Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance II Preview

The Armchair Empire has posted a preview of Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance 2 for PS2 and Xbox release. Here’s a snippet:

Baldur’s Gate has easily established itself as one of the finest PC RPG franchises to come along, then after four installments on that platform it successfully made the leap to all three major consoles in the form of a very well done action RPG. Now we have a sequel on the way that looks to pick up where the first game let off.

Features:

– Game spans 5 acts and more than 40 levels

– Takes place in the Forgotten Realms®

– 5 new customizable characters, each with distinctive powers, appearances and abilities that develop throughout the game

– Graphically stunning environments, hundreds of new items, D&D monsters, weapons, spells, enchanted items, potions

– An inventive system, which allows players to create their own ultimate magical artifacts

– Intuitive, console-friendly controls, including improved aiming and blocking systems and a new (Shift) system, allowing for faster switching of spells & abilities