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Baldur's Gate on Steam this weekend for $5

Started by mcbobbo, October 05, 2013, 12:00:28 AM

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mcbobbo

October 05, 2013, 12:00:28 AM
Baldur's Gate on Steam this weekend for $5:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/228280/
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Arkansan

#1
October 08, 2013, 02:10:35 PM
Neat. I picked up the D&D anthology collection for pc at a game store a couple of years ago. Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale were some of my first exposures to D&D.

Silverlion

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October 08, 2013, 06:34:27 PM
Yay! I got it. Sucking me in again. Scary how it did that.
Also, really, was it this HARD before?
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flyerfan1991

#3
October 08, 2013, 09:22:40 PM
...and of course I didn't look at Steam at all this past weekend.

Figures.

Bill

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October 09, 2013, 10:12:50 AM
Quote from: Silverlion;697686Yay! I got it. Sucking me in again. Scary how it did that.
Also, really, was it this HARD before?

I had the same reaction. I recently got the 'enhanced' edition and I died a lot.

Really lot.

Save or die, and generally low hp, is brutal.

Fun, but unforgiving!



It's also one reason I enjoy 1E dnd more than 3X/4E.

More danger built into the system.

J Arcane

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October 09, 2013, 10:32:02 AM
Quote from: Silverlion;697686Yay! I got it. Sucking me in again. Scary how it did that.
Also, really, was it this HARD before?

I never actually survived past getting to the second town.
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#6
October 09, 2013, 02:25:43 PM
Quote from: J Arcane;697835I never actually survived past getting to the second town.

I've been through the mines at this point. I did stuff out of order, I'm pretty sure. (At least what people consider optimal playthrough) and I'm playing via Core Rules difficulty. Still its taken a LOT of reloads, thanks to sudden critical which instagib some of my casters.
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#7
October 10, 2013, 06:10:00 AM
Quote from: J Arcane;697835I never actually survived past getting to the second town.

I had major issues just getting to the first town from Candlekeep.  That group that you and Imoen meet up with just outside can wipe you out very quickly.  Once I passed that fight, it was a bit easier.

J Arcane

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October 10, 2013, 06:28:13 AM
Quote from: flyerfan1991;698149I had major issues just getting to the first town from Candlekeep.  That group that you and Imoen meet up with just outside can wipe you out very quickly.  Once I passed that fight, it was a bit easier.

Yeah, that's the one I meant, I was counting the wizard tower at the start as a town.

I've only even made it to that inn once, usually I would get killed by the fucking ogre that wanders the plain between, and often miss the party you're supposed to meet in between. The one time I made it to the inn, some guy ran out and one shotted me and the game was over.
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flyerfan1991

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October 10, 2013, 06:51:01 AM
Quote from: J Arcane;698153Yeah, that's the one I meant, I was counting the wizard tower at the start as a town.

I've only even made it to that inn once, usually I would get killed by the fucking ogre that wanders the plain between, and often miss the party you're supposed to meet in between. The one time I made it to the inn, some guy ran out and one shotted me and the game was over.

Yeah, that game reacquainted me with the "save before the encounter" strategy.

mcbobbo

#10
October 10, 2013, 10:46:08 AM
I rerolled after my first trip through the mines.  Second go was a dual class fighter wizard. Went solo so I didn't have to split the XP.  Three levels of Wizard solo meant a LOT of saving and loading...
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The Were-Grognard

#11
October 10, 2013, 11:49:25 AM
Must...resist...reinstalling...game...

Failed.

Nicephorus

#12
October 10, 2013, 12:02:26 PM
Earlier this year, I picked up a bunch of these from GOG for ~$20.  
 
The really hard part about BG that I hate is the ambushes while traveling between areas in the wilderness.  Somehow, you're supposed to be so oblivious while travelling that you have 4 creatures 20' from you, one in each direction before you notice?

mcbobbo

#13
November 28, 2013, 03:41:41 PM
$8 today...
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Piestrio

#14
November 28, 2013, 03:58:24 PM
Quote from: mcbobbo;712179$8 today...

And when you're done with it BGII is out with a new "enhanced" version
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