Ok, my first review of this game sucked.Bigtime. so i've decided to make another one.Joy to all!
Shadows of amn starts a few months after the first game, you have left the city of baldurs gate, and are out travelling, but questions still remain, are there others? What will happen now?
Whatever you think, you will propably be suprised.
Not only is this game expansive like holy hell, it's hilarious, intresting and most of all, ....godly.
*Storyline* Almost surpasses MGS2 in twists, and everything else in uhh...*don't hate me for saying this* coolness.
As i said, the game picks up a few months after baldurs gate, life in the city has gotten boring, and you have decided to set out again, to find answers to your questions that arised after sarevok tryed to kill you to get to inherit your fathers heritage. Who your father is?...Bhaal.The lord of murder.
oh well, soon after setting out, you are ambushed, knocked out, and taken to some far away place.
You awaken in a dungeon, in a cage no less.
A mage has captured you, in attempt to get to the essence inside you, and is using rather...painful methods of doing so.
But a accident occurs, and you are set freee, now re-united with Imoen, you have to find a way out, before your friend comes back.
Everything sets off from there, and will evolve into the best storyline ever.
*gameplay* The character creation system has gotten even MORE solid than the first game, now with more classes and under classes of each class.You can spend hours trying to figure out what kind of character you want to be. The game itself is being played in birds view, but don't be scared, it works VERY well.
You've got complete control of your party members, and can either spend alot of time in each battle micro-managing each member, or set up scripts for them.One of the major innovations of the first game was the pause button, that let's you pause the action to give out orders to your teammates.But it don't make the game to easy, you still have to KILL the bastards that are standing in your way.
The world is vivid, and full of ''living'' people, that walk around, talks and makes sounds. The game also has a godly quest system, and the gameplay will take you 200 hours+ to finish, not counting the things you won't find either. And belive me, you'll want to play the game countless times once you've beat it, just to re-live the events of the game.
The game is also filled with humor, from the insane prostitute gnome to angry mages.
The game also features a well working aligment system, wich will determine certain quests or certain allies that might show up.
*10/10*
*Graphics* Pretty dated, but still good.
The world is very detailed, with dungeons being filled with skeletons, bodys and rubble, from palaces with shining floors and wonderful statues.
The magic effects are looking great on higher settings, but look stale on lower.Most of the weapons and armor look pretty good, but can get repetive, since magic weapons often look like their normal counterparts, just with a different coulor.ALL of the enemies look great, ranging from slave traders to dragons to the occasional ghosts.
*9/10*
*Sound* Best.Voiceacting.Ever. All characters have great actors, and kudos to Black Isle for managing to assemble the best.
The music soudns good, always ranging from peaceful forest music,busy city music to dramatical boss music.
Effects? yup, all sounds good, swords are swishing, spells are frizzing *?*
and such.The lower intelligence enemies growl, while the higher taunt and in some cases yawn.*seriously*
*10/10*
*lenght* 200hours+...why aren't you gone to buy it yet? The **** game Black had what? 8 hours+? ...This is the lengthiest game ever *?* and will never let the excitement fade. There is only one ending, but with hundreds of side quests, most of wich are character or class based, and with a bunch of may-be allies with quests of their own, not to forget all other details there are to find.
*i need a bigger meter* *seriously*
The best game on PC, or indeed everywhere.A definite time eater, unplug that phone, lock that door and emerge a few pounds lighter, and with a different view of gaming.