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Game Information
- Platform: PlayStation2
- PEGI Rating: Ages 12 and Over
- Media: Video Game
- Item Quantity: 1
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Product Features
- Five customizable characters
- Develop throughout the game
- Over 40 fast paced hack n’ slash levels to explore
- Hidden areas, secret characters & hundreds of items to discover
- Single and two-player cooperative modes
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Billed as the role-playing game for people that didn't like role-playing games, the original Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance was a surprise smash in 2003; now the sequel, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II, is here to carry on the good fight--almost literally, as the last game ended on a bit of cliff-hanger with our heroes being menaced by the vampire king Mordoc.
Despite the Baldur's Gate name Dark Alliance II, with its real-time combat and simplified stats and rules, is more Gauntlet (or Diablo if you're too young to recognise that reference) than the Baldur's Gate PC games. This is not to imply that it's a simplistic button-basher, though; the combat is highly involved, with different styles of melee, distance and magic attacks depending on which character you choose to control. When you're not fighting (which isn't often) you can take part in those other stalwart features of the RPG genre, shopping and levelling up--both of which are made as easy and interesting as possible.
If you're wondering what has changed or been improved for the sequel, the simple answer is not much. Even the graphics seem the same and the few gameplay features that have been altered are entirely minor. To be fair, though, there wasn't much wrong with the original. --David Jenkins
Product Description
Darkness gathers yet again in the sprawling port city of Baldur's Gate. Bloodthirsty bandits stalk the trade roads and a secret society of heartless assassins dominates the criminal underworld, abducting citizens on moonless nights and dragging them screaming into the darkness. The city's most recent saviours vanished along with the Onyx Tower and so, in heroic tradition, adventurers throughout the Western Heartlands make the journey to Baldur's Gate to meet their great and unknown fate.
Embark on a new adventure in Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II and brave terrible dangers in search of fortune, glory and power. Face a multitude of sinister enemies while travelling through many spectacular environments in this action-packed fantasy game. Rid the lands of chaos, mastering skills, spells and deadly weapon. The fate of thousands hangs in the balance.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Looking at the previous reviews I was very surprised. Being a big fan of the first dark alliance game, I bought this as soon as came out; I wasn't disappointed either. The fact is, it may not have the same intelligence as the Final Fantasy series, but it does what it was made to do, and it does it well. It IS a 'hack and slash' with many fantastic aspects, such as; more characters, more Magic and weapons, more levels and enemies and much more attention to detail. With 5 characters holding different story lines that link together, this game will draw you in and keep you in for a long time.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Addictive from the very beginning, this game takes off from where Dark Alliance I finished. Quite basic in it's design and options (there's only one correct path to take, and limited character interraction and the game is not far off of a platform format) it grips you and keeps hold.
Starting with elementary weapons and without armour, your chosen character enters a stage where accomplished missions and slain baddies earn you experience and gold. Experience is traded for new personal skills and gold is traded for weapons and armour upgrades for when your soft skills won't work with an enemy.
Naturally this game has it's ultimate mission, as with the 1st Baldur's Gate, to kill the tough guy at the end, but with better graphics, more complex characters, it just adds more onto the first attempt by Acclaim. Baldur's Gate II is addictive mostly by the willingness to buy that next weapons upgrade to see the damage and to see what the higher spell will do when you've gained that bit more experience from seeing to another enemy.
The limited interraction, and single method of winning, are only slight disadvantages to what is game to be enjoyed by all ages.
Why are 30 year olds like us writing reviews, and wishing secretly for a further improved 3rd game to come out in the future? I'll have to get back to Dungeons and Dragons on the board and playing with my Rubik's cube while I wait.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
This is the sequel to Bladurs Gate Dark Alliance on the PS2, so it follows the plot of the first game and should be bought as a continuation or expansion to the first game.
In comparison to Dark Alliance 1 it is an improvement over the first game in terms of player options, replayability and difficulty, it is slightly harder than the first game, but it is balanced more towards two player gameplay.
The graphics are the same as the first game and are one of it's major selling points, but they aren't an improvement.
The plot is still a strong point although not an essential part of the game because it's just a hack and slash game, but there are more sidequests than the first game and the dungeons look as good as the first and are as well mapped.
It is a definate purchase for casual gamers and rpg fans even with other rpg's on the market, like Champions of Norrath, because there are five characters, many weapon options and two player playability meaning hundreds of hours of gameplay, even if you are playing the same game over multiple times. It is also refreshing to play a game like this on the PS2 which is home to many generic turn based roleplaying games like Final Fantasy, that haven't lived up to their psone prequels. It is also good that the PS2 has games like this when the xbox has games like Morrowind and Fable. Dark Alliance 2 doesnt have their depth of gameplay but it is in the same vein.
If BGDA2 has one weakness it's that it has weaker boss battles, but overall the game feels alot more polished than the first game so it doesnt matter.
It is a must buy game for casual gamers looking for a "gauntlet" like multiplayer hack and slash arcade game with alot of replayability and for fans of diablo and baldurs gate games.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Another hit
well made rpg game with hours of fun.
sadly there isn't any Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance III made after that.
sadly there isn't any Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance III made after that.
Published 21 months ago by shepherdboy
A great sequel a shame it's the end.
This series is developing nicely we now have 5 new characters to choose from and a further two to unlock. Read more
Published on 16 April 2007 by Matt GB
A great sequel - long awaited
I missed this when it came first, then it went out of production for some months before being released, was it worth the wait and searching - YES. Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2007 by Andrew Johnson
A button-bashers paridise...
I myself have been a long time fan of the old pc series of baldur's gate, tales of the sword coast, shadows of amn and throne of bhaal. Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2006 by Mr. J. D. Febry
Borrrriiinnnngggg
when I got this game I expected something special from the guys of baldurs gate in-depth story line and loads of NPC's to interact with, but the newest game of the baldurs gate... Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2004 by "mojo_the_monkey"
Show me the variety!
As a veteran of paper-based RPG games (now retired due to having to get a real job), I've always felt that attempts to convert them into computer (and especially console) games are... Read more
Published on 21 Sep 2004 by Mr. P. P. Stebbing
A great game
This game is not as brilliant and original as the first dark alliance game. On this one you can select more characters. From a vampiric necromencer to a holy female knight. Read more
Published on 19 May 2004 by Michael Cawdrey
Amazing Co-op
The 4 stars i have given this game are solely for the 2 player levels. If you are playing solo, you can do much better, but for a couple of geeks, the co-operative play is RPG... Read more
Published on 9 May 2004 by "nikeolls"
4.5 stars
A fantastic game, as was the first.
Expect more of the same initially, but about 4 hours in to the game you start to notice how much they've improved the game. Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2004 by rodders81
WOW
I don't know what to say, except WOW.
If there's a magical game out there, it's no doubt in my mind that this is it. Read more
If there's a magical game out there, it's no doubt in my mind that this is it. Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2004 by "adept10"
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