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"Baulders Gate - Dark Alliance"

I originally sold my GC about 8 months ago but ive since bought one again, in the time i didnt own a Qube i lost track totally on all things in the console world so can someone answer the following question please?

Is Baulders Gate - Dark Alliance out on GC UK/Pal?

What are your opinions on the game?

Thanks :)

I originally sold my GC about 8 months ago but ive since bought one again, in the time i didnt own a Qube i lost track totally on all things in the console world so can someone answer the following question please?

Is Baulders Gate - Dark Alliance out on GC UK/Pal?

What are your opinions on the game?

Thanks :)

Yes.

Played the PS2 version, it's very good as a hack 'em up. It's repetitive though.

Excellent thankyou, have you any rough idea it was released please?

Also i played the Baulders Gate series on PC and loved every minute of it... is it in a similar style to the PC vesions or have they (Black Isle) changed things around?

Hell no.


It's a rubbish no brainer button basher.
You'd have a better time playing crotch hockey with a whisk.

rabid wrote:
> Excellent thankyou, have you any rough idea it was released please?
>
> Also i played the Baulders Gate series on PC and loved every minute
> of it... is it in a similar style to the PC vesions or have they
> (Black Isle) changed things around?

Released for a few months now, I'm sure it's still available online...

Well, it's quite different - instead of clicking your character to the destination, you control him directly. Also, you're on your own throughout the quest, unlike BG2 where you were just one of a aprty. Lastly, there are a LOT less spells on hand, and the dwarf can't even use them.

Great game. Read my review: it explains how long the game can potentially last before it is completely finished..

Thankyou, i'll do just that.

Thanks to everyone else too for your replies :)

I loved Baldur's Gate on the PS2. (And I think my review of it was the first time I won GAD, hoorah.) It doesn't require much brainpower, but it's incredibly involving and compulsive. It looks gorgeous too, probably one of my favourite titles looks wise. I haven't done everything there is to do in the game, but the main campaign is long enough to keep you amused for ages. Highly reccommended.

There's also a sequel on the way, but I'm not sure what formats it's coming out on and when.

Isn't it like a poor mans diablo?

It's like Diablo but without the poor 'point and click' interface.

It's Diablo evolved.

Apparently you can import your characters into the sequel, I think the starting characters in the second game might be of higher levels but they'll probably start at level 1 and if you import a previous character you'll just have an easier time of it.

On a further note I found starting the two-player on Normal difficulty far too hard once we reached the '2nd boss' (no spoilers you see) in the first chapter.

I have worked out how the 2 player is meant to be played.

Either: with imported characters from two single player games who can handle themselves and don't need too much experience

Or: Go through the two player game on easy, then import the developed characters into a new game set on the 'normal difficulty' setting. Once you've done that I guess you move to the 'hard difficulty' setting.

This seems like the only way to do it as starting a two player game with two fresh characters becomes way too hard after a while.