A classic D&D RPG that never got an official remaster now has its enhanced edition thanks to fans

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A team of modders has just released Icewind Dale 2: Enhanced Edition, a remastered version of the classic D&D RPG that offers modern quality-of-life features and a host of gameplay improvements that expand the original's content and cut back on some of its more tedious elements.

Developed over the course of years by a group of fans called the Red Chimera Group, Icewind Dale 2: Enhanced Edition, which you can download at that link, is a mod that slots right over an install of the original game. At its most basic, EE  implements widescreen support, smoother screen scrolling, a quickloot option, and reduced loading times to make everything feel a bit more modern.

But if you want more substantial gameplay tweaks, you can optionally choose to install a veritable trove of additional content. As the mod team explains, this release "introduces more than 110 completely new spells, 170 new magic items and 30 new feats, and allows several of IWD2's NPCs to join the party," on top of hundreds of general changes to existing spells and items.

"This mod also fixes the major issues many players had with the original Icewind Dale 2," the devs explain. "You no longer have to solve tedious, cryptic puzzles to complete certain areas, enemies in Heart of Fury Mode are empowered in interesting ways rather than just having lots of HP, and you can revise the experience system so you won't get zero experience for killing enemies late in the game."

The original version of Icewind Dale 2 was released in 2002 as the final D&D game built in the Infinity Engine. Like the first Icewind Dale, it offered more combat-focused gameplay compared to the story-driven adventures of the Baldur's Gate games, but unlike any previous Infinity Engine title, it was