Baldur's Gate

fastwunz · 8 Jul 2009 at 10:41

Guys, im tempted to go play 1 and 2 of the series - but dont know where to get them from. Can you buy them and download them from anywhere?

naknakkus · 8 Jul 2009 at 10:43

There's a boxed set floating on the famous River.

fastwunz · 8 Jul 2009 at 10:45

Moley · 8 Jul 2009 at 10:48

Think of a famous river (not the Thames or Severn).

Sleepery · 8 Jul 2009 at 11:00

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=buy+baldur's+gate

wordy · 8 Jul 2009 at 13:21

You can get BG, ToSC, BG II, ToB boxed set for a tenrar on the popular river based online store

Bossk128 · 8 Jul 2009 at 14:26

.....but also look for EasyTutu (for BG1) and The_Biggs Widescreen mod (to change resolution to your choosing).

spudbynight · 8 Jul 2009 at 14:27

Started this recently. BG II is just so much better than BG.

Sasso · 8 Jul 2009 at 14:46

spudbynight said:
Started this recently. BG II is just so much better than BG.

i started to play this but got stuck right at the start... at the beginning of the first one ya in a nice town and things are easy to kill.... in the second one ya thrown straight into le poo xP

but it does look nicer

fastwunz · 8 Jul 2009 at 14:48

thanks guys - i guess a trip to tesco is a good idea then. I hear the Amazon is indeed nice this time of year.

Sasso · 8 Jul 2009 at 14:50

oooo carefull, dont forget ya fly spray and nets

Briton · 8 Jul 2009 at 15:53

spudbynight said:
Started this recently. BG II is just so much better than BG.

Have you tried BG with Tutu? That, and the addition of a few other mods, make the first game as good as the follow up.

Afran · 8 Jul 2009 at 16:02

I thought the general opinion was that BG was better than BG II. Better story and whatnot, and infact the Tutu mod actually ruins a lot of what BG has to offer. I don't know whether true or not (I've only played the 2nd one) but that's what I've mostly read.

Briton · 8 Jul 2009 at 16:25

Some people actually prefer the first game but the general opinion is that BGII is better.

I would think only an extreme purist would saythat Tutu 'ruins a lot of what BG has to offer'. You can disable enhancements you don't want.

Other mods do a lot for the feel of the game, such as the BG1 NPC Project which adds hundred's of BGII like banters.

It's a shame to miss out on a great game. Even if you do prefer BGII in the end, it's well worth playing.

Moley · 8 Jul 2009 at 16:28

Briton said:
It's a shame to miss out on a great game. Even if you do prefer BGII in the end, it's well worth playing.

When you're done with BG1+2, Planescape Torment is absolutely the nuts.

Frapple · 8 Jul 2009 at 16:30

Is Tutu the mod that runs BG+TotSC + BGII+ToB as one game?

Matmulder · 8 Jul 2009 at 17:46

TuTu just allows you to play BG1 in the BG2 engine, with the extra BG2 classes.

This means BG1 in huge resolutions, and means you can start at lvl 1 with classes that weren't originally designed for it (like the Monk).

I was reading up on people who "solo" BG2 - ie, play the entire game with 1 char. Anyone actually tried it? I understand that the benefit is you get masses of xp, so level extremely quickly.
However I suspect you'd end up just "cheesing" most of it - ie, exploiting the game engine by edging forward to only pulling 1 enemy, closing doors to splitenemy parties, etc. I should imagine having an insanely high level multi-class char would be fun, though

I think on the BG forums someone had a lvl30/lvl15 dual-class PC and they hadn't even finished BG2 yet, let alone ToB...