Icewind Dale: The Ultimate Collection

by Vivendi Universal

Product Features

• The Icewind Dale: Ultimate Collection contains: Icewind Dale 2 2 CDs, Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter 2 CDs, Icewind Dale Bonus CD, Icewind Dale Strategy Guide, Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter Strategy Guide, IWD Soundtrack, 4 IWDII character trading cards, IWDII creature list.Icewind Dale II:New 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons Classes:
• The Barbarian - A merciless warrior of the north, call upon your greater strength, speed and rage to carve a path through your enemies.
• The Monk - A master of hand-to-hand combat and unarmed in battle, the power of wisdom is your greatest weapon.
• The Sorcerer - A natural spell caster, tainted by the blood of dragons, draw upon the raw power within to defeat your adversaries. Character Races:
• New character races like the Drow and Aasimar add to an extensive array of character options.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00009ECGH
• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Media: DVD-ROM
• Release Date: August 26, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,425 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Journey deep into the Spine of the World, a harsh and unforgiving environment teaming with merciless beasts and terrible dangers. In this exclusive adventure pack developed by award-winning Black Isle Studios, are the full versions of Icewind Dale, Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter, Icewind Dale II, the critically acclaimed soundtrack for Icewind Dale, bonus CDs, including Icewind Dale and Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter strategy guides, an additional level, and a set of 4 character portraits from Icewind Dale II.

Features

Icewind Dale

• Battle Ice Trolls, Giants, and hordes of terrifying Undead. Over 150 types of new monsters that will put your courage to the test in real-time combat.
• Adventure through a wide range of beautifully rendered environments, from ancient ruins to volcanic caverns and icy plains.
• Multiplayer support for up to six players over LAN or Internet connections.

Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter

• Continue your adventure in five huge new areas that add directly into the original Icewind Dale.
• Hack your way through a host of never-before-seen monsters to discover over 100 new items and 59 new spells.

Icewind Dale II

• Conquer hordes of monsters in epic battles utilizing the 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons rule set.
• Cast over 300 powerful spells, clash with fierce new monsters, and collect hundreds of new items on your journey.
• Embark on your adventure with a pre-made party, or customize each character.
• Multiplayer support for up to six players for the ultimate gaming experience.

Product Description

In the northernmost reaches of the Forgotten Realms lies the frozen and untamed region known as Icewind Dale. Journey deep into the Spine of the World mountains, a harsh and unforgiving territory teeming with fearsome and merciless beasts. There you must confront an ancient evil that threatens to unleash an unspeakable horror upon the face of Faerun. The civilized world is threatened! Answer the call to arms and face the hordes!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

149 of 154 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great collection for any RPG, August 12, 2004

By 

Mike (India) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Icewind Dale: The Ultimate Collection (DVD-ROM)

I've decided to buy this collection after a reading a lot of reviews from different websites. But none of them are very clear about the contents of the package, so here is the contents of the package

1.Icewind Dale (2 CD's)
2.Icewind Dale Expansion Heart of Winter (1CD)
3.Icewind Dale II (2 CD's)
4.Icewind Dale soundtrack
5.Icewind Dale II bonus disk
6.Icewind dale strategy guides, trailer of IWD II

This package is well worth the purchase, u get a series of one of the best selling game, developed by pioneers who have also developed games like Fallout series, BG1 abd BG2.

The graphics are great, they look bright and crisp. The soundtrack is great and suits well with the ambience, u really feel the snow falling and the cold weather.

The gameplay is fun, it is more like a hack n slash game, i'm a greatest fan of diablo series, so i love this game as well. To put it in a nut shell, this game is Hack n slash with D&D rules. If u like diablo u will certainly like this. Baldurs gate fans will slightly get disappointed with the game play. Charecter creation is great, this game allows dual class charecters, so it adds more fun to gameplay. My only complaint is, there is no interation within r party members, but this doesn't affect the gameplay experience.

Overall if u ever have a thought of getting this game and don't know whether its worth the money, the answer is plainly, a best value for r money!

42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This game is awesome in gameplay., November 6, 2004

By 

KoKo "kokojie.blogspot.com" (USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Icewind Dale: The Ultimate Collection (DVD-ROM)

Pros:
1. Character creation is fun, detailed and basically unmatched by any game on the market, much better than the NWN creation system.
2. Graphic is beautiful, but if you are expecting fully 3D environment, you will be disappointed.
3. Music is just awesome.
4. Did I mention Character Creation is FUN! Playing your custom made party is a very satisfying experience. Any kind of team is playable, You can solo the game too if you like.

Cons:
1. Does not feature 3D environment like NWN
2. Gameplay is linear, but I didn't care as the point of my game is to develope my character.

51 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars By comparison.., September 3, 2004

By 

The Dred Pirate Roberts "Here comes Halfling ... (Aglirta) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Icewind Dale: The Ultimate Collection (DVD-ROM)

I have played all the rpgs, Baldur's Gate, NWN, Dungeon Siege, Final Fantasy, TOEE, etc.

And I have to say, that stumbling upon Icewind Dale 2 was a real treat..

Sure the graphics are dated, but WOW..the storyline, the dialogue, the descriptions of the rooms and actions are all incredibly well written (A breath of fresh air, after playing DS). The quests don't get in the way of the game, like so many others that get bogged down in annoying side-quests as a lame attempt to flesh out the world. I would have prefered the game to be turn based like TOEE, but this game's battles are numerous and really fun; partially to good monster design..compare bugbears in this game to NWN..so much better, and partially to the unforgettable situations and dungeons.

When pitted against other D&D ruleset games, the spell choices offered and levels they are given at is superior to all others. I actually enjoyed having a Druid in my party, who could transform his arms into pythons, and for the first time in CRPG history actually used summon animals spells. Even if many spells were simular to other games, these felt more tailored to the characters and made useful, instead of waiting till higher levels to get one useful spell.

My favorite part is that I could handpick my team, where as in Baldur's Gate I was forced to play with characters I didn't like, or NWN where it was removed and tedious to interact with henchmen.
I enjoyed RPing the characters backgrounds, and interactions in my head, and really enjoyed finding the treasure, unique to IWD2, like a wide variety of cut gems. (which became an addiction)

If you updated this game graphically to the level of TOEE, and made it Turn Based with battle tactics, It would be my all time favorite RPG.