moonstrucksoul

this game looks cool i loved the first one. gonna pick this up today, me thinks.
http://bgda2.blackisle.com/

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moonstrucksoul

i bought it, it rocks. better than the first one.

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genstylez

Wow, I didn't even know they released baldurs gate for console systems. How does it compare length wise to the PC baldur's gate series?


Good Times~

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diergray

I really liked the first one. Looks like I am going to the computer store today!

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Dibbler

It's not the same at all. It's gameplay is more in line with Diablo than an RPG. Lot's of hack-n-slash and not too much thinking required.

Locke

I got it yesterday. I'm liking it so far. I'm playing as the necromancer.

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moonstrucksoul

me too.

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Dibbler

All the reviews were kind of bland but I think I'll have to pick this one up. Sounds like everyone likes it. I think I played through the first one like 8 time cuz it was so much fun. Mindless fun but fun... Best part was watching the Barmaids tits jiggle when she talked. Very nice touch...

Prophecy

The game is much shorter, but like Dibbler said this version of the series isn't in the RPG genre but rather it's in the Dugeon Crawler/ action genre. Think Midway's Gauntlet games but smarter and with a D&D twist and you sorta have the idea of what BG: Dark Alliance is like.

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genstylez

Multiplayer? If so could be worth picking up on a weekend when you're hanging out getting blazed.

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Locke

I havent noticed any jugglies bouncing in this one yet.

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HunterDevourer

Deh, are they going to release any more D&D style games for the PC? Or did they kill them for the console.

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Prophecy

Bioware(They made the orignal BG games.) currently has one publicly announced RPG in the works, it's called Jade Empire and it's for the Xbox. They have one other unannounced PC RPG project on their website.

http://www.bioware.com/bioware_info/...MSPartnership/

BlackIsle Studios is now down to 2 employees and is mostly not making games currently.

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Phaenx

Woo, I gotta pick that shit up! I played the first one until my thumbs rotted off.


They grew back.

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moonstrucksoul

been playing this game so much that i haven't posted in two days.

WARNING: this game is Highly Addictive.

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Spunk

From what I remember of the first one, it was real short. Is it the case that this one is actually shorter?

Czernobog

Well, just picked it up today. So far, so good. I didn't get very far (impending test on excel tommorrow) but it seems really cool. I especially like the idea of weapon customization.....bleeding swords..<drool>

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Apokx

Just bought it today,going to wait for a friend to drop by to fire it up.


No idea what I wanna be.

Phaenx

I did the monk and I think she kind of sucks. I want to restart as a cleric or something.

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never winter nights


the latest expansion like came out a month ago

great pc rpg

Mastershredder

Yeah this game sounds awesome. I'll hafta pick up a copy next paycheck.. or rent it. Cheaper that way

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TheJig

This game is OK, but it gets old really quick.

If you haven't bought it yet, wait till Feb. 12 and get "Champions of Norrath". It is extremely similar, with better graphics, more weapons, and random dungeons.

It's looking like it will be the much better game. Check it out.

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WhoaitsZ

booooooooo!

i figured they would take some of what was right in the original and improve. i was wrong.

the game is great if you wish to run around hitting one or two buttons.

i almost finished it with the monk but it isn't worth my time. puting it back in mail tomorrow.

i know it's an arcade hack and slash but come on. it has no class, no style. no nothin

runawayfetus

the first one i remember is a ton of fun.. i love rpgs so i think im gonna pick this game up

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Apokx

ended up making a necro with my friend playing the barbarian.

I ended up being the haste whore,while he tore everything a new a-hole ;p


All of our gold went into forging him weapons..which I had no problem with.

Ripsaw

Just started two days ago, and we're going through the game as the rogue and monk pair. Lvl 21 and counting, and having relatively little difficulty on the normal setting.

When you maximize the basic skills of the monk and equip her with some enchanted gauntlets, she will kill anything in the game very quickly.

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Tholo

I loved the first one, but my gaming taste I think has grown since. This one didn't strike me.

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RogueHunter65

I must say that the PC version of this series is much better and would Highly recomend it to anyone over the PS2 and Xbox versions.

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kutulu

I rented the first one on PS2. It was really fun, but I beat it before I had to return the game (of course that didn't keep me from getting late fees still). What I hated was the fact that it was so damn easy. Should I even bother to buy this one or should I just rent it?

opackfan

the game is really fun with a friend, though you could beat it over a weekend so i recomend renting it first. But then again, there is extreme mode once you beat it once.

Gjefflin

I own both of these games that I bought myself for X-mas along with my Playstation 2 and haven't played either one yet. I'm so lame. The reason being is that i'm so used to playing PC games and watching TV that when I try to play a console game and there's no TV on....I feel weird. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! So both of these games are sitting on my shelf still shrink wrapped.

Halx

I bought it this weekend.. surprised it's still fucking $50..

but it's enjoyable.. stayed up till like 5am playing it.. oi!

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Lunchbox7

I just bought a second hand x/box with this game. I played the monk and pretty much terrorized through the game. No one really gave me any trouble. That is until the last fight. None of my usual tactices are working and he just keeps regenerating so fast I cant take him out fast enough. For the people who have finished it how do you win the last fight?

MadMartigan

You should rent it. In the 7 day rental time i had it beat almost twice. After you beat it once you can get Drizut D'orden he is pretty awesome

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Devilinmypants

I was uber disappointed with the first one, if the second is that much better i might give it a try.

FngKestrel

I thought this one was much better than the first one, which I found to be too punitive towards the spell casters.

And the addition of the cleric class, total bonus.

Coppertop

Yeah, the 2nd was superior. But then, I played as the fighter in the 1st and the necro in the 2nd, which I think are probably the 2 best classes in their respective games. I too was a Haste Whore to FngKestrel's Cure Wounds Whore-edness.

We're currently playing through Heroes, a game in the same vein but you can have up to 4 players. I'm the rogue and he's the cleric. Yes, he just loves being my self-propelled medkit.

FngKestrel

What can I say, everyone's always happy to see the cleric. Except undead.

http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/GiantITP/ootscript?SK=6

hulk

And no GC version, the bastards! Me and a mate spent like fifty bucks renting the first one, it was great co-op fun. Especially importing über-characters from the end and playing through as Drizzt.

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