Icewind Dale II Review at Stratos Group
Posted Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 16:02 CET by Mollusken

The Stratos Group gives Icewind Dale II a score of 3.7 out of 5, and here's a bit of what they had to say:

The story itself is fairly interesting, guiding the player to a series of locations ranging from a besieged frontier town, to a temple built entirely of ice, and even into the fabled underground realm known as the Underdark. The quests are also quite varied, including tasks such as finding a path through a maze-like enchanted forest or defending a bridge from assault. The game even pokes fun at itself on occasion, with your party making wry comments about having to fetch and deliver trinkets all the time. The designers clearly wanted to make IWD2 something more than just another generic dungeon crawl. However, despite the various side-quests and dialogue choices, the game is still very much a hack-and-slash adventure at heart. Your party can scarcely move a few steps without fighting a major battle. If there is too much of a good thing, IWD2's combat-heavy gameplay is it.