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Summary: The Grand Finale
Review: The last chapters of the Child of Bhaal saga, the grand finale. Throne of Bhaal is an expansion to Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and thus you need SoA to be able to play Throne of Bhaal. Throne of Bhaal takes off exactly where Shadows of Amn left off and continues your travels. Alot is revealed in Throne of Bhaal, both of your past, and of what will be your future.
The storyline is much more linear than in Shadows of Amn, not nearly as many subplots, the story concentrates much more on the main plot. No need to say, at this time in the game you are at an almost godlike level, and the xp cap is at a stunning 8.000.000 experience points! You can make a new character directly in Throne of Bhaal, your character will start with ample experience points and magic items and equipment.
You will still have access to the NPC's that you had in Shadows of Amn, and the character interaction has(once again) been expanded. The plot is well crafted, and is entertaining, if not quite as good as the one in Shadows of Amn.
All said, Throne of Bhaal offers a worthy ending for the saga, satisfying your need for a conclusion of the story
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Summary: good addition to an awesome game
Review: If you are like me, then you are absolutely addicted to Baldur's Gate, and Baldur's Gate II. This is why I had to get Throne of Bhaal. To fully appreciate it though you must start form the beginning. It adds many new items character options, classes, and spells. Once you beat the main story of baldur's gate II and move into the Throne of Bhaal story line. The game becomes more hack and slash which doesn't appeal to me. That is why I gave it a 4 of 5 star rating.
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Summary: Cant stop.
Review: Finished BG II doing Throne of Bhaal, must finish. This game grabs you and wont let go. Great finish to series.
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Summary: A worthy successor to the great ¿Shadows of Amn¿
Review: I enjoyed playing "Throne of Bhaal". The new areas are fun, and so are the riddles, monsters, and quests that you find in the expansion pack. "Throne of Bhaal" adds quite a few special high level abilities, and a lot of new items. The potion cases, ammo belt (for storing all of those extra arrows and bolts), and the +3 ammunition were all great additions. There is a new set of unique magic items that one of the characters can forge for you, using pieces that you find scattered throughout the game (like the dwarven blacksmith in "Shadows of Amn"). The new monsters are wicked and intimidating. However, the best part about Throne of Bhaal is that it continues the same ingenious design and attention to detail that was present in "Baldurs Gate 2. Each new area looks brilliant. Each quest is different. The conversations between the NPC's are entertaining, and the voice acting is great. You do meet one new NPC who can join you early on (it's an old "friend" of yours - don't worry, you'll see). The game has a lot of unique challenges which require you to read the books or parchments that you find in order to solve them. The saga has run its course though. The storyline has been stretched about as far as it can go. Perhaps too far. The "Bhaalspawn" theme lost its appeal for me long before I finished this game. On every street corner, there is some legendary godlike Bhaalspawn, or some prophet that has predicted your coming for the past 100 years. How is it that the rest of the world never noticed all of these Godlike characters running around? There is lots of yammering on about fulfilling your destiny, and the taint of your soul, etc. etc. The dialogue plays out like a bad Star Wars parody. Especially the dialogue that involves Imoen. One big flaw of this game is that there are so many magic resistant and spell-proof creatures that my magic-users hardly ever cast anything more than a handful of the same spells. The spell protection and combat protection magic is BADLY overdone in this game. There is way too much magic vs. counter-magic combat. The fighters totally dominate this game, and mages just cast a handful of magic and combat protection removal spells over and over. Every tough beast is resistant to your fireballs and acid arrows, so there is no point in casting them. There is no balance whatsoever at these high levels, and that is why I gave the game 4 stars instead of 5.
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Summary: Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
Review: This game is great. Though the overall gametime is much shorter than BG2, BG2 expansion has many options that make it just as entertaining. First of all, you may play the original SoA version and the ToB version together. Next, the new array of spells and weaponry is a nice addition because of the new monsters' high HP and better equipped enemies. My only difficulty with BG2 ToB is that new characters start at level 17+. For one thing, this ruins the character because you don't know what the characters full potential is unless you play them all the way through, at the very least through BG2 SoA. Also, this is a lower level than you can achieve by actually playing all the way through BG2.
