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Video Games : Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (Mac)
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Binding: CD-ROM Brand: Graphical Simulations EAN: 0811930001506 ESRB Age Rating: Teen Label: Graphical Simulations Manufacturer: Graphical Simulations Manufacturer Maximum Age: 18 years Manufacturer Minimum Age: 180 months Model: 150 Number Of Items: 1 Platform: Mac OS X Publisher: Graphical Simulations Release Date: November 23, 2001 Studio: Graphical Simulations Sales Rank: 11129 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: It's not easy being a child of a god. Your character quickly comes to this conclusion after being imprisoned and tortured by a wizard with an unhealthy interest in your parentage. So begins Baldur's Gate 2: Shadow of Amn, an ambitious RPG based on the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. Shadow of Amn develops the plot lines, characters and events introduced in the first game into a mature, genuinely interesting fantasy tale. Players who thought the original game shallow will be pleasantly surprised by Shadow of Amn's bold story arcs. Major events are afoot, and the character's choices have a real impact on the Forgotten Realms. In the same way, Baldur's Gate served as a proving ground for the refined game mechanics evident in Shadow of Amn. The game's artificial intelligence has been vastly improved, and the player has many more choices for NPC AI scripts and party communication. Keeping with Shadow of Amn's more mature theme, the party interaction even goes so far as to include possible love interests for your character. Those who played through the original Baldur's Gate can import their character into Shadow of Amn or can choose to create a new character. Character kits such as the Mageslayer and Swashbuckler add variety, and the game even includes the Monk, Sorcerer, Barbarian and Half-Orc options from the new Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition rules. Whether you import an old character or create a new one, you'll begin the game as a fairly advanced character--unlike most RPGs, you won't have to spend hours slaying puny critters and instead are plunged into a high-stakes plot against powerful foes. A strong plot backed by strong technology makes Shadow of Amn stand out as one of the best RPGs you'll ever play. Fans of the AD&D game will love the classic AD&D feel, and fans of the popular Forgotten Realms setting will delight in the people, places and politics found in Shadow of Amn. --Michael Fehlauer Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - The best RPG ever for the macI got this game as a fan of strategy games, and I was almost instantly hooked. The game has four disks, five with the extension. The game is very clear, you start a single player game, and all the steps are clearly layed out for you. It shows you where to go to select the race, gender, class, kit etc. When it says right-click it means press control+click. The game is especially good for it's plot, character-development and strategy. The plot is amazing you find yourself immersed in the world of your characters. You get to really know your characters, the NPCs in this game are well done, and the choices that your character chooses have a direct effect on the rest of the game. Whether you want your character to be good ... Read More: Rating: - A Discription of Baldurs Gate 2Before purchasing my copy of Baldurs gate 2 I was thinking of comments I had heard about the game being unclear and hard to play but I was also thinking about comments i had heard from many of my friends that this was an excellent game and i should definitely buy it. As I loaded the game up i discovered that is needed to understand the game is a basic conception of the AD&D rules and these are all in the very well presented game manual anyway. I found it is better to do the full install as this saves time on loading and changing discs although in my haste to play the thing i only partook in the quick install. The game is very clear in what you should do full of gut wrenching moral decisions and dilemmas. The game is time consuming, i started ... Read More: Rating:  - A Different OpinionI usually use my Mac for work, but I recently decided to buy some games to while away some time: off to Amazon, snoop around, and (two weeks later) back came Civilisation III, Age of Empires II, and Baldur's Gate II. First in the CD drive was Civilisation, which is an excellent game, rather reminiscent of the old SimCity 2000. It stands head and shoulders above the other two. Baldur's Gate: the game starts with (what I suppose is) the usual BS intro movie, with a preposterous 'background', and then the game starts: never mind, it's not intellectual subtlety that we're after. The various menus are over-designed 'fantasy gothic' and unclear, and there's a typical PC love of wierd icons rather than clear icons with simple balloons. ... Read More: Rating: - One of the best games for MacConsider the small game world of Macintosh, you will be most pleased to find that one of the best PC games, Baldurs Gate II has been made available for Mac gamers! This episode starts your adventure in a dark prison and is fully packed with intersive combat and spells at the very beginning! While players from BGI will enjoy this starting, i suspect it will be a bit overwhelming for new players to BGII... But once you get used to this, you will enjoy the battles and quests awaiting. I play this game on my G4 Powerbook with 120MB ram allocated to it out of my 384MB. The gameplay is smooth at 800x600 and the screen is beautiful. And interface is better than in BGI (now you will be paused when you go into Inventory view during battle). ... Read More: |
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