Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition

I loved the classic and this is a much needed update. I've enjoyed playing it and look forward to more updated old games.

somthing about this game is just right, amazing gameplay and very fun.

Beamdog added a bunch of garbage that doesn't fit tonally. They added nothing whatsoever to improve the game or make it more playable on modern devices - at least they added nothing that easy mods didn't already provide. Beamdog is a garbage company with garbage leadership, and GOG is complicit in their garbage behavior by forcing users to spend even a single cent supporting Beamdog in order to get a serial key for the original version of this game. I'm very disappointed in both this god awful "enhanced" game and in GOG for making me buy this trash in order to get original game (which is actually quite good).

Did some google searches and read some forums to find out the negative reviews are political. Like everything on the internet I guess. A bunch of haters hating on beamdog for trying to make the game more diverse. Incels looking for something to cry about. Great game though can't believe anyone hasn;t played it yet.

I bought this game half expecting it to not work on my 720p TV at its weird resolution of 1176x664... but wouldn't you know it delivered. Full screen too. I had lost my original copy of BG long ago and 1) compatibility and 2) widescreen - kept me away for almost 10 years. But the Enhanced Edition did everything advertised. Nice. The graphics deliver; if one thing stands out it's the fog-of-war (those dark unexplored areas) that the layering system of the original had with it's pixelized blocks which were always annoying for me to look at. That system has been completely replaced with a much nicer-looking subtle shading that's pleasing to the eyes. Since fog-of-war is everywhere in the beginning, that means all unexplored areas looks more pleasing. And my eyes aren't complaining. How about game breaking bugs or errors? I haven't experienced any. I've read some reviews here and it appears to be a common theme in the bad reviews. But honestly I haven't encountered a single bug or error as of Oct. 2014 when I bought this game... anything wrong or buggy must have been patched out. I'm very pleased here. Some game mechanics have been reworked. Some changes I've noticed is the new weapons and skill trees. BG1EE now has the katana, which means I can roll a katana wielding assassin (Thief kit option) using a single weapon style proficiency. Yeah. And then my assassin can pick all the locks in Candlekeep to buy that first expensive starter katana from the shop. It also means I get to ditch Imoen at the most convenient opportunity. Evil Win! The 3 new characters and classes are a nice flavor. They have different alignments so they encourage multiple play-throughs. No complaints there. And their stories continue into BG2EE, so I've heard, which means I get to experience these new classes from their roots all the way to their final ultimate form. Not bad... I think for an Enhanced Edition you at least expect something new, and I feel this has delivered on multiple fronts.