Baldur's Gate

[The Master™]

Can't get NWN to work on my new machine, keeps crashing.. Think it is the Graphics Card!!! Bloody thing!!!

[Sirathiel]

I feel with you Master! My graphic card is the bottle neck for games I'd like to play, too. Best that ever run on it was BGII and Warcraft III. Although I had to take some real wishy-washy settings for it to work. And in the end it all crashed anyways. (Though that might have been the sound card...).

anyways, that's why I'm waiting patiently for the moment to invest in some decent equipment.

[Leto]

Sira, check here : www.rue-montgallet.com. If you want to keep your PC don't wait too long to change the graphic card, else it wouldn't be compatible anymore with your motherboard.

[Sirathiel]

Thanks a lot Leto. But I'm currently using a laptop where changing graphic cards proves a bit difficult. That's why I'm awaiting my return home and the first job to get my a real PC. So I'd be buying and assembling the whole thing in one sitting. So hopefully, I won't encounter any compatibility problems then. For now it's anyways better to not have any games on the laptop because of that ominous monster waiting to be written also known as: Mémoire.

[Leto]

Is he worse than the monster I'm working one : Food bank history article ?

May I suggest you to spend a few euros more and get the shop to assemble your comp' ? This way, if there's anything wrong in the hardware, they can't refuse you the warranty. And be really specific about your requirements not to pay for features you'll never need, and be sure to leave the shop with a copy of all softwares (including the OS) in hand, not only a restoration CD.

[Sirathiel]

dunno, it's a big enough monster for me... it's about energy sector evolution in France and Germany... don't know what got into me...

thanks for the tips. Gladly I won't be alone in that endeavour. I'll be with my own personal computer expert and we'll discuss what I want, need etc. beforehand. I'll be sure to heed your advice, too. Don't want to pay for something that doesn't work.

[Cuda Rahl]

Originally Posted by Foxbat

Yeah! I finally managed to finish this game (after all those years...no wonder I feel old).

dont feel bad it took me 7 restarts before i eventually did andthen at searvorok(dont know spelling) i got so annoyed about the fact that i couldnt ven get to him for ages cos of his minions and TOEE yeah that was a good game i also got some brilliant mods for it too

[kaneda]

loved love loved loved LOVED baldur's gate 1!!!!

I finally was able to bid and win baldur's gate 2 on ebay (been looking for the past 2 years, but its been discontinued in the UK for some odd random reason), but I'm already stuck thinking I may just have to change my character. I normally always play RPG games asa theif of some sort, but there seems to be so many thieves in the game that i dont think I'm needed! Problem is though i dont like playing as warriors and i dont like being uber weak as a mage....hmmmmmm, well i ll stick with it for a while longer hehe.

[Foxbat]

I managed to pick up a copy of Baldur's Gate II. It was available on a budget label for a while but seems to have disappeared from the shelves. I haven't even started it yet because I've been too busy kicking Nazi ass in Freedom Force Versus The Third Reich. There's nothing like thumping a stormtrooper over the head with a lamp post to destress from a hard day's work

[ZLBilley]

I managed to finish Baldur's Gate I and II, stuck in the last battle of Throne of Bhaal, though. I'm playing Morrowind right now, as I've had it for two years now, play it a lot, and still haven't gotten around to beating the main quest.

[kaneda]

Originally Posted by ZLBilley

I managed to finish Baldur's Gate I and II, stuck in the last battle of Throne of Bhaal, though. I'm playing Morrowind right now, as I've had it for two years now, play it a lot, and still haven't gotten around to beating the main quest.

welcome to the forums ZLBilley. What character did you play as in baldurs gate 2? Decided i need to change lol.

[ZLBilley]

My first character, or the first one I actually beat it with?

The first guy I made was a dual class kensai/mage with a hefty two handed sword, but I got stuck on that quest in the sewers beneath the temple district. The guy I actually beat it with, though, was a Fighter/Mage/Rogue, perhaps not the first choice on people's mines because you're character isn't particularly good at any one thing, but being able to do all the thief and mage stuff as well as get the fighter's multiple attacks per round means that there's a lot of ways to approach a situation.

[kyektulu]

Ive never been able 2 finish Balders Gate !, that might just be because BG2 shadows of Amn came out, which I havnt finished either im kinda worried about being a quitter...
But ive finished Balders Gate 1&2 on the PS2 does that count?

[Oberondreams]

Sorry for bumping this old thread, but since I am a new user to this forum, I wanted to comment on one of the fondest games of my life thus far...

A college roomate turned me onto Baldurs Gate in 2001. We hurried and finished thru BG1, to give us an excuse to get BG2.

BG2 is, in my opinion, the best game out there. While yes, It has its own tendancy to lead you down the railroad tracks of a story, there is however a big gap in the game for you to go where ever it is that you want. Alot of you can argue this fact, but thats not why I came to post... ONTO why I really wanted to comment on my love for BG1 and 2

The characture pick ups, and interactions.

I LOVED when they got all... flabergasted with your choices. The interaction and the opinions after a plot turn or twist. I loved it.

I will list my favorite chars to drag along. I seriously started over and over and over never finishing the game. It took me 3 years or more to finally beat the game.

Heres my personal group

Minsc, RANGER: How can you not love a ranger with a minature giant space hampster. The man is clearly... well.. Devoted to this hampster. How can you not bring him along with you? His interaction throught the game is the best part. "Minsc with fight with BLADE and BOOT. Boo will fill in the details,"

Mazzy, FIGHTER: This little chicky was my almost paladin. I know she was small but many she packed a punch.. I had to pick her up as soon as I could.

Yoshimo, THIEF: Yes, I know, I know. But he was such a good thief.. and I really couldn't stand that thief/mage Daughter of a Lord/High Society Wench. She grated on my nerves.

Heres where I got naughty with the game.....

Edwin, WIZARD: Wizard wise... This guy was the best spellcaster. I loved loved loved having Edwin. His little storyline is utterly one of the funniest ones in the game. Edwina... ROFLMAO! EDWINA MY LOVE!

Viconia, CLERIC: Cleric. The entire reason I played this game so much. I loved her storyline. I couldn't stand Aerie the Wingless elvaan girl cleric. She also really got on my last nerve. I liked Viconia's story, and her banter, and the relationship story if you played a male. Sometimes I like having Jaheria in the party just to get those two going...

I usually played either a Warrior or a Mage. Its hard to play a up-front char in case you got hit with a instant death spell. Yikes... restart from last save point.

Some of you might be thinking... Hey wait...... Viconia and Edwin were Evil chars, and Mazzy and Minsc were Good chars. What gives? yes yes... I had a bit of an issue with that... I loved having BOTH chars in my party... so I did the only thing a truely.. naughty... game player could do.... I used a program to change their alignments.

/em slaps himself

I loved this game. I like the ending for the expansion. The whole thing was a alot of fun. Sometimes I think I should play it as a Turn Based game... I wish they would just improve on the same game engine and come out with another game like this.. I loved it.

OK...

/rant off

[Void Dragon]

Originally Posted by Sirathiel

I feel with you Master! My graphic card is the bottle neck for games I'd like to play, too. Best that ever run on it was BGII and Warcraft III. Although I had to take some real wishy-washy settings for it to work. And in the end it all crashed anyways. (Though that might have been the sound card...).

anyways, that's why I'm waiting patiently for the moment to invest in some decent equipment.

I bought myself a computer for only 500€ (excluding monitor, speakers, etc...) and it nearly runs everything :?