The cut-scenes have also been beautified. It's worth noting that the mouse wheel now can be used to zoom in, should you wish to treat yourself to an increasingly pixellated experience. While the game's rendered and largely static backgrounds date it, they remain lush, even luxuriant, and a much larger viewing area brings with it a sense of scale that was lacking in the original. The most obvious changes to the Enhanced Edition are in the presentation, as the resolution has been increased considerably and with it the size of the viewing area. If you already own Baldur's Gate, you probably shouldn't buy this - not unless you absolutely must serve some completist compulsion that burns deep inside of you. If you've never bought Baldur's Gate before and your interest is piqued by the game's reputation and this re-release, this is the edition to seriously consider buying, with a few caveats. Here are two more things I can say straight away. Combat is cruel and you suffer the luck of the dice, so use every trick in the book. ![]() There is no time for nostalgia ( I've indulged that already) this is a review that will help you decide whether the Enhanced Edition is worth buying. The second is that Baldur's Gate is 14 years old and even the most vigorous of buffing by Beamdog can't make it look much younger. The first is that Baldur's Gate was (and still is) a beautiful, enormous, ambitious and seminal RPG that remains without equal, the series becoming something of an evolutionary dead end. There are two things that need to be said straight away. Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition is more than a little rickety and has some surprising omissions. The bad news is that the paint hasn't dried, the nails haven't been hammered all the way in and, sooner or later, you're likely to snag yourself on something. If it were a DVD reissue, the Enhanced Edition would be closer to The Lord of the Rings: Extended Edition than Star Wars: Special Edition.īut imagine the DVD skipping a few times. The vast majority of the changes made to this classic role-player are about clarity and accessibility and are seamlessly integrated. ![]() Beamdog hasn't broken Baldur's Gate and it hasn't done a clumsy job of crowbarring in the extra features it's added. The good news is that nothing has gone drastically wrong.
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