 In addition, a much larger section of Icewind Dale is explorable than in the previous games.The game was praised by many critics for its pacing, music, numerous improvements over the original game and its expansions, although most found fault with the game's graphics, which consisted of sprite characters and 2d prerendered backgrounds, and were considerably less impressive than those of other CRPGs released that year, such as "Neverwinter Nights" and "".Regardless, "Icewind Dale II" achieved mostly positive reviews.