PC User Reviews

An epic, immersive masterpiece with rich storytelling, stunning visuals, and deep gameplay—Baldur's Gate is simply unforgettable.

The one and only BG for old school gamers. Got it on consoles and it rocks.

i would smash at least half of the cast in this game, holy **** i am on my hands and knees

Whoa there traveler! Give this game a look and take a step back into RPG greatness before mainstream politics and pop culture ruined what was just good writing in a fantasy world.

Still holds up strong modern day. Was a fantastic experience and I love how it continues on to number 2 directly if you so wish. With a grate narrative and fun gameplay (or though a lot to think about) I really recommend this to any fan of this genre

It’s easy to see why people consider Baldur’s Gate a classic. The attention to detail is outstanding and shows an effort by the creators to present a world with history. You face almost every imaginable fantasy character, friend or foe, in your quest to find out who killed Gorion. It’s a fun game made even larger with the expansion pack. Ultimately it’s let down somewhat by the infuriating AI that will either obey your commands or refuse to. Contemporary reviews scored the game highly so critics were willing to overlook these faults yet today it’s more noticeable as something you have to deal with when playing, rather than something quaint or a quirky charm to embrace. Perhaps critics and the public were just so happy to have a fresh take on the Western RPG genre that mostly played well. It’s totally understandable as well since Baldur’s Gate successfully revitalised a genre in desperate need of being reinvented and that is no mean feat. We owe it to BioWare and Black Isle Studios that The Forgotten Realms was safe once again…

A beautiful classic **** if you can handle old graphics. I do not understand the critique about the story, sure it is nothing special but I liked it a lot. Interesting charakters, tense fights, likeable characters. The only thing that annoys me is to handle your 5 person party while being introduced to new companions on every corner.

The game is literally taking you to a new fantasy world ,where the opportunities to explore are endless and unreal. The fact how old but gold this game is is just mind blowing. The UI is so comforting that it makes you feel like being in some mad scientists or explorer's study room. The map is huge and the loading time isn't much. The story is alluring and the characters are well made. There are also PDF files for guidence

Baldur's Gate, released in 1998 by BioWare, is a classic RPG that laid the groundwork for its acclaimed successor, Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn. As a foundational title in the genre, Baldur's Gate offers a well-designed and enjoyable experience, though it may feel comparatively shorter and less ambitious when viewed through the lens of its **** game's story is a highlight, presenting a compelling narrative set in the richly detailed Forgotten Realms universe. Players assume the role of a ward of the wise sage Gorion, who becomes embroiled in a grand adventure after their home is attacked by mysterious assailants. The journey to uncover the truth behind this attack is engaging, featuring memorable characters and impactful choices. However, the storyline, while solid, may come across as somewhat predictable by modern standards, especially considering the advancements seen in later RPGs.From a gameplay perspective, Baldur's Gate excels with its strategic combat and character customization. Players assemble a party of diverse companions, each with unique abilities and personalities, and navigate through a series of tactical battles and quests. The game's isometric view and real-time combat, complemented by the ability to pause and issue commands, provide a satisfying and strategic gameplay experience.Where Baldur's Gate falls short compared to its successor, Baldur's Gate II, is in its scope and length. The game can feel relatively brief, especially when considering the epic scale and depth of storytelling achieved in Baldur's Gate II. This shorter length may leave some players craving more content and **** summary, Baldur's Gate is a well-crafted RPG that delivers an enjoyable experience with a solid story and engaging gameplay. While it may feel somewhat limited in comparison to its sequel, it remains a significant title in the genre's history. I would rate Baldur's Gate an 8 out of 10, acknowledging its strengths while recognizing the advancements made in subsequent RPGs. If you're a fan of classic RPGs or looking to explore the roots of the genre, Baldur's Gate is still well worth playing.

An absolute masterpiece, a huge milestone in cRPG and a game that even 24 years later is still thrilling and amazing to go back to!

The beginning is a bit sad. But the introduction of magic weapons and comrades really does a lot to the fantasy genre on pc. Before Baldur's Gate all I knew was gamebooks. First Fighting Fantasy than Dungeons and Dragons. Tight game with sick intros and stories.

