slaynish
2005-01-14, 05:56 PM
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
Well as most of you have heard of Baulders Gate, or you have beaten it yourself, why dont you listen to my review anyways? Baulders Gate is an exciting game, it is not only easy but its a lot of fun. The reason it is ' so much fun ' is, like diabloII, you can 'level up'. You can choose stat points every three or so levels and you can choose skill points every level but the stat point level.
Plot: Well the plot is unknown at the beginning, all you know is you've got to go through the sewers and kill the evil forces and magic. After that you've got to save the mining camp, and after that you've got to kill the evil tower and its enchantress. There isnt really much of a plot until you realize what you have to do.
Players: 1-2. So much fun with 2 people, you can just hack away at enemies with buddies.
Fun Facts!: You can import characters! Lets say i want to import my level 17 into a new game to get him a higher level. Well you can beat the game OVER and OVER with the same character. Just get into a new game, go to start>change character>import character> then choose your file.
Cheats: There are many cheats. To get invincibility and Level Warp hold down: L1+R2+Triangle+Left and press Start. Try to beat the game WITHOUT cheats like i did :)
General Walkthrough(as less spoilers as possible, read if you want to know what its about and the style of the game)
Well... Lets see here. First you start in the Tavern of Baulders Gate. There are three different ' acts ' or ' main camps '. While you complete the first act, you have to rescue a captured prisoner named Ethon that felt bad for letting you go into the sewers alone. After you're done doing that you just trot along and kill the main general. He is pretty easy, but i've only completed with a Human(archer mainly). Since i've had range its not really much of a challenge for any bosses whatsoever. Once you kill him and go through some... "Mazes" you meet your first main boss. He is a giant eyeball with a tounge. Once you've completly finished him, you get some items from your guild leader, and you then go through the gateway to the next town. Once you get through the gate, you must go down and up and all around a path named " Wind Walk ". There are some pretty difficult monsters seeing as you're probably only level 6-10. Well, after you've completed through wind-walk, you find yourself at a Mine Camp. Then just heal and save. Talk to the man with the question mark above his head. He will tell you what he needs you to do. From there, you've got to just take a hard right and head on over. It will say " Enter Burning Eye Summit " or something, once you see that press square. Then you just follow along. You must enter caves and different areas to get the 3 items you need to light the torch. You need to aqquire a (1) Oil Cantene (1) Flint Rock (1) Torch. Once you have those just follow it up and around and you'll find yourself at the tower. Light it up and melt the man to get the key. Once you do that, recall back to town and talk to the man again. He will then tell you how to get into the door to the mountain to mine. Once you're inside the mine tunnel thing, you'll find yourself along a lot of monsters. Kill all the monsters you come along by. Just collect three elevator gears. You will need them to get to the 2nd level of the mine. Continue once you're in the 2nd lvl of mining. Just kind of do the same before, until you find level 3. Once you reach level 3, you will have to go to the dark elf lady. She and you will start fighting eachother. You must kill her with surviving. She will drop some items, potions, weapons, key, and a horn. Once you've killed her for sure, go to the cell gate and unlock the dwarf. He will tell you what to do with the horn. Once he told you what to do, you need to recall back to your mining camp and then you will have to talk to the man again. Make sure you equip yourself well becuase once you have to fight the Ice Dragon, it