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Summary: Historical
Review: HI, i just had to write a comment. Although the game is getting old, it is the (in my opinion) best story-based singleplayer (multiplay is allowed, but i think the game is more suited for singleplay) ever next to Planescape:Torment. The story is exiting and very nicely made. When you start as a level one character, you fell like experiencing the game fully. There are lots of classes, races and aligments for one to pick, so the roleplaying is superiously splendid. As already expressed, the game is HUGE too, with five CDs.
Baldurs Gate 2 and its expansion is out now. They are very nice, but BG 1 gives an unique experience, and for 20 dollars, it is a very cheap experience too. If you dont like it, remember that it is not a new game. Instead, it is historical.
Sorenzo
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Summary: Extremly Great game
Review: Baldurs Gate is the best game I've ever played. It gives you the freedom in a RPG you've always looked for. You can go anywhere and do anything.Gain up to five players on your team, all with their own special abilities.You can get tons of accessories-Helmets,ammors,swords,mace,bows,clubs,slings,rings,
amulet,boots,and lots more.This RPG is different from the rest
when you get level ups the enemies just dont get weaker or stronger but smarter. The enemies include:orges,gnolls,skeletens,giant spiders,wizards,other humans,badits,wolves,hobgoblins,and plenty more.In some RPG they say you get to custimize your characters. In this game you can choose:human,elf,half elf,hafling,dwarf,gnome,then choose from a paladin,ranger,warrior,fighter,mage,druid,bard,then choose your skills,then your weapons(you can buy different ones though.This game takes a lot of time to beat. It is truly a Great Game
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Summary: cool rpg
Review: The graphics of Baldur's gate are tight. The game world is huge, spanning 5 full CDs. You can explore everywhere, battle monsters and complete quests and other missions. The character creation is highly detailed allowing you to choose from a variety of attributes for each race. If you like rpgs, get this game! You can play on-line too, but I haven't tried that yet. :)
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Summary: Interesting story
Review: Baldurs Gate, is probably one of the better role playing games on the market today. It has some good characters, along with a riviting story line that will keep you hooked as you play it. The music is great, and the graphics are very good for a computer game. There is a wide list of characters and NPC's that will help your character on their quest. And the best part of this game, is that the controls are actually easy to use, so you arent stressing yourself out to looking for the right buttons to use in your battles. I rate this game at 4 stars because it could be a little longer, and a little better, but for 19.99 it is definately a game worth buying.
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Summary: Best RPG Ever!!!!!
Review: Linear plot line, good characters, and very well taken from the original AD&D game! A must have for all RPG and gaming fans alike!
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Summary: a good game so far
Review: well the setting up of a charecter takes a good chunk of time and the first few minutes drag on but the other charecters and the interaction is pretty well on par with other games in the genra i enjoyed the game and i like the weopons and the addaptability of the game you can do quests in any configuration and you dont need to finnish them right off the bat
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Summary: Lotta fun but addictive
Review: This is a good game. It has lots of fun and you cant quite turn it off. I say to myself just a few minutes and next I know a few hours have passed. My only misgiving is that the game does not give enough insight into what you do next. I go to a place and it takes a few tries to figure out what next. Otherwise great game.
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Summary: The best game ever?! Give me a break!
Review: Baldurs Gate is an entertaining game, but a great one? No way. It has too many major flaws to be a great game.1. The AI of the characters that you control is quite possibly the worst AI in the history of computer games. The characters can't move more than an inch on the screen without getting out of the marching order. The path making functions for the characters to go from point A to point B is pathetic!!! Sometimes characters will wander around the screen aimlessly, or get stuck in a corner when you need them somewhere. This tends to get your characters severely injured or killed. It is a major annoyance. This game is designed to run in real-time, with the ability to pause, but because of the terrible AI, you find yourself pausing the game every two seconds to micromanage your characters. So much for real-time combat. Turn-based would have been better. 2. This game has scores of encounters that swiftly slaughter your party with no chance whatsoever of you surviving the first encounter. The only way to get past these points is to reload your previous save game, which you will find yourself doing more than a thousand times. After you reload, you cast a bunch of spells to make your characters more powerful, and redo the encounter. After trying enough times, you win. What is the problem with that, you ask? It is pointless to use your wits to better prepare yourself for the unexpected, because the unexpected will easily wipe you out, and you can then reload anyway. It's almost like "cheating". Where's the challenge in that? 3. The game is pretty stingy with experience points. 50-60 hours of gameplay only moves you up about 5 or 6 levels. 4. The inventory system gets annoying. Not enough slots, and a gemstone takes up as much space as a suit of armor. (Supposedly, this has been taken care of in BG2). On the upside, the combat is fun when things go your way, especially the visual and sound effects created by the spells (I always wanted to know what an exploding fireball looks like). Also, I thought that the plot of the game was very good. The game has a lot of quests and sidequests, which make it nicely nonlinear. Baldurs Gate is a fun game, but it's too tedious to be a great one.
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Summary: It must be me
Review: Well, since so many others seem to love this game, the reason I don't like it must have something to do with me! I just could not get the hang of it, especially the combat. Maybe if I had devoted a little more time to it, I would have gotten it finally, but I just didn't want to spend all of my time learning how to play - I just wanted to play! Also, I didn't really like the non-linear storyline - I like to have a sense that I am going the right way at the right time. But that's just my personal preference.
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Summary: To Battle!...
Review: This game is worth it! Graphics are great story is great, but it needs more characters! And definitely more classes (Ex: Fighter or a Mage) But otherwise this game is great for all RPG (Fantasy) Fans. The only thing to that sets this back from a perfect score...is it's installation. It is way to much for my computer, and it went way to slow that I had a hard time getting through battles with out dying! I dont recommend this game if you have little RAM and Computer Space. Otherwise, this game is for all!
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