Game really bad even for its time. Graphic and art style of this game pretty good. But gameplay is horrible. Its not nearly deep as its described, I even say opposite, gameplay is absurdly flat, simple and random. Only game where save scum is really OK

The first RPG game I have ever played, it provides a great gaming experience, an interesting story, and it important cornerstone for RGP Genre.

terrible graphics even for 1998 it's unplayable now better play the third part

Incredible story, the best of all cRPGs. The start for a mythic saga, only the comparative with the spectacular BG II impede the 10/10.

I have played this game numerous times during my life. I first played it as a young teen and this game left a very strong impression me. for me this is one of the fundamental games in the RPG genre. Personally, I don't mind the graphics as to me it still looks great. the visual style and how they chose to present the world is still great in modern times even if the game is not fully 3D. If you appreciate art and design there's a lot to like about the visuals of this game and it mostly holds up. overall sound design in this game was amazing for it's time and as with the graphics I think it holds up very well. I love the apparent freedom you have here, they did an excellent job in allowing you to explore and play how you want while creating a rather believable world and location which are entirely fantasy based and are mired by modern day speech and behavior like other titles that came after it. gameplay-wise they were very clever in how they implemented combat and other uses of your abilities, especially for the time this game came out. this game established the very handy feature of pause while allowing you to play in realtime. it also has auto-pause (amazing) for many situations, for example to prevent you from unintentionally stepping on a trap. it's a well thought out game with a surprising number of things to discover considering when it came out. truly one of the legendary games of the genre. this is a game I feel like any RP fan should play.

Игра-легенда, основатель культовой ниши партийных РПГ, отлично играется!

While I like almost all of Bioware's games, BG I & II are basically the standard by which all other RPGs are measured. They have a good balance of combat and dialogue, as well as a compelling story and characters.

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One of the best and most immersive role playing games I've ever played. This got me to DnD.

посл босс.убил весь интерес к игре.к нему добавили 3х сильных нпс.которые рвут жопу всем.разрабам нужно было еще дракона добавить.а то как то не сразу всех моих персонажей убивают за минуту.

Pros.: - Bioware. - The main quest and side quests are interesting. - A lot from D&D. - A lot of fun, humor, versatility of choices. - Music, sounds - all good for the game from the '90s. - Very close mechanics to Fallout 1 and 2. - An opportunity to enjoy the story without too much grinding. Cons.: - The characters are too slow. - It is absolutely stupid to force the player to wait for the whole company to move between the locations. - It is also absolutely stupid to force player to go towards exact side of the map to reveal a new location. - Higher res, faster hero movement WITH the team would have made it perfect. So, the game is awesome. But it is outdated. Also, if you don't like company-based games, you will find it boring. The game requires a lot of reading.

Being a huge fan of the 2nd installment of the series I cannot say I enjoyed as much the first one. However we cannot neglect that this is the game from which begun everything and so we owe so much to it...

Most games nowadays tries to impress you and you end up forgetting what you are fighting for, this isn't the case. The combat system is well build and so the plot of the story, the developers did an amazing use of every element in the world. Loved it!

Baldur's Gate is the best old RPG. The story is very good and you can control many unique character. The intercourse between them is funny and interesting. I enjoyed every minute spending on this game.

'Legendary' is a term much bandied about these days but this game is one than genuinely deserves the adjective. Many people consider this game to have single handily have saved the single-player RPG genre on the PC just when it looked dead. It represents a definite tu

This is a MUST-PLAY for any real RPG fan. This game series is LEGENDARY in every epic sense of the word!!!! This is a classic, one of the greatest games (though the sequel is admittedly even better!). I grew up with this game and have sunk hundreds of hours into replaying it and its enhanced edition over the years. There's just so much earnest love that was put into this game. The story is great, the characters are enjoyable (though they both improve drastically in the second game). Play this and PLAY THE SEQUEL.

Игре более 20 лет. Да, она потеряла очень много, но в неё до сих пор играют. И сложно придумать более важный показатель качества.

