Baldur's Gate 2 is a party-based roleplaying game using the AD&D rules.

Welcome to the beautiful land of Amn, where the sun always shines and evil mages grow and prosper. One of these is the powerful sorcerer Irenicus, who takes delight in studying mortal offspring of the gods -- such as you. Remember Baldur's Gate 1? You've been revealed to be a child of Bhaal (aka Lord of Terror, Bringer of Destruction, and so on), and your battle against the evil side of your soul is the main theme in Baldur's Gate 2. At your side: The well-known companions Imoen, Jaheira and Minsc (and his hamster Boo, of course) as well as a score of new potential party members. All in all, there are 16 NPCs to join you on your journey; however, your party consists of a maximum of 6 characters.

As in Baldur's Gate 2, the frequent battles are real-time, but can be paused at any time with the space key. You may then think over tactical decisions, issue new orders or chose a spell. There's plenty of those: With over 300 magical formulae, the repertoire has almost tripled since Badur's Gate. Upon character creation, you can chose three new classes (sorcerer, monk, barbarian) and a lot of new specializations for the already existing classes; a paladin can become a dragon slayer or an inquisitor, for example. The weapon categories have been split up; instead of specializing in blades, you now have to chose between long swords, two-handed swords, bastard swords, katanas and scimitars. All in all, there are 20 weapon categories and 4 fighting skills like “two weapons”.

The backgrounds may now be viewed in the resolution of 800x600 pixels, as well as the old 640x480. The game also supports 3D accelerators for improved lighting effects.

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Alternate Titles

"柏德之門II安姆疑雲" -- Chinese Title (Tradition)
"博德之门2：安姆的阴影" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
"Bode zhi Men 2: Anmu de Yinying" -- Chinese Title
"BG2" -- Abbreviated Title
"Baldur's Gate II: Schatten von Amn" -- German Title
"Baldur's Gate II: Cienie Amn" -- Polish Title

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User Reviews

A milestone, if not the pinnacle, of CRPGs.	Windows	Zovni (9114)
Go for the eyes Boo, go for the eyes!	Windows	Unicorn B. Lynx (53162)
Throw away all your presumptions and play this game!	Windows	kbmb (400)
A Great Sequel!	Windows	AstroNerdBoy (40)
Splendid game! But not as good, as BG1.	Windows	Ajan (262)
An awesome game, even for complete newbies to D&D like me	Windows	EazyCheeze (25)
An excellent conversion of the classic pen & paper game.	Windows	El-ad Amir (111)
It improves on the original, but loses something in the translation	Windows	Cyric (50)
One for the D&D crowd.	Windows	Sycada (178)
It doesn't get much better than this.	Windows	Horny-Bullant (59)

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The Press Says

Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	Windows	Oct 06, 2000		100
AppleLinks.Com	Macintosh	Jan 08, 2002		100
GamesFirst!	Windows	2000		100
CyberJoy	Windows	Feb 06, 2001	5 out of 5	100
GameBoomers	Windows	2003	9.5 out of 10	95
Gry OnLine	Windows	Dec 18, 2000	93 out of 100	93
ComputerGamers.com	Windows	Oct 15, 2000	92 out of 100	92
GameSpy	Windows	Oct 03, 2000	92 out of 100	92
RPGFan	Windows	2000	91 out of 100	91
Game Over Online	Windows	Oct 24, 2000	90 out of 100	90