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Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: THE EYE on February 16, 2001, 10:03:47 AM
SEE IT NOW !!!!!!!!!! :D WoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoW

THE MOVIE FOR PS2:

http://ps2movies.ign.com/media/previews/video/baldursgate/BGDA1.mpg

Source: http://ps2.ign.com/previews/15580.html
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on February 16, 2001, 10:06:35 AM
I only can say one word: IMPRESSIVE

guys you have to download this mpeg!!!!!!!
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: Samwise on February 16, 2001, 10:46:10 AM
This is a game I\'m looking very much forward to! It sounds really awesome - and according to IGN the graphics are stunning, even though the game isn\'t even finished yet. Cool! :)
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: Kituka on February 16, 2001, 12:48:39 PM
WOW!!! THIS is the type of game I live for!!! I might just have to get a PS2!!!
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: Chrono on February 16, 2001, 01:31:41 PM
wow, this is some really really big news!
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: unknown on February 16, 2001, 01:39:33 PM
awwwww hell yea, looks like someone finally mastered the ps2 capabilitys, hopefully everyone will follow, i read the article in ign, and omg he says that there is 0 problems, and the anti aliancing is off the hook, i am going to get this game if its like diablo2... yes!!!
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: Chrono on February 16, 2001, 01:47:41 PM
its sorta like diablo
but has a ton more RPG elements!

What I find interesting, is they say
"Whatever you think about baldurs gate... FORGET!"

Are they mocking the PC?
lol

Plus, they have NO mention of a PC version.. the PC must be too weak for the game... Wow, when was the last time that happened?
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: Chrono on February 16, 2001, 01:50:57 PM
Wow, the ps2 is a caculation machine!

"Depending of physics, and where you strike the animated pile of bones, they’ll shatter differently, and they bounce and cascade to the ground completely dependent of environmental physics. "

And does everything else damn near perfect

"Once I was able to pull my eyes off of the TV for a second or two, I really took the time to scrutinize the graphics, and to my delight, I could find nothing wrong with them. Let me repeat that again: I could find NOTHING wrong with the graphics. None of the problems that are commonly associated with PlayStation 2 games, such as low-res textures, flickering, or aliasing problems, are to be found here. It’s hard to think of a game that pulls off the much-fabled anti-aliasing as well as this game does. "

People have been underestimating the power of the ps2, which is great, cause people will be shocked to see what comes up in the upcomming years.. stuff you never thought possible
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: unknown on February 16, 2001, 01:56:19 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Chrono
Wow, the ps2 is a caculation machine!

"Depending of physics, and where you strike the animated pile of bones, they’ll shatter differently, and they bounce and cascade to the ground completely dependent of environmental physics. "

And does everything else damn near perfect

"Once I was able to pull my eyes off of the TV for a second or two, I really took the time to scrutinize the graphics, and to my delight, I could find nothing wrong with them. Let me repeat that again: I could find NOTHING wrong with the graphics. None of the problems that are commonly associated with PlayStation 2 games, such as low-res textures, flickering, or aliasing problems, are to be found here. It’s hard to think of a game that pulls off the much-fabled anti-aliasing as well as this game does. "

People have been underestimating the power of the ps2, which is great, cause people will be shocked to see what comes up in the upcomming years.. stuff you never thought possible


you said it home slice, its on and ps2 aint takling no more crap, that was from the article at ign, and that is exactly what it says.
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: nO-One on February 16, 2001, 02:21:36 PM
You can read an early review of the game here (http://firingsquad.gamers.com/games/bgdafirstlook/) on firingsquad. a great gaming site I might add :)
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: ddaryl on February 16, 2001, 02:45:40 PM
I\'m downloading it now, extremly slow on a T1 though

This is definetly my type of game. I love the Dungeons and Dragons worlds, I have since I was a 11 rolling the odd shaped dice and making my own Dungeon Maps.