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Summary: The Best RPG Games Ever
Review: My scarf off (since I don't wear a hat) to the programers of these games, who have a great sense of humor and creativity. You've got me hooked. Graphics & special effects are incredible and it's very amusing to listen to the dialogue between the characters. I've developed a strategy that seems to work battling the most dangerous creatures in the game. First put up your defenses, then surround these baddies with summoned monsters of your own while your mages & priests hit them with spells to lower their magic resistance, then send in your fighters to finish the job. The toughest creature is the Liche. By the way, what is a Liche? This game was given to me as a gift along with the expansion Icwind Dale. I am engaged with one of the characters (Sir Anomen). What do you mean you're engaged to him also? I highly recommend this game for all serious RPG adults. There's a lot of strategy involved - you don't just kill everything you see. All my other games (sorry Playstation) have been put on hold until I finish Baldur's Gate (which at this rate will be til I'm 90 years old).
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Summary: They've gone about as far as they could go
Review: If you've enjoyed the previous chapters of the Baldur's Gate "Bhaalspawn" saga, Throne of Bhaal (ToB) is a must-have -- if only to achieve some closure on the story. ToB has a much tighter (read: more linear) story than its predecessors, which has its pros and cons. The main con is that it's much shorter than BG2. But linearity also gave Bioware the chance to create a deeper, more fulfilling experience. At a few key moments, they realized this potential. Overall, however, the story falls pretty flat, and has the feeling of "Let's just get this over with." It doesn't help that by this point, the players are incredibly powerful, having blown past the upper bounds of what Dungeons & Dragons was designed for. Thus, there are a lot of ridiculously powerful monsters, items, powers, etc... which gets boring after a while. The developers seem self-conscious of this; your imp butler/blacksmith, who forges magical artifacts from things you find throughout the game, tells you "Lots to find -- lots to collect!" in a sort-of wink-wink to the Diablo line of games. Perhaps the most interesting possibilities in this game involve the character Imoen and the new one available at the very beginning. Also, your romance (if any) continues to develop, perhaps in some unexpected directions. There are new interactions among the characters, as well, which in my opinion are the (all-too-infrequent) highlights of the game. I can't say that you won't be disappointed, but if you've gone this far, you may as well finish it. That seems to be what Bioware was thinking, too.
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Summary: the BG saga is over....*sniff*
Review: Yes, I was sad to see it end; the fate of the Bhaalspawn finally decided. Devestated, actually. Throne of Bhaal does a good job of tying up all the loose ends, and has a firm story line. Indeed, almost too firm. Unlike the unlimited options Shadows of Amn offered, ToB is quite linear, and there are few sidequests. The new dungeon of Watcher's Keep is very well done (I wish I could have stayed in there *forever*). I was, however, somewhat annoyed that my map was restricted only to the area allowed in ToB, and I was not allowed to return to any of the places open to me in SoA. The romance dialogues were also a little cheesy, and I must confess, I didn't use the new abilities that your characters can acquire very often. Still, that's not much to complain about, and I definitely recommend this game!
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Summary: DO you want to feel like someone of godly might?
Review: Throne of Bhaal, expansion, hmm... It hardly feels like a usual one though. Shadows of Amn was one of the best games I have ever tried, indubitably the best CRPG made.
Considering that Throne of Bhaal is an expansion, it most certainly is doing great things, it improves gameplay a lot adds and a good innovative story to it's predecessor quite enjoyable. I however would have wanted a BG 3, another city... in BG they had Baldurs Gate, in SoA they had Athkathla, i would have wanted, perhaps Memnon or Calimport i would have wanted more than 1 cd and a longer game.
I don't find many flaws in the game, gamewise that is, you recieve god-like powers and it's great to play with such powers, whether you're a Monk, Cleric or a Mage. The game takes you through a great story as i formerly said. You find cool items and should thoroughly enjoy this game.
It offers a great replay value, since you can play so many character classes and do many things differently than you did when you last played.
Great game, fantastic expansion but a little short.
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Summary: Awesome game!
Review: If you are at all interested in RPGs, they don't get any better than this one! The graphics, music and animation are great. The voice character acting was one of my personal favorites! There are many different colorful characters, worlds, and quests in this game. You also have to use your mind, personal leadership skills in addition to battle strategy. So it's much more than a hack and slash game. However, it's probably not a good game for younger players because of it's intellectual depth.
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