Baldur's Gate (PC)

Warning! This review uses words not often seen in the real world such as 'foe', 'flee', 'maiden' and the like. Apologies. Baldur's Gate has long been regarded as the best traditional RPG available on the PC. When I say traditional, I mean with the usual experience points system, magic weaponry, party of adventurers rather than something like Deus Ex, which was a hybrid of a few genres. Installation of the game is a breeze and before you know it, you're creating your character. Character creation is a staple of traditional RPGs and this one's no different. Most attributes can be altered, even the voice, and these are all fairly unimportant in the ...  Read the complete review

While nearly everyone else seemed to love this game I was personally a bit disappointed, I have nothing against this game and it was fun to play for a while however the storyline started to bore me after a while and the fact that party members seemed to have little character didn't help. Having said that though, this game does have a lot to offer and really has helped to inspire future RPG's to be created. I first saw this game for sale in a shop in town, surprisingly I had heard nothing about it and therefore it was a pleasant surprise to see what looked like a game I would greatly enjoy playing, I quickly purchased the product. On ...  Read the complete review

Although Baldur's Gate is easily the funkiest RPG computer game I've ever played (this is admittedly not too hard as it's a genre that I generally sneer at, with only Ultima Underworld 2 and Ultima 8: Pagan breaking my embargo), I must warn you severely. This game will take over your life. You will get up in the morning, load it up to try and level up your main character before breakfast, and then wonder why it seems to be dark again all of a sudden and your watch is saying it's time to go to bed. In this probably epic tale of a young chap finding out he's a Death God or something, there are so many quests, sub-quests, amusing routines that ...  Read the complete review

Although the RPG world may be owned largely by Final Fantasy, one mustn't forget Baldur's Gate, a stunning RPG game for the PC, released in 1998 that set the world alight with its impressively non-linear system of gameplay, in which the moral choices of the player heavily influenced the outcome of the story. You begin as a young man who is poor and growing up in the town of Candlekeep. However, strange things afoot, and mercenaries parade the various towns in the region with the hope of killing anyone who look remotely wealthy. Things pick up as you and your mentor Gorion are out for a walk, when an unknown assailant requests that you come with him. Gorion ...  Read the complete review

Although I used to game a fair bit on my desktop it no longer works and I bought a laptop for uni. Having been confined to my laptop for so long I decided it was about time I see if there was anything I could actually play on it to while away my time this summer. You start off in Candlekeep where you were raised by Gorion, a mage. You were an orphan along with Imoen whom you grew up with in Candlekeep. It turns out someone wants you dead. Gorion being away of this leads you out of Candlekeep with the intention of taking you to those who will protect you. Unfortunately bandits kill Gorion leaving you on your own. Imoen however has followed you and travels with ...  Read the complete review