Icewind Dale 2000

Is it still worth playing?

Black Isle Studios' 2000 role playing game for Windows, set in the Forgotten Realms of Dungeons and Dragons, in the frozen northern region of Icewind Dale, with the 2nd edition rules. An adventuring party is enlisted as caravan guards in the wake of strange events and eventually discovers a plot that threatens the region. You build a party of up to six characters, creating new ones or importing them from a previous game, choosing each one's name, gender, race and class. The game computes the rules' intricacies automatically, tracking statistics and rolling dice. It focuses mainly on combat, often against large groups of enemies, with dialogue driving the story. Combat is real time, but you can pause at any time and give orders that are carried out when you resume. There is still room to plan every battle, with a party of six you build yourself and fights you can pause.