IWD2 review at Game Club Central
IWD2 review at Game Club Central
Review - posted by Saint_Proverbius on Sun 29 December 2002, 22:15:41
Tags: Icewind Dale 2Game Club Central has posted a review of Icewind Dale 2, giving it an 8/10. Here's a scoop:
If you ever played the pen and paper version of AD&D, then you will remember what it is like to spend a couple of hours generating a character that you would play. At least I did. IDII gives you a lot of options when generating your character. And with IDII incorporating the AD&D 3rd edition rule set, you now have the option of using the barbarian, monk, and sorcerer classes. There are many more character races/subraces to choose from. Everyone's favorite, the dark elves (the Drow) are here. Also included are the half-orcs, tieflings, and the gold dwarves. The 3rd edition rule set allows for some of these character/class combos to be really powerful from the start of the game. But it is balanced out by having an experience penalty so that they will not be overly powerful towards the end of the game. IDII also includes new priest, druid, and wizard spells, new character portraits and sounds, and a new random treasure generator for enemies.
I personally hate Drow. I don't remember spending hours making up one character either. Maybe they just kept rerolling until they had something they liked!
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If you ever played the pen and paper version of AD&D, then you will remember what it is like to spend a couple of hours generating a character that you would play. At least I did. IDII gives you a lot of options when generating your character. And with IDII incorporating the AD&D 3rd edition rule set, you now have the option of using the barbarian, monk, and sorcerer classes. There are many more character races/subraces to choose from. Everyone's favorite, the dark elves (the Drow) are here. Also included are the half-orcs, tieflings, and the gold dwarves. The 3rd edition rule set allows for some of these character/class combos to be really powerful from the start of the game. But it is balanced out by having an experience penalty so that they will not be overly powerful towards the end of the game. IDII also includes new priest, druid, and wizard spells, new character portraits and sounds, and a new random treasure generator for enemies.
I personally hate Drow. I don't remember spending hours making up one character either. Maybe they just kept rerolling until they had something they liked!
Spotted this at Blue's News
