When it comes to hack-and-slash RPGs I never expected anything to come even remotely close to Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction – much less on a console. Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance was far from equal in complexity, but it proved that it could be done well even on a PS2. In Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance 2 the story continues from the point where the first one left us. The three heroes are captured by a new super villain, who plans to use artifacts to control something called the Onyx Tower, which basically allows him to teleport a lot of people to just about anywhere – once a day. This isn’t exactly good news for the reasonably peaceful inhabitants of Baldur’s Gate, but as always there’s a group of people who keep an eye out for dangerous things.