It will be great when there is a larger library of these types of games

Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: macabre on February 16, 2001, 04:25:36 PM
I can`t wait for this though I havn`t seen the video.
So people tell me: Is it a 3D game ? They could use the Aurora engine (Neverwinter Nights).That would be awesome!
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: macabre on February 16, 2001, 04:44:08 PM
OK,I just looked at the pics at ign and yes, it`s 3D.And yes,I`m blown away.
I´m in the middle of Baldurs Gate 2 right now and it`s a awesome game.And now this one for my PS2 !!!
They should release a PS2 version of Neverwinter Nights too.
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: THE EYE on February 16, 2001, 05:10:21 PM
Guys... just look at the water !!! :D

Yes, Chrono... BIG NEWS !!! ;)
THE all seeing EYE... :D
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: Chrono on February 16, 2001, 06:02:21 PM
I made this shorter movie,
with gameplay only thats 14mb for 56k people!
http://www.ps2edge.com/movies/BaldursDark.avi
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: Jigen on February 16, 2001, 06:11:57 PM
Holy #%@!  this game just jumped out in front of me like a pack of raptors that hasn\'t eaten in a day during midnight!  It\'s nice to have another AAA title just pop up like that :)
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: ddaryl on February 16, 2001, 06:17:37 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Jigen
Holy #%@!  this game just jumped out in front of me like a pack of raptors that hasn\'t eaten in a day during midnight!  It\'s nice to have another AAA title just pop up like that :)



Yeah the entire world is just a better place when a new game gets announced for the PS2  that has video footage of gameplay attached, and it looks this good

anyone know of a release date
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: Chrono on February 16, 2001, 06:21:44 PM
THIS fall...
amazing huh?
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: Caspian on February 16, 2001, 07:49:10 PM
I do love Action RPG\'s. Dark Allience is beautiful beyond words.
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: Mr. Kennedy on February 16, 2001, 07:56:25 PM
Are you serious???  I love Baulder\'s Gate, it was one of the best PC games I ever played and now it\'s headed to the PS2, this is wonderful.  Sony has everything going for them and no one can stop them... not even Bill Gates... dun dun dun!
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: ddaryl on February 16, 2001, 07:58:42 PM
Ya know whats funny

I blew off the news on this game cause to me it was just another PC port.... whip de ****in dooThen I\'m on IGN boards and then over here and I start to read the threads so I do and look at the movies and read the article and now its like in my top 3 must have games.

Mainly because I love D+D kinda stuff, which is why I was attracted to the Summoner so much.



I also love the 2 player same screen co-op mode for this game, I just hope my wife might wanna try (probably not) its a real shame cause this would be a great 2p co-op experience

I wish some of my buds lived out here cause we\'d twist a couple up and get lost in the world of D+D which would be just peachy
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: Solid Snake 88 on February 16, 2001, 08:08:25 PM
looks great. like D2 almost.
Title: All I have to say is IF
Post by: ddaryl on February 16, 2001, 09:05:46 PM
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fps2media.ign.com%2Fmedia%2Fpreviews%2Fimage%2Fbaldursgate%2FBGDA_monster_whitedragon.jpg&hash=81867a7040075d3c1d30053a42ac66108d40bb35)

if they can make the dragon look this good in game I will bust a nut....
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: Solid Snake 88 on February 16, 2001, 09:24:59 PM
As they say, "Never Underestimate the Power of PlayStation".
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: THE EYE on February 16, 2001, 11:05:22 PM
Please, please Lord let it be so... !!!
I´ve seen those pics also, and I just can´t wait, but I realy hope it will be with AA and without "flickering" !!!
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: Evi on February 16, 2001, 11:36:27 PM
Eeeehhhheeeehhheeee!!!! :D I feel like a little school girl again...:D...:(...er...boy...that is...:)

If you have the time guys (the ones with regular phone line connections), you\'ve absolutely got to download this mpeg!!! :D It\'s so sweet. I\'ve got to get this game!!! I don\'t mind waiting on downloads...especially with a T1...:) Took me 4 minutes to download the video...
Title: Re: All I have to say is IF
Post by: MeTaL=DeaTh on February 16, 2001, 11:46:59 PM
Quote
Originally posted by ddaryl

if they can make the dragon look this good in game I will bust a nut....

