Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance - Released
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I'm curious to hear the feedback, if anyone tries this.
If I remember correctly, I played this game on some emulator back in the days. I badly wanted to play it simply because it had the "BG label" slapped onto it.
However, I seem to recall that it was just some really simple and basic "hack & slash" that had nothing in common with the BG games I had played except for the setting itself, so I grew completely bored with it in just a few hours.
If this is the same title I'm thinking of and not something else that is.
However, I seem to recall that it was just some really simple and basic "hack & slash" that had nothing in common with the BG games I had played except for the setting itself, so I grew completely bored with it in just a few hours.
If this is the same title I'm thinking of and not something else that is.
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I played this years back - its more diablo like than original BG. We lost interest in this pretty quick.
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That doesn't sound like material deserving a port to modern consoles and PCs. Maybe it was easy for them to do, though I doubt it.
tekulte
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Ah yes, I remember it now. I thought it was pretty good (yeah, it got a little boring after a while), but I recall two other games that were similar. One might have been Dark Alliance 2 and the other I'm drawing a blank.
Edit: Champions of Norrath was the other. Might have been more than one of these.
Baldur's Gate - Dark Alliance (Snowblind / Interplay)
Baldur's Gate - Dark Alliance II (later the BG label was removed) (Black Isle / Interplay)
The Bard's Tale (InXile)
Fallout - Brotherhood of Steel (Black Isle / Interplay) The use of the engine was unlicend
Champions of Norrath (Snowblind / SCE)
Champions - Return to Arms (Snowblind / SCE)
"Justice League Heroes" and "Combat Elite" were also done using the engine, but aren't even ARPGs.
Lord of the Rings - War in the North (Snowblind / Warner) used a very advanced version of the engine.
tekulte
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Thanks for the list.
Aside from the DA and Norrath games, I vaguely recall Fallout and LotR, but the others don't ring any bells.
I didn't have a large library of PS2 games.
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This came out on the Switch a few months ago, and I replayed it than (played the original only on GBA) ... and it was good fun and exactly as you'd expect. It is an action RPG where you get tasks/quests and can choose where to allocate your skill points on level-up, but otherwise it is a pretty linear adventure in a D&D-type setting.
If it was $9.99 I would jump all over it, maybe even up to $20 ... but $40 is just laughable for a 20-year old game like this.
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These games were and probably still are great fun on ps2. But you must take them for what they are - an action hack&slash crawlers. Champions of Norrath was the best from a lot for me. Still have all boxes laying somewhere in the apartment.
Carnifex
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I tried playing this over at a friends house back in the day, I didn't care for it at all. I doubt that's changed. What is interesting is that, if the Norrath game ever makes it to GoG or steam, I'd likely check it out.
I agree. at a 60% discount or more i'll pick it up. Edit: it's 30€ on my location so i'd say under 20 (33% discount) I would try it.
These games are ARPGs that were made to cash in on the IP by Interplay. Same with the Everquest versions. Though the Champion games were better and I would re-buy those.
It's currently rated "Very Positive" on Steam which is really surprising to me. Are people that desperate for anything with Baldur's Gate in the title? This game was mediocre imo even back in 2001.
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Nostalgia reviews?
I saw the name with interest, had never heard of it, then noted it's a re-release of something quite old, then noted the price. There's a saying here, said with a thick aussie accent... tell 'im he's dreamin'.
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Probably. I guess it makes sense that most of the people buying this are those that liked it to begin with. It's also a very small number (only 80 reviews so far) compared to most games on Steam.
