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when does this get good? I loved Planescape and Fallout, but oh man this doesn't have half of the atmosphere, writing, and originality that made those so good.

>> No.5824523

second game

>> No.5824526

once you get to the Nashkel Mines it steps up quite a bit. Once you get to the actual city of Baldur's Gate it steps up once again. The expansion pack Durlag's Tower and Werewolf Island are also wonderful

>> No.5824996

>>5824520
Baldur's Gate never had writing as good as Planescape or Fallout, if you are going into BG1 with that expectation it's going to be ruined.

Baldur's Gate 2 is where the writing actually takes off, the atmosphere gets way better, and the combat stops being "hard" and actually becomes difficult because you have to plan out your fights.

>> No.5825038

>>5824520
Never. Baldur's Gate 2 is the first and last good game Bioware ever made.

>> No.5825126

I prefered BG over BG2. In the second my character felt overwhelmingly powerful from the very start and it was difficult to gauge progress. I usually get about halfway through before giving up - usually after siding with/against Bhodi.
At least in thefirst you can playtest character ideas easily and actually tell if they're viable from the start.

>> No.5825165

>>5825126
Anon, virtually anything in BG is viable.

>> No.5825247

>>5824520
>I loved Planescape and Fallout
Black Isle games.
>Baldur's Gate
Bioware game.

You can't expect the same with different developers just because they share infinity engine or ruleset.

So play Mask of the Betrayer instead.

>> No.5825252

>>5825165
True, I remember some guy was doing runs of all the saga, solo and trying all clases with characters with all stats at 3 or the minimum possible. And he was succeeding.

>> No.5825620

>>5824520
The writing is the western equivalent of JRPG writing, i.e. dogshit aimed at teenagers with "lol humor" that can only be found funny by literal 12-year olds.

Icewind Dale beats the shit out of Baldur's Gate when it comes to the writing.

>> No.5825705

>>5825620
There's not too much humor in Baldur's Gate, I don't really get what you're talking about.

>> No.5825714

>>5825620
>Icewind Dale beats the shit out of Baldur's Gate when it comes to the writing.
But the engagements seemed little more than a hack and slash fest.

>> No.5825718

not even rpgcodex likes this shitty game.

>> No.5825753

>>5825620
t. teenager wetting himself over baby's first deep story in a videogame

>> No.5825759

>>5825718
Not even your mom likes your shitty face

>> No.5826592

>>5824520
Baldur's Gate is a low-level D&D campaign if you don't know what that is or what the appeal might be it's not surprising you don't like BG1. BG2 has a more videogame feel.

>> No.5826613

>>5825718
I assume you come from there,then you should probably return you rat fuck

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5826626

>>5825718

>> No.5826632
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5826632

Durlag's Tower.

the game is OK on the whole but nowhere near as fun as importing your char from BG`1 to BG`2

>> No.5826639

>>5825718
rpgcodex is 90% teens
go to any of those old 'grognard' crpg forums and just check the join dates of the average poster

>> No.5826746

>>5826626
click rumour, advice and secret walking marathon is so high in that list
trash

>> No.5826838

When you're walking around the wilderness with a full party just slaying monsters

it's comfy