- Mass Market Paperback: 245 pages
- Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (30 Sep 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0786915692
- ISBN-13: 978-0786915699
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.7 x 1.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 369,701 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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As the followers of Bhaal gather strength and numbers, Abdel and his friends work to prevent them resurrecting their God and gather for a confrontation on the Sword Coast. Original.
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Late in the summer of the Year of the Banner, Abdel Adrian, son of the God of Murder, returned to Candle-keep a hero. Read the first page
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Barcode: 9780786915699
When i was younger i played on Baldur's Gate 2 for hours on end, it was a truly great game and it's story was one of the major parts of its appeal. I bought this book hoping it'd be more of the same but i was sadly disapointed.
In truth, it was kinda to be expected - all kinds of movie and game tie ins like this are almost always terrible but this reaches a real low. There's only the slightest references to the events of the game and the characters bear little resemblance to what they are like in the game. The plot is awful and filled with unnescarily copious amounts of sex and violence which comes across as cheap and tacky. I don't think i even finished reading the book, it was that bad.
When i was younger i played on Baldur's Gate 2 for hours on end, it was a truly great game and it's story was one of the major parts of its appeal. I bought this book hoping it'd be more of the same but i was sadly disapointed.
In truth, it was kinda to be expected - all kinds of movie and game tie ins like this are almost always terrible but this reaches a real low. There's only the slightest references to the events of the game and the characters bear little resemblance to what they are like in the game. The plot is awful and filled with unnescarily copious amounts of sex and violence which comes across as cheap and tacky. I don't think i even finished reading the book, it was that bad.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this book to get some of the back-story to Baldur's Gate, in much the same way the first book was to the first game. And boy was I disappointed.
The first book followed the story of the game very closely, including a lot of the characters that appeared in the game. This book was nothing like that. I understand that when transferring a story from one medium to another (a game to a book, for example) that some poetic licence has to be exercised, but this book takes great liberties with the characters from the game, and the events that take place in it. From the outset the book deviates from the game's story line, and it doesn't get any better from there: some of the series' favourite characters have been butchered and hacked about to fit this oddly shallow, unfulfilling and altogether lacklustre version of the game's story, which is sadly nothing like the game's story.
The first book followed the story of the game very closely, including a lot of the characters that appeared in the game. This book was nothing like that. I understand that when transferring a story from one medium to another (a game to a book, for example) that some poetic licence has to be exercised, but this book takes great liberties with the characters from the game, and the events that take place in it. From the outset the book deviates from the game's story line, and it doesn't get any better from there: some of the series' favourite characters have been butchered and hacked about to fit this oddly shallow, unfulfilling and altogether lacklustre version of the game's story, which is sadly nothing like the game's story.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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After being hooked first on bg1, then bg2, i had hoped that this book would offer more in-depth comparasons to the game...but alas... i was very disappointed at this read. Gave the book the cursory read, but it is my opinion that you would get more enjoyment from your own imagination whilst dreaming after playing the pc game than this book would ever give.
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What a mess!
This bears only cursory resemblance to the game, and some of the leading NPC's are mentioned or used at times. Read more
Published on 23 July 2006 by Mr. J. L. Silk
Horrific!
I'm still playing the game and I'm extremely keen on fantasy novels. This is the reason why I decided to buy that book and also the Throne of Bhaal follow up. Read more
Published on 14 July 2006 by Ms. SH MOMBER
Quite good
I quite enjoyed this book, after playing the game over a few times I found this book in a store and decided to see what it was like. Read more
Published on 6 Aug 2005 by "emperortuna"
Novel but not walkthrough
If you buy this book as a walkthrough for this game, then you will be disappointed. If you buy it for the story behind the game then do not hestitate.
Published on 27 Dec 2000 by eric.deschuyter@pandora.be
well.........
Well....this was...overall a good book, but I really felt P. Athans should have developped his character profiles a little more. Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2000
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