Windows

Baldur's Gate

Description

Ever since you could remember yourself, your foster-father Gorion has been taking care of you, treating you like his own son, and teaching you everything you know. Even though your true origin is still shrouded in mystery, you feel that the little town Candlekeep is your home, and Gorion is your strong, loving father. But your happiness is shattered to pieces once Gorion takes you on a journey. You are attacked by a group of assassins. From what they say you understand they are after you. You barely escape, but Gorion dies in battle. The people of Candlekeep won't let you in, because they are afraid to attract to themselves the wrath of those who are trying to kill you. Only Imoen, another orphan child who was brought up by Gorion and whom you treat as a sister, is willing to be by your side. You have nothing, no place to call your home, just your companion and the wide world in front of you. And thus your journey begins...

"Baldur's Gate" is a role-playing game that uses the rule set of Advanced Dungeons & Dragon (AD&D). You create your hero by choosing one of the available classes (fighter, thief, mage, priest, ranger, and druid, including sub-classes, dual- and multi-class characters), his (or her) alignment, weapon proficiency etc. For the combat system, a special engine called Infinity Engine is used: the battles are turn-based, but are so fast-paced that the player has an illusion of fighting in real time. You can pause the battle at any time and assign commands (such a spells) to your party members. You can also freely move them around during battles. Set in the universe of Forgotten Realms, "Baldur's Gate" is the first part of the saga that lets you explore various towns and wilderness, undertake many side-quest, and find companions for your long journey.

Alternate Titles

• "柏德之門" -- Chinese Title (Tradition)
• "博德之门" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
• "Ворота Бальдура" -- Russian Spelling
• "Wrota Baldura" -- Polish Title
• "Vorota Baldura" -- Russian Title
• "Bode zhi Men" -- Chinese Title
• "Battleground Infinity" -- Working Title

Part of the Following Groups

• Baldur's Gate series
• D&D / AD&D licensees
• Forgotten Realms world
• Games featuring auto-mapping
• Games made into books
• Graphics Engine: Infinity Engine
• Scripting language: LUA

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User Reviews

6 Years On, Baldur's Gate Is Still An Absolute Classic	Zsolt Pardi (60)
A dream comes true	Unicorn B. Lynx (60371)
A true gem, but it still has its detractors	Chris Wright (90)
A dense, masterful fantasy world, but not for everybody	jTrippy (53)
Excellent standard setting RPG game for years and years to follow!	OlSkool_Gamer (101)
Despite the hate from the hardcore community this is great rpg.	Zovni (9141)	unrated
Excellent game based on 2nd edition rules	Cyric (50)	unrated
A fantastic adaption of the AD&D world.	faceless (405)
A groundbreaking RPG	Christopher Sutler (7)
Despite a few irritating flaws, a fun adaptation of pen and paper AD&D	Entorphane (370)

The Press Says

Game Revolution	Feb 01, 1999	A	100
RPGamer	2005	5 out of 5	100
Absolute Games (AG.ru)	Jan 06, 1999	99 out of 100	99
Pelit	Jan, 1999	91 out of 100	91
GameBoomers	2004	91 out of 100	91
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Jan, 1999	90 out of 100	90
GameStar (Germany)	Jan, 1999	89 out of 100	89
Power Unlimited	Feb, 1999	8.7 out of 10	87
FiringSquad	Jan 16, 1999	80 out of 100	80
ESC Magazine	Jan 15, 1999	8 out of 10	80

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Trivia

Origin Award Winner for Best Role-Playing Computer Game for 1998.