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Written by  :  Sycada (177)
Written on  :  Jul 30, 2001
Platform  :  Windows
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Summary

One for the D&D crowd.

The Good

The game is very epic. Loads of places to go and things to do. The presentation is of a high quality and the whole game is very polished.

The Bad

I really wanted to like this game. There seems like so much worth liking about it but I just can't stand the whole gameplay approach. Very much in the vein of the d&d style game which means that anyone who doesn't want to have battles that take forever to fight and immense levels of stat management will probably be bored stupid in the first 15 minutes. The games pace is so slow that it almost goes backwards. The characters also drove me nuts. I couldn't stand them, they were so annoying.

The Bottom Line

A very polished and well made game but be warned. Those who are into the whole ad&d thing will probably love every second of it. Those who aren't will probably want to take it back to the shop after half an hour and get Diablo II instead.



Merchant Title Platform Price  
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Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn Windows $19.99  
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Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn    
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