Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition

A definite must have for the ones who enjoy rpgs, unless you want graphics... well you're out of luck, but otherwise a great game.

Awesome game, love the upgrades from the enhanced edition, not a fan of the new companions and I'd reccomend getting a mod to replace the new cinematics with the old ones, as they were so much better. I don't know what they were thinking with those glorified slideshows ngl

still a good game if you're into older pc titles

Often over looked in favour of the younger brother, Baldur's Gate 1 is still an excellent RPG. BG2 may take the limelight (and rightfully so, as it is the superior game), but that doesn't mean there isn't a lot of body to this game as well. Don't let the play time mislead you on this one, I've played this repeatedly when I was a lot younger and it's still an enjoyable and satisfying experience, if a little dated now.

Only downside for me is the option to do this co-op via the remake is POOR. Passwords don't always function, and connecting with a player can be a nightmare. If you can't get the password to be accepted, you're forced to go public and then you get random people dropping into your game and buggering things up.

Epic adventure game that made Bioware one of the top game developers in the industry up until EA got a hold of them.

I decided to have an AI script write this review instead:

Haibun: The Expansive Realm of Baldur’s Gate

In the vast expanse of Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition, every corner of the world beckons with adventure. From the bustling cities to the quiet, hidden groves, the game offers a rich tapestry of quests and characters. The enhanced graphics and new content breathe fresh life into this beloved classic, seamlessly integrating with the original’s depth and complexity.

The journey is long and rewarding, with countless paths to explore and challenges to overcome. The experience points accumulate, reflecting the growth and evolution of your character, offering a sense of accomplishment and mastery. The replayability is immense, with each playthrough revealing new secrets and strategies.

In this world, time flows differently. Hours turn into days as you delve deeper into the lore and strategy, each decision shaping your unique story. For the dedicated fan, this is not just a game, but a timeless journey through a world that continues to captivate and inspire.

Endless paths to tread, New quests and old friends await— A journey reborn.

The mod found on the Nexus,

"Voices Voices Extravaganza - AI dialog voiceovers"

Infinity UI

Realistic Portraits For BGEE

Portraits Portraits Everywhere

DLC Merger

The Classic of Classics. Play it for the story, the dialog and remarks from the party members. It is so well done and with a lot of cheeky humour and exquisite sarcasm. Best song text poem for a Bard I've ever read in a game in Firewine. It makes you love the characters (in some cases they also get on your nerves!).

As they say, they don't make them like this anymore, only Pillars of Eternity is on par with the old stuff in my view, but the language is too polished and politically correct. You get into the roleplaying in both, but you only leave with a chuckle from one of them.

Oh, you already know what I'm going to say. I grew up playing this game and its sequel, this is mother's milk to me.

Fantastic, an absolute classic and a defining game of the genre. Beamdog's Enhanced Edition is very worthy, incorporating ease-of-use elements and additional race/class options from the second game back into the first (in my day we had to use complicated mods for that) and adding some more options as well.

I really enjoy the new NPCs. They stick out a bit in this game, since they have personal quests which weren't typical for companions until the sequel, but that was an improvement so I can't hold it against them.

If you're coming here from BG3, be warned that the game runs on 2nd ed. AD&D, which is a hell of a lot less streamlined than BG3's 5th ed. It's not too clunky for its age but don't expect modern-level smoothness.

Pro tip for beginners:
-I know it's counterintuitive, but in this game, lower numbers for Armour Class are better. Negative numbers are better still.
-Use the tab key to highlight containers, etc. Devs hid some secret loot caches, intended for the days before tab-highlighting.

One of the best games ever created. True D&D style game with hours of exploration and a great story.

This game is a lot of fun and quite challenging and if you are up to that challenge you can turn it down and enjoy the game as you like.

I bought this looking for the prequel to the gay fantasy dating sim. Turns out this is an actual game. I would recommend it though, very fun.

BG! A classic from my teenage years, I remember installing it with 6 discs.

Classic rpg following the older gold box series of games

It's a 1998 game, but if you can get past that, a fun way to kill some time.

Greatest game ever made. Played it the year it released, and every few years after up until now.

This is one of the best PC games of all time. The graphics are surely dated, but the story is what matters here.

It holds up. I played this on CD-ROM back in the day. I got the Enhanced Edition here on Steam and still felt compelled enough to finish it. The added features make the game better, and nothing is lost.

A classic for a reason, while not as engaging as BG2, I feel its required to start here.

