Like its 2000 predecessor Icewind Dale, the game is set in the Forgotten Realms fantasy setting in the Icewind Dale region. The player assumes control of a group of mercenaries in a war between the Ten Towns of Icewind Dale and a coalition of persecuted races and religions. The game is designed as an...
It is the first game in the Baldur's Gate series, and takes place in the Forgotten Realms, a high fantasy campaign setting, using a modified version of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition rules. Baldur's Gate was the first game to use the Infinity Engine for its graphics. This generates written...
This sequel to the hit 2002 action role-playing game set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe picks up right where the original left off. The mysterious disappearance of the Onyx Tower and death of Eldrith the Betrayer had left the noble heroes trapped in an unknown setting. Yet the harbor town of Baldur's...
The player begins the game by creating an adventuring party, which becomes enlisted as a caravan guard in the wake of strange events. An expansion to the game, Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter, was released in 2001, and the sequel, Icewind Dale II, followed in 2002. Icewind Dale's gameplay incorporates...
It focuses on a protagonist, controlled by the player, as he travels on a quest that constitutes the central focus of the game. A player begins by setting the values of his or her character's strength, perception, endurance, charisma, intelligence, agility and luck, and selecting "traits,"...
It has a new level 40 experience limit, new high-level monsters, and new items. It has a new dungeon, Watcher's Keep, which can be accessed from both the original Shadows of Amn game and the Throne of Bhaal campaign. Only when the PC kills off The Five and uncovers his own power is the truth revealed:...
It is the sequel to Baldur's Gate , and was released for Microsoft Windows in September 2000. Baldur's Gate II opens shortly after the events of Baldur's Gate and continues the story of the protagonist, Gorion's Ward, whose unique heritage has now gained them the attention of Jon Irenicus. Besides adding...
