjnjxo



Here are links to the rest of our videos in the series so far:







Baldur's Gate: https://youtu.be/S2RheHL7YOI










Baldur's Gate, Siege of Dragonspear: https://youtu.be/-SQgZ6v3U5U








Baldur's Gate II, Shadows of Amn: https://youtu.be/Lf_kgIjCd_QDisclaimer:








This is a computer RPG review, it's not meant to comment on the advanced 2nd edition Dungeons& Dragons ruleset or on how well the game implemented it in its mechanics. This review is for a non RPG specialized gamer who's maybe hyped about Baldur's Gate III because of the trailers and footage of BG3 they have seen and who has maybe played Larian Studio's Divinity Original Sin II.






There are many games you could play in preparation for Baldur's Gate III: Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate Siege of Dragonspear, Baldur's Gate II Shadows of Amn, Neverwinter Nights 2, NWN 2 Mask of the Betrayer, NWN Storm of Zehir.


Should you add Icewind Dale Heart of Winter to your list? Hopefully our review will help you decide. We still encourage to watch videos on Icewind Dale gameplay.


Our reviews are based on a criteria that assigns weights to aspects of the game that are particularly important for us. It is not meant to be the ultimate truth about the game. Classic Role Playing Games is our favorite video game genre for a reason, and there are a few things I expect from them... You can check our system of categories in one of our early videos.https://youtu.be/QWD6AQWlIfw

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