Baldur's Gate 2 Comes to GOG

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teh_gunslinger

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DaxStrife said:
LOVED Baldur's Gate 2... I usually don't hold out hope for remakes of games I love, but if they made one for BG2 I'd be all over it. And System Shock 2.
Can I ask why you want a remake? The game is gorgeous as it is, and the widescreen mod solves that issue. I doubt you could get a good remake with todays tech, at least judging on my Dragon Age experiences. The worlds always feel empty and clumsy compared to the detailed paintings of the original BG games.

Also, the amount of text would cost a fortune to voice act.
 

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Dafttechno said:
I still have all 11 disks. Baldur's Gate (5 disks), Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast expansion (1 disk), Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn (4 disks) and Baldur's Gate 2: The Throne of Baal expansion (1 disk). Anyone who has enjoyed any of Bioware's RPGs in the past few years (SW:KOTOR, Jade Empire, Dragon Age: Origins, Mass Effect, etc.) should go back to play the award winning series that put Bioware on the map.
Not really as BG is a completely different type of RPG than KOTOR,JE,DA,ect its not small and its not simplified.
 

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Thats incredibly shit, they dont have the mac version available... and i was considering this. Shame...
 

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Jump on my sword while you can Evil !!! I won't be so gentle OR go for the eyes boo, GO FOR THE EYES.

Good times good times, i'm getting this
 

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Andy Chalk said:
Baldur's Gate 2 is the most epic fantasy role-playing experience of all time. Of all time!
This.

BG2 holds a rank in my personal best games ever list (Portal, Myst 3, and ChronoTrigger also rank).

If you've played and liked recent BioWare titles but haven't played this... get it now.

If you like wRPGs... get this now.

Hell, unless you are vehemently against the entire RPG genre... get this now.

If you are vehemently against the entire RPG genre, this may be the game that can change your mind so... get this now.
 

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Also didn't know about GoG, hmmm could get Icewind Dale or ToEE..... Speaking of Baldurs Gate 2 quotes anyone remeber Lilacor? "You deal, I'll cut!" , "...and this one's for grandma, who said I'd never amount to anything more than a butterknife!!", not to mention his Dirty Harry/Wolverine quotes and how to get rich advices :D
 

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N.1 Ninja Of 2010 said:
DaxStrife said:
I usually don't hold out hope for remakes of games I love, but if they made one for BG2 I'd be all over it.And System Shock 2.
They already made one.

It's called Bioshock. [http://store.steampowered.com/app/7670/]
Bioshock is to System shock 2 is what Star wars eps is to the first trilogy IE Shiny, shallow and dull.
 

Yureina

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I have the discs for this game in my closet. Maybe I'll re-install it sometime. :3
 

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Stupid question: do you need to play the first to get the sequal? I'm ashamed to say I haven't played either, but I want to play both.

OT: Damnit GOG, you really want me to have no money or free time don't you? Why else would you keep releasing all these amazing games?
 

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sir.rutthed said:
Stupid question: do you need to play the first to get the sequal? I'm ashamed to say I haven't played either, but I want to play both.

OT: Damnit GOG, you really want me to have no money or free time don't you? Why else would you keep releasing all these amazing games?
No, you don't need to get the first. Other than a few characters there isn't a whole lot of continuity. It's not as big a deal as importing, say, a Shepard for Mass Effect 2.

And yeah, their huge wave of recent RPG goodness really tempted me a few times. It's a good thing I still have BG 2 on its discs because otherwise I would definitely be picking this one up. Even so I wound up picking up PS:T (actually going through it with mods this time, so that should be interesting).
 

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Andy Chalk said:
I'm just going to come right out and say it: Baldur's Gate 2 is the most epic fantasy role-playing experience of all time. Of all time![/B]
i have always been up in the air about whether i loved baldurs gate 1 or baldurs gate 2 more. there is no question, however, that the pc baldurs gate games are, without competition, my favorite rpgs. i have shadows of amn but my throne of bhaal disk doesnt seem to work, for some reason. this is worth the $10 price just so i can play the expansion and finally finish this epic story
 

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sir.rutthed said:
Stupid question: do you need to play the first to get the sequal? I'm ashamed to say I haven't played either, but I want to play both.

OT: Damnit GOG, you really want me to have no money or free time don't you? Why else would you keep releasing all these amazing games?
you should definitely play the first one before playing the second. the story will have a lot more impact. also, if you play the second one and then play the first one, somewhere down the line, a lot of the big surprises from the first game will be completely ruined
 

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teh_gunslinger said:
DaxStrife said:
LOVED Baldur's Gate 2... I usually don't hold out hope for remakes of games I love, but if they made one for BG2 I'd be all over it. And System Shock 2.
Can I ask why you want a remake? The game is gorgeous as it is, and the widescreen mod solves that issue. I doubt you could get a good remake with todays tech, at least judging on my Dragon Age experiences. The worlds always feel empty and clumsy compared to the detailed paintings of the original BG games.

Also, the amount of text would cost a fortune to voice act.
Higher resolutions, mostly (800x600 just doesn't cut the mustard anymore). I don't care about the voice acting as long as they keep the original lines and actors. And a graphics system closer to the Neverwinter Nights games would be nice as well.

N.1 Ninja Of 2010 said:
DaxStrife said:
I usually don't hold out hope for remakes of games I love, but if they made one for BG2 I'd be all over it.And System Shock 2.
They already made one.

It's called Bioshock. [http://store.steampowered.com/app/7670/]
Bioshock has nothing on System Shock; similar game structure sure, but entirely different settings, themes, gameplay and characters.
 

Andy Chalk

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I tend to think of Baldur's Gate as one huge, gigantic game, rather than as separate entities. You can definitely play the second without the first and BG2 brings a lot of refinements and improvements to the party, but for me a lot of what happened in the second game had added impact because it was a direct continuation of the first. If you have the time - and believe me, it'll take a lot of it - I'd urge any serious RPG fan hitting it up for the first time to do the whole thing. It really is an epic experience.
 

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*sniff* Oh, the nostalgia . . . .

The only way I'd be happier with GoG is if they offered Dungeon Keeper. Then I'd build a shrine to them.

\o/ /o\ \o/
 

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Baldur's Gate 2 remains the pinnacle of the rpg genre as far as I'm concerned. There just hasn't been a game yet to match it, not by Bioware nor anyone else.

Anyone who has never played the PC Baldur's Gate series needs to go give em a try right away, especially now that they're so easily available.