Baldur's Gate VS. Baldur's Gate II Ding Ding!

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(Originally posted by Chris)

Let's get ready to RUMBLE! Err ... Baldur's Gate Chronicles has posted a comparison between the game we all love now, Baldur's Gate, and the game that will cause us to lose interest in it, Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn. Here's a bit of what they had to say:

One of the most spectacular improvements to the look of the game was to the background images. The detail level has risen to a whole new level. Jungle areas now have lush ferns, vines, shrubs and mushrooms etc. Tons of detail in the game world that will really grab the player and immerse them, adding to quality of game play. Many sources were used as reference when creating these areas. Some of the artists were walking through the river valley here in Edmonton, looking at the trees and undergrowth. You can imagine them coming back all muddy with twigs in their cloths from doing "research". Because of the rich diversity that BG2 has in regards to the backgrounds much imagination had to be used. Places such as the Underdark, Hell, the Astral Plane, elven cities and mind flayer layers all had to be made, with little or no direction from official source material. This made creating BG2 background art very fresh and exciting for everyone involved, and it shows in the quality of the art.​