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Posted By: Magus Jul 28, 2004 - 06:05 am

Has anybody here played the Baldur's Gate series? It's an AD&D rpg game where you are the child of the god of murder. It's an awsome series, the best I've ever played. Excellent plotting, characters and graphics. I give it an A+. I also like how you can make custom parties. My first time through BG2 my party was entirely customized. My first time through BG2:TOB I hade Serevok and an entirely customized party. What do the rest of you think?

Posted By: Talon_Sinnah Jul 28, 2004 - 05:21 pm

Never played it but sounds as if I need to.

Posted By: Aldan Aug 01, 2004 - 11:44 pm

Yep. BG1, BG1:TotSC, BG2 & BG2:ToB. Lots of fun characters (I really liked Xan *grin*), a pretty solid storyline and method of moving the plot along, and I liked the world-affecting-yet-not way they did this...
I haven't tried any of the PS or Xbox BG games, though, since those just seem to be games created to milk the cash cow.

Posted By: Magus Aug 02, 2004 - 05:29 am

The only one I didn't play was TOTSC. I actually started playing SOA first. There I made a completely customized party of ll of my "heroes" from other games I've played. There was Shabel-Grah: the necromancer, Templara: the sorceres, Lord Brio: the fighter, Cheesor the Mad: the skald (bard) and I can't remember the other one. But the mc was not from any other game, he was made special just for this one. He was Jacatour: the half-orc kensai.

In TOB I completely restructered the party. Shabel-Grah duel classed into a cleric ondce he could cast level nine spells (built him up quickly by giving him experience at the first town). I don't remember this party so well (ie names) but I had a Cavelier (intelligence was 3 but all other stats were maxed), a cleric (very nice having two in one party, let me tell you), Reejo Reemer (a wild mage who I later traded for Sertido: my friend's mc, a monk), and I kept Jacatour and Shabel-Grah. The only NPC I brought into my party was Serevok and he was Awsome!

I played BG with a different mc. He was Magus, a fighter dueled later into a mage. My friend and I liked the idea of a mage with a fighter's stats. In there I gave way to using NPC's. I used Jahera, Khalid, Imoen, Xann and Kaigan. Next time I'll make another custom party for BG. It's always better with your own characters, I think. But NPC's do add something to the game.

Posted By: Magus Dec 20, 2004 - 09:43 am

My sister came home and started a new game for herself. She told me that she couldn't take burn it and take a copy to school because she'd get even less homework done then she does now. And she already stays up 'til 2 in the morning doing homework.

Posted By: Gnollslayer Jan 16, 2005 - 03:32 pm

I liked the games, and played through everything except Throne of Bhaal.

Icewind Dale used the same engine, and was almost as good. Icewind Dale II doesn't have enough story-line to keep me going.

Neverwinter Nights is also good, but the story takes too long to get going. And then it ends in a stupid way.

Posted By: Magus Jan 18, 2005 - 02:07 pm

Yeah, next game I get will be Icewind Dale. A friend of mine, another BG nut like me, said I'd like it.

Posted By: Aldan Jan 18, 2005 - 05:54 pm

Plus they have an expansion for ID1 as well as a second, smaller followup to that expansion... The expansion's called Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter, and the followup is called Trials of the Luremaster. You can probably find the Tales addition for free (that's how I got it), and I know that it requires Heart of Winter to be installed to use it...

Posted By: D.R. Jan 27, 2005 - 09:37 am

ya i ove the baldurs gate series, the game rocked. I liked BG2 a lil more, because there were a few dragons that you can fight. I loved my main character to, called him rick james, i ended up screwin around to much, kept havin to rick james townspeople and such (they eye balled me) so my paladin became super evil > haven't had a chance to finish the game after that.

You play the baldurs gate games that were on PS2, i played and beat both of those, i liked them very much and would advise you to play them if u haven't. But if i were to name one reason why i liked any baldurs gate game, its because they had they greatest fighter in each game, Drizzt! Respek!

Posted By: Magus Jan 27, 2005 - 06:03 pm

I don't have a PS2, so I guess I won't have the opportunity to play that version of the game.

I remember there was a glitch with my game where after I killed the silvery dragon in the Underdark I still coulnd't leave. I searched all over the place and it wasn't there. I went and looked it up online, flipped through a book at Game Stop and even consoled my friend who know the game even better then I do. It was just gone. And MAN did that suck!

Posted By: Baron Mar 18, 2005 - 03:12 am

Forgotten Realms rocks - from BG1-BG2 (inc expansions) to ID1/ID2 and Neverwinter Nights series - all are excellent and well worth a play by all fantasy lovers.

Posted By: Raining_Blood Mar 24, 2005 - 05:30 pm

neverwinter nights isnt very good for single player... at least with the default campaign.

i heard baldur's gate 3 is being developed.

Posted By: Magus Mar 24, 2005 - 05:57 pm

Nice!