Icewind Dale VS Baldur's Gate

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#1 ONLYDOD
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#2 Angurvadal_88
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I THOROUGHLY enjoyed both, but Baldur's Gate easily gets the win for me, due to more enthralling story, characters and general environments really :) That's just off the top of my head. Naturally, Icewind Dale was still kickass though (mainly because being based on the same engine as BG).
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#3 PC360Wii
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Baldurs Gate by a mile, in pretty much most aspects.
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I voted 'Other' here, because I don't really think that they can be fairly compared.

The IWD games are enjoyable RPGs with an emphasis on dungeon crawling and strategic combat. The BG games are more free-roaming & story driven RPGs with an emphasis on, uh, grand adventuring?

Basically, both series attempted different things, and they both pulled them off quite well.
I don't see the point in arguing that "BG is better because it has a better storyline" or whatever, because storytelling wasn't really the point of the IWD games.

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#5 babyblue2525
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definitely Baldur's Gate
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#6 thusaha
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Baldur's Gate.
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#7 vash47
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Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale was too much hack n' slash for my taste.
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#8 Valkyrie_44
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I voted other just like Planeforger both titles in their own right are excellent.

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#9 VinnoT
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I voted Baldurs gate.
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#10 Nocturnal_Speed
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Baldur's Gate is pretty fun so far, but haven't played it for some time now.

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"Butt-kicking for goodness!"
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#12 Angurvadal_88
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"Butt-kicking for goodness!"dos4gw82

"Go for the eyes Boo! GO FOR THE EYES!!! ARRGHHH!!"

The best game EVER made :)

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#13 Angurvadal_88
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I voted 'Other' here, because I don't really think that they can be fairly compared.

The IWD games are enjoyable RPGs with an emphasis on dungeon crawling and strategic combat. The BG games are more free-roaming & story driven RPGs with an emphasis on, uh, grand adventuring?

Basically, both series attempted different things, and they both pulled them off quite well.
I don't see the point in arguing that "BG is better because it has a better storyline" or whatever, because storytelling wasn't really the point of the IWD games.

Planeforger

Yeah, fully agreed mate, I enjoyed Icewind Dale exactly for that purpose; exploring dungeons and other environments for that lovely loot. A new shiny magical longsword for my main character? Yes please! I mean, even the story I didn't have a problem with at all - I enjoyed it actually - it's just that I enjoyed BG's story more (for the reasons you've stated).

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#14 gozalo
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BG.
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#15 Gammit10
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Definitely the Baldur's Gate series. Story > Hack n' Slash
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#16 zebruter
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definitely the BG series. i thought ID2 was better than the first, but neither can quite compare with BG...

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#17 book-wyrm
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Icewind Dale i'd say, i know sacrilege right? but I always found it more addicting I always get the itch to play it again.
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#18 shakmaster13
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Baldurs Gate2+ToB>Icewind Dale 2(D&D 3rd edition rules ftw)> Icewind Dale> Baldurs Gate for me.

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holy thread resurrection
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#20 Jinroh_basic
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the first IWD was good but not great, andi actually like IWD2 better than both Baldur's Gate games. imo, 3rd edition DnD > 2nd edition, not to mention the game is already outstanding in itself. action packed and extremely well-paced, it's an absolute blast from start to finish.

as a sidenote... please refrain from reviving necro thread.