ddaryl,if they make the game look as good as that pic,i think the claim of "toy story graphics" is pretty much true (even though i never read that Sony said that actually)
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: Sublimesjg on February 17, 2001, 02:09:52 AM
WOW!!!!

i am no baldurs gate fan but that looks really really good - i am in the process of downloading that crazy large mpeg

only 2 hours to go - whooo hooo - go 56k go

anyway that game looks top notch and i am sure this will hush some trolls up
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on February 17, 2001, 02:17:47 AM
I downloaded yerterday and the video is impressive, the movement is cool, like monsters and scenaries!!!
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: Kituka on February 17, 2001, 10:21:20 AM
The mpeg blew me away!!! One thing I learned from this is:
PS2 IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO PROGRAM FOR AS I HAVE BEEN BRAINWASHED TO BELIEVE. I NOW TRULY UNDERSTAND THAT ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GIVE DEVELOPERS TIME TO LEARN THE IN\'S AND OUT\'S OF THE MACHINE!!!

As far as I\'m concerned, I\'ll get a PS2 just for this game!!! Beautful. In short, MY DREAM GAME!!!
Title: The sky is the limit.
Post by: wiseboy on February 17, 2001, 06:04:43 PM
I\'m downloading the movie now and I can\'t wait to see it. But based on what I\'ve read so far it seems as if this game along with other soon to be released AAA titles is trying to send a message to PS2 developers around the world and that is: "Think big and you get big" or "Dream your biggest dream and let the black box make it come true".

This is what developers have to do. They have to throw out everything they knew to be conventional(of course not everything, but at least to put their thinking into this frame of mind) because if they don\'t they\'re going to remain stagnant into a regressive mind state which has its origins in SNES, N64, Playstation one, etc.. type programming. Developers need to take risks and to continue to raise the bar. The sky is the limit with the PS2(at least so far). I like this statement made by one of the Baluder\'s Gate: Dark Alliance reps:


 "We are developing the game from the ground up to take full advantage of the sophisticated PlayStation 2 technology," said Ryan Geithman, director of Snowblind Studios. "Our goal is to push the hardware to its limits, thus creating stunning environmental effects and highly detailed characters never before seen on the console."

Now that\'s the kind of attitude a person has got to have even before he or she envisions the next PS2 project. The developers have to take the PS2 hardware and tear it a new a**hole.
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: Sublimesjg on February 18, 2001, 12:15:32 AM
ye ai downloaded the movie while i went to bed and wheni woke up was that a surprise or what

that is awesome - the water effects and the way the fire changes the shadows

even my dad is siked about this game
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: Peltopukki on February 18, 2001, 01:20:32 AM
Nice mpg :)
I love the way each stone on the wall is actualy modelled with polygons...



Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: SonyFan on February 18, 2001, 01:56:48 AM
Anyone wanna bet that this one is going to captivate audiences at E3 in the same way MGS2 did last year? I can see this game being the next big buzz... and it\'s going to change a lot of pissy attitudes about the little black wonder.

Just imagine what Sega will be able to do with it... just imagine what the PS3 will be capable of. No wait.. don\'t. You\'ve probably gone though enough underwear already. :D

Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: on February 18, 2001, 02:34:11 AM
yes yes yes.
i loved playing this game on the PC and now it is coming to the ps2. The game looks excellent hardly any slow down.
i can\'t wait.
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: THE EYE on February 18, 2001, 01:42:51 PM
Guys, look at the new screens...

http://ps2.ign.com/previews/15580.html

Only two of them:

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fps2media.ign.com%2Fmedia%2Fpreviews%2Fimage%2Fbaldursgate%2FBGDA_area15.jpg&hash=41bd3a1e83b30e958f3c1172dd6896ad03958c2c)

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fps2media.ign.com%2Fmedia%2Fpreviews%2Fimage%2Fbaldursgate%2Fss28_lg.jpg&hash=424c79aa6798619c3524e0d63b3d726ed8bd9337)
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: Knotter8 on February 18, 2001, 01:56:04 PM
Impressive....
But it\'s funny to see how all you ppl go
wild and even corny/mushy about such a game.
How a videogame can get this almost emotional
vibe out of ppl.
Knotter8
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: ddaryl on February 18, 2001, 03:55:40 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Knotter8
Impressive....
But it\'s funny to see how all you ppl go
wild and even corny/mushy about such a game.
How a videogame can get this almost emotional
vibe out of ppl.
Knotter8
 



We\'re fans.

