Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition
Forced to leave your home under mysterious circumstances, you find yourself drawn into a conflict that has the Sword Coast on the brink of war. Soon you discover there are other forces at work, far more sinister than you could ever imagine…
Since its original release in 1998, Baldur’s Gate has set the standard for Dungeons & Dragons computer roleplaying games. Customize your hero, recruit a party of brave allies, and explore the Sword Coast in your search for adventure, profit… and the truth.
Running on an upgraded and improved version of the Infinity Engine, Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition includes the original Baldur’s Gate adventure, the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion, and all-new content including three new party members.
Key Features
- The original Baldur’s Gate adventure
- Tales of the Sword Coast expansion
- New Adventure: The Black Pits
- New Characters: The Blackguard Dorn Il-Khan, Neera the Wild Mage, and Rasaad yn Bashir the Monk
- New player character voice sets
- Native support for high-resolution widescreen displays
- Over 400 improvements to the original game
- Improved multiplayer support with connectivity between all platforms
Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition Review
The game takes place in the Forgotten Realms along the Sword Coast. You’re open to make any sort of character you want to go on your adventure. From an honest noble Paladin, to a deceitful Assassin. What is great about this is how it meshes perfectly with the storytelling. Most of Baldur’s Gate is spent wandering and doing quests, and there isn’t really an overarching “save the world” plot to keep you grounded. There’s a very colorful cast of characters who can join your party too. From a cleric frozen in stone, to an evil greedy mage, to an overly enthusiastic Ranger who talks to a hamster. More than any other game, Baldur’s Gate really captures the feeling of playing D&D near perfectly. I have never played an RPG that captures the essance of being “sublime” more than this game.
This would be all well and good on it’s own, but Baldur’s Gate’s gameplay was done very well too. Combat is very brutal and punishing, especially at the start of the game. It runs on a very finely adapted variant of the AD&D system, so a lot of very old RPG conventions are present. Stuff like races are restricted to specific classes and mages are restricted to a single spell per day at level 1. What’s more is that the classes aren’t balanced against each other like in a modern day RPG, so the strategy to the game comes from building a balanced party of adventures. This is all great stuff and it makes the game extremely replayable.
Adding to that Baldur’s Gate is essentially a trilogy of games. Starting with Baldur’s Gate, continuing with Baldur’s Gate 2 and ending with it’s expansion Throne of Bhaal. All featuring much of the same cast of characters. So you get the most out of the experience by playing through all three.
Unfortunately the original has been removed off GOG. I recommend for this version to pick up a mod called BG1 NPC project since it adds things like party banter and romances.
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