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Reviewed by mixwellkid32 on August 29, 2006  |  report this review

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Great game

Reviewed by shannon729 on November 05, 2006  |  report this review

I think this game is great it is one of the many rpg's that you can actually play over and over and not get bored. This game is made by the same designers as the newer Champions of Norrath and Champions: Return to Ams. This game and it's prequal are a must play.

Here's some help

Reviewed by tsells6 on May 30, 2007  |  report this review

Cheat mode
While playing the game, hold L1 + R1 + Triangle + Square + Circle + X and press Start. This will unlock options for "Invulnerability" and "Level Warp". Note: After using the "Level Warp" option, press Circle to resume the game.

Level 10 character
While playing the game, hold L1 + R1 + Triangle + Square + Circle + X and press L2. Your current character will now be at level 10, with 45 feat points and 500,000 gold.

Play as Drizzt Do'Urden
Successfully complete the game on any difficulty setting to unlock Drizzt Do'Urden.

Play as Artemis Entreri
Successfully complete the game on the extreme difficulty setting to unlock Artemis Entreri.

Duplicating items
Get next to a save point. Save your game. Drop the items you wish to duplicate. Reload your character. Pick up the dropped items. Repeat this as may times as desired. You will have the number of items you had when you saved plus the ones that you picked up after reloading.

This trick requires at least two characters. First, save the game. Then, have one character drops all their items. Next, have the other character pick up all the items, sell them, then buy whatever desired. You can then reload the character that dropped all their items. Note: In two player games, gold is shared; if you reload the character after selling all the items it will reset the gold to the saved amount. If playing in single player mode, start a second game and save it. Then load the saved game you want to duplicate in. Import the saved character from the other game into the game you are playing and save. Then, repeat the process. When done, export the second character and continue your game. Note: This works well for the workshop. Before selling duplicate items, check to see if they have gems. You can break them out to have gems to work with that are not for sale at first. Also, buy weapons that have gems and break them for extra gems.

If you have items that you want to duplicate, go to a battle area with a save location then save the game. Drop the items to be duplicated on the ground. Then, select "Load Character" and reload your character from the same save. Pick up the item and you should now have two of them. You can use this to make a lot of money by duplicating gems and runes. Sell them, then duplicate them again and repeat. Then make a big item, such as armor with sixteen runes, sixteen gem slot one, and sixteen gem slot two. Upgrade the item, duplicate, then sell it.

here yall go

Fans should be happy to see that what made the original work so well, the hack'n'slash action and the easy to use system, have returned along with much of the look and feel. The biggest change, however, is invisible on first glance. The developer of the original game, Snowblind, has moved on to work on Champions of Norrath and Black Isle Studios has picked up the work for the sequel. No slouches themselves, Black Isle Studios have made an appropriate continuation of the story, but don't create enough changes that some may feel a sequel deserves. Still, it's a hackfest, and a good one at that.

Just like the original, BG:DA2 is much more about the action than the RPG. The camera gives an isometric perspective of one or two heroes as they fight through 80 levels to save the day. Gold, trinkets, weapons, and armor are all gained by killing monsters and raiding their treasure chests. As you gain experience and go up levels, you can buy new skills and enhance the character. The odd magical item that burns up the trolls doesn't hurt either.

So that's enough about the basic gameplay. What's really important here is what's new and different, the new characters and the workshop.

New Characters
The three characters from the original are not available in BG:DA2 because they're captured and thrown into a dungeon in the intro. The Onyx Tower is back and still causing problems as an evil vampire (is there any other kind?), Mordoc, seeks to use it to destroy Baldur's Gate. This can't happen so five new adventurers are here to save the day. That clears the way for five new adventurers to choose from. Two of these characters are essentially brawlers: a human barbarian and a dark elf monk who's best at fighting with her hands and feet. There's also a dwarven rogue is a stealthy character that can break into chests, disarm traps and lay down explosives. Rounding out the crew are a couple of magic users: a moon elf necromancer and a human cleric.
Where most of the new characters are pretty standard and don't deviate a whole hell of a lot from the typical set of adventurers, the necromancer stuck out the most as being the most distinctive of the bunch. With the ability to bring a skeleton to life to fight for him, the necromancer has an automatic fighting buddy. While he can't call up whole armies of skeletons like in Diablo II, it's still an effective device. Once the skeleton is wreaking havoc in the front, the necromancer can go nuts with the spells from the back.

The necromancer spells include fire arrows, acid arrows, chill touch that freezes enemies and, my personal favorite, Dark Possession. Casting this will temporarily cause an enemy to fight for your side. Casting it on one member of a group creates an effective diversion while the skeleton keeps on fighting and the necromancer can zap them with lightning, drain their life, or poison them. Of all the characters, the necromancer creates the most possibilities and uses the biggest variety of

Continued Success! Loved it!

Reviewed by the_mccloud9 on January 28, 2008  |  report this review

This Dark Alliance game was a little more challenging then the last, and I had an EXTREMELY hard time killing the last foe, but it was great fun. I had to use a couple of cheats on that last one, must admit, but I will most likely go through again soon with a different Charactor and try to be good :)

Another Great 2-Player RPG from Forgotten Realms

Reviewed by tn332007 on September 23, 2008  |  report this review

My fiancee and I have really enjoyed playing Baldur's Gate's Dark Alliance series. They have the great setup of an RPG with the allowance of 2 players. The personal history quests make the game have even more of that RPG-feel. The quests are fun and intriguing. The battles are pretty intense. I wish there were more games like it!!!