The character customization on the this game is unmatched, still almost 25 years late you can make an unique character to play with as far as fighting style is concerned.

It is „The little Hobbit“ to „The Lord of the Rings“. It is a good game and laying the foundation for the Baldurs Gate franchise (Baldurs Gate 2 and Throne of Bhaal). Before you asked yes that is unfair to compare it to Baldurs Gate 2 but many of us started with Baldurs Gate 2 as even today it is considered as one of the best RPGs of all time and there were countless re-releases (=It was much easier to get). For itself it was the first RPG from BioWare and uses the second edition AD&D rules with some adaptations. It is set in the Forgotten Realms in Faerun. Your player character is an orphan who was adopted by Gorion. Gorion is a wizard, scholar and influential figure behind the curtains. The story starts when Gorion asked you to leaf their home of Candlekeep with him during the night. Before you get any answer you were ambushed and the attacker ask specifically for you. A fight started as Gorion wants to save you and while he succeed he dies. Luckily you are not alone as your childhood friend Imoen sneaked out and wanted to help you. So started your quest for answers and revenge. The main story is good with twist and revelations. There are tons of side-quest and a lot of areas to explore. One of the main strengths are the characters. Baldurs Gate crated so much great characters I still remember. Be it Minsc and Bo, Edwin (Edwina;-), Imoen and countless others. Gameplay wise it is solid D&D videogame style. Sadly you are limited in level (depends on character class) and have not as much choices in classes. It is the first part **** adventure. This will be my main (unfair) complain that Baldurs Gate 2 improved every aspect (I played it first). The graphics were good at its time but aged a bit badly. I don't remember the soundtrack so I wont judge it here. I think it has overall the same strengths as all Baldurs Gate games. An enjoyable story, immersive characters you are fully invested in and a world you like to explore. The final rating depends on what you expect. Later games improved the formula and I will say this decreased the rating. Hat I played this game before Baldurs Gate 2 I would have definitely given a 10/10. But others games made this unfairly look inferior. However it is the first RPG of BioWare and doing such a good job at the first try is remarkable. It was a long story of success before EA bought them. From there it was a downwards spiral. I give an 8/10 and a recommendation to play the games in order. I have heard there is a mod that lets you play all 3 games as one (Throne of Bhaal is here counted as part 3).

My rating: Sound 9/10 Graphic* 9/10 Gameplay 10/10 Replay value 10/10 Story 10/10 Total 8/10** * Graphic rating has to be contextualized for the year of the release. ** Total is a weighted average rounded up where the weight for every element is: Sound 1 Graphic 2 Gameplay 3 Replay Value 1 Story 3

One of the best 2D Dungeons and Dragons RPGs ever made. If you like the genre and you think you can overlook the slightly outdated 2D graphics (Just look at some screenshots or videos) than you should really give it a try. Its simply brilliant.

Positives +Combat + Characters + Plot - Complexity Negatives - Long - Repetitive

The music is horrible. It sounds like it's from 1990 and there's not much of it. It really clashes with the other aspects of the game, too. It's like playing Mario Odyssey while listening to the music from NES Mario Bros. The game is very slow and repetitive otherwise. Skip it.

Best game in this world. this game is have verry realistic dialogs, creator team of this game must be think for every dialog.

This game is one of the greatest RPGs ever made. It has stood the test of time. The level of gameplay on this game is what has made so many great games. I believe that games like Fable were inspired by this.

Have to give this epic classic game the highest love. I remember when I was a little kid curiously exploring a thing called “game”. Kudos to this project and all the hard work of the developers. It was a masterpiece.

Definitely one of the best RPG's of all time. What makes it so special is the atmosphere of dusty dice-and-paper RPG with dungeons. The story is just another hero story but it works well as usual. It feels great to look back at the enemies you used to fight with at the beginning of the game and see how much powerful you became. Especially that the game story is aligned with this. The combat mechanics feels dated today with a lot of computation and dice rolls behind your back, but it still engaging enough.

Couldnt stop playing this game. Immersive, compelling ... a near perfect RPG. The follow-up being the perfect one.

