Every time the character increases in level, points are awarded corresponding to that level i.e. The player can customize their character's stats through gaining experience points from defeating enemies. Īt the beginning of the game, character stats are preset, with the player able to choose from five race/ class combinations a human barbarian (Dorn Redbear), a drow monk (Vhaidra Uoswiir), a moon-elf necromancer (Ysuran Auondril), a dwarven rogue (Borador Goldhand) or a human cleric (Allessia Faithhammer). The gold icon below indicates he has acquired enough experience to level up.īaldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II is a real-time hack and slash action role-playing game presented in a 3D perspective, with a rotatable isometric three-quarter top-down view. The green meter between them is his experience meter. His health and mana meters are at the top left of the screen. Gameplay in the PlayStation 2 version of Dark Alliance II, showing Ysuran fighting a two-headed troll. The use of the Dark Alliance game engine led to a lawsuit filed by the engine's creators, Snowblind Studios, against publishers Interplay, which alleged the engine had been used in the game without Snowblind's permission. A sequel was planned, but was cancelled early in development due to legal problems and the closure of Black Isle Studios after Interplay went bankrupt. Dark Alliance II is a direct sequel to the original Dark Alliance game, with the story following five adventurers attempting to save Baldur's Gate from a growing evil, and ascertain the fate of the protagonists from the first game.ĭark Alliance II was well-received on both platforms, although many critics felt it was not much of an advancement on the first game. The game is set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting of Dungeons & Dragons, and the gameplay is based on the rules of Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition, which were released in 2000. It is the sequel to the 2001 game Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance.
Developed by Black Isle Studios, the game was published by Interplay Entertainment, and distributed by Vivendi Universal Games in North America and Avalon Interactive in Europe. Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II is a 2004 hack and slash action role-playing game for PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
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