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4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 19
Date: June 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Now obviously I haven't played the game yet, but I loved bg2 and bg1 and the other Black Isle games. So why write this, you ask? Cause it's gonna be more of what bg2 was and then some, that's why. How hard can it be to write on an expansion pack before you've played it? It's not like they remade the whole game. But anyway, with the additions they've made to the game, it will definately be worth the money and time played. FINALLY being able to memorize 9th lvl spells, took frikken long enough. Why only 4 stars? No game is perfect folks, sorry. I don't care what you think or say. BG2 is one of the better RPG's out there though. Now for Neverwinter Nights And BG:Dark Alliance. Anyway, if you liked bg2 enough to play it all the way through and then some, you'll most definately enjoy the expansion. So buy it already, and justify the loss of money in your account later in life, when it still won't matter anyway.

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.

BG 2 can do no wrong

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 16
Date: June 18, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I know the expansion hasn't been released yet, I wish the release date would be left off the top of the order form because I've gotten my hopes dashed about 5 or 6 times as the date was moved. Which is a pain in the rear. I'm about ready to cancel my order. Anyways......about the game. Baldur's Gate 2 was the BEST RPG I've ever played. I expect that the expansion will be even better, just as the BG1 expansion was better than Baldur's Gate 1 (Durlag's Tower was anyways). This is a must buy for any RPG'er. Don't listen to the people who are complaining about 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.

Lacks the character of BG2

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 13 / 17
Date: June 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Throne of Bhaal is the conclusion of the story begun in Baldur's Gate. A lot of gamers have high expectations for it; unfortunately, the expansion pack to Baldur's Gate 2 doesn't really satisfy those. The initial concern is that it's nowhere near the 40-50 hours of gameplay discussed before the release--I'd estimate I finished it in less than 30. It's also heavily combat oriented, where non-expansion BG2 had a lot of opportunity for dialog and character interaction. That lack of character interation is probably the most disappointing aspect of the expansion. A large part of BG2's charm was the personality shown by party members: Jan interjecting an absurd story, Viconia spewing venom, or Minsc talking about his hamster. These are present to some degree--there are new NPC-initiated discussions--but some of the best dialog occurred when the NPC interrupted a discussion between the player and someone else in the game. There is so little dialog of that sort in the expansion that it feels empty somehow. It feels much more like Tales of the Sword Coast (the expansion to the first BG) than BG2.

Probably in large part due to the lack of dialog, the story isn't fully fleshed out. It seems hurried (especially the last encounter before the endgame begins). The expansion begins with all the spawn of Bhaal being gathered according to prophecy and being slaughtered by their most powerful members. The conclusion is fitting, but it seems undernourished. More dialog, and with it, more story, would have made this a 5 star expansion.

The high level character mechanics work pretty well, but are much more favorable to mages and clerics than fighters. Some of the new spells are devastatingly powerful, but the new fighter abilities are almost unnoticeable. If you like heavy combat, this should satisfy you, but be warned: the game sometimes slowed to a crawl in combat when I never had any trouble with BG2.

The Baldurs Gate legacy has ended, Flawlessly No less

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This BG2ToB is a great expansion that brings the Baldurs Gate series to a close in a magnificent way. This expansion starts off right where Shadows of Amn ended. Now that Irenicus is dead you and your party have many new and fun quest ahead of you. BG2ToB is almost a whole new game because it adds over 80+ hours to the already long Shadows of Amn. You can upload your party from Shadows of Amn and play with them further into BG2ToB. One of the coolest things about this expansion pack is that you can reach 8,000,000 XP with your characters. That is more than triple the amount in Shadows of Amn. Also there are many new spells and weapons in this expansion that will keep you coming back for more and more of Baldurs Gate. Overal this game or should I say expansion is an awesome close to an unforgetable Baldurs Gate legacy.

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.

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!!

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!

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