Not your average hack and slash game, if you're looking for challenge this is it!
User Rating: 7.4 | Baldur's Gate PC
Baldur's Gate 1 starts out with you creating a single character, you get to customise the class and looks of your character, ultimately how you want your character to turn out is up to you, whether you fancy an evil human fighter or a neutral good bard, it's really a matter of preference. Along the way, you get to pick up allies of various classes who help you in your quest, who you want to let into your party is also a choice you can make. BG1 spans many areas to explore, with a rather open ended type of style, you get to choose which places you want to go first, but ultimately your goal is to reach the city of Baldur's Gate.
I felt that the monsters were rather tough, and levels were hard to gain, which made it quite a challenge, however storyline was engaging and made me want to play on. Expect to reload saved games alot as many a random dude simply recognises you and wants to beat you up.
Overall replayability is average, as storyline is the same, but character customisation varies. Good load of fun.
