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Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000)

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For me, this is pretty much the ultimate Bioware game. Forget KOTOR (I'm not a Star Wars fan - yeah, I liked the original trilogy, but I really could care less about the rest of the franchise), Jade Empire (a boring button mashfest with a generic plot), Mass Effect (a dull and formulaic shooter with a dull and formulaic story and some of the blandest acting I've ever heard, not to mention a fanbase so deranged and creepy that they make the Bronies look tame by comparison) and especially Dragon Age (a pathetic and pale attempt to recapture their old success with BG), Baldur's Gate 2 is and always shall be their crowning achievement. Hell, I'd never even played Dungeons and Dragons before, but that didn't stop me from getting into this series - it was well designed and fun enough that I was willing to look up a bunch of FAQs and learn all of the various intricacies of the rules and overall strategy of the game.\n\n Now Baldur's Gate 1 was certainly an impressive game for its time, and I played the hell out of it back when it came out. However, it hasn't aged particularly well with its flat characters and PS1 quality cutscenes, not to mention uneven difficulty, a lack of character balance and a lot of areas that don't really further the story or serve any purpose. Most annoyingly, though, it's built on a very dated engine that only goes up to 800x600, which is an eye-strain to look at on a 1920x1200 monitor. I've tried a couple of mods that import the BG1 resources into the much better BG2 engine, but for some reason they refuse to acknowledge my copy as the version the executable requires, so I'm kinda stuck there. However, we will be importing my old BG1 character for play in BG2.\n\nMore info here: http://waggoner.lardpirates.com/d/spank/1593/lets+play+baldurs+gate+ii+throne+of+bhaal+part+1

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