Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II

About

Team up with a friend or go solo in this fast-paced action RPG. Choose from five character classes each with distinct abilities and build them using a real-time combat system that blends melee brawling and spellcasting. Fight through four new story acts filled with overhead battles against expanded monster rosters. Level up by earning experience points and customize your gear with a crafting system that turns raw materials into enchanted weapons and armor. The single-player or co-op mode lets you split gold and loot while navigating a world full of merchants quests and hidden secrets. The game ties Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition rules into its progression and item systems making builds feel earned through trial and error. Over 300 collectible items plus secret characters and branching dialogue options add lasting replay value. Launched in 2004 it still holds a 78 Metacritic score for its polished mix of accessibility and depth. Cross-platform play spans PC Xbox and PS2 with local co-op that keeps the focus on chaotic two-player teamwork.

Storyline

This sequel to the hit 2002 action role-playing game set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe picks up right where the original left off. The mysterious disappearance of the Onyx Tower and death of Eldrith the Betrayer had left the noble heroes trapped in an unknown setting. Yet the harbor town of Baldur's Gate is still very much part of a heinous plot to control the Forgotten Realms. Five new character types vow to stop whoever or whatever is behind this new alliance, no matter what the cost.