Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance Review

Although I don’t normally post about reviews, I thought this one warranted a newsbit. GameSpot has posted a review of the much anticipated D&D PS2 game, Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance, giving it a high score of 8.8/10. Here’s a taste of what they had to say about the game:

Lovers of detail will find that Dark Alliance is a truly beautiful game, both artistically and technically. The flora and fauna of the Forgotten Realms have been brought to life, both with nicely rendered models and extremely smooth animation. Monsters have distinctive gaits, methods of attack, and death animations, which, combined with their distinctive looks, make them among the most delightful enemies to face in recent games. Dark Alliance draws upon some of the more memorable images of Dungeons & Dragons, including cowardly kobolds, towering frost giants, and the inexplicably appealing gelatinous cube. These creatures look absolutely great, even when all that is racing through your head is how to defeat them without depleting your stock of potions.