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Baldur's Gate 2 Expansion: Throne of Bhaal

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This expansion pack by far out rates all other expansions for other rpg games by far! It upgrades the exp. cap to lv 40! and adds a new "Bhaal Spawn" War to tweek around with for many more hours of fun and challenge. This game is great and it will deffinitly keep me occupied until the next Bioware AD&D release, Neverwinter Nights! U should all buy this Expansion pack, It is definitly worth your money!

Even more addicting than BGII

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I foolishly bought this game the day before I closed on my new house. I found myself taking frequent packing breaks and ended up packing my PC at the *very* last minute. The game looks great and follows very logically from BGII - on a mid-range homemade Athlon 750 with Voodoo3 PCI video and 128MB RAM I am able to play the game super-smooth in the (unsupported) 1024x768 mode. There are several options for importing your BGII characters or starting fresh; I went on from where I left off previously. The plot starts with a bang and hasn't let up so far. I pried myself away to take a "quick look" at the bonus Watcher's Keep dungeon, whiich is unrelated to the main plot, and it's kept me occupied for a while now. Some of the battles are a pain but they're enjoyable, and there are nice puzzles and dungeon design. Favorite moment so far: unknowingly entering a Wild Magic zone, casting a Breach, and having my mage summon a large pack of squirrels which proceeded to swarm underfoot and generally make a nuisance of themselves. No bugs yet. Good job!!

Throne of Bhaal

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Throne of Bhaal was an excellent game. I enjoyed finishing up my romance with the three females, as well as the endings.

I was dissappointed with the lack of sidequests. All that was there was Watcher's Keep, and it's straight turkey after that.

Getting Sarevok was not a surprise for me. Sarevok was mentioned so much in BGII that it was inevitable he'd show up. The other NPC's unfortunately haven't changed much, only Nalia shows any change.

But otherwise, ToB was a superb game with a gripping storyline and powerful plot. Make a game with BG storylines and IWD spells and you've got it made.

Great End

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

You know, I spent so much time playing BG and BG II that apparently it became like... part of me. I was immersed in the great story line... granted at times the game play could lag, but over all the game was great... not graphically awesome, but in depth and intrigueing. The many paths open to the character made from great replay. I would recommend Baldurs Gate, Tails Of the Sword Coast, Baldurs Gate 2, and Throne of Bhaal to anyone.

the BG saga is over....*sniff*

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Yes, I was sad to see it end; the fate of the Bhaalspawn finally decided. Devestated, actually. Throne of Bhaal does a good job of tying up all the loose ends, and has a firm story line. Indeed, almost too firm. Unlike the unlimited options Shadows of Amn offered, ToB is quite linear, and there are few sidequests. The new dungeon of Watcher's Keep is very well done (I wish I could have stayed in there *forever*). I was, however, somewhat annoyed that my map was restricted only to the area allowed in ToB, and I was not allowed to return to any of the places open to me in SoA. The romance dialogues were also a little cheesy, and I must confess, I didn't use the new abilities that your characters can acquire very often. Still, that's not much to complain about, and I definitely recommend this game!

WHEN cRPGs TOUCHED THE SKY...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This was the LONGEST the MOST FUN game I have ever played! And, mind you, I am not an easy customer (feel free to browse through my reviews, you will see what I mean...)

The original BG series was excellent in all of storyline, gameplay, music and stability. Now, nowadays, sequels usually mean a graphically-improved expansion (at best). BG2 is a rare exception of the sequel clearly SURPASSING the original. And in the case of such great original, this means a lot!

Words fail to describe the perfect harmony of brilliant ideas, interweaved story-lines and detailed coding that makes this game an unsurpassable classic! Do not let the slightly outdated graphics discourage you. They were cutting edge only some years ago - and you will be able to unleash their full potential even on mid-range PCs!

I have yet to meet anyone who has played it and not raved about it! Hard-core D&D funs will find the character building, fighting checks and balances and overall experience very close to the actual pen-&-paper games.
Casual computer gamers will notice none of the tedious stuff of other cRPGs as the gameplay runs smooth and beautifully.
You even have the choice to turn it into either a turn-based or an action game by tweaking the auto-pause options! I am telling you: this is how computers games should be!

You will let yourself get lost in the deep dungeons of the labyrinthic story; you will be laughing out loud to the humorous dialog; you will be surprised as to who is a double and triple-agent.
There is an evil beyond imagining unleashed and only you with your party can stand in its way.
Party members offer a multitude of unpredictable balancing points and diverging story-lines of their own: side quests, conflicts and love affairs enrich the story in so many original ways!

