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Its starts off great then hits a glass ceiling.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: August 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Maybe it is because I have a Mac version but I was really really enjoying this game when my band of characters stopped going up in experience levels. I contacted the company but was told that that is just the way the game is. Yes, I do like a challenge but I play computer games to relax too and without an advancement in level I don't see how to win this game. I was very very disappointed.

this is soooooo awesome!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: September 24, 2000
Author: Amazon User

i wish i could give this 100 stars! it is so cool. the story is great, its clear. i love it. i play it ALL the time! i wish i was playing it now infact! maybe i will! hehe. well, all i have to say is that it is soooo cool.

Best AD&D RPG Ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: April 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is great. From the way the system runs to the Exact replicas of AD&D rules. I loved Baldur's Gate and would recommend it to Anyone! Character development is excellent, story is wonderful, and gameplay is just outstanding!

Complicating

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: July 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is too overwhelming. During each battle you have to instruct your six men, which gets annoying. Buy Diablo I and II instead

One ring to rule them all one ring to find baldurs gate.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: September 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Those of you that are fans of jrr tolkien's lord of the rings
will love this game if that series was a rpg it would be called baldurs gate thats how good this is. Although the plot is diffrent it is very much the same.

It must be me

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: December 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Well, since so many others seem to love this game, the reason I don't like it must have something to do with me! I just could not get the hang of it, especially the combat. Maybe if I had devoted a little more time to it, I would have gotten it finally, but I just didn't want to spend all of my time learning how to play - I just wanted to play!

Also, I didn't really like the non-linear storyline - I like to have a sense that I am going the right way at the right time. But that's just my personal preference.

Good game, but obviously fodder for BG2.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: March 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Although Baldur's Gate was great years ago Ice Wind Dale, with almost no new innovations, shows its age. That doesn't mean it's a bad game. However, it feels dated, and it's obvious that BI Studios was hoping BG fans would continue to look past its GUI shortcomings in favor of authentic AD&D rules and a good storyline (ala PS:Torment). The fact that the average rating is high means that it worked.

Gameplay can best be described as Baldur's Gate on Fast Forward. Although the storyline is interesting (ala Salvatore), it is so linear that there is almost no room for really "living" in this world at all. Players will remember that starting up BG on a daily basis begged the question of "where should I go today?". Not so in IWD. You are directed to proceed step-by-step through the game from one goal to the next.

The overall hack-n-slash feeling of IWD will appeal to different players. Personally, I lost interest in the hundreds of dialogues involved in PS:T and was eager to play a BI game that didn't force me to spend hours and hours reading text. At the same time, with today's technology, one would expect that the little dialogue that is present should be voiced-over. But it isn't. Although the cut-scenes are well done, the meat of the game feels quite archaic.

Overall, IWD gameplay is very similar in many ways to BG. Although BI tried to fix the pathing, it is still poor -- albeit better than BG ever was. There are more spells, and more levels. But again, the inability to really "live" in IWD makes leveling higher rather a moot point. It just allows you to finish the game. Money is rather worthless since there is no thriving economy.

All in all, I'd have to say nothing "jumps out" at you in this game to make it special. It feels like a stop-gap between BG and BG2.

Graphics, although well done are disappointing for the simple fact that 640x320 resolution is just ridiculously low for this day and age. Thankfully Heart of Winter fixes this problem, but even 800x600 is too low.

The 2D graphics are a bit clunky on my PII450/Geforece system. I had this same problem with Planescape. How is it that I can run a complex FPS 3D game at 50FPS, and run some isometric 2D program that bogs at 20FPS when 15 objects are on the screen? It's just proof that BI's graphics engine is way out of date -- even though they keep trying to improve its effects to cover up how old it seems.

Ambient sound is very good, as in all BI products.

Sound tracks are excellent.

best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: May 17, 2000
Author: Amazon User

this title is a clasic. i bet you can play it after 10 years and its still fun

MAY BE A GOOD GAME BUT I WOULDN'T KNOW

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 9
Date: April 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When I received this game I opened it up and right away started installing it, but wait in all the excitement i didn't notice it being in the cardboard CD holder and because it was the installation wouldnt work why? Cause the CD was scratched beyond repair. Good job Interplay. I will right another reveiw when I receive my new package telling you if the game is as bad as Interplay's packing job.

MATT REVIEW

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 15
Date: December 03, 1999
Author: Amazon User

BEST GAME OF THE YEAR! IF YOU LIKE DIABLO YOU WILL LOVE THIS GAME. IT IS BETTER THAN DIABLO AND BRINGS TRUE D&D TO LIFE. BYE THIS GAME, ONCE YOU START PLAYING YOU'LL NEVER WANT TO STOP!

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