+Cory haha. Yes!

Yea if you are only doing it once or twice ,but if running multiple times the story line being so linear leaves you with just being interrupted by dialogue you've heard before. Also the made party can combine the best set of skills to complement your play style.

Is it still a two player game like it use to be?

@@jeffjohnson1222 you might be thinking of dark alliance which isn't the same thing

@@batingbunnies The originals do have a co-op mode though, unless I'm mistaken. Don't know about the remakes.

Thank you for posting this

every hamster ... has his naaame

@@Moonlit_Melody chirp-chirp!!

BG2 is widely considered one of the best RPGs of all time, if not the best. It's just so damn deep.

BG2 is my top game of all time. I am so stoked that Larian Studios is working on BG3 finally.

@@jonnyb70 this and Fallout 2 for me

Was wondering if you've had the chance to play BG3 yet and your thoughts on it.

​@ModernCrysis I haven't tried it yet. Definitely on my radar but I'd like to grab it when it's on sale. Heard nothing but excellent things about it! Have you played it yet?

Just picked it up for around 11 dollars. Woo 80 percent off lol

How did you find it in the end? I’m considering getting them once I finish planescape torment. Lots of reviews say the first one is notoriously hard and that you pretty much need to sit with a guide beside you to help beat both games, js that true?

I'm from the future and I advise you to wear clean pants when you heard about the third installment

Think thats gonna be a thing in BG3?

My character portrait is a pp.

Absolutely, I made a lord of the rings set with movie portraits 😂

So Minsc speaking in Heavy's voice?

and The river runs red！

"I'll teach ya grandmother to suck eggs!"

Thank you for watching it! 👍

Thanks very much. Welcome aboard!

trueazul he’s top notch 💯

Had no problem with bugs. It controls okay, no issues, but the UI does feel a bit clunky in places such as when you're looting - Mick

That title definitely falls to icewind dale or, never winter nights.

@@joshuareynolds23 isnt never winter nights a creation tool?

@@-pressxtostart- it might have been maybe? But, it's also it's own solo game and, a sequel.

Colours look muddy

Graphics are easily the least important thing for me

That is funny as hell

Appreciate that, man - thanks!

Stu Minnis then you should seriously consider playing Planescape: Torment, which is (at least imo) so much better... BG2 was good fun but I found it to be somewhat tedious at the end of throne of Bhal. Torment left me wanting more. The biggest disappointment in the game was the fact that I finished it.

@@ivobalk5217 Disagree completely. While planescape torment had a great story, it can't touch BG2 which had great story, diversity, combat and just gameplay in general

@@ivobalk5217 Torment is definitely a good game, and it has a more involved plot, but in BG2 it really felt like you went on a journey with your companions and your experienced it all together. You were the Bhaalspawn and the central figure, but the party members and the journey as a whole felt like a shared entity that really made you feel like you'd gone through a grand adventurer from nothing to a deity at the end. It's that development over time and the growth of you as a character, the stakes of the events you're involved with, and the development of the NPCs that made it so compelling and engaging. In Torment the nameless is the central figure so much that the rest of the NPCs merely feel like bit parts to his symphony - the ultimate showdown between you and The Transcendent One is amazing, no doubt, but it felt more like a predetermined route through the destiny of the character you were - the journey that your character took BEFORE you started playing. It's more cerebral and there's more mystery, but it's the story and the past actions you didn't take that feel like they're driving the story rather than you. I enjoyed it, and it was a great game, but I don't look upon it with the same fondness I have for the Baldur's Gate saga. However, in the same vein, I would also wholeheartedly recommend Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer. While the base NWN2 game is a bit lackluster, Mask of the Betrayer is a fantastic game and story, with so many of the type of subtleties that makes Torment great. The scope of change and choice in MotB really does make the game feel very different depending on your choices.

Every jrpg ever>baldurs gate and planescape torment.

Fallout 4 an actual rpg shits on this Outdated mess.

If they remake 1 and 2 in the BG3 engine that would be fucking amazing.

I'm very sad about it, loved the old one so much and don't wan't to see it butchered like dragon age and mass effect (last games just sucked....)

@@franziv4593 Inquisition was better than 2 (especially the dlc's).

@Yagedew thank you

yes

Yes you can

Montaron，you are so AAGGREGATING! Tis disturbing to my DEMEANOR!

Lawful good male voice.mp3

Surprise from two years later! You got your wish!

Unlikely. DiA contains some nice info on the city of Baldur's Gate, which I assume might be somewhat useful, but that's where the connections between the games and the adventure end, more or less.

