Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition

I hesitated on buying the enhanced edition of Baldur's Gate for some time because of the number of vehement negative reviews. However, there were also many good reviews, and so I finally decided to give it a try while it was on sale. I can tell you, I was not disappointed! This is more than just the original game with some mods built into it. I own the original (with the mods) and I feel that BG1:EE is a much better experience. First of all, the revamped full scrren support for high resolution monitors in my opion beats the full screen mod of the original game. The graphics have been polished up a bit and look great. The few changes to the user interface are nice. I haven't run into any issues after playing for several hours. The one feature I particularly like is the option to change the font size. The equivalent mod in the original game was a bit clunky, and when I had the font large enough to read on my high def scrren, it didn't fit too well in the dialog box, and didn't look all the great. In the enhanced edition, you have moch more control of the font size directly from the options screen, and the larger font size is formatted perfectly in the dialog box. I have no regrets in purchasing BG1:EE. If anyone else is hesitating because of all the bad reviews, you might want to consider giving it a try, especially while it is still on sale. (I also bought BG2:EE and PST:EE while I was at it. Love them all!)

I just have to give 5 stars for BG Complete included in Enhanced Version. Thank You.

While I think BG1 is a good CRPG, I also think it's overrated by people blinded with nostalgia. The main plot in itself is pretty good, with a narratively rich underlying theme, but overall the conversations are comparatively short and drift very often into the absurd and silly humour. I have to admit, it made me laugh constantly, so that's a plus, but ultimately, I think it detracts from the potential it had as a CRPG. On a good side are the 2D environments which are really beautiful and gorgeous; an absolute joy to explore!

I loved this game as a child and I love it again. I don't get why people are so judgmental about the Beam Dog additions, I like them. I absolutely love Neera. XD She is hilarious and I loved the wild mage mechanic from back in the day. I am only annoyed I have to work out the library conflicts in my Linux installation.

If you are looking for an old school RPG with beautiful isometric graphics and classic gameplay mechanics that defined the future of gaming then this is the game you should get! Worth every penny so far and it works flawlessly on Windows 10.