I don't like Balder's gate series. story plot is not interesting, and battle is so loose and boring.

baldur's gate is terrible, even as a genre defining. proof is that the so called genre didnt age well and never developed beyond some lame-ass niche nostalgia fanbase. jrpgs **** on this trash

This original western RPG was a masterpiece and still provides more fun than AAA games today for those who prefer gameplay over graphics. This game was recently re-released by a new studio under the title of Baldurs Gate Enhanced Edition (EE) which is 99% exactly the same as the original but with a bigger price tag. If you can get the EE version for the same price I would say to do so otherwise save your money and buy the original and install the trilogy mod which adds a lot more content than the official re-release and is much less buggy. This game along with Planescape Torment, Neverwinter Nights and Icewind Dale represented the peak of western RPG's in a time when gamers were being tortured by cheap and childish Japanese remakes of Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior. They offered a much enhanced RPG experience with choices that mattered and character building that changed the game significantly. In these "infinity engine" games, you had multitudes of classes and class combinations which allowed you to tailor your character any way you want. They mostly followed pen and paper Dungeons and Dragons rules which are very comprehensive. They also offered more interesting combat choices compared to the old and tired turn based system a plethora of magic abilities and special skills that brought shame to console counterparts. I would say that in terms of innovation, they pushed the entire gaming industry forward and spawned a whole lot of clones over time. Even today, we see games that have similar if not carbon copy features such as the Divinity and Dragon Age series of games. Other franchises also adopted many of the features including the FF and Dragon Warrior games. That said, the games are graphically dated so if you are a graphic loving person and cant live with anything but AAA quality 3D, then these games are not for you. But if you love strategy RPG's then this title is still very good and playable. In fact, I still replay the game every couple of years or so because it is indeed superior in many ways to even modern attempts at the strategy RPG genre. If you are a young gamer, be warned. The older games are not as forgiving as new games. Baldurs gate requires character planning and at times, strategy in encounters to survive or you will be obliterated 100x over. I've read a lot of funny comments by younger gamers on the Beamdog forums who claim that some battles are impossible when really, they just didnt bother to read spell and class descriptions to know how things works. There is a lot of complexity to the way DnD works and although there are ways to cheese the game, they are very beatable without guides and cheesing. We all beat them without both 20 years ago.

[8.4] Захватывающая история детей кровавого бога Баала полна тайн и могущественных злодеев. Игра основана на 2 редакции культовой ролевой системы AD&D, имеет богатый набор боевых навыков и заклинаний, бои проходят в реальном времени с активной паузой. Игроку предстоит преодолеть массу препятствий на пути к познанию собственного я, обрести верных друзей, распутать заговор и побывать в множестве мест. И всё это лишь прелюдия к более эпохальному приключению в сиквеле. К недостаткам игры можно отнести незначительную вариативность действий и предрасположенность сюжета к прохождению за доброго персонажа. Baldur's Gate совершил настоящую революцию в жанре компьютерных ролевых игр и утвердил золотой стандарт качества для будущих CRPG.

One of the best games of the genre RPG (and perhaps even the best), and every self-respecting player is obliged to meet her. Evil is here around every corner. Look under your feet, do not get into it!

