Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance/Gameplay

Teamwork and Strategies for all characters

Here are the things you need to know about this game.

• There's bound to be lots of items for you to use when you break barrels, objects and attack enemies for their armour or weapon to fall on to the ground. Those items especially the ones you don't need can be sold to the shop owner who owns weapons and items depending on what act are you in.
• Weapons and armour can be used to fit on to a person depending on how much strength or defence the items have. On Character Statistic Screen, there are tabs that you can look through. Weapons and Armour Tab is where you find those equipment.
• Experience points goes up when you attack various enemies, depending on size. Think wisely because of the point system exclusive to the person and the character abilities, you don't want to leave your character at a disadvantage if he or she has weak defense, weak strength and weak regeneration rate which is the most important in stats category.
• When playing with two people, you have to balance out between their strengths and weaknesses. Also try to coordinate where you were on the screen and if one of your friend dies, you can revive him at half his health at the save point.
• Manage your items wisely because all characters have weight and if it reaches the weight, you won't be able to pick up items anymore.
• Plan the way you handle the enemies in the dungeons. Even though you can defend depending on what weapon you are going to use, you need to use health potions and magic potions to survive. You shouldn't just run in and attack especially when bosses has a high level of HPs.
• Don't forget to use other weapons like magic and arrows if the enemies were too far away to reach.
• If you don't know what your quest is, go to the Character Statistics screen and check the Journal tab.
• Compared to a single player game, your character will level up at one half the normal rate when playing with two people. Although the difficulty may seem lower at first, it's still important to upgrade your character.
• A special feature in the game is the ability to import your character from a previously saved game. As long as its a similar race, you'll be able to override your current character. The character you import will also transfer its items, points, experience, and status.
• At night, if you are scared of the dark or you can't see anything, there's a brightness option you can use so it will brighten up your day.

Shopping

Be careful when shopping because if you purchase an item, you will not be able to get a complete refund.

Stats

Experience

As you kill enemies and monsters and complete quests, you'll be rewarded with experience that will level you up. As you level, you will be able to determine what strengths your character will improve. You will gain skill points every level, and an additional stat point every three levels (4, 7, etc.).

Objects

There are destructible objects in the game, and objects you can hide behind. Some objects that obstruct projectiles like small boxes can sometimes be fired over. Be careful when hiding behind these, but try to use them to your advantage when wielding a bow or ranged ability.

Playable characters

For people who are new to this game, you're going to get more than you bargain for when you play any of the three characters, separately or together. The fourth character you need to unlock will be explained in the Drizzt article.

Vahn is an exceptional archer that's able to shoot lots of arrows and can handle any weapons very well. As long as you can find a lot of arrows and a powerful bow, it will work to your advantage.

Kromlech is a powerful weapon wielder that can take down enemies with ease. If you decide to go shopping, prepare to pay a high price at the store.

Adrianna is a powerful sorceress that can use her magic at the best of her abilities. Even though she can't use axes and two handed swords like the others, she can hold her own if you can upgrade her powerful abilities which will become useful later in the game.

Drizzt with the two wielded scimitars and a head start with level 16 and 122,000 experience points, he can be a worthy choice as a powerful fighter. Of course he can't shoot arrows like the main characters but can handle the enemies well in close combat.