Balder's Gate

[Snowdog]

Baldur's Gate 1 (along with Tales of the Sword Coast) is probably the greatest RPG of it's kind ever made. Gameplay, graphics, story - it had it all. I lost count of the number of times I restarted and tried different race/class combinations and didn't get bored once. BG2 and Icewind Dale were both good, but didn't come close story-wise to BG1.

Of course I nicked Drizz't's swords and armour to help me on my way...

[Joel007]

I played BG2 before BG1, so naturally I got a bit frustrated with the interface.
Then I discovered BG TUTU (play BG1 with the BG2 engine), so I loved it

[Snowdog]

Originally Posted by Joel007

I played BG2 before BG1, so naturally I got a bit frustrated with the interface.
Then I discovered BG TUTU (play BG1 with the BG2 engine), so I loved it

I thought BG2 actually gave you too many possibilities for race/class combinations (all those kits). Sometime less is more.

[Joel007]

Heh, you'd better not see the PrC mod for Neverwinter Nights then

Containing 32 new classes, Complete 3.5 Psionics with 4 Base classes, 5 Prestige classes, 190 powers, and over a 100 feats, Spellbook code that allows Sorcs and Bards to gain spells while taking Prestige classes AND allows for new base class casters, a complete rewrite of Domains to create 46 new ones, a complete PnP Poison system, a revamp of the casting system, plus a host of tools and code switches for builders

Oh, and about 30 races.

[Quokka]

Loved BG... not that I ever finished it, restarted way too many times for that, though I think I got reasonably close at one time. Lots closer at least than I did with BG2, again mainly due to restarting for that perfect character.

My favourite though was Icewind Dale 2, I think they got the game engine/setup about perfect by that stage and creating the whole party suited me as I used to do it in the BG games for atleast half the characters anyway and then I'd use the remaining places to shuffle between the other characters so that I didnt miss out all together on the story lines. Once again never actually finished IWD2 either .


Go for the eyes Boo, GO FOR THE EYES!!

[Joel007]

Who needs a perfect character anyway? I've built a few, but the fun is in creating a realistic character with flaws and failures, which you learn to use your allies to support, and develop tactics which emphasize your strengths.

[Overread]

A dark dark time has just begun: EA is getting bioware!!

BioWare: Press Kit and Releases

[Joel007]

Nooooooooooooooo!