Im confused. Is this site ded?, Or does noone like bg1? Options

[Shatflinger]

ARG! does noone like BG1? Noones posted since 2006?
That makes me sad
I like bg1...

[Salk]

I loved Baldur's Gate 1 (and it's one of those few games whose expansion I loved as well) so be sure you are not alone.

As Rabain said, very few people play now the unmodded game and I do understand why.

Plotwise (and not only, I might say music-wise also and more...) Baldur's Gate is, in my opinion, a much superior product when compared to the sequel. It has an undeniable advantage though: it starts the whole thing. And it's so much funnier to guide an unexperienced party, to see it mature from level 1 and to plan your strategies without having too powerful spells and so on. The game was never boring (Baldur's Gate 2 and its expansion sometimes were) and mostly never giving you a God-like feeling (Throne of Bhaal).

But TuTu and BGT do add something that Baldur's Gate was missing: a more advanced engine. And if it's true that the original game had never been intended to run with kits and higher resolution graphic, I can only just be happy that this is now possible because it makes an already great experience even better. Mostly when played as a single saga through BGT.

Infinity Engine is dead! Long live Infinity Engine!

[quinlan]

I loved Baldur's Gate 1 (and it's one of those few games whose expansion I loved as well) so be sure you are not alone.

As Rabain said, very few people play now the unmodded game and I do understand why.

Plotwise (and not only, I might say music-wise also and more...) Baldur's Gate is, in my opinion, a much superior product when compared to the sequel. It has an undeniable advantage though: it starts the whole thing. And it's so much funnier to guide an unexperienced party, to see it mature from level 1 and to plan your strategies without having too powerful spells and so on. The game was never boring (Baldur's Gate 2 and its expansion sometimes were) and mostly never giving you a God-like feeling (Throne of Bhaal).

But TuTu and BGT do add something that Baldur's Gate was missing: a more advanced engine. And if it's true that the original game had never been intended to run with kits and higher resolution graphic, I can only just be happy that this is now possible because it makes an already great experience even better. Mostly when played as a single saga through BGT.

Infinity Engine is dead! Long live Infinity Engine!

I don't agree completely with the views expressed in this thread. Plotwise BG2 is much more complex. Its sub-quests have depth, something that gives meaning to the whole experience. Quests in BG1 where of the FedExpress variety. Many locations where almost empty of action. The most boring thing of all is when you are traveling and all you meet is a couple of monsters only. And what is wrong about feeling god-like? Have you never played high-level campaigns in live P&P role play? If you have, you should know that characters of level30+(in TOB they can reach 40 and even 50!) have powers that can be called almost god-like. So, TOB is just a high-level (the Highest!) campaign and it portraits the powers at that level successfully - i think.

On the other hand BG1 does have the allure of the beginner. It is something nobody can take away. I finished it a couple of weeks ago - without ANY mod and i enjoyed the opportunity to play a low-level campaign once more.