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Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter
Released On: Feb 19, 2001
74
7.8
All Platforms
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
74
53% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
47% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
74
53% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
47% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 68 User Ratings
7.8
63% Positive
43 Ratings
43 Ratings
32% Mixed
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
4% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 68 User Ratings
7.8
63% Positive
43 Ratings
43 Ratings
32% Mixed
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
4% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
Amazing expansion and additional adventure to an incredible Icewind Dale. I loved the additional quests, locations and battles here, still remember all the details to this day, the werewolf, the banshees, the frozen dwarfs and the ice dragon, fantastic new adventure. Also followed by another free DLC with extremely hardcore difficulty - Trials of the Luremaster containing some of the most, well, no, THE most difficult battles of all the IE games. 9/10
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I found the story here much more enjoyable than IWD. Felt a lot more like the BG games. Still somewhat heavy on combat but there was also a lot more story which made it tolerable.
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The numerous engine tweaks, the engaging new story and the insane challenge of the Heart of Fury mode make HOW a very appealing expansion.
So good, veterans may be tempted to replay the whole game from the beginning...a fine product. Unfortunately, the new areas add only about 15 hours of gameplay. While short for a full game, it is a tolerable length for an expansion.
Ultimately, the story makes the game, albeit with interspersed and occasionally annoying action sequences. But each combat has a purpose, which makes gameplay challenging and rewarding.
It's a short-lived, uninspired addition to Icewind Dale that costs nearly as much as the original game did and requires that you have the original installed; yet it offers only a fraction of Icewind Dale's value.
The expansion to Icewind Dale, this was criticised at launch for tedious areas with lots of the same enemies. It's true that the Gloam Frost is a slog. However, there are some truly exciting moments, too: the Cloak Tower (?) wizards, the white dragon. It gets an 8 for the Trials of the Luremaster expansion -- a free download if you bought this, and a wonderful little knot of storytelling.
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This is a worthy expansion that adds enough to be justified and doesn't dissolve into a series of mage on mage high level battles with spell thrusts and boring time stops. The story is cool and even though a major part of the game is a strange, unattached quest line in an entirely different location, it's also a fine story in itself.
If you liked the original game, you'll almost certainly also like this.
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Icewind Dale is a pretty impressive game, but the only thing that Heart of Winter really adds to that is Heart of Fury mode and a number of additional spells. Yes it adds its own campaign (as well as ToTL) but it is very short and the storyline is lacking compared to the original game. I'd probably give it a 7.5 as expansions go, but since some have given it an inexplicable 9 I'm giving it a 7 over an 8.
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Summary In the midst of the harshest winter in decades, the barbarian tribes have united under a mysterious new king and threaten to take up arms against the people of Ten-Towns. Continue your adventure in five huge new areas that add directly into the original "Icewind Dale."
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- PC
Initial Release Date: Feb 19, 2001
Developer:
- Black Isle Studios
Publisher: Interplay
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