Baldur's Gate

Pros: True AD&D Rules
Cons: True AD&D Rules

Greetings Friends. I have been a big Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) fan for years. And I have played several games based upon the AD&D rule system, both tabletop and electronic. As far as Baldur's Gate is concerned, I have finally...

Pros: great game play, lots of quests.
Cons: there could be a couple more improvements. read and find out.

Baldur’s gate is a game that takes place on the world of Fare’un, also where the cleric quintet, and the Icewind dale books (with drizzit and cadderly) took place, In the same time span. I have met drizzt in BG and cadderly in BG2. I have also met...

Pros: Outstanding graphics and sound. Replayability, multiplayer capability, and loads of fun.
Cons: Point and click gets a little old. Limited level advancement.

Baldurs gate is a dream come true for all of you old school AD&D fanatics. It encompasses a rich story line with dozens of sub-plots and outstanding graphics while remaining true to the original game rules. Lots of towns and areas with NPCs to...

Pros: Un-linear story means longer game than japanese R.P.Gs
Cons: Un-linear story means less character development than japanese R.P.Gs

Balder’s Gate is a great Role Playing Game. It has a very free-structured story unlike Japanese style RPGs (like final fantasy), which have a lot less choices. You also have a lot of choice about your character. These mean that you can play the game...

Pros: Very true to D&D, tons of replay value, awesome graphics
Cons: All I can think of is the level cap. (which is somewhere around 6th or 7th depending on your character)

I have been playing D&D for several years now. And I've played many of the games that use the D&D rules. Baldur's Gate is a classic in my book. It uses virtually every rule possible in it's attempt to stay true to the D&D universe. Some...

Pros: Great storyline, graphics, everything.
Cons: Can be difficult to keep track of what you're doing in terms of the plot

hard core RPG fans have been aching for something real for a long time. Fallout was a good sop for a genre that was lacking anything. And then Baldur's Gate came out. It had all the things a hard core RPG fan wanted, stats, gold, lots of weapons, lots...

Pros: fun, expansive, subquests, lots of characters, AD&D rules, lots of items, nice sound effects
Cons: disc changing, sluggish, repetitive, annoying voice acting

Baldur's Gate is the first in a long series of games by Black Isle to take the AD&D rules and put them in a game. It does a great job of this, with accurate items and weapons.

The game is huge with a ton of areas to explore and each area is...

Pros: good graphics, large gaming area, and expandability to the whole Sword Coast
Cons: sound bites suck, story line is way too vague, and too many pitfalls

Baldurs Gate begins with a movie which will make absolutely no sense to you until very far into the game, and this is just the beginning of the frustration you will feel as you play Baldurs Gate.

Baldurs Gate allows the player to create a...

Pros: Good graphics, an intense story-line, and plays great attention to the mechanics of roleplaying.
Cons: Needs better character development, Could be longer

It could only be said that this game has revolutionized Roleplaying games. In my opinion (and this is) all roleplaying games should be just like this; and since Bioware and Black Isle are digging thier claws into the PC video game industry, I think they...

Pros: Great Story, Graphics
Cons: None that I can think of, except you may lose all free time

Wow! The best GAME in a long while. It is an RPG (Role-Playing Game), and boy do you have to Role Play!! The graphics and the sounds were just incredible! If you like games like Wizardry, Ultima, or any Dungeons and Dragons game --- This is a game...

Pros: you can't stop playing once you start
Cons: alienation from friends and loved ones.

What better way to satisfy my cravings than to buy Baldur's Gate for my birthday. At the time, I thought it was a wonderful idea considering that I loved adventure games. The problem became that I loved it to much.

The action/fighting scenes...

Pros: Revolutionary Graphics and Real Gameplay
Cons: Some Graphic Glitches and Lots of Unnecessary CD changes.

This is by far one of the best computer roleplaying games I have ever played. For those of you that remember the old CRPG's (Computer Role Playing Game) only being like Dungeon Hack or any of the AD&D Gold series games, then you're in for a huge...

Pros: non linear gameplay, just plain AD&D fun
Cons: occasional crashes

Having been a long time fan and avid player of TSR's AD&D games I have played many of the computerized attempts to duplicate the fun and excitement of the old paper and dice game. Until now, for the most part, I've been sorely...

Pros: Turn based or Steady Stream Action; BGII will have the two-weapon proficiency
Cons: Does not incorporate all of AD&D's rules

I must admit that I purchased this game while reading many books with the character Drizzt Do'Urden in them (by R.A. Salvatore). Drizzt is a Drow Elf Ranger who uses two scimitars as his weapons of choice. I was all psyched to create my own scimitar...

Pros: Nice graphics, makes good use of AD&D rules, lots to explore.
Cons: Multi-player mode can be a pain.

Baldur's Gate from Black Isle is a true RPG. Every last item, spell, and battle in this game is real time. That means that even as you're aiming your arrows at an enemy, he'll be aiming his arrow at you. Not only that, but the rules of the game are...