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4 in 1 Box Set - Enter a World of Intrigue Adventure and FierceCombatProduct InformationThe Complete Baldur's Gate Compilation! Baldur's Gate takes you on adazzling role-playing adventure that brings life to the grand tradition of theAdvanced Dungeons & Dragons game. Continue your adventure with thecharacter you created in Baldur's Gate where you travel the Sword Coast to findclues on your true identity. In Shadows of Amn your choices will determineyour fate. As you venture through Throne of Bhaal a storm of chaos anddestruction thunders across the Sword Coast - fulfill your destiny in thedecisive conclusion. Product Title Included Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal Product OverviewBaldur's GateThestory takes place in TSR's best-selling FORGOTTEN REALMS. The western shorealong the Sea of Swords contains a multitude of ecologies and terrains includingmountains forests swamps marshes plains cities and ruins. Collectivelycalled the Sword Coast it attracts adventurers and evil alike and is thebackdrop for this epic adventure.The region encompassed by this game is roughly bordered to the South by theCloud Peaks the East by the Wood of Sharp Teeth the West by the Sea of Swordsand the North by Baldur's Gate (the largest and most affluent city in theregion).Chaos threatens to overwhelm the Sword Coast. The state of Amn is under siegeto the south the High Moor is being overrun in the north and the region aroundBaldur's Gate is in turmoil. In an area known for its ample resources acrippling shortage is slowly developing for the metal that is used throughoutthe Realms for everything from swords to forks - iron. When iron ore reachingthe region is smelted the resulting wares are plagued with brittleness suchthat they crack and break with little moreProduct Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1013 in Video Games
- Brand: Interplay
- ESRB Rating: Rating Pending
- Platform: Windows XP
- Formats: CD-ROM, DVD-ROM
- Dimensions: .9 pounds
Features
- This is the complete Baldur's Gate Compilation on four (4) DVD's. Includes: Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast, Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal.
- Baldur's Gate : Baldur's Gate takes you back to the Forgotten Realms campaign setting on a visually dazzling role-playing adventure, one that brings to life the grand tradition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game through cutting edge art and technology. Immerse yourself in this quintessential medieval fantasy world, where nations hang in the balance of your actions, dark prophecies test your resolve, and heroic dreams can be fulfilled at last.
- Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Swords Coast : Continue your travels on the Sword Coast with the next set of adventurers in the award-winning Baldur's Gate role-playing game series.
- Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn : Baldur's Gate II expands the Baldur's Gate world by bringing you a new set of adventures set in the nation of Amn. Baldur's Gate II has a large central, nonlinear plot line which is broken down into 7-8 chapters, with lots of sub quests and small adventures thrown in for variety. The number of item recovery type quests has been greatly diminished and there are be more class- and alignment-specific quests.
- Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal : Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal greatly extends the Baldur's Gate II experience, with approximately 40 hours of additional adventures. Explore the lands of Tethyr as an epic conflict wreaks devastation on a scale never before seen in the Forgotten Realms campaign world
Customer Reviews
So much fun, it's dangerous
First off, any person who has
played a bunch of computer games will tell you this: The amount of fun
you have in a game, after say the first day of playing it, is totally
irrelevant to the game's graphics. The BG collection is a good example.
I
too think it is better than the Neverwinter series, for one main
reason:
BG and especially BGII are extremely open and non-linear.
Yes, of course the game has limits, but there are so many optional
areas, quests, characters, and items, and more importantly, so many
decisions you have to make in each play-through that open some doors and
close others, that you can play this game probably ten times in a row
and still discover fun new things.
Even concepts which seem like
game-universe "laws" can be surpassed once you gain enough skill as a
player. I'm not talking about cheating. For example, you might think the
Cowled Wizards are impossible to resist when they arrest you, right?
Nope, not for a creative tactician. Or, you might think that it's
impossible to beat the game using just three, two, or even one single
character. But it's actually very possible--just more intellectually
challenging and rewarding. Most do that with a fighter/mage or
fighter/thief, though, to get the maximum number of abilities. But you
couldn't do it with a single, lonely armor-less kensai fighter, right?
Think again...
The great thing about these "implied" challenges,
in addition to every other normal challenge in the game, is that even
though they are ridiculously difficult, you still don't need a cheat
sheet to do them, because since the game contains hundreds of items,
spells, and abilities, (access to all of which have a sort of "open this
door and shut that one" style) there are still a million different ways
to complete even the most difficult challenges.
This is why the
Baldur's Gate games are huge fun the first time, for the above-average
(not great) story, and even more the second and third, to explore all
the variations and possibilities within that story.
Finally, a
note for new players:
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The only
complaint I would have is that in order to play a Fighter character, you
can't just choose one weapon specialization and go with it--you have to
have advance knowledge of what weapons exist in order not to be stuck
with crappy weapons during critical endgame duels.
If you are
about to buy this game, let me tell you a few things that will save the
need for the cheapening feeling of using a game guide or deciding to
reboot your character halfway through:
-The one and only great
2-handed sword can only be used by Thieves and Paladins, though it comes
early in the game. It is by far the best weapon in the game
-There
is a good mix of low-to-mid level longswords, but few great ones
-There
is only one good bastard sword and it comes late in the game
-There
is only one good battle axe, and it is great, but it comes late in the
game
-There are a good mix of low-to-high level Halberd weapons
-More
attacks per round *usually* nets you more total damage than a higher
damage per hit weapon, because all the different weapon types do not
have a wide spread of damage ranges. I.E, most of the damage you do at a
high level does not come from your weapon.
-Some liches can only be
hit by +4 or higher weapons.
-NEVER be a sorcerer for your first
playthrough...you will inevitably choose spells that sound good on paper
but fall flat in practice...be a wizard instead, you will get more
(real-life) experience that way.
That's it--all the rest you can
figure out yourself, with a little patience and experimentation. Happy
adventuring!
Let's go back to when there
were better games.
So you want to try out some
of bio ware's older games? Here is a secret. These games are better than
the recent Neverwinter series. "What?" you say, "How could you." Well
it's true. Sure it has AD&D version 2 which is an older ruleset than
the Neverwinter series has, but you won't care. I'll assume you don't
need great graphics to enjoy a game. Why would you even consider buying a
game from the late 90's if you cared about graphics right? So I'll say
the graphics were great for it's time and now I will leave the graphics
alone. So how is this game so good? The answer is open ended gameplay,
great combat system, and a great quest system. Exploration is another
great thing about this game. To fully explore every part of the world
will take you a long time, and you will find many fun little battles
along the way. You can stray off from the main quest to explore the
wilderness if you want, and pretty much it is part of what makes this
game so great. The game has simpler combat and character customization
than NWN, but it is not a negative factor. Simplicity is not always a
bad thing. In truth the combat isn't really simple, it is just simpler
than NWN. So should you buy? Yeah. Baldur's Gate is a wonderful
adventure and baldur's gate 2 is even better. It's time to go back in
time.
No instruction book included
One of the all time great
CRPG's. Having 4 dvd's instead of 11 (i think) total CD's is awesome.
Just
as a warning to a collector type, it does not come with a hard copy of
any of the instruction books. There are PDF versions on the various
DVD's.
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