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Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II
Rating: 77.0
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Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II

Released: Jan 20, 2004
Series:
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
Genres:
Action Role-playing (RPG)
Themes:
Crafting & Gathering Fantasy Historical
Perspectives:
Bird view / Isometric Third person
Game Modes:
Co-operative Multiplayer Single player
Game Engines:
Snowblind engine

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Description from Steam STEAM

Unspeakable evil has returned to the legendary city of Baldur's Gate in this dungeon-crawling, action RPG fantasy classic. A call for adventurers echoes through the embattled land. Cunning warriors and bold magic users are desperately needed to reclaim Baldur's Gate from a dark sorcery that threatens all in its path. • Five new heroes with new class feats and abilities • Hack your way or cast powerful spells through over 80 perilous levels • Hidden areas, secret characters, and hundreds of items to discover, customize, and use • Forge unique magical weapons and armor to maximize the damage you inflict in battle • Conquer hordes of beasts and armies of Hobgoblins, Ghouls, Golems and dreaded Dragons • Compelling single or two-player cooperative modes of play

Description from IGDB IGDB

Using the 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons rules set, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II features four new acts of hack-and-slash combat and powerful spell casting. Even more monster types will engage in real-time battles using the same overhead perspective as witnessed in the original game. Each selected character can parlay the experience gained from combat into acquiring new feats and enhanced abilities over time. To help in battle, a new item creation system lets players craft magical weapons and armor using raw materials found during their travels. As before, two heroes can join the adventure in cooperative play on the same screen, with each character differing in the types of feats and powers under his or her command. Equipment can be found or purchased from local merchants using the gold looted from felled creatures or received as payment for quests. Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II also features a number of hidden areas, secret characters, and literally hundreds of items to find and use, including potions, scrolls, and wands. In addition, the game features a new branching storyline that offers players a choice where to go next for fortune and honor.

Storyline IGDB

This sequel to the hit 2002 action role-playing game set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe picks up right where the original left off. The mysterious disappearance of the Onyx Tower and death of Eldrith the Betrayer had left the noble heroes trapped in an unknown setting. Yet the harbor town of Baldur's Gate is still very much part of a heinous plot to control the Forgotten Realms. Five new character types vow to stop whoever or whatever is behind this new alliance, no matter what the cost.

Wikipedia Description WIKIPEDIA

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II is a real-time hack and slash action role-playing game presented in a 3D perspective, with a rotatable isometric three-quarter top-down view. At the beginning of the game, character stats are preset, with the player able to choose from five race/class combinations; a human barbarian (Dorn Redbear), a drow monk (Vhaidra Uoswiir), a moon-elf necromancer (Ysuran Auondril), a dwarven rogue (Borador Goldhand) or a human cleric (Allessia Faithhammer). The player can customize their character's stats through gaining experience points from defeating enemies. Every time the character increases in level, points are awarded corresponding to that level; i.e. if a character increases to level twelve, the player will gain twelve experience points to spend on the character's spells and feats. For every four levels which the character increases, the player is given one ability point to spend on one of the six core attributes (strength, intelligence, wisdom, dexterity, constitution, charisma). Each of the five characters have their own unique fighting style and their own specific set of spells and feats. Gameplay strategy is thus different for each character. Dorn is a Barbarian, and his feats tend to focus on increasing his brute strength and ability to resist damage, as well as granting him powerful abilities to aid in melee combat, such as the ability to wield two-handed weapons in each hand. Vhaidra relies on unarmed combat, so her feats tend to focus on increasing her speed and combos, as well as granting her close-range abilities, such as pushing enemies away from her. As Ysuran is a necromancer, his feats tend to focus on increasing the power of his magic and granting him new spells, such as the ability to use shadow magic. Borador tends more towards archery, but is also capable of melee combat. His spells tend to focus on allowing him to use a shield offensively, and granting him the ability to set traps for enemies and disarm traps intended for the player. Allessia is a cleric and has access to many healing and defensive spells. She can also use melee combat. Later in the game she gains the ability to reanimate the dead, and have them fight alongside her. Gameplay is semi-linear; most of the main quests can be performed in different orders, but only from within a group of given quests. For example, in Act I, the player can choose to tackle a series of kidnappings or investigate a spate of murders, but no other main quests are made available until both quests are complete. There are also optional side-quests, which do not have to be completed. There are more NPCs than in the first game, and the player can interact with many of them. Depending on which character the player is using, these NPCs may or may not provide information and assistance. Weapons, armor and items are only available for purchase from one location throughout the game, a shop in Baldur's Gate, although the stock changes at the commencement of each act, with the weapons increasing in expense and power. The HUD features the option to use either a transparent map that covers most of the screen, or a mini-map, with the player also given the option to turn the map off entirely. The game also features cooperative gameplay with another player. Both players share the same screen, and are thus limited in how far they can move away from one another. In co-op mode, both players get 50% of the experience for each kill, no matter which player makes the kill. Additionally, unlike in the original game, all treasure is pooled for both players, regardless of which player collects it. A new feature in Dark Alliance II gives players the ability to create custom weapons and armor. Players can improve items by using runestones and gems. To increase the strength of an item, at least one runestone must be used. Gems are optional, although adding gems increases the strength further and enhances certain of the items' attributes. The player cannot place more gems on an item than runestones; if the player wishes to place four gems, they must have a minimum of four runestones attached. Each item can have two different types of gem attached at any one time, in addition to the required runestones. There are several different kinds of gem and each has a different effect on different types of item. For example, a pearl attached to a piece of armor gives +1 additional treasure drop, attached to a weapon gives +1 "Improved Critical", and attached to a trinket gives +1 Wisdom. The game contains four difficulty levels: "Easy", "Normal", "Hard" and "Extreme". Extreme is unlocked once the player has completed any of the other three levels. Extreme mode takes the form of a New Game Plus, and can only be played by importing a saved character from another game. The game also contains two secret characters: Drizzt Do'Urden and Artemis Entreri. Drizzt becomes available to use in the main game upon beating any difficulty level. Artemis is unlocked upon defeating Extreme.

About Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II is a Action, Role-playing (RPG) game released in 2004 developed by Black Isle Studios that offers Co-operative, Multiplayer gameplay from a bird view / isometric, third person perspective playable on Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) with 49 user ratings averaging 77.0/100. The game explores themes like Crafting & Gathering, Fantasy, Historical. If you enjoy Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II, you might also like similar games in our database of 45,000+ titles.

Basic Info
Release Date: January 20, 2004
IGDB Rating: 77.0/100 (49)
Rating Count: 49
IGDB ID: 84

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Additional Information
IGDB Rating: 77.0/100 (49 votes)
Release Date: January 20, 2004
IGDB ID: 84
Series: Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
Платформы 5
Linux
Mac
PC
PS2
Xbox
Genres 2
Action Role-playing (RPG)
Themes 3
Crafting & Gathering Fantasy Historical
Player Perspectives 2
Bird view / Isometric Third person
Game Modes 3
Co-operative Multiplayer Single player

Companies

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Developers
Black Isle Studios

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Publishers
Acclaim Entertainment

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Interplay Entertainment

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Keywords

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