Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000), developed by BioWare is the second computer role-playing game in the Baldur’s Gate series, which takes place just a few months after the events of Baldur’s Gate. It is based on the 2nd edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons role-playing system. The story is set in the Forgotten Realms, the most popular D&D story setting. It has sold over 2,000,000 units and is widely regarded as one of the best role-playing games of all time.
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Welcome to the beautiful land of Amn, where the sun always shines and evil mages grow and prosper. One of these is
the powerful sorcerer Irenicus, who takes delight in studying mortal offspring of the gods — such as you. Remember Baldur’s Gate 1? You’ve been revealed to be a child of Bhaal (aka Lord of Terror, Bringer of Destruction, and so on), and your battle against the evil side of your soul is the main theme in Baldur’s Gate 2. At your side: The well-known companions Imoen, Jaheira and Minsc (and his hamster Boo, of course) as well as a score of new potential party members. All in all, there are 16 NPCs to join you on your journey; however, your party consists of a maximum of 6 characters.
As in Baldur’s Gate 2, the frequent battles are real-time, but can be paused at any time with the space key. You may then think over tactical decisions, issue new orders or chose a spell. There’s plenty of those: With over 300 magical formulae, the repertoire has almost tripled since Badur’s Gate. Upon character creation, you can chose three new classes (sorcerer, monk, barbarian) and a lot of new specializations for the already existing classes; a paladin can become a dragon slayer or an inquisitor, for example. The weapon categories have been split up; instead of specializing in blades, you now have to chose between long swords, two-handed swords, bastard swords, katanas and scimitars. All in all, there are 20 weapon categories and 4 fighting skills like “two weapons”.
Baldur’s Gate II was inducted into Gamespot’s “Greatest Games of All Time” list, and it also won their Readers’ Choice Game of the Year award for 2000. It also received three “Gaming Globe” awards from Eurogamer in 2001: Best Game, Best Art Direction, and Best Male Supporting Character (for Minsc). GameSpy, GameSpot, and IGN all awarded Baldur’s Gate II their “Role-Playing Game of the Year” awards in 2000.
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January 22, 2020 at 5:51 am
the cd player eat disk 2 now whot do i do