The decision to buy Baldur's Gate was one of the wisest PC gaming choices that I have ever made. My anticipation for this game was so high that I nearly burned myself out before I ever installed the game. I blocked off an entire weekend to play the game, cleared my schedule, called in sick from work, and talked the girl friend into spending the weekend at her mothers. (Best call of my life for that evil manipulating c-word, soul sucking, parasite of a women met the man of her dreams, a rich, soon to be poor, fench man, and left me. Thank You God and Balders Gate.) It was one of the best mini vacations that I have ever taken. I stocked piled the snack food, disconnected the phone, and dived into the world of D&D RPG that BioWare had so expertly created. Three days later I emerged from my computer room weakened from lack of sleep, slightly dehidrated, and five pounds lighter. Balders Gate had in my opinion earned a place on the Best Games hall of fame.
It is a very deeply addictive, very richly involved gaming experience. One of the best times you will ever have playing a D&D RPG computer game. Just be prepared to spend several hours with your computer. Aside from a few boring spots, a few bugs, blurry vision, and a sore mouse hand, your in for a gaming experince like no other.
Role-playing owes it's origins to the classic board game "Dungeons & Dragons" in more than one way. The genre as we know today, has not only inherited many of it's finer tactical and strategic elements from the board gam... Read Full Review
Ahh, the first game in the Baldur's gate series. Don't mind that I am 11 years late on the review. I just dug this game out again after thinking a lot about playing BG2. They have a lot of similarities, and neither of... Read Full Review
