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BG1 is a considerably less buggy, less repetitive game with fewer dead-ends and plot-holes then, say, OBLIVION or NEVERWINTER NIGHTS or most modern RPGs for that matter.
BALUR'S GATE 1 is basically THE HOBBIT to BG2's THE LORD OF THE RINGS. I suppose technically you don't NEED to experience it to enjoy the sequel, but it does add a fair bit to the experience, fills in the backstory and introduces you to several NPCs who prove important in BG2.
Plus I enjoy D&D, of whatever stripe, at low-to-mid level (BG1 and TotSC) far more than high (BG2) or epic (ToB), where you have to spend hours working out which spells to have memorised to face a particular challenge, only to suffer a total PK because you forgot to get any fire immunity spells before dealing with a dragon, forcing you to reload and rebuff, which gets a bit tedious after a while.
Important tips for any Infinity Engine game:Keep your finger hovering above the Q (quicksave) key at all times and remember to save whenever your party is fully alive, breathing and not affected by enemy spells. Dying only to realise you last saved an hour ago when you entered the map is a pain in the ass. Also quicksave before resting, memorising spell books or travelling to the next map.
Load up everyone with missile weapons and give everyone a skill to use them. This makes the game considerably less deadly when you encounter things like ankhegs which can kill you with one hit even at high levels. Mages and clerics make effective missile platforms even when their spells run out. Using Tutu also gives your party the various ammo/gem/potion/scroll-holding cases, which makes the game considerably less tedious.
Good advice there.
Planescape: Torment is, in my opinion, the best D&D computer game ever.
Don't expect a lot of fighting, but it has the best storyline and memorable characters in any rpg game.
It runs on a slightly modified BG2 engine.
BG2 is second best.
Planescape: Torment is, in my opinion, the best D&D computer game ever.
Don't expect a lot of fighting, but it has the best storyline and memorable characters in any rpg game.
It's also got insanely good voice-acting and some of the best lines from any video game, ever.
"Justice is not blind. I am Her eyes."
Oh, PS: Torment is an awesome game! It has an amazing story and is technically a better game even than Baldur's Gate II. Morte, a floating skull, has dialogue which is wall-to-wall quotable.
"You have a face that only a sledgehammer could love - and has!"
Absolutely.
Not only the best crpg ever, also one of the best fiction work ever. This game is a novel that will make you dream of another world - one of the most immersive "game" (and by "game" I mean "work of art") you will be able to run on your computer.
Absolutely.
Not only the best crpg ever, also one of the best fiction work ever. This game is a novel that will make you dream of another world - one of the most immersive "game" (and by "game" I mean "work of art") you will be able to run on your computer.
I completely agree.
When I first heard of 'You play an Immortal character' I thought '!?! What is the purpose then, if you cannot die at all ? What are the challenges, where is the pathos playing a game like this ???...'
Then I played it, AND MAN THIS WAS AMAZING !!!
Sadness, regret, love, hate, revenge, purpose, loyalty... all these mixed perfectly, and played into one of the best campaign settings ever!
I still remember one of the BEST RPG moments ever (following closely playing a Female Slaver in Fallout 2 - another GREAT, if not the greatest Black Isle CRPG game -, when I spoke to Myron regarding his experiments on slaves for creating and purifying Jet, and I found a dialogue option that all my other characters never had - a consideration on how costly slaves were, and how distasteful was to throw away money for them when they were lost so easily):
I had just joined the Xaositects Faction (those who preach that Pure Chaos is the true state of things), and my portraits showed 'Faction: Xaositect'; I then spoke to the 'head member' (let's call him so, although hierarchy meant nothing to them) of the faction, a weird person who spoke in a... let's say, strange way.
I noticed that (strangely), although I already joined the Faction, I still had the dialogue option 'Join May I The Xaositects ?' - and yes, the misspelling was intentional; I tried it, and the 'Pure Chaos preacher' told me "But... you already have... Oh !!! I see !!!" and then suddenly my Faction status became 'Faction: TRUE XAOSITECT' !!! I could not believe that somebody thought of a genial idea like that !!!
This is but one tiny example of the deepness of such a game.