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Originally posted by hashimashadoo

I like Baldur's Gate, more so after the Spellplague, which is surprising. It's the closest thing to an american city in any fantasy setting that I've read about.

I did not however, like the recent addition of a statue of Minsc in the market. Yes he was a fun NPC in the games, one of my faves actually but I don't see any reason for there to be a landmark depicting him in that city, especially considering the lore from the novels about him, which are supposedly more canonical than the games. I suppose Duke Adrian could have been the one to commission it for saving his life in Irenicus' dungeon but it's a stretch.

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Originally posted by Thauranil

I was a huge fan of the Baldurs Gate games myself. If only they had continued the series <.>
My favorite character was the human spell archer.

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Originally posted by hashimashadoo

There wasn't much room for continuing the Baldur's Gate saga and the combination of Neverwinter Nights being so popular and all those problems with Interplay and Black Isle (RE: Fallout - Van Buren) pretty much killed all hopes for a BG3 even if they could work up a decent story.

I never counted the Dark Alliance games as part of the Baldur's Gate franchise but they were enjoyable in their own, vastly different, way. If only Daggerdale could have been as good.

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Originally posted by Alruane

I still wished I continued playing Neverwinter Nights. I just never kept up with the games/story. They were fun though.

I heard things about Daggerdale, never got to play it though. What was wrong with it?

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Originally posted by Werthead

There is a 'spiritual successor' to BALDUR'S GATE in development. It's called PROJECT ETERNITY and should be out in mid-2014. It's being made by Obsidian, who made NEVERWINTER NIGHTS 2 and its expansions and, as Black Isle Studios, created PLANESCAPE: TORMENT and the ICEWIND DALE games (and also provided additional support on BALDUR'S GATE I and II). They were also working on BALDUR'S GATE 3 before it was canned (and yes, there was going to be one but it had nothing to do with BG1+2, and was in fact set in the Dalelands IIRC).

Obviously, due to legal issues, it won't be set in the Realms, but beyond that looks like being quite an interesting game.

I'm planning a full replay of BG1 and 2 (plus expansions) next year, probably using the 'complete mod' to turn them into one big game.

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Originally posted by The Arcanamach

As I'm sure you guys know already, BG 1+2 were re-released as 'Enhanced Editions' recently. BGII:EE was released just over a week ago, in fact.

As to the OP: My favorite (as always) is a male half-elf, usually a multiclassed Clr/Ftr/Wiz. In my mind, he is a wizard with access to divine spells (due to his divine origins) and I add the fighter because I think such an entity should be tougher than the norm. However, he dresses and acts as a wizard (I rarely have him use a weapon and shield, for instance).

Bar none, BG is my favorite game of all time...despite its antiquated graphics/engine. Nothing since then has been able to trump the game's immersiveness and great dialogue combined with a great storyline.

Now to look up this Project Eternity...

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Originally posted by The Arcanamach

Oh, I also like to play a female half-elf or elven Ftr/Rog/Wiz sometimes, although I usually just play an in-house multiplayer game and add her as an NPC. I then take Minsc, Jaheira, and Imoen along with whichever NPC I choose from there (modded NPCs that is).

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Originally posted by SirUrza

I'm going to go alittle off topic and mention The Temple of Elemental Evil (the pc game) was quite fun. Probably one of the best representation of the rules in a crpg.

Menzoberrazan has a special place in my heart, though it'a dos game so getting it running requires dos box and some elbow grease.


For the more modern games there have been 2 "recent" releases...

Dungeons & Dragons Anthology: The Master Collection
http://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Dragons-Classic-Anthology-PC/dp/B005JQ064A/

Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter Nights Complete
http://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Dragons-Neverwinter-Nights-Collection-Pc/dp/B005JQ05RS

They're the original versions of the games, so they may not work on win7/8 pcs but there's plenty of info out there to get the running along with some unofficial patches (I believe.)

I wouldn't pay those prices, I'd check with local gamestops.. they were $30 at release or something like that. I'm pretty sure both are available in digital form if you can't find physical copies.

Of course Good Old Games has the license for some of these games now and has them wrapped in their emulator to get them running 100% flawless on modern machines.

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Originally posted by hashimashadoo

I like Baldur's Gate, more so after the Spellplague, which is surprising. It's the closest thing to an american city in any fantasy setting that I've read about.

I did not however, like the recent addition of a statue of Minsc in the market. Yes he was a fun NPC in the games, one of my faves actually but I don't see any reason for there to be a landmark depicting him in that city, especially considering the lore from the novels about him, which are supposedly more canonical than the games. I suppose Duke Adrian could have been the one to commission it for saving his life in Irenicus' dungeon but it's a stretch.

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Originally posted by Mournblade

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Originally posted by hashimashadoo

I like Baldur's Gate, more so after the Spellplague, which is surprising. It's the closest thing to an american city in any fantasy setting that I've read about.

I did not however, like the recent addition of a statue of Minsc in the market. Yes he was a fun NPC in the games, one of my faves actually but I don't see any reason for there to be a landmark depicting him in that city, especially considering the lore from the novels about him, which are supposedly more canonical than the games. I suppose Duke Adrian could have been the one to commission it for saving his life in Irenicus' dungeon but it's a stretch.

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There was a good story to that actually. Minsk saved a merchant from some theives. The merchant had a statue made of Minsk and Boo and petitioned the city to put it in the wide.

With its back story the statue makes sense I think.

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