Classic CRPG. Still excellent 25 years after release. And it is better than most modern games. Also, true Old School D&D.

old school rules! the new stuff has the graphics but game play sucks and they get to hard to have fun.

For me, this is the best game of all. Its open world feels so real, natural, gentle and close to my heart. The big story is great and even the tiny quests are meaningful, because it is all so believable.

It is not as flashy as BG2, with its bright colors and crystals and impossible metal and concrete architecture, but that is a good thing.

I don't really have 36h on this game. I have played it countless times in the past.

Ive always hated the romance options in BG2. I only ever lead Anomen on so that he'd kill Aerie, then Minsc will kill Anomen. But this new monk is sexy AF. He looks like he bit someone and their blood is dripping down his chin. I like that in a man.

This game is one of those things that are a cultural touchstone that innovated a genre into what it is. Yet, when you come back to it, so many years later, it simply doesn't hold up. I respect Baldur's Gate for what it was. A pioneer of the genre in many ways.

I've tried time and again to get into this game but simply couldn't. It's a marvelous example of a pioneer of a genre. But, for me, it just doesn't offer anything that newer games in this genre don't do better.

I hate that I have to say I can't recommend it. I want to. I really do, but I'd be lying if I did.

Ive played this game once a year at least since I was 11. Still finding new things, builds, consequences and paths to completion all these years later. The pinnacle of RPGs from an era I miss and what BG3 should of looked and played like really.

The true godfather of RPGs. The UI is a little clunky and old school, and the combat takes some getting used, but once you figure it out the game is still such a gem.

10/10

One of the best RPGs ever made, and arguably The Best RPG Franchise. It's a classic that still holds up all these years later. An absolutely epic story with unforgettable characters. 'Nuff said - just buy it.

A classic for a reason and well worth going back to. That said, it is very old so be prepared for the lack of some quality of life stuff we now take for granted.

A masterpiece of gaming, certainly difficult for a modern/current gamer to hop into but give it a little bit of time and once you begin to understand and get accustomed to it this game along with Baldur's Gate 2 will be
a companion of yours for life providing you with a coziness and comfort which rarely is found easily these days. Crpgs Are great !

Fantastic classic of the genre, though brutally difficult at times XD

This story is still great even if the graphics are dated.

Old-school D&D fun, have to run through it again every now and then. :)

There are moments where I wish it wasn't so lengthy. Perhaps the ability to teleport to a city quicker. It gets frustrating to have to travel so far form one place to teh next.

I appreciate this game for all its complexity, and how this gives rise to so many different ways of experiencing this game that 26 years later people can still be enjoying it. I can see the lasting influence that this game has had on every topdown. isometric, CRPG and RPG that came after it (especially the Bioware ones that are my all time favorites), and with the acclaim the 3rd one has gotten I thought I would start from the beginning....but I cannot for the life of me get into this game.

Perhaps it's a slow burn, and stopping this early is doing the game a disservice. But it's not the difficulty (it's easy to re-load from a bad roll, or bad strategy, and run away if you're not ready), like I said, I appreciate the complexity of DnD for how many options it gives you. It's not the learning curve, which isn't that bad, but doesn't hold your hand. It's the immense boring slog that I know finishing this game is going to be.

I had the same kind of issue when I played the first Fallout: I was impressed with the game, the depth, the writing, the world building, recognized it was a seminal work in the canon of gaming, but the actual experience of sitting down and playing was so incredibly dull that I can scarcely bring myself to endure more than an hour before I get up and do something else.

I think the biggest flaw of classic CRPGs like Baldur's Gate is that the nature of this type game makes them intrinsically dull to play, at least for me. And this isn't really a criticism of this game, more so a statement of my personal taste in games. Despite all the things it does well, it's nevertheless boring to play, and I can't recommend spending your precious free time doing something that isn't fun.

Baldur's Gate is definitely my favorite game series. I'm so glad for Enhanced Edition as the old version of BG doesn't work on my PC anymore and I like to get back to this game once in a while. With lots of bugs fixed, some quality of life updates it's really a pleasure to replay this game once more. There are two expansions added beyond the original one: Black Pit and Siege of Dragonspear. Black Pit is series of arena encounters, while Siege of Dragonspear is a big expansion that is almost as big as the original game. It was a really nice treat to get some extra to the original game - more adventures, more companions, more magical items. I loved every playthrough and will be back for more for sure.

I really enjoy playing this game.

