While this game is fun, it's pretty much the same action/RPG cookie cutter game like champions of norrath and other similar games. You run around and kill things over and over again, so you can get more powerful, and that's about it. It's fun, don't get me wrong, but gets old rather quick. There's not much variety in the monsters, and I think the differences in the classes are rather pointless, since they all do the same thing: just kill stuff. They just do it in different ways. This game could have been a LOT more interesting if there were some sort of puzzles or something, rather than just trying to kill stuff before it kills you. The fact that you can warp back and buy 900 healing potions sandbags any kind of challenge the game might have posed. Ultimately, the biggest shortcoming (and its sequel would be guilty of the same thing) is how short the game is.
For the people that are big on graphics/environment, it is alright in that department. The replayability in my opinion is negligible...what's interesting about running through the exact same levels again, and killing the exact same things with a different character?
Definitely worth a weekend rental, but you will be back at the video game store a week later if you buy it, asking what you can get for it on a trade in.
Other Helpful Reviews for Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (PCCW The Best)
I had never played the Baulder's Gate series before this. I have never been much of a PC gamer so I didn't really give it a second thought. Then Dark Alliance came to the PS2 and I decided to give it a shot. I was reward... Read Full Review
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance is the first console outing for the highly acclaimed Baldur's Gate series; it does differ greatly from those PC titles, but not necessarily in a bad way. Dark Alliance was developed by Snowb... Read Full Review
