BG Dark Alliance will be coming out for *soon* the PS2. I doubt Black Isle will go back to the simple hack and slash style, but I doubt the story will be as good as BG2. Yeah the graphics are better, but will it matter if the story is crap? Nope.http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/disgust.gif We'll just have to wait and see. Keep your hopes up people!

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It would be cool to adventure as the son of the main character, maybe even as Imoen's son. Imoen and some of the other NPCs from BGII could do cameos, even. Maybe they could even include Viconia as a way of making up for the HORRIBLE romanced ending. (End Rant)

You mean like how the Lord of the Rings continued from the Hobbit????

Yeah!!!! Elminster will be their to hold your grandson's hand.

It'd be really cool if, after you become a god, you could travel to other planes...get other gods to join your party...Lloth instead of Viconia, Waukeen instead of Aerie, etc.

OR

remember the time of troubles when gods walked the earth? Well...bioware MIGHT give our main character the ability to posses one other NPC...then _they_ will become to PC and a whole new storyline will begin...

of the subject...if my main char is a female, i could still have a romance with Viconia right? ...right?

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"Yeah, the new BG title for PS2 is coming out sometime in the fall (hopefully,) but like you said it's a brand new story, brand new PC, brand new places - except the actual city of Baldur's Gate, which is where the story (kind of) begins."

Anybody who thinks they will be getting another BG game in any way with Dark Alliance will be in for a rude awakening. DA is a 3D Diablo clone with the BG name slapped on for marketing purposes.

As for a real new BG game(at least in the same stlye as the previous, i.e. not a Diablo Hack'n slash game), I could see it for one single reason...money. The BG games made very good sales and could be considered almost a franchise at this point. Interplay is hurting bad and needs some money makers. Although Bioware may not want to make another "Baldur's Gate" they might let someone else do it. I say this cause I think Bioware owns the rights to the BG name, not Interplay. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong on that.