Easily the best RPG I've played, with over 80 hours of my first ever playthrough and my first DnD RPG. I knew before that this game was amazing, but upon finishing this game I knew that this was my favourite RPG I've played in my entire life. Story/Characters- The main story is very well written and it's a mix of mystery, drama and action to keep you interested from start to finish. The Characters are well written and even though that their banter is limited in comparison to Baldur's Gate 2, their biography gives you an inside scoop of their opinions and a few of their small quests is honestly enough to let you know what kind of person they are. The side missions usually consists of fetch quests and the usual, kill this and get your reward kinda thing. But some fetch quests usually make it interesting by having some problem and you having to resolve the problem. Even though the side quests were repetitive in terms of its objective, the different plots, outcomes, twists and rewards make it more interesting than less of a chore. Gameplay- This is where the game peaks in my humble opinion. I spent about 1 hours just figuring out what to play and reading through all the details of each character. And too this day I haven't seen a more complex character creation than I have in BG1. The different races, alignment, classes and subclasses make it very interesting and adds so much replayability because of this. And throughout the game you meet many NPCs which can also add gameplay features by customizing their classes as well and also leaving/adding new party members which also makes it add more replay value due to the many NPCs you meet and can roll with and you can even solo the game on your own. The combat in the game is also very complex and takes some time getting used to when playing for the first time, the combat is based on Advanced DnD so it is quite challenging when playing with no knowledge of DnD. But with a few guides and reading the manual, I can assure you that you get better in due time and also the combat gets harder throughout the game so that the games does get challenging overtime which is good so that you don't breeze through enemies throughout the endgame, but it doesn't amp up the difficulty too much. So overall the combat is tedious at first but very well done in the end. Graphics & Music- Graphics are great at it's time, and the soundtrack is well composed and even in 2017 it still doesn't feel too dated. Sure for some it's off putting and quite static to look at, but with it's 2D graphics, it still shows a surprising amount of detail when compared to earlier 2D RPGs. So at it's time it was well done, but nowadays the graphics are quite decent but some may seem it is too dated. Soundtrack is well done and really makes atmosphere more interesting when walking in a dungeon or through the forests of cloakwood. Overall- 10/10 with no doubt, even with a few bugs here and there it really didn't seem to annoy me because how well crafted this game is. I never had so much fun and emotion in a game since I played Deus Ex 1. The gameplay and story quality was really well done and too this day it was the longest game I've played through and never in my playthrough I felt the need that the story was waning or the gameplay was repetitive, I had the same exciting from when I started the game all the way to the end. This game is good, despite the graphics feeling a tad dated... the gameplay makes up for it for sure. I have really high hopes for Baldur's Gate 2, and I've heard it's even better than Baldur's Gate 1 so I'm very excited to play through it.

On restera indulgent avec les graphismes eu égard à son grand âge ; on ne le sera pas avec l'interface et les menus, vraiment affreux et pas pratiques : dans le genre anti-ergonomique, difficile de faire pire. Le copié-collé des règles très rigides des jeux de plateau est particulièrement inadapté à un jeu sur ordinateur et l'ensemble est très lourd à l'utilisation sans parler de la difficulté qui souffre de graves problèmes d'équilibrage. Quant au monde, à l'histoire, à ses personnages, rien de palpitant à signaler, rien à signaler du tout en fait. A cette époque on devait grave crever la dalle pour se précipiter sur ce machin et encenser un jeu de rôle aussi médiocre. Certes les japoniaiseries contemporaines étaient encore pires mais de peu. Bref, les balbutiements foutraques d'un Bioware dilettante et mal embouché.

I introduced my little 12yo sister to this game. Once I went into her room to see her play, asked "whatcha doin'?" - "plundering houses" she replied with clear satissfaction :D

This is one of the rare 10's, even though I would have to give a slight edge to the sequel. The story is really what sets it apart from other RPG's.

Before rate Pillars of Eternity, an obligatory tribute to this masterpiece, first of an entire RPG genre, the real time automatic combat with tactic pause, the golden age of Bioware till Dragon Age Origins. Intuitive combat system that aids to get in the deep plot, driving the party through beautiful handmade environments of forest, dungeons and cities, with the flavor of classic fantasy tales, with sublime music, sounds and dialogues, leaving the sensation of being part of a canvas.

Giocato: 2000 (circa) Finito 2 volte Gameplay: Ottimo, permettendo di sviluppare strategia dettagliata e micromanagement per gli scontri più difficili, e rapidità per quelli più semplici. Migliero uso del sistema RTwP, superato solo da BG2. Fantastico il sistema di creazione e costruzione di CHARNAME. Storia: Ottima, per certi versi anche superiore a quella di BG2, grazie a Grafica: Buona per l'epoca, con alcuni dettagli ottimi - i fondali disegnati, alcuni effetti degli incantesimi Sonoro: Fantastica colonna sonora, buoni gli effetti audio