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Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II
Using the 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons rules set, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II features four new acts of hack-and-slash combat and powerful spell casting. Even more monster types will engage in real-time battles using the same overhead perspective as witnessed in the original game. Each selected character can parlay the experience gained from ...
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- Released
- January 19, 2004
- Developer
- Black Isle Studios
- Publisher
- Acclaim Entertainment, Interplay Entertainment
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Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II Reviews
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There is a really solid experience to find here as long as your expectations are tempered. Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance 2 has such solid gameplay and player options that it is no wonder it is as revered to this day as it is. Unfortunately, some shoddy aspects of the re-release drag it down.
The anticipated sequel has arrived. Embark on a new adventure in Baldur's Gate and brave terrible dangers in search of fortune, glory, and power. Face a multitude of sinister enemies while traveling through many spectacular environments in this action-packed fantasy game. Rid the lands of chaos, mastering skills, spells, and deadly weapons … the fate of thousands hangs in the balance.
Dark Alliance II is an excellent way to spend some time and a game that, in its vinyl vintage years, continues to be entertaining for reasons beyond nostalgia. If you’re looking for a “Diablo-like” with some interesting level design, a streamlined and efficient approach to questing, and some great water effects (seriously), then you’ll get a good run out of this one.
Grab a friend and revisit a classic action RPG.
Originally released in 2004, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II just made its debut on Nintendo devices. And although the nostalgia is there, I'm sure I would've enjoyed the game more if I'd been able to play it in the early aughts.Read More
More and more old-school RPGs are being remastered, and the shuttered Black Isle Studio’s last-ever published game Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance II is the most recent to get a glow-up. The hack-and-slash action RPG hit launched January 2004 on PS2 and Xbox following the very successful first entry Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance from 2001. Now, thanks to Square One Games and publisher Interplay, Dark Alliance II has been remastered and re-released for PC and consoles including the PlayStati...
It’s been eighteen years since the original release of Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance II. Not only is this obvious from looking at it, but being set in the Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition version of Forgotten Realms dates it even further, being the most recent edition at the time. Baldur’s Gate garnered a lot of love in its time, with the series slowing down drastically after the original release of Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance II, while fans wait for the upcoming Baldur’s Gate III.
Featuring little in the ways of improvements with only the base resolution and framerate changing, and lots in the ways of game-breaking bugs, it’s impossible to recommend this $30 broken mess of a game at launch. Once things are patched up and hopefully working better it might be some couch co-op fun, though only on a deep sale. Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance II’s “remaster” is a major disappointment.