BALDUR'S GATE RETURNS !!!!

OMGEMARGERD !!!!

My favourite RPG returns.

Expansion to BG1 (so story takes place between 1 and 2 I guess)

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I haven't kept track of the Infinity engine "enhanced editions" games (I own the originals so I don't care) but are any of the original developers part of this team? If this is just some random dudes making a sequel than I really have a hard time caring.

More Baldur's Gate is always better than no Baldur's Gate

Maybe, but not necessarily. Be careful what you wish for...

Didn't they add new stuff to the "enhanced editions" like quests and things? Does anyone know if those were any good? I also have to wonder how the people who actually developed the original games, and lore, feel about this. It'd be like some unknown dude writing a prequel/sequel to the Catcher in the Rye. It's just kind of weird.

Then again, Deus Ex: Human Revolution came out "ok" and that was made by a completely new team so....who knows?

They added better mechanics and new quests to the EE. I can't comment on how good/bad they were because I only played the originals.

I don't mind someone else taking on a story, but I would have preferred Baldurs Gate 3 with something like the Sword Coast Legends engine.

I wonder if anyone who has played the "enhanced editions" can shed a little light on how good these new quests were. If they sucked and were poorly designed and written, well, it doesn't bode well for the new game. Some times it's best to let the past be the past, or do what Obsidian did and make a new game in the same "spirit" as the old.

I am a pretty big Star Wars fan but I have to admit, I was not exactly excited yesterday when Disney announced there was going to be a Han Solo movie. I guess I feel a little bit the same way about this announcement.

POE kind of filled the gap for me but I'll keep on eye on this

EDIT: just read that it's an expansion and I don't own the original anymore :(

Apparently, you need to own Bladur's Gate Enhanced Edition, not the original game, to run this "expansion."

Kind of counts me out.

Well the EE is like $15, it's not that much.