Will anything ever surpass Baldur's Gate?

WatchTower · 20 Jan 2012 at 14:58

Not even Neverwinter Knights, Dragon Age or Mass Effect even comes close. I have BG 1&2 on 100 CDs JK and would prefer it on steam for less hassele. Unfortunately it's not avalable. > :-(

SPARC · 20 Jan 2012 at 15:00

GOG.com for hassle free-ness ??.

Pighardia · 20 Jan 2012 at 15:00

Get it on GOG? $5.99 and it works perfectly.

I love BG but tbh I think we have moved on now, I personally think DAO is a better game.

DampCat · 20 Jan 2012 at 15:15

No, nothing will surpass BG or BG2. DAO was ok, and NWN was good.

WatchTower · 20 Jan 2012 at 15:16

Just had a look at this gog.com and it's $9.99 now. Still good value though.

WatchTower · 20 Jan 2012 at 15:20

I love how you have to plan your BG character to what you want him or her to turn out like in BG 2.

DampCat · 20 Jan 2012 at 15:26

Originally they were going to enable transfer from BG2 to NWN too, but it sadly got dropped before release.

Indy500 · 20 Jan 2012 at 15:30

Planescape Torment did in my opinion. They even share the same engine and D&D rules

Jaffar · 20 Jan 2012 at 15:32

Pighardia said:
I love BG but tbh I think we have moved on now, I personally think DAO is a better game.

I got bored of DA:O. I think their attempt to make it non-linear was just letting you choose the order in which you did 4 or 5 main (linear) quests. Unfortunately this meant there couldn't be one main epic story arc. Skyrim does open-world properly, BG did epic story line better. I also felt the DA:O designers spent so much time building a new fantasy setting / mythology that the story itself was very 'meh'.

Witcher1979 · 20 Jan 2012 at 15:37

I find BG very hard when you first start out, you get over powered very quickly. I really need to go back to it.

manveruppd · 20 Jan 2012 at 15:38

Yeah PS:Torment had better writing and a stranger, funkier setting, but overall BG2 was the best RPG of all time.

signal11th · 20 Jan 2012 at 16:03

Baldur's Shed?

sanderse · 20 Jan 2012 at 16:30

watchtower. If you haven't already then play planescape torment. I thought that nothing could surpass BG2 but this did.

TonyM19 · 20 Jan 2012 at 16:34

A definite +1 for the gog version and another +1 for trying Torment next

FNGsam · 20 Jan 2012 at 16:38

signal11th said:
Baldur's Shed?

I lol'd

Crimefighter · 20 Jan 2012 at 16:47

I havent found anything quite as good as BG2.

DA:O was very nice, but not quite as good.

bushmins · 20 Jan 2012 at 16:52

Temple of elemental evil
Arcanum
Planscape Torment
Icewind Dale
DA:O
Drakensang
NWN 1 and 2

All come to mind when BG is mentioned, all turn based.

Pleantly of game slike The Witcher and Nox, which are a bit more hack n slash, but still fun.

WatchTower · 20 Jan 2012 at 18:02

This may sound odd but I hate turnbased rpgs but BG is my fav RPG of all time. Maybe it's jrpg turnbase style I don't like.

Indy500 · 20 Jan 2012 at 18:32

bushmins said:
Temple of elemental evil
Arcanum
Planscape Torment
Icewind Dale
DA:O
Drakensang
NWN 1 and 2

All come to mind when BG is mentioned, all turn based.

Pleantly of game slike The Witcher and Nox, which are a bit more hack n slash, but still fun.

TOEE and Drakensang are turn-based, Arcanum gives you a selection and the rest are real time with pause. Fallout 1 and 2 are also turn-based, BG is real time with pause.

Surfer · 20 Jan 2012 at 18:36

Whats the difference between real time with pause

and turn based ?

as i remember BG had a ton of options (pause after x action) to effectively make it a turn based game....