Windows

Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn

Description

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.

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

Part of the Following Groups

• Baldur's Gate series
• D&D / AD&D licensees
• Forgotten Realms world
• Games featuring auto-mapping
• Games made into books
• Graphics Engine: Infinity Engine

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User Reviews

A milestone, if not the pinnacle, of CRPGs.	Zovni (9141)
Go for the eyes Boo, go for the eyes!	Unicorn B. Lynx (60371)
Throw away all your presumptions and play this game!	kbmb (399)
A Great Sequel!	AstroNerdBoy (40)
Splendid game! But not as good, as BG1.	Ajan (260)
An awesome game, even for complete newbies to D&D like me	EazyCheeze (25)
An excellent conversion of the classic pen & paper game.	El-ad Amir (111)
It improves on the original, but loses something in the translation	Cyric (50)	unrated
Nice story, some questionable game mechanics	SharkD (313)
It doesn't get much better than this.	Horny-Bullant (59)	unrated

The Press Says

Game industry News (GiN)	2001		100
FileFactory Games / Gameworld Network	May 04, 2002	98 out of 100	98
Game Informer Magazine	Nov, 2000	9.5 out of 10	95
FiringSquad	Oct 02, 2000	93 out of 100	93
Pelit	Oct, 2000	92 out of 100	92
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Oct, 2000	92 out of 100	92
GameStar (Germany)	Oct, 2000	91 out of 100	91
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Oct 13, 2000	9 out of 10	90
RPGamer	2001	9 out of 10	90
GamersHell.com	Feb 10, 2000	8 out of 10	80

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Trivia

In the Bridge district of Athkatla, on the third floor of an inn in the western part, you can find a picture of Elvis on the wall!