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Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance — PS2 Buy it at Amazon

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This is one of the few games I just sat down and played until I beat it. It took me about 3 days of 3 – 4 hour clips a piece to beat it. And boy was it fun. The 3D engine is utterly amazing and the sound is equally great. But is it any wonder? The Baldur’s Gate franchise on the PC gaming market was immediately successful so its no wonder that this game was equally brilliant and addicting. Unfortunately the scope of the game on the PS2 isn’t as wide and varying as the PC versions but it’s no less fun and engaging. Unlike the PC games this one only allows you to be one of three different classes and the customization isn’t as alluring either. But this is made up for by the different feel of the game. It’s more of a hack-and-smash than a traditional “role-playing” game but if you play as one of the different characters it can be vastly different. You have the choice between a dwarf fighter, which is the easiest for beginners, a human archer who can use magic and most weapons, and a elven sorceress who just mainly uses magic. The inventory and mapping is handled with transparency that doesn’t really detract from the action, which allows the graphics to really shine. Sonically the game is quite good with few exceptions with varied non-playing characters who speak in different tongues and while the score isn’t all that it doesn’t annoy which is the most important thing to me. Finally while the storyline isn’t all that fat there is diversity in the ways that the three characters play but I hope the sequel has more varied side-quests and more of a twisting plot. Overall this is the best RPG I’ve ever played on a console.

- J-Sin

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