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Title: Dark Alliance: revisted
Post by: ddaryl on February 26, 2001, 08:17:28 PM: http://www.zdnet.com/gamespot/stories/previews/0,10869,2687040,00.html

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Dark Alliance will take full advantage of the PS2\'s superior sound capabilities. The game will use Dolby Digital sound, and it will feature comprehensive voice acting for each character and a completely original soundtrack. All of the text in the game will be spoken to you, and each character will actually speak his or her dialogue. Wenches will have sultry but husky voices, tavern-goers will be happy and drunk, and shopkeepers will describe their items and hock their wares as you scroll through the purchase list. All the characters will speak through the in-game engine, and Snowblind Studios is currently working on making the mouths synch with the dialogue

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Couldn\'t resist

I cannot wait to play this one
Title: Dark Alliance: revisted
Post by: Caspian on February 26, 2001, 08:20:59 PM: I dont blame you at all. Actually, im glad we have new info.

If its worth mentioning, i\'ve downloaded the movie from IGN several times. Why I dont just save it to the hard drive, I dont really know. I like the movie alot. Its nice and smooth.
Title: What type of game is it?
Post by: jiggs on February 26, 2001, 09:05:58 PM: Is this a rpg or action adventure?
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Title: Dark Alliance: revisted
Post by: ddaryl on February 26, 2001, 09:17:44 PM: Baldur Gate series is RPG based off 3rd edition Advanced Dungeon and Dragons rules

The Baldurs Gate series on the PC is one of the best PC RPG series around and this game Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance is a whole new story and a brand new game engine designed from the ground for the PS2

This game is going to rock. Can\'t wait

Heck I can\'t wait for any RPG at this point
Title: Dark Alliance: revisted
Post by: Sublimesjg on February 26, 2001, 10:10:46 PM: yea i had never played the PC counterparts but i am really excited to see this game

and i can\'t wait to get it - till then i am getting BG 2 and am gonna try it out
Title: Dark Alliance: revisted
Post by: Ryu on February 26, 2001, 10:31:09 PM: Man, I LOVE those water effects... hmm... I think i\'ll finish watching wrestling, do my hw, then review starfighter... I\'ll prolly have my review up by tm though =\\
Title: Dark Alliance: revisted
Post by: MeTaL=DeaTh on February 26, 2001, 10:50:41 PM: did everyone happen to notice how smooth surfaces look and how round objects look,they must be using techniques that PS2 supports,i\'m quite impressed...i.e..not blocky looking!
Title: Dark Alliance: revisted
Post by: Waspman on February 26, 2001, 11:31:29 PM: Good Research Darryl..I love Medieval games.Very detailed game,look at the appearance of the Hyena men ,Excellent..this game wiil bring back old Ultima memories.

One question about Dark Alliance: How many View modes are there?
Title: Dark Alliance: revisted
Post by: Metal_Gear_Ray on February 26, 2001, 11:51:47 PM: mmmmmmmh.......looking tasty, Man! those screens really show off ps2s power. Look at the first screen which shows of ps2s amazing lighting and polygon rendering. The second screen has a REAL look in tree, not just some stupid brach with a cardboard texture stuck onto it!. And look at the curves, they put q3 to shame!!..nice particel and water effects too!!...The most amazing part is tbat this is done by a SMALL developer, Imagine what big ones such as konami and sega can do!! ;)

..oh...It also uses FSAA! ;)
Title: Dark Alliance: revisted
Post by: macabre on February 27, 2001, 01:15:31 AM: The overall look reminds me a bit of Vampire-Redemption.The 1st and 3rd pic look almost like the dungeons of that game.
This is one of the games I want the most.Too bad we always have to wait for the good ones.
Title: Dark Alliance: revisted
Post by: SonyFan on February 27, 2001, 03:39:49 AM: I wanna cast Magic Missles... :D

Everything I\'ve seen looks superb so far.. expecially for a game this early in development, and comming from a group of PC programmers. My only ***** is that the game is using D&D 3rd edition and not AD&D 2nd Edition rules. I just don\'t care for the 3rd edition for some reason, and I don\'t have the time or money to update all my campaign books. Hell, I still run some of the older campaigns like Ravenloft, Al-Qadim, and SpellJammers as well as Greyhawk, Dark Sun, Forgotten Realms, and a little bit of Planescape to tie them all together. Oh well, I guess I\'ll just have to get used to them for this game.

Does anyone know if the main character is customiseable? Can you choose it\'s Sex, Race, Age, Appearance, Weapon choices.. ect, or do you just get stuck playing as one predesigned ego?
Title: Dark Alliance: revisted
Post by: unknown on February 27, 2001, 02:12:30 PM: wow... i tried to dl the movie and it took so long i only got to view about 5 seconds of the actual gameplay, none the less its amazing, i think the graphice are finally starting to shine for the ps2, i hope theyw ill get even better than this, what does everyone else think about the graphics for the ps2? honestly i think they are a an average level right now, and wghen march comes they will be at a milimeter above abverage look tot thm, now this game looks above averge period, and i hope we get better
Title: Dark Alliance: revisted
Post by: Mr. Kennedy on February 27, 2001, 02:13:26 PM: great... just what we need another adventure/rpg...
Title: Dark Alliance: revisted
Post by: unknown on February 27, 2001, 02:17:23 PM: Quote
Originally posted by TheOneBillyGunn
great... just what we need another adventure/rpg...

i hope you were exagerating, cause this gaem is going to probably be the best rpg of the year unless ffx come out this year
Title: Dark Alliance: revisted
Post by: ddaryl on February 27, 2001, 02:44:52 PM: Quote
Originally posted by TheOneBillyGunn
great... just what we need another adventure/rpg...

Yes this is exactly what we need. I couldn\'t be more excited, in fact the only Adventure RPG I\'ve played for the PS2 is the Summoner, so what the hell was mentality behind this comment.
Title: action adventure.......
Post by: TC on February 28, 2001, 08:09:33 AM: I hope it is more of an action adventure, like summoner but without the bugs. I like a good long story, but hate the turnbased gameplay of most rpgs.
Title: Dark Alliance: revisted
Post by: ooseven on February 28, 2001, 08:21:20 AM: Thanks DDyral , i was never a great fan of the Bauldars Gate series, but looking at the info and screens, i have to say it looks great.
Title: Dark Alliance: revisted
Post by: Caspian on February 28, 2001, 05:37:26 PM: I thought I was the only one here who was slightly interested in AD&D. I\'ve posted topics and the past and all I ever got was "What is that?" "Never heard of it" and my personal favorite "I dont own that system so I dont play it" Funny stuff
Title: Dark Alliance: revisted
Post by: Faithdies on February 28, 2001, 05:42:59 PM: SonyFan,
I checked out Baldurs Gate for the computer today,
and you can customize everything about your character.
You can choose from , if I remember correctly, 20 races, and you can pick a class and if you want a sub-class.
Now thats the computer version of the first one, but hopefully it will be like that for the PS2.
Title: Dark Alliance: revisted
Post by: ho3j on February 28, 2001, 05:59:16 PM: Hands down the best looking game on the PS2 IMO. With the talent behind it I would say it will be one of the strongest titles.