Everything I've seen about this game so far is terrible!

User Rating: 2 | Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn PC
GFX:
This game claims to have been released in 2000. But The gfx are the worst of any game I've ever played. Even Master of Orion (1993) is far superior. Everything in BG2: Shadows of Amn looks tiny, and badly drawn, as if the game was actually made in 1988, if not earlier.

I had to turn brightness and contrast up to maximum, just so I could see anything at all. Then I needed a walkthrough because, unlike Baldur's Gate (I), which had green-robed "Tutors" to help explain what to do, Baldur's Gate 2 has no help at all.

Gameplay:
It took me several tries (even with the aid of walkthroughs) just to get the key to release Jaheira, because the key wasn't where it was supposed to be. Then I wandered around lost for hours, and still can't find my way out of the dungeon.

Value:
Baldur's Gate I was lots more fun than this. Diablo I was more fun. Return to Krondor was also more fun. And all of them had better gfx. If you want a fun classic RPG that looks good, play one of them.

Avoid Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn. It's the ugliest, least fun game I've ever played in my whole life.

Edit:
Finally found my way out of the dungeon. But imo, it's a cheap, LOUSY, and totally LAME way to start a game. I hate it when a game features a jail break, and the only way they can overpower me is to "cloud my mind" and knock me out, without ANY imput from me. (SoA does it not once, but twice)

I really hate that in a game. To me that says "I can't think of a way to capture them, so I'll just do it without letting the player/gamer/customer have any choice in the matter!" If I wanted to play "Find Your Way Out", I wouldn't be spending my money on RPG's.

Something that's become fairly annoying about SoA. It won't run from the Start Menu. It won't run from the Game Directory. The only way I can get SoA to recognize the DVD is to double-click the E: icon. Otherwise it says I don't have the right disk in the drive.

So I'm thinking of getting through SoA just once, so I can say I played it, then remove the bloody thing from my hard drive. My apologizes to Dan Walker, but I hate everything about this game.