Posted June 14, 2014
Note:This is my first game review ever and I'm sorry for it's quality
Baldur's Gate is the first RPG game from the legendary studio Bioware. It utilizes the rules from the 2nd edition of Dungeons and Dragons and tranlates them very well to the PC.
The story begins with your character in Candlekeep, in the Sword Coast of Faerun, after your foster father Gorion told you to prepare for a journey without giving you any clues to why and then you stumble in some conspiracy about the quality of the iron in the region.
it's a somewhat simple story but it has it's high points and it hits them perfectly and the plot is well paced.
The graphics is a mix of sprites with hand colored background with CG for more complex things like statues and the such and it's very pleasing to the eye. Same should be said about the sound design in general, the soundtrack evoques the feeling of an epic adventure with some great voice acting.
The gameplay is simple with some great dephts to it, with real time with pause for the combat, and the D&D rules are,as mentioned above,very well translated in the game. But BG has some very glaring flaws and shows signs of age, for starters the UI is very clunky, the game can get somewhat monotonous after a while and there's balancing issues especially with mages.
Overall, Baldur's Gate is one of the best buys here on GOG and even though there's several flaws with it, you should pick it up because it's a important piece of gaming history and the start of Bioware in the RPG business.
Baldur's Gate is the first RPG game from the legendary studio Bioware. It utilizes the rules from the 2nd edition of Dungeons and Dragons and tranlates them very well to the PC.
The story begins with your character in Candlekeep, in the Sword Coast of Faerun, after your foster father Gorion told you to prepare for a journey without giving you any clues to why and then you stumble in some conspiracy about the quality of the iron in the region.
it's a somewhat simple story but it has it's high points and it hits them perfectly and the plot is well paced.
The graphics is a mix of sprites with hand colored background with CG for more complex things like statues and the such and it's very pleasing to the eye. Same should be said about the sound design in general, the soundtrack evoques the feeling of an epic adventure with some great voice acting.
The gameplay is simple with some great dephts to it, with real time with pause for the combat, and the D&D rules are,as mentioned above,very well translated in the game. But BG has some very glaring flaws and shows signs of age, for starters the UI is very clunky, the game can get somewhat monotonous after a while and there's balancing issues especially with mages.
Overall, Baldur's Gate is one of the best buys here on GOG and even though there's several flaws with it, you should pick it up because it's a important piece of gaming history and the start of Bioware in the RPG business.
