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blackhawk44 · Post by **blackhawk44** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 3:57 pm

Hey, I have actually never played this game before which brings me to a question. Is this game worth buying? What kind of game is this? Comments would be awesome

grandma · Post by **grandma** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 4:37 pm

game worth playing

well yes - I love it. Completely hooked on it. My two sons love it too - one in his 30's and one in his 20's and everyone I know who has played it think its great. My sons have played loads more games then me but there only arguement is whether this is the very best game they have ever played on the second best (one of them slightly favours Morrowind )

grandma · Post by **grandma** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 4:39 pm

oops sorry

I was talking about Fable the Lost Chapters - didn't realise I was in the wrong area. Sorry

kmonster · Post by **kmonster** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 5:44 pm

It's definitely worth buying. It's a point and click game which uses AD&D 3rd edition rules. You create a party of 6 characters. You have a top down view, combat but can be paused anytime to assign commands, no fast clicking skill is needed.

nanyt · Post by **nanyt** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:17 pm

yes i enjoy ice wind dale 2 very much

the graphics are not very good (but that really does not matter)
the game play is very easy like kmonster said no fast clicking skills are needed
probably the hardest thing is creating your characters before you do you should read about how to do it or just play as a pre made party

Reviews: Game Informer hailed it as, "one of the best RPGs ever released for the PC

and Gamespot called it, "simply a great role-playing game

However, PC Format said, "it’s uninspired and uninspiring, giving itself a narrow remit and fulfilling that unspectacularly."

IGN said, "[Compared to Neverwinter Nights,] the pace of IWD2 is more varied, its balance better, the gameplay more interesting,"

Computer Games Magazine said, "it may not look like much, but it's got it where it counts."

PC Zone complained that certain gameplay mechanics had become outdated..."

so many mixed reviews but all in all it is a great game

also i think the story is very very boring and simple but the action is great!

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:37 pm

My gripe with the game is that it's essentially a very linear strategy title using fantasy and some RPG trappings. Nothing wrong with this, but if you're looking for an RPG, you'd do well to consider the BG series and Planescape: Torment.

nanyt wrote:yes i enjoy ice wind dale 2 very much

the graphics are not very good (but that really does not matter)

I would suggest that the graphics are quite good for a 2D isometric game--and there's nothing wrong with that, either. IWD2 runs with very little memory, by modern standards.

Lightning 14 · Post by **Lightning 14** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 5:07 pm

Yes IWD2 is worth playing I am kinda interested in Diablo i might buy it my aunt loves it, Hmm i might even get her to play IWD2. IWD2 is awsome.

blackhawk44 · Post by **blackhawk44** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:40 pm

wow thanks for the feedback everyone. I actually did buy the game sometime in the past week and I must say it is very fun. You guys definitely helped with my decision.

And fable I compelety agree with you, it is a fun game and I actually own planescapes torment and that to is a great game.

And I also agree with the couple of you that commented on the graphics, not the best graphics but hey, I dont think its the graphics that make a game a good game.

So once again thank you to everyone who commented. I appreciate it.

Artemis458 · Post by **Artemis458** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:31 pm

Glad you bought the game mate, hope you have fun, but did you also get IWD1? if not I strongly recommend it, in some respects it is better than the second game, I find the levels and story of the first game are well designed, including a few superb levels. It also has a deliberatly gentle learnign curve which eases you in to the game very nicely.

The second game has good tweaks to the level up system / character choices, and a slightly harder difficulty. In other respects like graphics // sounds the games are equal, so overlall Id recommend buying both games!!

The graphics for IWD and black isle games are often dismissed as 'not very good' or 'dated'. Okay they lack luxuries like zooming in/out or immersing in coloured smoke or such special effects, but all that glitter aside, I very much like their style and colour of graphics, they use a more realistic style, rather than the more cartoony style of some games like WoW,

and IWD also uses the third person viewpoint, I prefer this to the more 'modern' 1st person perspective which is sorta dizzying and annoying cause youre down on the ground and cant see everythign properly, even whats to your side, and its not good for multi character control, so I prefer the 'old fashioned' 3rd person viewpoint of IWD.