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This is a perfect chip off the Baldur's Gate series that has done so well on the PC. As with all of them it is a third person rpg composed primarily hack, slash, and bespell. Add a dash of sneak and run, and you have the entire spectrum of strategies available. If anything, there is even less story content on the PS2 than there is on the PCs. I didn't count them, but there are about thirty-five levels maybe the same number of monster types. Basically the plot consists of arriving in Baldur's gate, getting mugged and going after the malefactors. On thing leads to another and soon you are haring all over the countryside killing everything in your sight until you come face-to-face with an old enemy of the town, On titanic battle later you are looking at the credits. In retrospect, it is hard to believe that someone who spent list price for this game would be very happy about the game play. Even at the 'on sale, close out' price I was a bit stunned to get through the game in less than 20 hours on the first shot. And I'm not a particularly fast player. The game is beautiful to look at, motion is fluid, and you have good control of the camera angle. But all that artwork takes up most of the space on the DVD, and the game really screams for more of just about everything. Of course, you could always just keep playing the game over until you felt you had gotten your moneys worth. Since game play is a bit monotonous, this is a viable option. But no matter what you do, you will always wind up in the same places with the same experience points and some slight variation in spells (not much if you want to win. There just isn't time to do any real character building. Oh well, it was almost fun while it lasted!
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