is not a pretty sight. You will need atleast the best armor you can buy(scail i believe) and once you have that make sure you buy your best weapon you can. Get atleast 10 pots of each kind too. From there you're going to have to go up staright into the woods. Its not too far from there. Just continue from the wooded area as im sure you can. Once you're at the dragon just do some manuvers and kill him eventually. Always try to stay close if you're close range, and if not then wait for it to land on the ground for you to strike it with your arrows/magic. Once you've killed the dragon he will not drop anything, but check the chests to get more potions and things. Enter the gate and you'll find yourself at act 3. Once you do this you'll have to go through this giant level//maze. God it was a hassle. There will be zombies throwing poisenous potions that you'll have to take care of. There will be all kinds of monsters you'll have to kill. Once you get to the nearest NPChes evil! but you have no choice to trust him for nowyou'll have to buy weapons and armors and potions. Talk to him and once you did that, go back down until you can leave the swamp. Get all the way past the keep and get inside of it. Once inside you'll have to go through some more obsticals. By this time you'll be around level 11-15. You should be hitting around 30-100 damage every time, so it wont be TOO hard. Just get past through everything until you get to the big tower. ***REMEMBER*** ONCE YOU'VE GONE INTO THE TOWER, YOU CAN NOT RECALL. THIS MEANS YOU WILL LIVE ON 3 POTIONS IF YOU GO IN WITH 3 POTIONS. BUY EVERYTHING YOU CAN WITH ALL THE GOLD YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU ENTER ***REMEMBER*** Once you're at the big tower you have to follow through level 1,2,3, and the black forge. Once you're at the black forge you must kill the giant metal guy. If you have range, just run and hit, run and hit. If not then just go and tank, and hit rapidly. Once you've killed him he'll drop the sword of Onyx. Yes, it does 90-130 damage:) Make sure you get the weapon from the Weapon rack though. Once you have done that, proceed to the Hall of Restrictions or whatever. Go through the doors. There are no monsters, those are only ghosts. Wouldnt harm a fly. Once the crates and extra health are overwith, and you've talked to the guy and listened to his story, go into the chamber where you'll find the last boss. Once you're here, you've got to attack with onyx sword and have health handy. Make sure you've got lots of health too. He hits 100's. You will 100-200. It takes about 10-15 hits for her to die, and once shes dead you've just beat the game...
Congrats.
By the way, this is the choppiest guide i've seen. If you want a real walkthrough go to www.gamefaqs.com
More info to be edited as i play and game.
8.2/10 for the simplicity but the fun.
Overall... Hmm.. I'd say its DEFINITLY a try.
Btw, how did i do for my first review?
Well as most of you have heard of Baulders Gate, or you have beaten it yourself, why dont you listen to my review anyways? Baulders Gate is an exciting game, it is not only easy but its a lot of fun. The reason it is ' so much fun ' is, like diabloII, you can 'level up'. You can choose stat points every three or so levels and you can choose skill points every level but the stat point level.
Plot: Well the plot is unknown at the beginning, all you know is you've got to go through the sewers and kill the evil forces and magic. After that you've got to save the mining camp, and after that you've got to kill the evil tower and its enchantress. There isnt really much of a plot until you realize what you have to do.
Players: 1-2. So much fun with 2 people, you can just hack away at enemies with buddies.
Fun Facts!: You can import characters! Lets say i want to import my level 17 into a new game to get him a higher level. Well you can beat the game OVER and OVER with the same character. Just get into a new game, go to start>change character>import character> then choose your file.
