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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 :)

Hedfix wrote:

> It's the Evil Orb fight that we can't get past. Too many undead.

That is a tough one. It took me a few tries to. If you have a older save game, import your newest charcters into the older games save and re-do some of the game to level up.

(Also do this with the evil orb. It gives you tonnes of experiance and equipment, so make sure to re-do it lots of times).

You wouldn't have an Ogre. He's my boyfriend.

Rosalind wrote:
> I played it through on 2 player with The Ogre, on normal difficulty.

Ogre? I haven't got that. Damn.

> It is fairly hard to begin with, but its much better fun than playing
> alone, and it is definitly do-able, as long as stock up on potions.

It's the Evil Orb fight that we can't get past. Too many undead.

> Don't forget if one of you dies the other can run to a save point,
> and their partner is magically resurected.

Not in this Boss battle though. The way to the resurect point is blocked when the battle starts. :(

I played it through on 2 player with The Ogre, on normal difficulty. It is fairly hard to begin with, but its much better fun than playing alone, and it is definitly do-able, as long as stock up on potions. Don't forget if one of you dies the other can run to a save point, and their partner is magically resurected.

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.

Isn't it like a poor mans diablo?

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.

Thankyou, i'll do just that.

Thanks to everyone else too for your replies :)

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

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.