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Baldur's Gate 2: Ultimate Collection (Shadows of Amn and Throne of Bhaal) Review (continued)
More User Submitted Baldur's Gate 2: Ultimate Collection (Shadows of Amn and Throne of Bhaal) Reviews
Date: 2008-02-23
Incredible Value for Great RPG!!
If you have not played this title and are a D&D fan, or even just an RPG fan, I would highly recommend adding this title to your collection. I purchased this game for around $[...] for the entire game WITH the expansion. Even though the graphics are starting to show some age, there is far more to this game to make it a wonderful experience overall and for that kind of price you really shouldn't have to think twice about it. This game is huge, has top notch sound and a deep immersive story. There is easily a few hundred hours of gameplay here for most people, after all this is, and probably always will be, one of the largest games ever developed by Bioware. If you have ever played Baldur's Gate 1, you will notice a lot of improvements in almost every aspect and it supports importing characters from BG1. However, it isn't in any way nessesary to have played BG1. The only regret I have with purchasing this game, is that I didn't do it years ago, but either way im sure I will be ejoying this game for a long time to come. Not only does this game have a lot of replay value, but there is also still a large online community for it, and a lot of mods and addins. Overall, this is one game that I am glad, I didn't let slip past me.
Date: 2007-12-24
What else can be said?
Yes, the graphics are dated. Yes, the style isn't as fancy as today's over-the-top crpgs. But the gameplay in Baldur's Gate II is second to none. And in the end, the gameplay is what makes a game fun. This is the kind of game where you'll suddenly discover that it's 3 o'clock in the morning, and you've been playing for seven hours straight (or worse). The storyline is awesome, the NPC's are incredibly well done, and the atmosphere is so superb, you almost feel like your living through the main character's trials.
If you're new to computer gaming, and you're curious about some of the older classics ... then START RIGHT HERE. This is the game. In addition, the Throne of Bhall expansion pack complements the main game perfectly. If you're trying to decide whether to purchase this one ... . decide no longer. Get it! I promise you won't regret it.
Date: 2007-10-24
THIS GAME IS AWSOME!
ok forget what you hear people say about the graphics if you call these dated then you might as well never look at a drawing or peice of art work again. as ALL the graphics were hand drawn before being implemented into the game engine sure they are not the lastest 3d graphics , but to this day I would say they are still very very impressive graphics.
aside from graphics this si one of teh best playing games of all time with over 200+ hours of things to do , and a well developed story that developed the characters better than any modern game has to date. i don't think FF even holds a candle to this game series. and teh second game is the best in the series. on thing this game offers that just lacks intodays RPG's is romances, in this game the romances are far better developed and involving than any other game i ahve ever seen. the opnly down side is they only offer one romance character for girl players whil ethey offer about 3-4 girls for guy players . other than taht all the romances are well done. one other thign this game has done better than any sucessors is it offers the most pen adn paper like dnd experience avaible with up to 6 characters that can be in your party at once, and over 15 availble characters to meet and add to your 6 man party the game really get's you into the story and gets you to feeling for teh cahrs like no other game i have played.
las but not least the game as a realatively easy to navigayte interface compared to other rpg's of it's time, and it's itner face influenced many modern rpg's such as neverwinter nights and the Temple of elemental evil. if youc ang et this game do so you wont be disapointed especially fi youa re a fan of dnd based rpg's this is one of the best !
Date: 2007-10-18
Life changing!
Lets start off by saying that I'm NOT a fan of computer games. Usually that is. Before I played Baldurs Gate I had never really been into anything other than nintendo and that was when I was 10. Then one day I saw a friend of mine playing BG at his house and I did show a tiny bit of interest because he told me it had this "middle ages" feel to it. Then I thought nothing of it. But one day he came to my house with the game and literally forced me to install it on my own computer and I did, and well, a few days later I had stopped calling my friends and stopped going out on weekends. This was just a few weeks before BG:2 Shadows of Amns came out and my boyfriend bought it for me almost immediatly.
Well, as much as I had loved BG and let my life revolve around it, the fact was that SoA had even more of an effect on my life. When I started playing it I dropped out of school, talked about nothing else and well, turned into this weird recluse that no-one wanted to be around anyway. But it was worth it! SoA gave me the best time of my life, lol. I have a collage degree now but it took me longer to get it thanks to BG. And I'm fine with that. SoA is without a doubt the best game of all time. It is magical. I don't care about graphics and such stuff, all I care about is the storyline and the charachter and BG is definitly better than any book you could possibly read (and I've read thousands so I know what I'm saying here). Since I finished it I have played most of the Black Isle games too and I love them all but this one is the best - I just bought BG and SoA again since I was always lending mine (trying to get people to play them, and some just didn't want to give them back) and I guess after 8 years it will be wonderful to live this adventure again!
Date: 2007-10-11
WHEN cRPGs TOUCHED THE SKY...
This was the LONGEST the MOST FUN game I have ever played! And, mind you, I am not an easy customer (feel free to browse through my reviews, you will see what I mean...)
The original BG series was excellent in all of storyline, gameplay, music and stability. Now, nowadays, sequels usually mean a graphically-improved expansion (at best). BG2 is a rare exception of the sequel clearly SURPASSING the original. And in the case of such great original, this means a lot!
Words fail to describe the perfect harmony of brilliant ideas, emerging story-line and detailed coding that makes this game an unsurpassable classic! This COLLECTION contains all the sequels, patched with the latest fixes. Do not let the slightly outdated graphics discourage you. They were cutting edge only some years ago - and you will be able to unleash their full potential even on mid-range PCs!
I have yet to meet anyone who has played it and not raved about it! Hard-core D&D funs will find the character building, fighting checks and balances and overall experience very close to the actual pen-&-paper games.
Casual computer gamers will notice none of the tedious stuff of other cRPGs as the gameplay runs smooth and beautifully.
You even have the choice to turn it into either a turn-based or an action game by tweaking the auto-pause options! I am telling you: this is how computers games should be!
You will let yourself get lost in the deep dungeons of the labyrinthic story; you will be laughing out loud to the humorous dialog; you will be surprised as to who is a double and triple-agent.
There is an evil beyond imagining unleashed and only you with your party can stand in its way.
Party members offer a multitude of unpredictable balancing points and diverging story-lines of their own: side quests, conflicts and love affairs enrich the story in so many original ways!
An unsurpassed classic!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
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