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I'm glad I have the originals on CD and mainly bought the EE versions of BG1 & 2 for convenience. What the hell did they do to the cutscenes though? Gone are the FMV sequences I remember watching vividly.. The voice acting over the top of a bunch of slightly animated stills does not have the same effect on me as the old FMV's. I would rather have purchased the original games on GOG but it doesn't appear that this is possible anymore...

Baldur’s Gate happens to be the prequel to my favorite game of all time. As you’ve probably heard many great things about this title already, I’ll try to focus on the more ANNOYING ASPECTS. - Go on an epic adventure that will take you from Level 1 all the way to… Level 8?! The game is designed for LOW LEVEL characters, so even after 70 hours, having done most side quests, my party was around Level 8. Don’t go in expecting to battle dragons, giants or archmages. - Game uses the 2nd edition of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, which can be COUNTER-INTUITIVE. For example, in every other role-playing-game your Armor Class, Saving throws and Chance to hit get higher as you become more powerful, but in Baldur’s Gate their numbers go down. - While the game world is huge, the wilderness areas are mostly EMPTY, with only a couple of interesting encounters sprinkled around in each location. Most of the fun activities take place in the towns of Beregost, Naskel and Baldur’s Gate. - There are around 25 companions you can recruit during your journey, though only a few are actually interesting AND USEFUL. In no particular order, I liked Kagain, Viconia, Edwin, Kivan, Coran, Yeslick, Baeloth and Safana (her sexy voice won me over). They’re nowhere near as fleshed out as the companions from the sequel, having very little dialog with each other, or the people we meet. - The dated graphics and complicated rules make Baldur’s Gate a hard game to get into for new players, even if playing on Story Mode. To that end, I highly recommend getting a mod called “GIBBERLINGS3 TWEAKS ANTHOLOGY”, which helps customize the game rules to your liking. Don’t be scared by the many options, as there’s readme explaining each one in detail. - On the subject of mods, I also recommend “Bg1 NPC project” which adds more banter to your companions. “Portraits portraits everywhere” adds tiny portraits to all the people you talk to. They’re all compatible with the Enhanced Edition.

I don't know how the game was when it came out; I only got it just recently. I loved the original Baldur's Gate and played it several times and initially I avoided the Enhanced Edition (EE) like the plague because of the controversy around it. Having played it now (several years after its release) I can say that the game in its current form is pretty good and enjoyable. I didn't notice much in the story / character interactions related to the EE (which is a good thing) and the things I did notice were either welcome changes or I considered them neutral. The local multiplayer is pretty unstable, I had multiple crashes but otherwise the game is good, I'd recommend it. I removed 1 star for the frequent crashes.

This is the game that got me into Dungeons & Dragons, and in turn tabletop gaming as a whole. I loved this game back in the day, and I still love it just as much, but I do have some issues. The writing is top-notch. Probably the second-best out of all of the Infinity Engine games (the best being Planescape: Torment). Every character, even the annoying ones, are very well written (at least in the original game). A lot of the areas on the map are just empty. It's a slog to go through an unnamed map area in the hopes of finding anything interesting (and sometimes you do, which is why you do it) to have to walk all over the area to remove the fog of war and then move on to the next area to do the same. They fixed this in later Infinity Engine games, which I'm grateful for. Real-time with pause is a BAD mechanic and they never should've went with it. Combat happens in real-time...sort of. Initiative order is still there, so in a way it's still turn-based, but discerning whose turn it is and who's next is I'm pretty sure not even possible, so it makes tactical play irrelevant. Your combat encounters will rely 100% on RNG. This Enhanced Edition even has some really great new improvements on the original, but it also has a handful of new characters and some locations, not all of which are on par with the quality of the original game. But a few badly written parts in the Enhanced Edition doesn't take away from the greatness that is the rest of the game. If you're even a little bit of a D&D fan, or even if you're just wondering what D&D is all about, then play this. Especially with 3 coming out soon.

First: ignore reviews from the time this was first released. Developer Beamdog has been patching and tinkering with Baldur's Gate EE for (at this writing) four years, constantly improving the engine, content and quality assurance, and the game now is a significantly more worthy product than it was on launch day. Baldur's Gate EE re-releases and enhances the influential D&D classic, Baldur's Gate, and comes complete with the original expansion, plus several new companions, classses, quests and areas. On top of that, it updates the original to higher resolutions and greater levels of zoom, and adds a wealth of quality-of-life improvements to the interface - most notably around looting and inventory management. It lets you play an icon of the genre without dealing with some of the more frustrating design limitations of the era. There's a school of thought that says that Baldur's Gate EE offers nothing that can't be obtained through heavy modding of the original. If you're someone who must have the control and customisation of mods, there's something to be said for that - although Baldur's Gate EE is now capable of supporting mods itself. But if you want a great game that runs perfectly, straight out of the box, with no fiddling, and delivers the complete Baldur's Gate purchase, this is for you. AND buying Baldur's Gate EE will let you play the excellent Siege of Dragonspear expansion, AND load your game-winning party into Baldur's Gate 2 EE, AND the game is still being improved and patched, with ongoing commitment and support from the developer. What more could you ask for?