Baldur's Gate Original Saga with Tales of the Sword Coast Expansion Pack
by Black Isle Studios
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Video Game Reviews of Baldur's Gate Original Saga with Tales of the Sword Coast Expansion Pack
Customer Review: Great game
Summary: 5 Stars
I've played a few RPG games, and I have found that the Baldur's Gate saga is one of the best. You get to customize your own character and there are endles quests (some much harder than others). The graphics are very cool and the settings are amazing. The story line is intriguing and keeps you coming back for more. Disadvantages include bugs and characters abandoning your group or turning on them. My best advice for these problems is save often and save under many game titles.I would suggest this game to both new and old RPG fans. I'm still enjoying it.
Customer Review: A fantastic game for new, or experienced, RPG fan
Summary: 4 Stars
Other than playing RPG games with dice and paper in my teens, I haven't done much with the genre. Earlier attempts to bring RPG's to computers were weak. You either couldn't go many places or get into a redundant loop of similar situations.Baldur's Gate has neither problem, at least for a while. Terrains are very nicely done, although the program does show its age here. Also, the sounds of each environment are very nice touches, as is the map which unfolds as you explore. Interactions with inhabitants also add a nice touch with many informative tips (and some humor) to be found.
Although the manual is a .pdf file, that should not be a discouragement in this case. The interface is quite simple and intuitive and the first mission includes a tutorial to get any player ready to stike out into the many places around Baldur's Gate.
The last HUGE plus is the unveiling of a bigger story surrounding the hero/heroine. All adventures include little pieces of that puzzle, adding even more enjoyment to the game.
The only reason I give it 4 instead of 5 is that it lacks the higher resolution and other bells and whistles that newer titles can boast (it needed to be able to be run on computers when 400 MHz was fast!). For the price, it will be hard to find as much enjoyment! A bargain and an excellent game all in one!
Customer Review: Brilliant Dungeons and Dragons-style role-playing game
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a true rpg masterwork. You can fully customize your character (race, alignment, class, gender, abilities, etc..) and equip him/her with all sorts of weapons, armor and spells. The game is in top-down view, giving the player the ability to see everything around. One of the greatest aspects of the game is the freedom you have. You can be heroic and go good deeds and commit no crimes, or you can be downright evil and break down people's doors, kill the inhabitants, and rob them of their meager gold and things. The game will become harder if you choose the latter path, as your reputation becomes horrible and merchants will charge you much more for goods, and the guards will constantly be after you. Also, if you have clashing alignments in your adventuring party, they will always insult, and sometimes try to kill each other. The most difficult aspect of the game is gaining experience and making your party stronger. Eventually (years of real-time playing) you can create a character and a party that can slay dragons, instead of being killed by lowly monsters like Gibberlings and Hobgoblins. Overall an excellent game.
Customer Review: WOW!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I usually don't play many Role Playing Games (RPG), but when a friend let me try his edition of Baldur's Gate I was hooked on the fantasy series for life. Let me explain why I chose to start playing the highly-addictive game. 1. The graphics are excellent. You won't see many games with the type of graphics this game has. Yeah there are a few RPGs with decent graphics but they don't compare to this. 2. The game play is simple. Even for me, a novice (at the time), the game was simple to understand. It would be like playing Diablo or Starcraft to a sense. Once you started playing the game more and more, you start to understand the real concept of the game, and then you can start to build you character and learn the more advanced, complex elements of the game. 3. This game is for anyone who has ever wanted to know what it's like to be a knight, or an elf, or even a gnome. It has many different characters. They are all useful in their own unique way. Well I better wrap this up, so here's the last reason why it deserves 5 stars. 4. Last but not least, this is the game that started the BIG RPG push. Yeah we have Final Fantasy for playstation, and don't get me wrong that itself is an excellent title, but c'mon. That's for Playstation not the PC! This is the mother of all RPG's for the comp. If you love RPG's you should have this title in your collection. This is the one that started Baldur's Gate II, Icewind Dale, Icewind Dale II, and finally, The new smash hit, Neverwinter Nights. With out this game and the slew of A.D.&D. and Forgotten Realms games before it we would be still waiting for the right RPG to come along. Well that's my review. Go out and buy this game. It is well worth the $$$ I paid for it and more.Customer Review: Do not buy!!
Summary: 1 Stars
For those people like me who were looking for a good pc game like dungeon siege just turn away. I know it looks good from all the reviews but it is absoulutely impossible!! It's good for awhile but then your guys are fine then boom they're dead. People are constantly dying and leaving if you take too long to go somewhere!! Plus it suffers from countless flaws. The battles are the worst part so just stay away from it and get a good game!!!