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Yeah, basically it means I end up buying the same two games three times, then having to play them through two times BEFORE I reach the Icewind Dale sequel...! The gaming envelope was very clear but now these are inner points ad their ordering is not evident.
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syntotic: Yeah, basically it means I end up buying the same two games three times, then having to play them through two times BEFORE I reach the Icewind Dale sequel...! The gaming envelope was very clear but now these are inner points ad their ordering is not evident.
You really are confused, aren't you? Icewind Dale is not a sequel to Baldur's Gate. The only connection is that they're both set in the Forgotten Realms.
!! Indeed, there is no story continuation that I remember but basically it is the same game engine and, lets say, inspiration. Play both in succession and you extend the same experience. It is four games (plus the variations I cannot yet fully discern), or a single game experience making it a single game in four installments. But what I d like to know now is what are the 400 enhancements mentioned in the EE versions.
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syntotic: !! Indeed, there is no story continuation that I remember but basically it is the same game engine and, lets say, inspiration. Play both in succession and you extend the same experience. It is four games (plus the variations I cannot yet fully discern), or a single game experience making it a single game in four installments. But what I d like to know now is what are the 400 enhancements mentioned in the EE versions.
The main difference between Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 and Icedwind Dale 1 & 2, is that in Icewind Dale you create the entire party versus just one character in the BG games and recruit the rest. Also, Icewind is more action/fighting oriented than the BG games are.

The main new things in the enhanced editions are 4 new NPCs in each game. Each character has their own quests in new areas too. Plus, the enhanced editions are made to run on modern computers without any tinkering. And some tweaks have been made to various things, like gems that are the same stack and you can have 80 arrows in a bunch instead of 20 in unmodded BG. Also, Baldur's Gate 1 is basically using the Baldur's Gate 2 engine. There are also some new character classes you can play in the Enhanced Editions. I hope this answers your questions.
Post edited June 09, 2015 by crumb24
Now that starts making sense. I remember that for the original edition I did have to download a patch quickly for some stacking issues. So there would be BG1 original in the original engine version, and BG1 running in the BG2 version, and two versions for the engine, the original one pre Windows XP or 7 and the enhanced version for Windows 7 or 8 and up... I must have purchased the original BG1 engine then.. Any idea if save games work cross version? From the original engine to the enhanced version?
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syntotic: Any idea if save games work cross version? From the original engine to the enhanced version?
No, they don't