Description

An epic continuation of the story that began in Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn is set along the southern portion of the Sword Coast, a detailed and rich area of the Forgotten Realms called Amn. This region includes such varied environments as the Elven forests of Tethir, underwater cities, the Cloudpeak Mountains, cities of the Underdark, the Astral plane, the Abyss and the capital city of Amn, Athkatla. In addition to the main plot, Shadows of Amn will include over 100 sub-plots New game enhancements include: - Additional sounds, scripts and portraits for player characters, and the ability to use all the portraits from Baldur's Gate - Import custom character portraits as well as digitized speech for your character - Import characters from single player into multiplayer mode - Each avatar now uses twice as many animations as in Baldur's Gate for smoother character movements - Hundreds of improvements to the interface, everything from general layout and aesthetics to improved functionality and ease-of-use Shadows of Amn features 300 spells, compared to only 130 in Baldur's Gate. These include 7th-level priest spells and 9th-level mage spells, the most powerful in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. Some of the spells included are: Contingency, Chain Contingency, Gate, Spell Turning, Delayed Blast Fireball, Time Stop, Disintegrate, Power Word: Kill, Finger of Death, Resurrection, Chain Lightning, Conjure Elemental, Blade Barrier, Meteor Swarm and Cacofiend. Additionally, there will be over 130 unique monster types in Shadows of Amn, compared to about 60 in Baldur's Gate. Some of these monsters are: Beholders, Djinni, Elementals, Githyanki, Golems, Kuo-Toa, Leopards, Mephits, Mind Flayers, Otyughs, Sahaugin, Spectres, Trolls, Umber Hulks, Vampires and Wraiths. Multiplayer Up to six people can join a game of Shadows of Amn in multiplayer mode. Each player must have a copy of the full game. The players can play the full game with their friends via LAN or over the Internet with a TCP/IP connection. Direct connections, like two-player, head-to-head and cooperative mode, are supported via modems or serial cables.