Nostalgia pulls me through the frustration of trying to find the exact pixel to touch to get through an open door. When you label something an “Enhanced Edition,” it must be improved in some way. But… I feel it must be evaluated not on the merits of its past, but what it is now. The fact that it is on the same device I’m using to type this review while in the freaking sky is nothing short of remarkable. We are living in the future.īut here’s the thing. In an “Enhanced Edition.” The same game that regularly used to demand that you keep multiple CDs worth of content nearby at all times for constant disc swapping can now be magically teleported via space to a travel device. It is important, seminal stuff.Īnd now, it is on iPad. It changed what we thought RPGs could do, and practically helped invent the concept of the Western RPG vs the Eastern RPG. It was faithful to a fault, and there was nothing else like it. You needed a combination of luck, stalwart companions, and a healthy dose of quicksave combined with reloading to survive. Wandering into the woods was a potentially fatal proposition.
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You were lucky to survive introductory encounters in Baldur’s Gate, especially if you decided to be a mage.
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Your life expectancy was about half a session in those days at first level. Relentlessly adhering to the AD&D 2nd Edition rules, Baldur’s Gate would start you off as a 1st level chump, just like when you played with your friends.