"Icewind Dale is a role-playing video game developed for Windows by Black Isle Studios and published by Interplay Entertainment. It was released on June 30, 2000. It takes place in the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms campaign setting, and is based on the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition ruleset. The player begins the game by creating an adventuring party, which becomes enlisted as a caravan guard in the wake of strange events. As the story progresses, the player learns of a demonic feud that threatens the Ten Towns of Icewind Dale. Icewind Dale is based on the BioWare Infinity Engine" [Wikipedia]. Infinity engine was first introduced in Baldurs Gate and subsequently used in Planescape Torment and sequels of BG & IWD. It was replaced by BioWare's Aurora Engine, used to develop Neverwinter Nights. IWD could be categorized into the hack & slash RPG subgenre. There are however important differences between IWD and the traditional, Diablo type hack & slash games. Most importantl...
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