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 Baldur's Gate 2 Review February 9, 2009
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Amazing game. High quality. It's one of those things where the developers and writers put in an extraordinary amount of time to get a rich, detailed, *long* (200+ hours) game. I've played it through 10 times and every time I go through it, I find something new.
Get a piece of gaming, DND, RPG history :) February 4, 2009
Mark Twain
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
What do you say about a product that includes the complete Baldur's Gate series in one box? Not just BG I, but BG II and both expansions. All of Baldur's Gate. Good Jesus.
Bioware's big break! January 19, 2009
Stephen Campbell
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am a huge fan of biowares later games such as Knights of the Old Republic, Jade Empire, and Mass Effect. So naturally I wanted to play their earlier titles. My first impression was not very good. Sure it had redeeming qualities, but the game was just so slow paced. Then after a few hours of playing, I couldn't stop. I was up until 6 AM exploring the Nakashel mines (darn Kobolds). This game is Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in pure video game goodness. Choose yor race, gender, class, skills etc. Even multiclass if you want. With this game you can make your character statistically unique, but you cant customize him or her visually as much as you would like. Now the action plays out in real time turn based combat. Simply point and click (and save often). The way the game looked and played reminded me of the old command and conqur in turn based RPG form. Please for all who are purchasing this game understand that the action is not exciting like mass effect, its much slower and calculated. The plot thus far is intriguing, but as of yet has not achieved that of KOTOR or Mass Effect, granted i havn't got very far in the game. Now one great thing to know is that this sweet 4 pack will run like a dream on windows vista. Also this compilation contains the entire Baldur's Gate series. Bottom line is, with an interesting plot, addicting gameplay, and a strong RPG system behind it, this is a great buy for any RPG or Bioware fan.
Best PC RPGs ever made January 3, 2009
Isackson (WA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Baldur's Gate series without a doubt stands as some of the greatest RPGs ever made for any system (The PC games included with this collection, not the 2 console titles which released for PS2 and XBox which are both decent games but have very little in common with their PC predicessors)
These games also stand as a memorial to the day when PC gaming was great and not relegated to a dusty corner of your local game store (if even that - we can thank online roleplaying games...)
Well sorry for my lement, back to the games.
Why are these games so great ?
Story:
For starters this "trilogy" - Tales from the Sword Coast is more of a large side quest - has one of the greatest stories you will ever come across in a game. From the death of the hero's father (the hero can be any class, race and either sex) to the climatic ending I was completely entranced. Add in a rediculous amount of side quests (the second BG has a series of huge side quests in addition to all the others available based on the class of your main character and a giant world to explore this is truely a series that will keep you admersed for a long time...
Gameplay:
The gameplay is simply put perfect in every way, shape and form. The combat plays out in real time with the ability to pause at any time to redirect the attacks of the up to 6 members of your party. This provides unlimited options for strategy. Prepare your party with huge numbers of protective skills cast by your mages and clerics and then attack with powerful spells, use stealth and throw everything but the kitchen sink at your enemies or charge in to battle and just start hacking away. There are also so many options for character developement of your party you will likely find yourself experienting again and again with what characters you want to add to your party (all of which have different strengths,weaknesses and personalities you will have to deal with.
The only words of caution however for newcomers is that the first game may turn some off (largely due to fact that your character starts off so weak and vulnerable, level 1, and that it takes awhile before things really get exciting and combat becomes indepth).
Enjoy the games. Baldurs Gate II ranks as probably the second best game ever made IMHO (My first choice? X-Com UFO Defense).
 Worth the money! December 29, 2008
Europa (Seattle)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This game is so much fun! I have had it for almost two months and I still have not finished playing the entire compilation. This is a plus for me because usually when I buy adventure games, I almost always finish them in a few days, a week at most. The not-so nice thing about the first game, is that the bonus features (on disk two) are incorporated into the first game, so there's extras, but I did not know this. I now have to go back and replay it entirely in order to see the added features. Also there are a lot of a little annoying features, like you can't check your inventory when in pause mode. All those kinks are finally dealt with in the second game, which is oh so much better, but a bit more mind bending. It really makes one appreciate the more pixelated or older adventure playing games. However, that makes it easier to take the time and enjoy it in little pieces, rather than chunks. I still have yet to get to the bonus features. My advice for both or any adventure game is: TAKE NOTES! Even if its to remind you what you still need to do or if it's already recorded in the journal of the game. It still helps to have another reference at hand. Definitely challenging enough and worth every penny.
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