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Amused me somewhat

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: June 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'm not going to talk about the gameplay, linear plot, etc., we all know about that... But here are some aspects of the game I found amusing: The artwork on the new character profiles was excellent and fit very well with the theme of the game-- Very moody with watercolor-like graphics! You get to choose new voices for your characters, and one of the female voices sounds very seductive...some of what she says has double-meanings. Quite naughty! This voice works perfectly with the blonde cleric. It's listed as "HOW-female3",(or is it 2?) Also there's some male voices that actually don't sound dorky. The addition of limited 3rd-edition rules with the expansion is especially cool. With the proper cheat code, you can now create that elven Fighter-Mage-Thief that you always wanted to- with the Sneak Attack ability. Just use the cheat code to give him XP "supplements" so it doesn't take you a year to level up... I've found that with prudent use of the cheat codes and use of certain magic items, you can emulate many 3rd-edition prestige classes. For $$- it's certainly worth the risk. But don't try to play the sountrack during a romantic evening with your significant other-- that's NOT worth the risk!

This is an awesome game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I loved the game. However, it is a *MUST* that you play this before you play Baldur's Gate 2. The storyline is very linear and guided compared to BG2, so you will be disappointed compared to that. The best part about this add-on is that you get a free expansion to go with the expansion - you just need to download it off of Fileplanet (Tales of the Luremaster) and you'll be all set.

Boring.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: November 05, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I bought this expansion with high expectations, as I enjoyed Icewind Dale better than either Baldur's Gate of Baldur's Gate II. However, it did not live up. The areas are just plain boring - there is one area where there is only ONE ENEMY that you fight, and the rest aren't much better. Also, be prepared for LOOOONG sequences of dialogue with barbarians... again, not my idea of an ideal game. Fortunately, Black Isle released Trials of the Lurmaster as a free download for HoW owners (...), so that at least means it gets a three. Other than that, the higher level cap and even Heart of Fury mode (which does little more than make battles extremely tedious ) do little to make up for a mediocer experience.

Nice visual enhancements, but really buggy.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I really like what has been done with the overall graphics. The textures and monsters are much improved. The increased detail to the characters is spetacular. All of this is without a 3D card. Using a 3D card enhances the graphics even further making the textures even richer and adding to shadows as well. The main problem with HoW....bugs. HoW is really touchy, especially when trying to play multiplayer. You may have trouble getting it to run smoothly on your machine, but just mess with the settings a little and you can fix that. For example: I turned off ambient sounds and mine runs great. For multiplayer problems you might try turning off all your feedback options and you will want to check to make sure all the people you are playing with have the same version of directX installed.

I hope this helps. I know there are probably a lot of you out there having these problems.

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