Most of us Love RPG\'s and D+D, throw all that together with a great looking game from a credited franchise developed from the ground up to run on the PS2\'s hardware (not a port) and of course we are excited

Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: Dwarrior on February 18, 2001, 05:31:56 PM
I thought the Xbox was supposed to get all the PC ports.
 
Any fan that loves this and says xbox is getting nothing put PC ports and is a portbox should be slapped.  Thats what the PS2 is for.

It does look good, but remember, its only a PC game. :)  Gotta love putting that in some of your faces. :)
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: Paul on February 18, 2001, 06:15:04 PM
Ddaryl: if your wife don\'t wanna try with you....get another wife!!!! :D J/K
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: SonyFan on February 18, 2001, 07:28:18 PM
No Dwarrior, it\'s not a PC game. It\'s a PC franchise yes, but the game is being built solely for the PS2 to take advantage of the PS2\'s hardware. There may be a port TO the PC sometime in the future.. but it\'s going to be quite a while since the entire game is going to have to be recoded to work with PC\'s.
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: Sublimesjg on February 18, 2001, 09:48:00 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Dwarrior
I thought the Xbox was supposed to get all the PC ports.
 
Any fan that loves this and says xbox is getting nothing put PC ports and is a portbox should be slapped.  Thats what the PS2 is for.

It does look good, but remember, its only a PC game. :)  Gotta love putting that in some of your faces. :)


yea if you actually looked at the video you would have seen at the end that there was no advertiement saying it was also for the PC

;)yea love throwing it back into your face;)
Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: Dwarrior on February 19, 2001, 04:45:54 AM
Quote
Originally posted by Sublimesjg
Quote
Originally posted by Dwarrior
I thought the Xbox was supposed to get all the PC ports.
 
Any fan that loves this and says xbox is getting nothing put PC ports and is a portbox should be slapped.  Thats what the PS2 is for.

It does look good, but remember, its only a PC game. :)  Gotta love putting that in some of your faces. :)


yea if you actually looked at the video you would have seen at the end that there was no advertiement saying it was also for the PC

;)yea love throwing it back into your face;) [/B]


  I never thought I would see the day when the PS2 gets more PC ports than anything else and all of a sudden a PC games company doesn\'t suck...

  If this game was for xbox, everyone would be screaming PORT PORT!  Even if it was made from scratch.  Boy how quickly things have changed. :)  Its a PC company making a PC game with a PC GENRE using a PC point of view that was created from scratch for a CONSOLE.  So basically its a PC game for a console, thus its a PC port. :)

  The code might have not been ported, but everything else was.  It will be available for other platforms of course....

  PC games on Xbox = crappy ports
  PC games on PS2 = awesome innovative games... gotta love the translation on this one... :)

Title: Baldur\'s Gate: Dark Alliance for PS2 !!!
Post by: IronFist on February 19, 2001, 04:54:57 PM
Quote
Originally posted by ddaryl
We\'re fans.

Most of us Love RPG\'s and D+D, throw all that together with a great looking game from a credited franchise developed from the ground up to run on the PS2\'s hardware (not a port) and of course we are excited
 [/B]


Every time I hear the phrase D+D, I can\'t help but think of that Summoner movie. :D  Like ddaryl said, we love D+D/RPG games.  I am really excited about this games graphics.  The water affects are amazing.  The spells are extremely cool (Lots and LOTS of particle affects :)).  I have always been a huge fan of Baldur\'s Gate, and I can\'t wait for this game to come out.