THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Joe Molotov on March 31, 2008, 07:35:43 PM

Title: What's the deal with Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2?
Post by: Joe Molotov on March 31, 2008, 07:35:43 PM

I was catching up on some PS2 RPG's that I missed, and I noticed that Dark Alliance 2 is selling on eBay for like $30-50 while Dark Alliance 1 is pulling in around $5-8. I looked at GameRankings and DA1 has ~84% compared to DA2's ~81%.  However, I looked on Wikipedia, and apparently DA2 was actually developed by Black Isle and it was their last game before they went bust. I didn't know that.

Are people paying a premium for DA2 just because of the Black Isle connection, or was this game actually that good? Is it still worth playing today? Does it have lots of phat lewt?

Title: Re: What's the deal with Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2?
Post by: Smooth Groove on March 31, 2008, 07:38:09 PM

I loved DA1 but couldn't really get into DA2 because it just seemd like more of the same.  Friends have told me that DA2 was better overall even though DA1 was a fresher experience. 

Title: Re: What's the deal with Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2?
Post by: Joe Molotov on April 01, 2008, 02:03:45 AM

I went ahead and bought a copy. It was pretty cheap so I can just flip it if it comes to that. I played the first dungeon...pretty rough.  :-\ It was so monochrome and featureless that I could even tell where I was going (minimap defaults to OFF, which is not a good idea), and the smudgy, low-res graphics didn't help the situation. All I know is that little green blobs kept running at me and I'd hack em with my sword when they got close. I think they were goblins. I'll stick with it for a little while longer and see what happens though. According to IGN's review, it's only around 10 hours long, so I might just save it for some boring afternoon.

Title: Re: What's the deal with Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2?
Post by: Mondain on April 01, 2008, 02:19:14 AM

the game is relatively rare, it came out just before Interplay was about to fold and few copies were produced

35$ for a used Xbox copy at the local EBGames

Title: Re: What's the deal with Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2?
Post by: MrAngryFace on April 01, 2008, 03:32:23 AM

I managed to find a copy, but ill agree with Smooth here, the game may have been better, but it didnt feel different enough for me to get as fired up about playin it.

Title: Re: What's the deal with Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2?
Post by: APF on April 01, 2008, 10:09:07 PM

I'm basically with everyone else.  Liked one bored by two.

Now I'm playing Titan Quest  :heartbeat

Title: Re: What's the deal with Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2?
Post by: jiji on April 02, 2008, 03:40:23 PM

BGDA1 bored me to tears. Diablo lite FTL. BGDA2, with its item-crafting system and more interesting classes, actually kept me interested for the whole game.