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Rediscover the beloved RPG classic— now enhanced for modern adventurers! Gather your party of heroes and continue the legendary adventure in this story-rich fantasy epic where every choice matters.
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition is a rpg, dungeons & dragons and story rich game
developed and published by Beamdog.
Released on November 15th 2013 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux
in 9 languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Italian, Korean, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Russian and French.
It has received 10,040 reviews of which 9,243 were positive and 797 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7, 8.1, 10 64 bit
- Processor: Dual Core Processor
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: OpenGL 2.0 compatible
- Storage: 4 GB available space
MacOS
- OS: OS X 10.9
- Processor: Dual Core Processor
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: OpenGL 2.0 compatible
- Storage: 4 GB available space
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 18.04 or equivalent
- Processor: Dual Core Processor
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: OpenGL 2.0 compatible
- Storage: 4 GB available space
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“Mobile vegetable peddling versus heroism, the eternal question.” ~Gorion's Ward Making a sequel to Baldur's Gate was an impossible task. The original BG was the most anticipated CRPG of 1998 and guess what? It was one of them rare cases when game actually exceeded the expectations. While acting as fantasy take on Fallout (both heavily revolved around dialogues that originated in Star Control II ), it also delivered a fantastic rendition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons tabletop rules, while looking and feeling like our usual real-time CRPG. More importantly, it gave us full control over our ethics. Like in those tabletops, our characters were free to be good, evil and everything in between. Should I say it felt awesome? There was nothing like it before and up to this day, it's one of the very best fantasy RPGs you can play. Yet somehow, its makers were supposed to make it even better. Like I said, an impossible task, but guess what? They did it. BG II kept everything we loved about the original, but it was better in pretty much every way. The global map became a bit confusing (you can't just go, say, east to unlock new location that lies that way anymore), but BioWare fixed their D&D mistakes (rangers, for example, finally got their dual-wielding), made dialogues deeper, added romances and... Yeah. The story became much more dark and complicated. Again and again game wanted to remind us that life is unfair. We were to lose friends, make sacrifices and do our very best to shape our own future the way we want it. It was amazing. Rarely we get a game that feels like a good fantasy novel, yet BGII was exactly that.Good thing to have it in Steam , right? Well. About that... As you can easily tell by looking at the title, what we have here is not the original version but so-called Enhanced Edition, heavily modified by Beamdog , a company founded by a couple of ex- BioWare employees – Trent Oster and Cameron Tofer . And if you've played the Enhanced version of previous game, you know just how butchered it felt. It had mobile-oriented enhancements (god mode included), it had features it wasn't supposed to have (like “press button to show secrets” thingy that allowed you to get one of the very best armors in game soon after prologue) and pretty much every new thing played against balance, which wasn't that great to begin with. Thankfully, when it's about BGII , it was a little bit easier. For example, that “press button to reveal stuff” feature was planned this time and therefore there's nothing wrong with it. Same thing with dual-wielding rangers. Like I already mentioned, BGII was supposed to have 'em, no impact on balance. Yes, this version does have all the mobile-oriented crap too, but oh, well. Also, not all of it is bad. Old geezers like yours truly, for example, will sure appreciate things like bigger fonts. The problem is – while the first game had quite a lot of new content (including one heck of a new expansion), this here? It doesn't have much. It comes with a sequel to so-called “ Pit ” (which, pretty much, is just an arena with some basic excuse), there are new companions and quests, but that's it. Moreover, neither of that feels good. Not like the new stuff felt good in the previous game, but here? It's a disaster . It's so easy to break things for yourself without even knowing it. Like, there's a new location with some new quests in it, but if you'll finish a certain one of them first? You'll render the others unbeatable. Or take another new quest for example. It lets you either agree to cooperate with one of the most infamous villains in Forgotten Realms or refuse his offer and fight him. Naturally, if you're a Lawful Good guy (like Paladin, for example), you'll want to take second option. Guess what? Bad idea. Just because it'll break your quest and left it unbeatable. Like... what? The game literally gives you an option that... leads to the dead end? And it's not like it's only one quest or somethin'. Wow. Just wow. Even arena I've mentioned, they've managed to mess up even that with bugs and overly confusing parts. And when there was a real need for a change? They didn't do a thing. I'm talking, of course, about Throne of Bhaal expansion. I haven't seen detailed interviews about what exactly went wrong, but the general knowledge is – the big guys screwed us all again. Originally planned as much bigger thing, Throne of Bhaal ended up being a much smaller experience. It wasn't, by all means, bad , but it did commit one major crime – it took away our freedom. There were still choices, of course, but pretty much every major part? It was linear as F. And not in Shadows of Amn way ( SoA made some peaceful solutions impossible on purpose to play with our