Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition

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Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition
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Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition is a remake of the

Mac OS X, Linux, iOS, and Android
.

Gameplay

See also: Icewind Dale § Gameplay

The game allows for an updated

cross platform, letting players play together regardless of the platform they played on. Much like Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition, Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition features a revamped user interface and a new renderer. To enhance gameplay several different viewing modes are available, as well as touch commands for mobile editions. The enhancements include 60 new items and 30 class/kit combinations and the playable blackguard class, a feature first presented in Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
.

Development

An enhanced edition of Icewind Dale was announced at the end of August 2014.

Infinity Engine, referred to as either the Infinity Enhanced Engine, Infinity Plus Engine, or the Infinity Bless Engine.[2]

Although most of the assets of the original Icewind Dale were retrieved, the original programming done by Black Isle Studios was dumped. Instead, coding used in Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition was utilized. New code was then created by Overhaul to replace lost programming from the expansion Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter. While most of the code for Heart of Winter was rewritten, the majority of the original game's assets remained.[4]

Release

The game was available for pre-order on the Beamdog website.

iOS App Store, citing partial nudity in the game's CGI intro.[9][10][11]

Skybound Games, a division of Skybound Entertainment, released Beamdog's remastered version to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on October 15, 2019.[12][13]

Reception

Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition received mostly positive reviews from critics. The PC version has a score of 80/100 on Metacritic based on 13 reviews while the iOS version has a score of 83/100 based on 4 reviews.[14][15]

Gameplanet gave it a review score of 9/10 praising it for graphic upgrade over the original, bug fixes, rule tweaks and adding in all the additional content of the game while criticizing it for its dated graphics and the unnecessary inclusion of the "Story Mode" difficulty level.[20] Gamezebo gave the mobile version a review score of 3.5/5 praising it for its new features, being free of lags and glitches and having a customizable UI. At the same time it criticized it for being difficult towards newcomers and being hard to play on a touchscreen.[16] PC Gamer gave it a review score of 74/100 calling it "a cool must-play for RPG fans who’ve not tried it before, and a warming flashback for those who have".[18] Softpedia gave it a review score of 8/10 praising it for its replay value, vast world, adding new UI and other features and for adding all its additional content and never-before-seen content. At the same time it also criticized it for not showing much graphic improvement over the original, being too difficult for new players and having no Dungeons & Dragons ruleset system tutorial.[23]

Josh Sawyer, one of the designers of the original game, commented on the Enhanced Edition in an interview: "As one of the main designers on Icewind Dale, seeing the BG2 [Baldur's Gate II] kits in there destroy all the balance kind of made me a little sad. The BG2 kits are really powerful and Icewind Dale was kind of balanced around one thing. But it was still really cool to see it with all the tech upgrades".[24]

References

  1. ^ Mike Fahey (August 30, 2014). "Now they're enhancing Icewind Dale". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Archived from the original on September 24, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition announced at PAX". PC Gamer. August 31, 2014. Archived from the original on December 19, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  3. ^ "Feature : Icewind Dale : Enhanced Edition Interview". RPGamer. Archived from the original on January 8, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  4. ^ "How a tiny studio enhanced Icewind Dale and other classic D&D games (interview, part 1)". Venturebeat.com. December 9, 2014. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  5. ^ https://www.blackgate.com/2014/10/01/icewind-dale-enhanced-edition-available-for-pre-order/
  6. ^ "Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition will be out this month". PC Gamer. October 21, 2014. Archived from the original on July 27, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  7. ^ Andy Chalk (October 21, 2014). "Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition will be out this month". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on July 27, 2021. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  8. ^ Alice O' Connor (October 31, 2014). "Brrrrrr! Icewind Dale Enhanced Edition Blows In". Rock Paper Shotgun. Archived from the original on November 19, 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  9. ^ Carter Dotson (October 31, 2014). "'Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition' Coming Soon, Held Up in Apple Approval". Touch Arcade. Archived from the original on November 25, 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  10. ^ Jared Nelson (December 6, 2013). "Watch the "Super Sexy" 'Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition' Cutscene Apple Deemed Too Hot for the App Store!". TouchArcade. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  11. ^ Jared Nelson (December 6, 2013). "'Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition' Finally Arrives in the iOS App Store". TouchArcade. Archived from the original on February 2, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  12. Venture Beat. Archived
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  13. ^ Dellinger, AJ (May 30, 2019). "Six Bioware classics are coming to consoles this fall". Engadget. Archived from the original on May 31, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  14. ^ a b "Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  15. ^ a b "Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition for iPhone/iPad Reviews". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Archived from the original on March 20, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  16. ^ a b Christiansen, Tom (November 12, 2014). "Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition review on Gamezebo". Gamezebo. Archived from the original on March 20, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  17. ^ Iraola, Martin (October 31, 2014). "Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition review on Meristation" (in Spanish). MeriStation. Archived from the original on March 13, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  18. ^ a b Grilliopoulos, Dan (November 13, 2014). "Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition review on PC Gamer". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on May 16, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  19. ^ Fretz, Andrew (November 13, 2014). "'Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition' Review – Another Remastered Legend Released for iOS". TouchArcade. Archived from the original on August 7, 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
  20. ^
    Gameplanet. Archived from the original
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  21. ^ Giongiani, Andrea (October 30, 2014). "Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition review on IGN Italia". IGN Italia (in Italian). j2 Global. Archived from the original on November 5, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  22. ^ Tagliaferri, Simone (October 31, 2014). "Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition review on Multiplayer.it". Multiplayer.it (in Italian). NetAddiction Ltd. Archived from the original on January 16, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  23. ^ a b Vasile, Cosmin (December 15, 2014). "Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition review on Softpedia". Softpedia. SoftNews NET SRL Romania. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  24. ^ Dingman, Hayden (February 20, 2015). "Pillars of Eternity: Josh Sawyer talks mods, PC-first focus, Big Head mode, and more". PC World. International Data Group. Archived from the original on February 22, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2015.

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