Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Review by drizzt
"This game kicks!"
Plot: (100/100) You have been kidnapped by an evil wizard who is performing experiments on you and a friend of yours. The game has you breaking out of Irenicus's fortress and tracking him down, only to have him pull a fast one on you. After that you track him down again and go on many other adventures as well. The sidequests will take up more of your time than the actual quests because they have you travelling everywhere performing tasks like fighting, solving mysteries, and other cool stuff.
Gameplay (100/100): This game is sorta like 2nd Edition and 3rd Edition Dungeons And Dragons rolled into one. There is tons of monsters and weapons and armor so you can have endless combinations of cool stuff to customize your characters with. The main character is also customized as well, you get to make him like you do a D&D character. You pick they're race, they're gender, they're class, and the game starts off with you as them. You earn experience by doing feats and killing monsters and if you get enough experience you can get a level up. At each level up you can upgrade your character with specialties in weapons or abilities like sneaking or finding traps.
Graphics (100/100): The characters are small but that's ok because they still look really good. They have lots of frames of animation to them and there are lots of characters and monsters from the game. I almost wet myself seeing a giant Red Dragon fighting me! All the monsters look good and are just like what I imagined they would be.
Sound (100/100): The sound was perfect. I didn't like the music too much and I thought the fact that your characters repeat the same sentences over and over for spells was silly. However the sound effects for spells and attacks and monsters and your characters talking were really good, and they did alot of good talking. Even the monsters sound good when they growl and attack.
Overall (100/100): If you like D&D then this game is for you. You get to pick so much about the game like who you are and who you take with you that its really good. You can spend entire days playing this game like I did just doing the side quests to earn experience. This game kicks!
Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 01/12/02, Updated 01/12/02
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