I've been playing for about 6 hours and it controls great! Very similar to Divinity OS2. R2 brings up a wheel for all the menus, L2 for characters. L1 and R1 to cycle between party members. The free movement feels really natural, had a couple little glitches where a character has got stuck for no reason but I'm sure that will get patched. Overall it's great

@@niall2236 thank you! That at least gives me an idea as I played Divinity OS on console . I'd love to support portable re-releases of Infinity Engine games but I hated playing the tablet versions so I really want to know how well theu play. For example, will pixel-hunting drive me nuts, what is pause, how do I select multiple characters, etc.

@@thomasj.9686 for multiple characters you can hold down L2 and choose which characters you want. You can also store 6 groups for quickly selecting a few characters at once which is a great touch. Select everyone by pressing L1 and R1 together. Pause is the + button (for switch, don't know about other systems) and main menu to save and load is the - button. One thing I like is that things you can pick up or interact with show up as blue on screen when you are near by. I've only played in undocked mode and it looks great considering its age. I agree with you about the mobile versions, I hated them. I'm really enjoying playing with a controller. It's not perfect, but they've done a good job

@@niall2236 Thank you, that's really helpful. Can you remap buttons?

@@thomasj.9686 no worries my dude :) unfortunately you can't remap the buttons. Hope they bring it in a patch but I'm not holding my breath

That would be something. Curse of the Azure Bonds was great

Yeah it has.

@@Traubenlord it's not showing multiplayer on the PlayStation store page

Console version does not have co-op

Does not have coop as my fave twitch streamer top hat chat was really looking forward to getting it and playing multiplayer

Dude, go for it. I was born in 2003 and I have played Half Life (1998), RTCW (1999), NOLF (2000) and the Sands of Time (2003) recently and I can tell you that the only thing that has aged in these games that I can think of is graphics. These games are still really fun. Modern games have a focus on graphics and monetisation. Older games, from what I have seen, have a lot more depth - especially RPGs.

Baulders Gate on original Xbox (Dark Alliance) was a beautiful work of art. Sorry, but this enhanced copy plays more like the PC version which required a mouse to point & click your way through the game. Tedious style of play compared to the fully controllable XB version. Am I the only one that prefers it?

Ali Shaikh You don’t think Half Life has aged?

@@randombloke165 Only the graphics. The gameplay is still really good

Ali Shaikh It is good, but the game design is noticeably aged.

Yep a fortnite/cod player of course.. 😂

Just because he has opinion, doesn't mean his wrong. He tried it and thats something huge in my book compared to others young like him and i. Somebody older told me once if u try it and you dony like it, its not for you. Thts okay but at least you gave it a try. This kid even said he "really" tried which shows he loves the genre of dnd. ​@kolz4ever1980

The Buccaneer's Haul, Silverman Studios

Thanks!

Then you wouldn't have a problem playing these great games!

I would not recommend this series for newer gamers. It is much harder than the games you mentioned and requires metagaming knowledge. You can easily screw up your character development and the beginning of the game is extremely hard because everything can kill you. One mage spell can wipe out your entire party and you have to save after every encounter.

@@peoples2296 kinda like a dark Souls game??

@@nerdigante9366 not at all like a Dark Souls game.

@@nerdigante9366 Dark Souls is hard but fair. Baldur's Gate is hard in a random, janky way. Where random encounters can sink your party, regardless of skill level. I love it, but would not recommend it for beginners.

We reviewed on Switch, sorry - not sure!

@@GodisaGeek I see, thanks.

+Gregimus Castle the football and review is based on the Switch version. Hope that’s helps.

@@GodisaGeek you see what I'm talking about though right? Some ports are just not as good as the others. Bloodstained is a perfect example.

I bought both on xbox. Money to blow for me rather waste it on 60$ aaa games that will go for half price on sale in a month

Wait, they're selling it for 50? That sounds a bit steep, isn't it just a port of Beamdog's Enhanced Edition which was the same as the original with the most popular mods?

U can get it for 10 bucks on a tablet, but I'm still waiting for someone to answer if this has ng+.....

Just murder Algernon and steal his cloak, that should deal with any reputation problems. Kagain all the way.

@@johndeighan2495 It requires a little more than that but yea. Mostly just avoiding some of the reputation increasing quests until after you kill Drizzt and such. The real trick is managing your rep so thuroughly you get the right evil and good abilities on your main character while keeping Kagain.

Dude hell yeah!!! *Sacred 2 was the reason I brought my xbox360 & PS43 outta retirement and put my 200+ game son display shelves in my den.. It all started because wanted to replay Sacred2.. Talk about a underrated game for sure.. Huuuge map,,almost endless replayability with the different classes.. I surprisingly never played the Saraphim angel chick.. That's my next playthrough whenever that is.. *Sacred 2 needs a remaster for sure.. And Sacred3 was a cashGrab travesty....

