I have BG 1 and 2 on GOG, but not the enhanced editions.

Should i get Icewind Dalle, ID:EH or BG:EH?

If you have never played IWD before, then I strongly suggest you gain your first experience via IWD original. You can always move on to the enhanced editions afterwards.

You're perfectly fine with the original editions of these games. Less bugs and more mods to choose from, plus the price.

Icewind Dale is a great game and well worth playing, so I would recommend either the original IWD or its enhanced edition because you already have BG1. I don't really have a preference as to the edition, but the original is, well, classic! That's what I would choose.

However, I will say that I introduced a good friend and BG2 enthusiast to the original IWD some years ago, hoping to get him to do some multiplayer with me. He was so used to the BG2 kits & classes that he just couldn't bring himself to play it. So, if you cannot break away from BG2's kits, then the enhanced IWD is the way to go.

It's also important to note that IWD is much more combat centric game, whereas BG2 has a lot more story and quests where it's not all about dungeon crawling.

Actually, minus the fetch quests, the quests in BG are mostly dungeon crawls. IWD just has a lot more of it.

As for the OPs question, I say get the original IWD but that's because I'm partisan to the classic versions and don't agree with the price tag of the EE editions.

But most of them aren't as long. IWD is basically just one dungeon after another. Mind you, as someone who isn't into dungeon crawling, I find those in IWD to be very good. Also agree about IWD: EE. It's got nice kits from BG2 but they are hardly worth the price of admission.

A'ight, i havent quite made a decision yet, but it looks like IWD's the most recomended.

What does the enhanced edition of those games actually add? I mean i expect there'll be some more resolutions and stuff for modern machines, but besides that, what's new in the EEs?

It adds class kits from BG2. Think Prestige Classes from D&D 3rd edition and onwards. For instance, Thief can be Assassin, Shadowdancer, Bounty Hunter or Swashbuckler. Only difference is that you don't need to meet any prerequisites. Instead you choose them during character creation or just stick with the base class.

What is the point of these kits, you might ask? Well, unlike the base class, they have a specialization in certain skills of the base class and get some kit specific skills and/or spells. To balance things out, they aren't as good in other areas. For instance, Assassin gets x7 sneak attack multiplier, whereas your basic Thief can only reach x5 multiplier. On top of that, this kit can poison his or her weapons. On the disadvantage side, Assassin can't put many points into thieving skills.

Besides this, game has overhauled UI, optimized for modern widescreen resolutions, which the game supports out of the box. They've also reintroduced some content which was cut from the original. Basically Unfinished Business mod for IWD. That's it for content additions.

If you don't mind some modding and fiddling, I would recommend going with classic IWD Complete. On the other hand, if you just want to install and play, go with IWD: EE. Personally, while the kits are nice and modern PC optimization is welcome, it's really not worth $20.

Thing is, those prestige classes are mostly a gimmick in IWD. In BG2, they made sense as you could only customize your main character whereas in IWD, you customize the whole party. Not sure if the class kits are exactly the same but if they are, keep the following in mind.

The avenger druid gets max STR and CON reduced by two but they get 3 mage spells? You'll be customizing a spell slinger who will get those three spells anyway so what's the point in this crappy class?

The skald sacrifices some bard abilities for better fighting capability. In other words, a class that does 2 jobs badly, what's the point of this class?

The assassin can envenom their weapons........too bad IWD is filled with undead and constructs that are immune to poison. Consider the amount of enemies you face in IWD, backstabbing then getting surrounded is a really dumb idea.

The paladin kit that gets a bonus against demons? How many demons are in the game? If you don't dawdle, there are a grand total of 5 demons. 5!!!! The end boss, the two cornugons that accompany him and two glabrezu in TOTLM (more if you dawdle and let the summoners spawn more of them). Great kit............NOT!!!!

The wizard slayer is another garbage kit as there aren't many spell casters in the game anyways. At least there's more than 5 though.

The beastmaster will be in a real sorry state as they can't use any metal weapons. Problem is, the staff Conlan sells is the best staff in the game and you don't get any good clubs until HOW (unless EE adds new clubs and staves).

There are more but if these kits were tweaked for IWD, I'll take back what I said. If they just cut and pasted them in IWD, then most ain't gonna be useful. When you can customize the entire party, you should be making a party based on their strengths and making them compliment each other and a lot of these kits remove certain class strengths and replaced them with gimmicks.

Still, the sorceror, archer, barb and berserker are good for IWD but they ain't worth the cost of the EE edition.