by Benjamin Fitzgerald Developer: Black Isle Publisher: Interplay Release Date: August 27, 2002 Genre: Role-playing Mode: Single-player, multi-player Rating: T for Teen Icewind Dale II – The Story Begins Twenty years have passed since the intrepid adventurers from Hrothgar’s fated mission to Kuldahar ended the proxy war waged by infernal forces and defeated the demons […]
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Hall of Fame Review – Planescape: Torment (1999)
by Benjamin Fitzgerald Developer: Black Isle Publisher: Interplay Release Date: December 12, 1999 Genre: Role-playing Mode: Single-player Rating: T for Teen ***Before I begin, I would like to send a huge wave of praise to the amazing artists whose representations I have used in this review. They really helped bring a lot of […]
The Enduring Impact of the Infinity Engine
By Benjamin Fitzgerald Stop for a moment. Breathe it in. Imagine the possibilities. Revel in it. BioWare developed the Infinity Engine for a planned real-time strategy game that never came to fruition. Instead, they re-tooled the engine for isometric role-playing games and released Baldur’s Gate in 1998. Only five games were made with the Infinity […]