Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance

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Inherits the most important features from the PlayStation 2 version: Character enhancement, different fighting styles, many different weapons, equipment and magic spells. Character enhancement visible in-game: Armor, weapons, shields, gloves, helmets, and boots. Real 3D isometric environments and 3D rendered characters and monsters. New set of maps inspired by the PlayStation 2 version. Impressive lightning effects and magic spells.From the Manufacturer Thieves and brigands have driven you and your family from your farmland home. Desperately seeking safety within the walls of Baldur's Gate, your family is ambushed and your sister has been abducted…YOU…are all that stands in the way of one of the greatest threats ever to strike Baldur's Gate and the Sword Coast. From the streets of Baldur's Gate, to the windtorn peaks of the Sunset Mountains, your quest to rescue your sister escalates into staving off a war that will drown the Sword Coast in blood. A stunning new adventure for your Nintendo Game Boy Advance system, this tale of intrigue and fierce alliances will challenge your skills, as you fight your way to the truth and the bittersweet realization of vengeance. Live the fantasy of Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance. Product Description Enter the world of Baldur's Gate where strange happenings around town are more than meets the eye. Furious hack-and-slash combat with deadly enemies, intricate weapons and items and explosive spell effects await you in this acclaimed hit! Review Dark Alliance for the GBA is a lot like the "fun size" candy people hand out for Halloween. It's every bit as good as the full-size version, only smaller. More focused on action than role-playing, Baldur's Gate is one fun little fantasy (not in the dirty way) title.Entering the city of Baldur's Gate as one of three classes – fighter, wizard, or archer – you progress through a fairly linear main story with optional side quests. You gain experience and find new gear like in any other RPG, but the main focus is exploration and combat. There are no combos to speak of, but the ability to switch between melee, ranged, and magical combat keeps things from growing stale. The constantly unfolding plot keeps things moving as well. It's an engaging title that's hard to put down once you're into it.The graphics are nice, although the sound is far from impressive (even by GBA standards), but doesn't really detract from the experience. As far as fantasy titles go, Dark Alliance is more fun than cheesy, so-bad-they're-good films like The Dungeonmaster, starring Richard Moll from Night Court. And we all know that Bull Shannon is one hard act to top.Concept:Bring the Baldur's universe to the GBA in an action-heavy dungeon crawler Graphics:The characters are fairly blurry, but the environments are sharp and atmospheric Sound:Background music is almost non-existent, and the sound effects might make you think you're playing Gauntlet Playability:Lining your character up with an object can be surprisingly tricky, but overall everything is solid Entertainment:Once you're into it, it's hard to close this gate Replay:Moderate Rated: 8.25 out of 10Editor: Jeremy ZossIssue: February 20042nd Opinion: Though it has mind-blowing graphical splendor going for it, this port also has a complete lack of re-engineered gameplay against it. Everything's slightly dumbed-down from the original, but the biggest problem is the inexplicable absence of recall potions. Walking back out of cleared dungeons is not how I want to spend my time. Rated: 7.25 out of 10Editor: Adam BiessenerSubscribe to Game Informer -- Game Informer Review

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