Great platform to create six characters and level them up through different games. Played it when it originally came out and now I am enjoying it all over again.

I played Baldurs Gate years ago and decided to go through again through the Steam option. Also played Baldurs gate II. I struggled to get computer working for further add on's so looking forward to Baldurs Gate 3. A great adventuring D and D style game where the rolls and calculations are done for you.

Great game! I'd highly recommend it if you're looking for an old-fashioned RPG. The world is very well developed, and the story is great.

A lot less content, but a lot more fun than Divinity: Baldur's Gate 3

I've been playing this since 1998. It has never let me down, never gotten dull, so many different ways to play. This game is one of my favorite escapes from reality.

Looks like the developers never tried to play their "creation".

Absolutely useless in coop. Game mechanics is horrible.

Still rolling my character, trying to get an 18/00 strength, heard the gameplays fun though

I played this game in the 90s when it first came out. I got it from Beamdog's website when the enhanced edition was first released. I own it, and have played it extensively on xbox. I've even played it a fair bit on my iPad. At this point I am conviced that I will never grow tired of playing and replaying this game. This game with it's sequel Shadows of Amn are among the greatest games ever made!

im sure im just retarded and newgen but this combat is the worst slog ive ever tried to stomach. how does anyone love, or even tolerate this.

Great classic, still very playable. Options like scaling for modern screens, autopause and etc should be enabled for comfort play.

After owning the game for the better part of a decade, I finally beat it. So I figure I should leave a review.

The game came out in 1998 and it shows. That said, Baldur's Gate is still a solid CRPG that has earned its reputation. YMMV as the system is clunky, and you really should read the PDF manual while you make your character. If you enjoy old school TTRPGs and CRPGs, then this game is for you.

BG is a CRPG, which means: It has a niche.
This game is entirely different to the modern BG3. Don't come with the same expectations.

Why play this?

• You want a complex game system (Magic, combat)
  
• You like to experiment with character builds
  
• The story is really good
  
• You like DnD and have that scratch to play a DnD-like game (Check for more games in the CRPG tag, if this is a check for you)
  
• Replayability. The variety of classes and companions make for an entertaining game to replay, where you can test your knowledge of the game, and making op builds, or meme builds
  
• You like to roleplay in-game: The game makes you feel part of the story, it makes a good job to feel relevant to the plot
  

Why avoid this?

• Too much information, it has a high learning curve on the combat system (all class' abilities, spells and system properties like THAC0, may be too much information)
  
• You don't like turn-based ARPGs. Even though the game is real time, all events happen in rounds of 6 seconds, and the pause makes it still a turn-based game.
  
• Art, I understand that as much as I may like the art and look & feel, it is outdated by today's standards and may not be popular.
  
[*] You don't like dying. In this game you will quicksave often, because you will die often, it is nothing bad, as you will learn and develop ways to deal with situations, but if that stresses you, well... CRPGs may not be for you

Recommendation for a first run

A classic masterpiece with excellent voice acting, fun encounters, challenging combat mechanics and a fantastic soundtrack.

I wanted to wait until I've completed everything before reviewing, but nothing new really needs to be said here. This is one of the best RPGs of all time. Definitely has an intense learning curve people unfamiliar with D&D and/or old-school RPGs might find difficult to deal with. This game lacks all the handholding and ease of just grinding levels to make the game easier that basically every other RPG has.

There is a story-mode which makes it impossible to die though, so if you really just want to experience some of the best storytelling and character interactions, then that is absolutely a viable option too.

I really need to play BG2 and then finally get back to BG3 and beat that as well. From what I've played though, BG3 is absolutely one of my favourite RPGs of all time. It's amazing that Larion managed to maintain the quality of such a legendary series.

The beginning of an epic series. The combat initially takes some getting used to but with the right party balance can make a big difference.

I purchased this game while it was on sale while saving for a new gaming PC for Baldur's Gate 3.

First of all, this game brings back memories of gaming in the late 90s and early 00s, which are great memories.

Coming from playing 5E D&D, it took me a while to adjust to the 2E system used in Baldur's Gate. While I never got to understand the specifics, I did get to the level of understanding where I could enjoy the game and it scratched that D&D itch.

The combat is both fast, and with the ability pause, allows for a lot of tactics. There is a wide variety of spells, abilities, and items to customise the characters to your liking.

The story is incredible, including the Siege on Dragonspear, with interesting support NPCs. This game has me looking forward to playing Icewind Dale and Baldur's Gate 2.