Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Every World has conflict. Good and evil. Friend and foe. Safety and danger. In Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, you'll find yourself between these factions. This epic sequel to the Roleplaying Game of the…
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn is a role-playing (rpg) developed by BioWare, released 21 September 2000 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). This page lists 5 cheat codes for it.
What Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn is
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by BioWare and released in 2000. It was published by Black Isle Studios. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Infinity Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Some time after the events described in Baldur's Gate, the protagonist and his friends Imoen, Minsc and Jaheira have been captured by an elven mage called Jon Irenicus. His intentions and connection to the heroes unknown, Irenicus conducts experiments on them, holding them in cages somewhere in his vast underground complex. During his absence, the heroes manage to escape, and soon find themselves in the city of Athkatla in the country of Amn, where they confront Irenicus. However, at that moment several wizards arrive and arrest both Irenicus and Imoen for unlicensed use of magic. The first task at hand is to raise the money needed to rescue Imoen, before facing Irenicus again and…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player.
Where it sits in the Dungeons & Dragons series
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn is the 56th of 140 entries we hold in the Dungeons & Dragons series. The next entry was Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter in 2001. Its critic score of 90 is 17 points above the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is Baldur's Gate III at 95.
How it was received
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2000 averaged 72, so it scored 18 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 89, across 566 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 200 hrs.
What it launched against
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn launched on 21 September 2000, within three weeks of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Dino Crisis 2, Skies of Arcadia and Midtown Madness 2. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Dino Crisis 2, Skies of Arcadia, Midtown Madness 2.
Cheats and codes
We have tested and published 5 cheat entries for Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn — 5 console commands. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn cheat codes
Enable the console
Added under [Program Options] in baldur.ini, this enables the console.
Open baldur.ini in the game folder with a text editor, add the line, save, then press Ctrl+Space in game.
Edit the file with the game closed.
Add gold
Adds the given amount of gold to the party.
Press Ctrl+Space and type the command exactly, including capitals.
Set experience
Sets the selected character's experience total.
Press Ctrl+Space and type the command.
Create an item
Spawns the item with the given code into inventory.
Press Ctrl+Space and type the command with an item code.
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