Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, Collector's Edition

This was the LONGEST the MOST FUN game I have ever played! And, mind you, I am not an easy customer (feel free to browse through my reviews, you will see what I mean...)The original BG series was excellent in all of storyline, gameplay, music and stability. Now, nowadays, sequels usually mean a graphically-improved expansion (at best). BG2 is a rare exception of the sequel clearly SURPASSING the original. And in the case of such great original, this means a lot!Words fail to describe the perfect harmony of brilliant ideas, interweaved story-lines and detailed coding that makes this game an unsurpassable classic! Do not let the slightly outdated graphics discourage you. They were cutting edge only some years ago - and you will be able to unleash their full potential even on mid-range PCs!I have yet to meet anyone who has played it and not raved about it! Hard-core D&D funs will find the character building, fighting checks and balances and overall experience very close to the actual pen-&-paper games.Casual computer gamers will notice none of the tedious stuff of other cRPGs as the gameplay runs smooth and beautifully.You even have the choice to turn it into either a turn-based or an action game by tweaking the auto-pause options! I am telling you: this is how computers games should be!You will let yourself get lost in the deep dungeons of the labyrinthic story; you will be laughing out loud to the humorous dialog; you will be surprised as to who is a double and triple-agent.There is an evil beyond imagining unleashed and only you with your party can stand in its way.Party members offer a multitude of unpredictable balancing points and diverging story-lines of their own: side quests, conflicts and love affairs enrich the story in so many original ways!An unsurpassed classic!HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

Game works great, no complaints thereThe jewel case fell apart in my hands, and the CDs were all loose. Other than that, the game works and thats whats most important. I do wish I had the original box and a usuable jewel case. Had to buy and CD holder to store them. Nice game for its age, otherwise.

Baldur's Gate fans rejoice! The wait is over. Baldurs Gate 2 promises to bring you back into the world you loved in BG1. New monsters, new spells and plenty of new missions should keep you happy for hundreds of hours of play. Im gonna buy it twice !!

If all you want to do is hack and slash through life (your character's life, that is) and wear out your mouse, go with other titles that can do that, and just that, well. However if you are a role-playing traditionalist who wants more then hack and slash, one who appreciates a deep non-linear story, one who wishes to lead an adventuring party and considers the consequences of one's decisions, Bauldur's Gate II is for you.The great graphics doesn't hurt either.

Anyone who has played any of interplay's role playing games, such as baldurs gate or icewind dale will love this game. This game allows you to continue your journey that ends in baldurs gate and continues in the land of amn. There are many new character portraits and many new races and classes. SOme of the new classes include sorcerers, monks, and barbarians. There is also a new half-orc class. THe games graphics are impeccable and the surrounding areas are finely detailed. Even the voices and crisp and clear. The animations and character responses surpass that of Baldur's Gate 1. Also, with the new addition to kits, your hero can choose his or her own special abilities. Kits are somewhat like sub-classes for your class. FOr example if you choose to be a fighter you have 3 choices as to what kind of fighter you want to be. One example is a fighter beserker. The quests in this game are also unsurmountable. All of the quests and journal entries are more organized, and the new AD&D rules allow for a bigger variety of gameplay such as dual wielding weapons. There are many new eapons in the game also. A an added bonus, if you buy the special addition, you get a bonus disc which adds a npc vendor to the game named Deidre. She can sell you rare items that cannot be found in the regular game itself.THe special edition also comes with promotional adds, 10 dollars of your purchase of icewind dale, and also trading cards of the character npcs and monsters. Overall, If you loved Baldur's GAte or like a game with a great story background, get this game. NOW

BG2, as soon as i heard of it, had my interest. I played BG1 avidly, as well as Icewind Dale. I was totally expecting my high epectations to be completly dissapointed. From the second i installed the game, i knew my expectations had been completly surpassed. I had a small hard drive, and i had alot of problems due to it, but if you can install the full game (like i did after i bought a 30 gig hard drive, just so i could play the game better), then you will have bascially no problems with it, and load times wont be bad at all. The game itself is just completly huge. There are so many areas, and in every area there is so much stuff and attention to detail packed into it that it would be near impossible to know everything about this game. The game treats veterans of this genere well, as well as slipping in tips during the load screens to help the newbies. The game is absolutly spectacular, and i was apalled when i found that it did not recieve game of the year in PC Gamer. But anyway, to anybody who has had even the mildest of interest in fantasy at all, pick up this game and be prepared from the time you get home from work/school untill way past the time you should be asleep, like i do.