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Baldur's Gate | 
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| From: Bioware, Black Isle, Atari, Wizards of the Coast
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $39.99
as of 7/30/2010 00:03 CDT details
New (1) Used (2) from $29.98
Seller: Little Batty Entertainment
Sales Rank: 45848
Format: DVD-ROM
ESRB: Teen
Media: DVD-ROM
Operating System: Windows Vista/2K/XP/ME/98/95
Model: mn-c95-625-1
EAN: 3546430030783
ASIN: B000XPZBTM
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | The plot line of the game involves the regions around the cities of Baldur's Gate and Amn | | • | These cities are involved in a plot to destabilize the entire Sword Coast and precipitate a war | | • | Chaos threatens to overwhelm the Sword Coast | | • | The state of Amn is under siege to the south, the High Moor is being overrun in the north, and the region around Baldur's Gate is in turmoil | | • | DVD filled with prerendered backgrounds, compelling music, and gameplay |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Amazon.com Review
Baldur's Gate is a near-perfect adaptation of the classic tabletop, role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. Six separate races and eight core character classes, from which the player can create a completely original character, are available. The game world is well painted, and players are free to explore this wonderfully textured game environment in any way they see fit, all against the backdrop of a thoughtfully conceived and versatile plot.
You begin the game as a young orphan living with your stepfather within the safe confines of a scholarly community. It is a happy and idyllic life until your stepfather is killed and it becomes clear that you are intended to be next. You, as the young protagonist, then set out to discover just what kind of a mess you're in. During the adventure, you recruit a number of personable allies, battle foes, delve into dungeons, trek across wilderness, solve puzzles, and complete a plethora of epic quests that are seamlessly sown into the fabric of the overall plot. The story line unfolds in response to your choices to reveal your character's true identity as well as the nature and motive of your enemies.
If the Lord himself were to ask me what games he should have in his home game collection, the first two words out of my mouth would be Baldur's Gate. This 1998 Role-Playing Game of the Year is a masterpiece and the standard by which all such games will be judged for the foreseeable future. Groundbreaking 32-bit graphics, 3-D sound, multiplayer options, and a friendly real-time game engine are blended with a depth of plot in a way that redefines the genre. --Joshua B. Coombs
Pros:
Versatile and responsive plot
Entertaining character interaction
Huge game world
Friendly game engine
Cons:
Nonplayer characters exhibit little free will
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