Full Baldurs Gate Run

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I'm digging out the classics intending to do a full run from the start of BG1 + TotSC then BG2 + ToB. Should keep me busy for a few months with about 400+ hours of gameplay :cool:

Can anyone recommend me any required mods? IIRC there's one which allows you to play BG1 with the BG2 engine??

Then I've just gotta decide on a class...I remember starting BG2 with my old BG1 Warrior - your a lot more powerful than you really should be, so I ended up storming around the first dungeon in my pants gibbing everything with a crappy 2H sword I'd picked up :D
Think it'll either be a Legolas-style archer/dual wield ranger, or a pure mage which I cant remember ever finding in an NPC.

Anyway....mod suggestions for both games appriciated :)
 
I'm not personally a fan of the Baldurs Gate/ Neverwinter Nights series. Find a copy of Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor for a much, much better game.

Get outta here...! Fair enough if you prefer PoR, but its certainly not a better game...

BG2 is the best pure RPG you can get. Still. Looking forward to Dragon Age
 
Bump because I've finally got "BG Tutu" running. Takes ages to install the 11 CD's required for both games (reminds me of the days of floppy disk swapping!)

But for anyone thinking of doing it, it tarts up BG1 no end :) Runs fantastically, and it allows lots of extra classes from the start - I've started off as a Monk, but I think I've realised why it wasn't in BG1 to start with...they're useless :D

I cant hit a thing, I'm just a walking punchbag :p

But give it a go if your thinking of it - great little mod :)
 
No, IIRC the "Dark Alliance" console games were more action orientated - BG on the PC is pure RPG.

And I'm not sure if I'm just being crap, or BG is harder than I remember, but I'm really struggling :( Getting hammered left right and centre even in chapter 1! Playing on the 'Core Rules' difficulty, which I'm sure I used to play as before.
 
Holy Thread Resurrection, Batman! :D

Incidentally, I'm still doing my run. My Monk* is now level 6, and I've just entered Baldurs Gate. Trying to play it inbetween WoW and other things, so its slow progress. Huge fun though :)


*If your thinking about it, don't bother :P A level 1 Monk is like a Mage without any spells, totally useless. They're hard work at the start of BG2 (Lvl8/9) but in BG1 they're just walking targets. Great fun seeing him develop though. Shame he's still useless :p
 
BG1 + BG2 + BGTutu = BG1 at 1280x1024 or even higher :cool:

Its got a few minor bugs - Mainly that my journal and quest log doesn't work right, so I write down all my quests. Other than that, its rocking :)
 
Its a mod which converts all the BG1 content into the BG2 engine (so you need both games).

http://www.pocketplane.net/

Allows all the high resolutions, all the various classes and kits (although some don't work very well at level 1, ie the Monk :P) and the BG2 interface. Works really well, and its certainly better than playing in 640x480!
 
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