Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter (2001)
Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter is a 2001 role-playing (rpg) video game made by Black Isle Studios and Interplay Entertainment.
North of Baldur's Gate, past Neverwinter, the wind off the Sea of Moving Ice cuts through everything. Heart of Winter is an expansion to Icewind Dale that pushes a hardened party deeper into the frozen Forgotten Realms, where dangers are blunter and the cold registers as a presence in its own right. Built on Bioware's Infinity Engine with AD&D rules, the expansion adds new spells, items, and enemies on top of an already demanding base game without softening the difficulty. Players who finished Icewind Dale will find the stakes raised and the temperature lower.
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What is Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter about?
North of Baldur's Gate, past Neverwinter, the wind off the Sea of Moving Ice cuts through everything. Heart of Winter is an expansion to Icewind Dale that pushes a hardened party deeper into the frozen Forgotten Realms, where dangers are blunter and the cold registers as a presence in its own right. Built on Bioware's Infinity Engine with AD&D rules, the expansion adds new spells, items, and enemies on top of an already demanding base game without softening the difficulty. Players who finished Icewind Dale will find the stakes raised and the temperature lower.
When was Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter released?
Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter was released on 21 February 2001.
Who made Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter?
Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter was made by Black Isle Studios and Interplay Entertainment.
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