ethics, like there was that certain quest, in which the only solution was to kill the poor guy's best friend, while knowing there won't be any punishment or penalty for doing so). Throne of Bhaal was just... linear. It needed you to do certain things because screw you and your wishes. It was about combat, OK? There was a lot of battles and you were able to reach very high levels, but... Let's just say it felt lacking. Even despite the fact that story-wise it was a perfect conclusion to Baalspawn saga and even came with Fallout -like postscript for your party members, it was hard not to feel disappointed a bit. Why must we give part of our soul to that evil sucker while being righteous Paladins? Why there's no alternative solutions to quests that are asking for at least a couple? Some mods did try to fix that. Beamdog did not. They had one in a lifetime chance to make arguable expansion shine and they didn't even bother. What they did manage to achieve, though, is adding new bugs. Tons and tons of new bugs. Personally, I've experienced so much that... it didn't even feel like playing BGII , really. I mean, BGII was never the buggiest game out there. It sure had its share of bugs, but I was never annoyed by it. And I did play it on release. Beamdog ? They brought bugs. And unlike some other guys, who kept working on their products until things finally became smooth, they didn't really care. I mean, they did release some updates, but at some point they've just stopped the support and called it a day. Which means that the game ended up being more buggy than it was originally. Again, wow. K, I complained a lot, which may make you think that this here is a terrible release, but the truth is – it is not. BGII is a fantastic game and even in this form it's totally worth playing. Beamdog did quite a lot of good too. New characters and their stories are good, romances include some non-straight options now (not enough and for a lesbian lady, for example, the only option will be evil Vampire, but still, choices are there), and, of course, the fact that this version was made to work in modern environment is a good thing. The problem is – the Enhanced Edition doesn't feel like a commercial product. If something, it feels like a mod. Clunky, rough and buggy alteration. Something you may expect from ModDB , not Steam . The good idea will be to let us choose. To make fully customizable version that lets us switch between mint version, the new features and everything in between. Like Paul Reiche and Fred Ford did in their free version of Star Control II called Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters that allowed us to to combine features from the original DOS version and enhanced 3DO port. Beamdog thought they knew better. They did not. So make sure not to expect much here. Still, like I already said, BGII is a great game. And no matter what, you should play it at least once in your life. Dixi.
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Good game but doesn't quite hold up as well as the first did. The beginning is overwhelming with the amount of events that take place and stuff to do be done rather than starting you off in a focused direction which gradually branches out and is fun right from the beginning to the end. In this you're thrown into this massive city off the bat with tons of people to speak to, quests to collect, conflicts to resolve etc, which detracts heavily from the pacing of the first. Also the main quest is extremely linear and has a habit of getting you locked into these very long chapters. The pathing is also somehow way worse than first game's too and outright frustrating at times. The game has a ton of dialogue and it's not very good for the most part, party members never seem to shut up with their constant inane attempts at humour or boring you with their feelings, worries and emotional dribble, they really overdid it I feel. With all that out way, it's still a very fun and endearing game once it gets going, the dungeons are neat and the encounters are challenging - requiring you to use every spell/tool at your disposal to progress past them and also it's damn beautiful to look at, the art, audio and atmosphere are incredible and definitely a major highlight of the overall experience.
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I've been playing this game since release in 2000. Started playing it with my dad and we played for ages until he passed 5 years ago. This game is amazing and will always remind of my old man. The story telling is great. The DnD base it provides translates so well to even current editions. This game is worth the 3000+ hours and even more.
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Before you play any Baldur's Gate, understand: This is was the bar BG3 aspired to. This was the sequel that beat the original BG. This was peak DnD gaming short of tabletop. It's still great. It will always be great.
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This game is freaking awesome. I played before BG3 and it got me hooked on the playstyle mechanics of adventuring and looting and exploration. It is deeply engrossing and it got me hooked like skuma.
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Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.50€ on Steam.
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition received 9,243 positive votes out of a total of 10,040 achieving a rating of 8.94.
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Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition was developed and published by Beamdog.
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.
There are 2 DLCs available for Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition. Explore additional content available for Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition on Steam.
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition does not support Steam Remote Play.
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
Beamdog
Publisher
Beamdog
Release
15 Nov 2013
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