Great improvement from Baldur's Gate. The sounds and music are fantastic although many areas were too quiet at times and it would have been better had there been more background noise or music.The game contains so much more action than BG and players should enjoy the times when they are not in an overwhelming battle! SAVE YOUR GAME OFTEN! I found BG to be very long at times, wondering through the f.o.w. for nothing and accomplishing nothing. IWD is so much more. The creatures are much more fun to watch (and slay!) and level advancement is quick. You'll actually get to make use of your mage! Plus, the spells are excellent although I found myself using many of the more popular spells (magic missile, fireball, etc.) than some of the mind control or confusion spells which tend to be irrelevent in large battles or against powerful creatures.
The graphics are brilliant and beautiful and they make you feel like you are in a fantasy setting at ALL times. Great attention to detail.
Group movement is still "buggy" but MUCH improved from BG. Characters "push" other characters out of the way (depending on the surroundings) to get to their position in the party formations.
The greatest feature of the game is the ability to create your entire party the way you like them. You could have 6 mages, or 3 theives and 3 clerics, or a juggernaut line of 6 fighters!
I was a little concerned about the amount of game play with IWD but I have been VERY impressed thus far. Every time I've thought I was close to the end of the game there was plenty more to do. I have not yet finished the game and I've been playing it roughly 2-3 hours a day for over 2 weeks now (including weekends). Despite how powerful your characters are (mine are all 11th level or above) you will be faced with good puzzles and ever increasingly fierce creatures which will test your battle skills and AD&D abilities to the limit.
A definite buy!
Verdict: 90/100
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