Baldur’s Gate
May 23, 2002
I picked up the game yesterday and played it all night. It’s pretty good. I don’t think it’s a game for everyone because it does take a little patience. If you ever liked the old TSR games like Pools of Darkness (or Radiance), Champions (or Dark Queen) of Krynn, anything made by the old Forgotten Realms Unlimited editor, then you may like this. I haven’t gotten far in the game so the central storyline is still a big mystery to me. I did a couple of the miniquests and quite a few oddjobs for people (deliver this, kill that, find this, etc). Now I understand what Dennis meant when he said he had two lunatics in his party… so did I. One guy had a hamster that made a funny squeek when you pressed it. As for my character, I chose a fighter/thief instead of a pure fighter or paladin. Sure the leveling up is ultra slow (i played for quite awhile and I’m still on level 1) but I get benefits from both worlds. I’m still opposed to bards though.
Weapon of choice is the composite bow - for everyone in the party. Most of the enemies I’ve met so far are puny little monkey guys and wolves. They fall to arrows quite easily and no one gets hurt. It’s quite gratifying to see a dozen of these bluish imp looking guys walking through a narrow valley while my 6 composite bows fire away in an obvious ambush. Then I send one guy in to pick up the spoils and luring another group of imps into this gauntlet. Muhahaha.
I can’t wait for the multiplayer although I have a feeling it’s gonna be quite slow.
