No. 1 on their list of "The Top 11 Dungeons & Dragons Games of All Time" in 2014. Ian Williams of Paste rated the game No. 2 on his list of "The 10 Greatest Dungeons and Dragons Videogames" in 2015. IGN ranked Baldur's Gate II No. 3 on their "Top 100 RPGs of All Time" list. In 2016, PC Gamer noted the game on their "best RPGs of all time". It was placed at No. 9 on Game Informer'''s "Top 100 RPGs Of All Time" list, and was included among PCGamesN's "best RPGs on PC" as well. ReviewsPyramidNovel There is a novelization of the game by Philip Athans. Published in 2000 by Wizards of the Coast, it focuses solely on Abdel, the last of the Bhaalspawn. The novel is the second in the series; the first, also by Athans, is a novelization of Baldur's Gate, and the third, by Drew Karpyshyn, of the Throne of Bhaal'' expansion. See also List of Dungeons & Dragons video games References Notes Footnotes External links Official website (archived) Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (at BioWare) (archived) Review in PC World 2000 video games Shadows of Amn BioWare games Classic Mac OS games Cooperative video games Infinity Engine games Interactive Achievement Award winners MacOS games Multiplayer and single-player video games MumboJumbo games Role-playing video games Video game sequels Video games adapted into novels Video games developed in Canada Video games featuring protagonists of selectable gender Video games scored by Howard Drossin Video games scored by Michael Hoenig Video games set in psychiatric hospitals Video games with expansion packs Video games with isometric graphics Windows games