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>>6572644
>I did hear Baldur's gate was much better than Icewind Dale quite recently.

It is, but Icewind Dale is good for lots of combat and whatnot. Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale use the same engine, but Baldur's Gate has awesome characters, places, quests, and a good story.

I mean, come on. How the hell can you say the game which gave rise to Misc and Boo had no soul? And all of the other characters in it. It was truly a masterpiece.

>But in general things based off D&D settings never feel near as fun as the real game played with real people, it's not the best setting for a video game as it's too tied down.

Well, in some ways it's better than the PnP iteration which spawned the game, because you know that there's balance and things are constructed nicely, and the characters are interesting.

On other hand, you have much less room for RP, you can't always make the kind of character you'd like, and some other things.

I'm not saying that Baldur's Gate surpasses the PnP game on which it was based, because with a good group there is no real comparison.

But as a cRPG, it is absolutely wonderful, and you can play it time and again and still enjoy it. And how many groups would play for twelve hours straight or more, and day after day? Most groups I know play only weekly, and average between six to twelve hours of play time per session.