Aside from occasional graphical mishaps, including the right breast of the Elfsong Tavern’s barmaid continually clipping through her top as she talks, the game still looks pretty good. It’s a missed opportunity.įor a game that is essentially simply an upscaled PS2 title, Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance has aged pretty well. Although having the game back in its original form is great, online multiplayer is one of the things that could have been improved in this version. It is utterly baffling that this game has been remastered for modern consoles without online play when it has such an excellent 2 player co-op mode. It’s been quite some time since we last played the original on the PS2 but we don’t remember such considerable dips in performance.įinally on the gameplay, we have to acknowledge the Beholder in the room. Also, there were severe frame rate issues throughout with Dark Alliance slowing to about the speed of an average PowerPoint presentation, even during points of minimal action. During our time with the game on Xbox, we experienced the joy of the game constantly crashing and booting us out, including one occasion during the final cut scene forcing us to fight the final boss again to finish the game. To be honest though, this port is a bit of a mess. This allows you to bring along a friend for the ride, with all the added fun of tackling an increased challenge and the biggest obstacle to progress: trying to distribute the loot fairly. The player chooses where to place points into their stats, earning spells like Magic Missile and Fireball (if you’re the sorceress), dispatching classic enemies and powerful bosses straight out of the Monster Manual, and … travelling with friends with 2 player co-op. It’s satisfyingly straightforward.ĭark Alliance plays to its D&D strengths. In other words, you run through doors and kill everything in that room, open chests and smash crates to steal everything, then move onto the next. The action here plays out in an action RPG manner, with different characters and weapons resulting in distinctly different play styles, alongside your usual block, attack, and magic buttons.
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