Baldur's Gate - 4 in 1 Box Set Compilation
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Product Summary
Brand: InterplayFormat: CD-ROM, DVD-ROM
Platform: Windows XP
Publisher: Interplay
Product features:
- This is the complete Baldur's Gate Compilation on four (4) DVD's. Includes: Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast, Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal.
- Baldur's Gate : Baldur's Gate takes you back to the Forgotten Realms campaign setting on a visually dazzling role-playing adventure, one that brings to life the grand tradition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game through cutting edge art and technology. Immerse yourself in this quintessential medieval fantasy world, where nations hang in the balance of your actions, dark prophecies test your resolve, and heroic dreams can be fulfilled at last.
- Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Swords Coast : Continue your travels on the Sword Coast with the next set of adventurers in the award-winning Baldur's Gate role-playing game series.
- Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn : Baldur's Gate II expands the Baldur's Gate world by bringing you a new set of adventures set in the nation of Amn. Baldur's Gate II has a large central, nonlinear plot line which is broken down into 7-8 chapters, with lots of sub quests and small adventures thrown in for variety. The number of item recovery type quests has been greatly diminished and there are be more class- and alignment-specific quests.
- Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal : Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal greatly extends the Baldur's Gate II experience, with approximately 40 hours of additional adventures. Explore the lands of Tethyr as an epic conflict wreaks devastation on a scale never before seen in the Forgotten Realms campaign world
Video Game Reviews of Baldur's Gate - 4 in 1 Box Set Compilation
Customer Review: Its a 1980 graphics game, thats my only issue with it
Summary: 2 Stars
Graphics were out of date when the game was released. It is more like 1980 game graphics, instead of anything even closely resembling 1990 quality graphics. And that is where I have an issue with the game and the series. Your basically using "stick figure" characters, who resemble just what I said = stick figures. They do not even resemble characters. The Ultima PC games that came out in the 1980s had better looking characters then this game does for a game released in 1998 or 1999.
I don't mind playing a 1990 to 1998 role playing game, and having worst graphics. Since for a RPG, you don't focus on graphics. But I do mind playing a 1980s graphics game, and that is what you are buying when you buy Baldur's Gate. And worst yet, its not even a good quality 1980's graphics game. Its the worst of the worst of 1980 quality graphics.
Now don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to put down or criticize a game that a lot of people love. Just I found the "stick figure" character graphics so bad, that it made it extremely difficult for myself to get into the game. I actually picked up one of the games based on this engine a few times in my life, and tryed very hard to get into it. But the stick figure graphics, just got under my skin after a while, and I stopped playing. It wouldn't be so bad, if they actually had 1990 quality graphics. But I played dozens of 1980 and 1990 roleplaying games, and this game most definitely fits in the lower end of 1980s type graphics. Most good 1990 role playing games, you can see what the characters are wearing. If you change clothes, or weapons, or anything else, then that change will clearly reflect on the character's model as seen on the screen. None of that is true for Baldur's Gate. Its difficult enough with the stick figure character graphics to even figure out who is a girl or a guy.
Really ashame the developers did such a piss poor job on the character graphics in this game.
Description of Baldur's Gate - 4 in 1 Box Set Compilation
Murdered by traitors and resurrected as an evil lich, Erathia's undead king leads an invasion of his former kingdom. Little resistance is met until his daughter Katherine, Queen of Enroth, returns to her homeland with elite Enrothian warriors.Role-Playing Games
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