Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance

 Game Boy Advance
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 48 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 48
  3. Negative: 3 out of 48
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  1. PedaP.
    Jan 22, 2004
    10
    RPG handheld heaven.
  2. Anthony
    Jan 30, 2004
    9
    One of the funner games on gba.
  3. BradList
    Feb 29, 2004
    10
    This is my favorite game it is fun And I could play it for Days.
  4. Jason
    Feb 3, 2004
    2
    Bought it Thur. night, worked all day Fri., finished it Sat. morning. If it was twice as long it would still have been the shortest game I ever played.
  5. Marc
    Mar 21, 2004
    6
    There aren't alot of hack and slash action RPGs on the GBA. This is a decent port of the old PS2 classic. Though considerably scaled down...it is still fun. Poor sound though. But...its a portable.
  6. GerardG.
    Apr 25, 2004
    7
    It's a shame that the characters you can play with all look and sound the same. Also, when you've played the game one's or twice there is not much fun about it anymore, since the levels and creatures don't chance (like in Diablo 2 PC). But the graphics look nice and gaining levels is also cool.
  7. JoeyG.
    Sep 16, 2006
    7
    This game is fun. I'm a little disappointed in the fact that you don't fight the dragon though one of the best GBA games
  8. KyleT.
    Aug 14, 2004
    3
    This game was pitiful! it was way too short and the gameplay sucked! the creators should have stuck with the playstation version.
  9. danskmacabre
    Jan 24, 2019
    10
    For being on a such a portable/small platform like the GBA, it's a great game.
    I played it through a LOT and it was cool to unlock that special class.
    Certainly worth a buy at the time.
  10. GamerNul
    May 9, 2021
    9
    Excellent ! Graphiquement soigné, le jeu est vraiment prenant même si passer la licence en mode Hack’n’slash était un pari osé et que c’est un peu déroutant au début. Au final le plaisir est bien présent. Un must a avoir sur GBA d’autant plus que le genre ce fait rare sur celle-ci. Les fans purs et durs de Baldur’s Gate seront sûrement déçu par ce titre tant le game play diffère mais ilExcellent ! Graphiquement soigné, le jeu est vraiment prenant même si passer la licence en mode Hack’n’slash était un pari osé et que c’est un peu déroutant au début. Au final le plaisir est bien présent. Un must a avoir sur GBA d’autant plus que le genre ce fait rare sur celle-ci. Les fans purs et durs de Baldur’s Gate seront sûrement déçu par ce titre tant le game play diffère mais il ravira ceux qui aime les rpg action et hack’n’slash.… Expand
  11. Yojimbo2015
    May 6, 2023
    7
    Entertaining Dungeons & Dragons isometric RPG that makes a nice change from the usual Japanese-style Final Fantasy clones.

Awards & Rankings

24
#24 Best Game Boy Advance Game of 2004
22
#22 Most Discussed Game Boy Advance Game of 2004
17
#17 Most Shared Game Boy Advance Game of 2004

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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
  1. GBA Central
    80
    Other than EA’s "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," there isn’t a finer action RPG on the handheld. There are slight gameplay and graphical issues, sure, but it doesn’t take much persistence to overcome these, and the positives far outweigh the negatives.
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  2. Worth Playing
    87
    With the deep character growth system in place here I could have been content with twice that amount of game time.
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  3. Deeko
    85
    Though the overall adventure is a bit short and the amount of items and weapons isn’t as great as those found within the console version, the Gameboy Advance version is still a highly polished game and is one that action gamers and RPG fans alike will simply eat up.
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