I literally watched this because I loved sacred 2 and put hours into it and I also started sacred 1 as battlemage a while back but got too invested in sacred 2. I played as seraphim and completed it recently. Such a good good game, so underrated and overlooked. I got baldur’s gate and also neverwinter nights on pc. I played a little bit of neverwinter nights and it was very different to sacred, of course, I think I’ll keep playing it, it’s interesting, and baldur’s gate I heard was a very highly rated game and it was a classic, so I grabbed it. I kinda hope I get the hang of it when I start playing haha, it’s pretty different to sacred, and I wanna give it a shot. We’re going into 3 weeks tier 4 lockdown after Boxing Day so maybe I’ll start it then. I hope I’m not shit at it hahahah. I’ve never played dnd though so I don’t really know anything about that so let’s hope things at least get explained a bit. Anyway, yes I got sidetracked but I love sacred 2 so much. The graphics I think are super cool for its age too, though. Also, I love how laid back it is and how it doesn’t take itself too seriously, and also, the references and jokes, of course. Great series. Well, the series that was made by ascaron, at least.

+nicodimus2222 it’s a colloquialism for something that’s not bad but is a bit rough/not quite there.

How so? I replayed them recently while also having played Pathfinder: Kingmaker and Divinity: OS right afterwards. I'll grant that the first Baldur's Gate does drag on a bit and is less interesting at points because it's a low level campaign. But it was never painful to play because of the aging interface, controls or the like. My problem is that goblins, bandits, and bugbears can only provide so much challenge (although there are certainly some rarer, more interesting foes throughout). On the other hand, Divinity: OS's story (fanfiction tier) and itemization (given no thought whatsoever) were so beyond bad it made that game a complete chore to play. To be fair, the tactical combat was great but couldn't save it for me. So it more than likely just comes down to a different strokes for different folks scenario. To be honest, I shudder to think what Larian is going to do to BG3. However, I loved Pathfinder: Kingmaker, so don't see myself as purely blinded by nostalgia, thus preferring only older games. TLDR: Anyhow, sorry for the long reply, but please provide some examples of exactly which elements you feel aged so poorly in the BG games. They still seem surprisingly fun and playable to me.

Brian Anderson thank you for the reply. When I post the comment I mean every word in it, and I still do. Sorry I don’t want to waste time arguing why I should play a 20 year old title over new releases of the same type of game. I need to reply to you cuz I really appreciate your attitude of discussion, but I just do not feel the need to discuss it. If you still enjoy BG it is totally fine, but not for me, and I believe it is not for most of the gamers nowadays. After all BG is Classic but of another era.

@@MrJokersmile88 Hey, no worries about not wanting to discuss it. Thanks for responding back. Just to be clear, I didn't intend to argue with you (i.e. try to change your mind). Rather, I was genuinely interested to know what you felt made the game outdated to the point it was no longer worth revisiting. Anyway, I won't press you to delve into something you'd prefer not to. You're probably right that most people would be better served playing newer titles. I know I'm something of an oddball when it comes to my gaming preferences.

Stick to Minecraft and Fortnite little buddy.

Two games for 50$ Seems like a deal to me

It comes with all the expansion packs and back in a day, that's a $120 value for one game easily

Black friday is coming

@@cosmiccowboy9358 Well, two 20-year old games that you can frequently get for less than 5€. And if you hate installing mods you can buy Beamdog's Enhanced Editions which do that for you for less than 20€.

@Tripticket your point isn’t relevant the whole point of this edition is bringing these games to console for people that wouldn’t have access to it otherwise so seems more than fair to me two enhanced games and all DLC 50$

THEY DID WHAT? Goddamn it. I was about to order this from amazon so me and my gf could play local co-op. *hello outward my old friend*

I don't play games on my PC. The console version, while not ideal is still plenty good

@@tslomka6272 I guess playing it on console is better then not playing it at all lol. That said, enjoy the adventure!

Going from memory here, but I'm pretty sure you can have an influence on him and even change his alignment, if you are so inclined.

@@gregbauer4433 ahh, so even Sarevok can be redeemed :)

Paul irons yes

Good ? it's definitely one of the best and THE BEST back in early 2000'

POE is real time with pause...

You have the option of changing the gameplay so the game pauses each round, if you prefer a more turn-based combat system.

The things is that dos 2 and poe 2 have terrible stories compared to baldur's gate.