Baldur's Gate (MegaThread) - Games

[img]http://www.bioware.com/_global/images/mainpages/bg_splash_logo.jpg[/img] Baldur's Gate is a popular series of computer role-playing games that take place on Faerûn, the main continent from Dungeons & Dragons's Forgotten Realms campaign setting, set in the years following the cataclysmic Time of Troubles (1358 DR). The original series, developed for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS by BioWare, includes Baldur's Gate (1998), Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (expansion pack, 1999), Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000) and Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (expansion pack, 2001). [b]Games[/b] (in order): 1. [b]Baldurs Gate[/b] [IMG]http://i34.tinypic.com/71ia68.jpg[/IMG] The first game in the series introduces the player character as a powerless orphan raised in the monastery of Candlekeep, south of Baldur's Gate and north of the kingdom of Amn. The main character searches for the killer of his or her foster father, Gorion, and becomes involved with the region's iron crisis which causes metal to crumble, all while battling to stay alive. a.) [b]Tales of the Sword Coast[/b] [IMG]http://i37.tinypic.com/eb3chu.jpg[/IMG] An expansion pack for Baldur's Gate, Tales of the Sword Coast did not add anything to the primary storyline, but presented the protagonist with more areas to explore along the Sword Coast, more powerful enemies, more spells, better equipment, and allows the player character to reach higher levels of experience. It also made some general changes to gameplay and altered the original game's final battle. 2. [b]Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn[/b] [IMG]http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/5227/210311.jpg[/IMG] The main character is captured by Jon Irenicus and must escape into the city of Athkatla, the capital of Amn. Here the protagonist faces several different ways to figure out the reason behind the capture as he or she journeys through the region of Amn and the Underdark. The game presents a number of innovations over the first Baldur's Gate game, including further specialization of character classes, better graphics and higher power levels. It also allowed for more interaction with the game's joinable NPCs, including friendships, romances, and your own party members interactions with one another. a.) [b]Throne of Bhaal[/b] [IMG]http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/1064/img1th1.jpg[/IMG] Throne of Bhaal is an expansion pack for Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, and includes both an expansion of the original game -such as new areas to explore- as well as a conclusion to the Bhaalspawn story arc started in the first Baldur's Gate game. 3.) [b]Dark Alliance & Dark Alliance II[/b] [IMG]http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/2833/250pxbaldursgatedaps2co.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/9762/baldursgatedarkalliance.jpg[/IMG] The Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance series was produced by BioWare's publisher Black Isle Studios, a division of Interplay Entertainment. Although they take place in the Baldur's Gate rendition of the Forgotten Realms setting, they are not often regarded as a part of the Baldur's Gate series, as the plot is unrelated to previous games, and they were console-exclusive titles. These were not released for Windows and Macintosh platforms and were not created using BioWare's Infinity Engine. Interplay has announced intentions of releasing a third Dark Alliance game as well. ----------- Will add more later.

Awww I remember the good times playing Dark Alliance 2 with my brother! Babarian with that skill to use two-handed weapons with one hand... it was awesome.

Fancy. I have the original two plus their expansion packs.

I've wanted to try these but I've always been turned off by the fact that it's basically Dungeons and Dragons: The Computer Game.

[QUOTE=OutOfExile;17680267]I've wanted to try these but I've always been turned off by the fact that it's basically Dungeons and Dragons: The Computer Game.[/QUOTE] What's wrong with Dungeons and Dragons? Both are great fun.

[QUOTE=OutOfExile;17680267]I've wanted to try these but I've always been turned off by the fact that it's basically Dungeons and Dragons: The Computer Game.[/QUOTE] It's still fun though. Have you even played D&D in real life? It's alot more fun than alot of people think.

[QUOTE=Ray551;17679924]Awww I remember the good times playing Dark Alliance 2 with my brother! Babarian with that skill to use two-handed weapons with one hand... it was awesome.[/QUOTE] I REMEMBER THIS :buddy: I did it too.

Dark Alliance was the shit. I beat it more times than I could count.

The Dark Alliance games are the only ones I've played. I thought the second game was incredibly awesome... And then I got Diablo 2

[QUOTE=articpenguin;17680378]It's still fun though. Have you even played D&D in real life? It's alot more fun than alot of people think.[/QUOTE] Ive always wanted to play DND in real life but i never had anyone to play with. Plus they just changed the system so all my shits outdated.

[QUOTE=Stripez;17682222]Ive always wanted to play DND in real life but i never had anyone to play with. Plus they just changed the system so all my shits outdated.[/QUOTE] Same.

I always keep the dice around my computer for when I'm feeling indecisive about something. Or when I'm working in Photoshop, I'll roll the 20-sided die 6 times to get a random hexadecimal color. Just reroll if it's 17-20

Dark Alliance was super fun to play with friends.

I remember the good old days when I played Boulders Gate Dark Alliance with my friends on the Ps2 :D so much time put into that game. It was cool that you could have 4 players on it also

[QUOTE=articpenguin;17680378]It's still fun though. Have you even played D&D in real life? It's alot more fun than alot of people think.[/QUOTE] My friends used to play it but I just couldn't get into it.

These are games that I would pick up if you could actually get them anymore. Also, to the people who want to play DnD: Something Awful has a pretty active RP section / community, try getting in a game.