Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition

First I'll point out some differences between the original BG1 and this (BGEE): -Some new bugs have been in BGEE since day one, for a long while it was a buggy mess for some. -OTOH, most (or all) of these bugs are gone now. I played through the game about a year ago and didn't hit any major bugs. -A lot of stuff in BGEE can be achieved with mods to BG1. -OTOH, a lot of it can't, and installing a bunch of mods is not easy. -Multiplayer is still rough so long after release (or was when I tried about a year ago). -OTOH, it's better than the original from what I hear and post-release support from Beamdog is easily the best I've ever seen. They continue to work on all issues until they are resolved. -Widescreen support and bugs from the original have been fixed. -New quests in new areas tied to new NPCs. Some new areas were a bit artistically jarring, but you can judge for yourself; the 1st, 4th, and 11th screenshots on this page are of new areas while the rest are old areas. These are new areas with new quests that you can play when you take along new NPCs. That's a bunch of new game content available if you want it. -The Black Pits is a battle arena with a light story. I'm looking forward to doing some co-op in The Black Pits at some point. Again, even if it's not your cup of tea, it's another big addition to the game. -Apart from bug fixes, there are many other improvements. As for the game itself: -Great story with memorable characters and countless hours of fun await. -The tried and tested 2nd Edition AD&D system serves as a solid backbone for this game. -Isometric perspective, party-based, RTwP strategic and tactical combat. -Beautiful 2D art. This game and its sequel are the epitome of western RPG goodness, and I consider these EEs to be improvements that are easily worth the extra ten or so dollars. As the original gets an easy five stars from me, I'd give BG:EE six stars if I could for managing to add something worthwhile to a great, classic game.

Really having trouble getting into this like the classic Fallout series, but Wasteland 2 and even the rough diamond Dead State really scratched that CRPG turn based itch. Every new game I get seems to push the classic Baldurs Gate series to the back of the to do que.

Play the original AKA the real video game of Baldur's Gate.

Will the special package that I bought for $15 that expires in one day (BGEE, BGEE2, SOD) be free to upgrade to the new version that is currently in Beta 2.5 when it is completed? I am guessing we can't play the 2.5 Beta or the new version unless we buy from Beamdog or Steam. Is that correct?

The original game came in an 8 disc folder in 1998, and later the 'Original Saga' was released for some time here on GoG. Unfortunately I was too late on the draw picking up the Original Saga, and picked this up instead. If this is your first foray into Baldur's Gate - It will do, but I'm sorry you can't experience the original.