An unsurpassed classic!

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

My last review was for SoA

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: June 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

ToB hasn't come out yet. People on this are rating Shadows of Amn. Shadows of Amn has the lousy frame rates, hopefully ToB will have a few fixes pumped into the CD, if not then in future patches designed for ToB. SoA is a good game except for poor performance and engine trouble(graphic wise).

REVIEW UPDATE 7/13/01 still **** four stars.

Now that the game is released and recieved by me, I can give an accurate review(or as close as possible review) Why only four stars? The reason, not engine trouble as I said earlier, the engine is slow, even set at general 200mhz, graphic 200mhz and sound 200mhz but the game is limited in choices. I will have to try the full install, however.

Much like Serpent Isle was to Ultima VII the Black Gate, ToB is on a greater scale of immortals and the Universe instead of just humblely going from village to village getting supplies, wandering the landscape like witless cattle, ect like BG 1; but it is also one big cut scene of do this and this cut scene will happen and so on. No choice. Much like Serpent Isle(for those that are familiar with Richard Garriot's series) Just a lot of dimming of the screen to the next scene like a play or something. One thing that is awsome, as said by others,is Serevok, he is mighty strong and mighty fast and decently smart to boot(not a retard like my paladin "leader" with 09 int). My lawful good Cavalier-paladin(of equall strenght to Severok w/o belt) tolorates the darned creepo only so long as he does as he is told! No killing Imoen or wrecking havok on villagers and such.(AMD recommended for any party.) Speaking of AMD, my computer cannot run this game well because AMD is part intollerable. It is too picky on parts but that is a tech issue, I guess. Now back to the important stuff. ToB is a pail imitation of SoA but it is not a bad game. SoA is hard to compair with anything. ToB is, after all, an expansion, nothing more(in my opinion) And SoA is the game. ToB is worth the money, however, and I am glad I got it.

bg2 in not choppy on My computer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 29
Date: June 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

BG2 is very good game, and I am sure that ToB will be too. BG2 runs very well on my machine. I have a 1gz P3 with 512 ram and a Geforce 2 Ultra 64 DDR. I am running it on Windows 2000 Pro. I know my machine is pretty high up there, but it ran well when I just have a 700mhz celeron with 128 ram.

baldurs gate 2 throne of bhall

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 11
Date: June 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

First of all this can be a choopy game its not really that u need the worlds greatest computer it just goes good with some computers and others not so well i played this on my sisters computer and it was a choopy as choopy gets but on my it works great and mine is older. this is mostly tech stuff thought the game it self is great for the rpg lovers its keeps u hooked till the end theres a new npc that can join and your going to be really surprized when u find out who it is (maybe an old friend or maybe not a friend) the game last about 50 hours depending on who u r and how u play.

Some Bugs But No Insurmountable Problems

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I too encountered the laggy, slow-frame rate problems in Shadows of Amn. My computer system consists of a 500mhz P3, 384 megs of SDRAM-100, a 5400RPM hard drive, and a 32MB TNT2Ultra video card. The frame rate was drastically improved by downloading the latest video drivers from NVdia. I also reduced the number of path finding nodes available for the AI from 32K to 8K. The AI doesn't need that much path finding ability. The frame rate for the multiplayer mode remained atrocious though. It was about ten times worse than single player mode. I found that toning down the graphics settings did little to improve frame rate. In order to play SoA with a decent frame rate, you need to do or have the following: 1. Have the latest drivers for your video card. 2. Always do a full install. It will save your computer a lot of time not having to turn to your CD-ROM drive so much. 3. If you can afford it, have a decent video card (with a minimum of 16megs of video ram) and a decent hard drive (with at least 7200 RPM). The higher the RPM, the faster data from your hard drive can be pulled. If you're wondering why I have a 5400RPM hard drive, it's because I bought it before I knew that hard drives had different speeds.

I hope Interplay paid attention to gamer's complaints and remedied this problem in ToB. If not, they'd better get a patch out in a hurry!

Besides the tech problems, this game's the bomb! The new two weapons fighting ability allows your party to wade through enemy ranks like never before. Powerful new spells like lower resistance (which levels the playing field when fighting magic resistant enemies), imprison (which is very useful for dispatching innocent civilians who've you accidently turned hostile without taking a reputation hit), and a whole plethora of anti-magic shield spells which render powerful mages and priests vulnerable to attack.

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