Cheats: There are many cheats. To get invincibility and Level Warp hold down: L1+R2+Triangle+Left and press Start. Try to beat the game WITHOUT cheats like i did :)
General Walkthrough(as less spoilers as possible, read if you want to know what its about and the style of the game)
Well... Lets see here. First you start in the Tavern of Baulders Gate. There are three different ' acts ' or ' main camps '. While you complete the first act, you have to rescue a captured prisoner named Ethon that felt bad for letting you go into the sewers alone. After you're done doing that you just trot along and kill the main general. He is pretty easy, but i've only completed with a Human(archer mainly). Since i've had range its not really much of a challenge for any bosses whatsoever. Once you kill him and go through some... "Mazes" you meet your first main boss. He is a giant eyeball with a tounge. Once you've completly finished him, you get some items from your guild leader, and you then go through the gateway to the next town. Once you get through the gate, you must go down and up and all around a path named " Wind Walk ". There are some pretty difficult monsters seeing as you're probably only level 6-10. Well, after you've completed through wind-walk, you find yourself at a Mine Camp. Then just heal and save. Talk to the man with the question mark above his head. He will tell you what he needs you to do. From there, you've got to just take a hard right and head on over. It will say " Enter Burning Eye Summit " or something, once you see that press square. Then you just follow along. You must enter caves and different areas to get the 3 items you need to light the torch. You need to aqquire a (1) Oil Cantene (1) Flint Rock (1) Torch. Once you have those just follow it up and around and you'll find yourself at the tower. Light it up and melt the man to get the key. Once you do that, recall back to town and talk to the man again. He will then tell you how to get into the door to the mountain to mine. Once you're inside the mine tunnel thing, you'll find yourself along a lot of monsters. Kill all the monsters you come along by. Just collect three elevator gears. You will need them to get to the 2nd level of the mine. Continue once you're in the 2nd lvl of mining. Just kind of do the same before, until you find level 3. Once you reach level 3, you will have to go to the dark elf lady. She and you will start fighting eachother. You must kill her with surviving. She will drop some items, potions, weapons, key, and a horn. Once you've killed her for sure, go to the cell gate and unlock the dwarf. He will tell you what to do with the horn. Once he told you what to do, you need to recall back to your mining camp and then you will have to talk to the man again. Make sure you equip yourself well becuase once you have to fight the Ice Dragon, it is not a pretty sight. You will need atleast the best armor you can buy(scail i believe) and once you have that make sure you buy your best weapon you can. Get atleast 10 pots of each kind too. From there you're going to have to go up staright into the woods. Its not too far from there. Just continue from the wooded area as im sure you can. Once you're at the dragon just do some manuvers and kill him eventually. Always try to stay close if you're close range, and if not then wait for it to land on the ground for you to strike it with your arrows/magic. Once you've killed the dragon he will not drop anything, but check the chests to get more potions and things. Enter the gate and you'll find yourself at act 3. Once you do this you'll have to go through this giant level//maze. God it was a hassle. There will be zombies throwing poisenous potions that you'll have to take care of. There will be all kinds of monsters you'll have to kill. Once you get to the nearest NPChes evil! but you have no choice to trust him for nowyou'll have to buy weapons and armors and potions. Talk to him and once you did that, go back down until you can leave the swamp. Get all the way past the keep and get inside of it. Once inside you'll have to go through some more obsticals. By this time you'll be around level 11-15. You should be hitting around 30-100 damage every time, so it wont be TOO hard. Just get past through everything until you get to the big tower. ***REMEMBER*** ONCE YOU'VE GONE INTO THE TOWER, YOU CAN NOT RECALL. THIS MEANS YOU WILL LIVE ON 3 POTIONS IF YOU GO IN WITH 3 POTIONS. BUY EVERYTHING YOU CAN WITH ALL THE GOLD YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU ENTER ***REMEMBER*** Once you're at the big tower you have to follow through level 1,2,3, and the black forge. Once you're at the black forge you must kill the giant metal guy. If you have range, just run and hit, run and hit. If not then just go and tank, and hit rapidly. Once you've killed him he'll drop the sword of Onyx. Yes, it does 90-130 damage:) Make sure you get the weapon from the Weapon rack though. Once you have done that, proceed to the Hall of Restrictions or whatever. Go through the doors. There are no monsters, those are only ghosts. Wouldnt harm a fly. Once the crates and extra health are overwith, and you've talked to the guy and listened to his story, go into the chamber where you'll find the last boss. Once you're here, you've got to attack with onyx sword and have health handy. Make sure you've got lots of health too. He hits 100's. You will 100-200. It takes about 10-15 hits for her to die, and once shes dead you've just beat the game...
Congrats.
By the way, this is the choppiest guide i've seen. If you want a real walkthrough go to www.gamefaqs.com
More info to be edited as i play and game.
8.2/10 for the simplicity but the fun.
Overall... Hmm.. I'd say its DEFINITLY a try.
Btw, how did i do for my first review?