Upon entering Baldur's Gate all five need money, so Randalla hires them to investigate a series of murders in the city. There, they rescue the village from being sacked by the marauders and kill their hobgoblin leader, Harnak the Butcher. After infiltrating a nearby Marauders cave, and freeing the caravan guard Randalla (an NPC who also appeared in the first game), they head to Wayfork Village, a nearby fiefdom. Upon meeting on the Trade Way, they realize that ever since the collapse of Xantam's Guild (from the first game), the Trade Way has become increasingly dangerous due to the rise of the Red Fang Marauders, a goblin army. To be honest, it feels like that discourse is still there to this day.As they journey towards the city of Baldur's Gate, fate brings Dorn, Ysuran, Borador, Vhaidra and Allessia together. Some criticized the ways it significantly altered the Final Fantasy formula (which was only recently reinvented in Final Fantasy X), while others criticized smaller aspects of the game like its music, writing, and characters.
Final Fantasy XIIįinal Fantasy XII was released to strong reviews, but it’s always been something of a divisive entry into this famed franchise. Yet, someone needs to speak out for the way this game made that formula not only accessible to console players but reimagined it in such a way that makes this one of the most purely entertaining co-op RPG experiences ever committed to any platform. Well, Dark Alliance has to be considered the star of that particular category.Įven if you convinced yourself to look at Dark Alliance as little more than a Diablo knock-off, it would still easily rank high among the best entries in that somewhat dubious subgenre. Baldur’s Gate: Dark AllianceĮarlier in this article, I mentioned that the PS2 featured some incredible ARPGs that don’t always get the love that they deserved. In many ways, it remains the Final Fantasy game that is easiest to recommend to those curious to see why this is the one RPG series that has defined so many different generations and so many shifts in the genre. Final Fantasy X benefits from everything that this franchise accomplished up until this point while expertly solving what many considered to be some of the series’ gameplay shortcomings.
Remarkably, I think Final Fantasy X managed to live up to a great deal of that hype.
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