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Playing Final Fantasy 7 "scared" Baldur's Gate 2's writing lead into adding romance to the RPG series: "These guys kicked our ass"

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Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
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Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Genres · rpg
Release · Sep 21, 2000
Developer · BioWare, MumboJumbo
PC
24 articles 23 writers 0 reviews
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