

This variety adds depth and replayability, however, that wouldn't be enough alone. The kits, such as assassin, beastmaster, undead slayer, and bounty hunter must often be obtained by solving specific in-game quests, adding unique abilities and stats. Allowing you to import your party from the prequel, it also offers new classes which include barbarian, sorcerer and monk in addition to 20 new kits. sort of! The Children of Murderīaldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn begins where BG1 left off. And here I was, faced with BG2: had the developers listened - could they surpass Guido Henkel's genius with their own engine, Planescape? Well, they could and they did. Beautiful and amazing as BG1 was - in the end it wasn't enough. I had burned-out on BG1 's long hours slogging through open fields, fighting little monsters and solving numerous messenger quests. Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Hear all across the land! Can it be BioWare's done it again? That's the question I asked myself as I installed the recommended 1168 MB's and some 200+ hours of gameplay that make up the sequel to the smash hit, Baldur's Gate! I was sceptical.
