- Mar 28, 2003
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So I'm in the mood for a deep, involving (western) RPG of late. I want something with great characters, great plot/story, and setting.
Honestly, I don't care how old it is either, so long as it runs well on modern machines and hopefully has a few mods available to make it play nice with widescreens, AA, higher res, etc.
Since I know it will be recommended quite a bit, let me first say I have and have played Planescape Torment, so that one can be scratched off the list.
I've played maybe an hour into BG II. NEVER played the original. Part of the reason being I was worried I might be missing out on some lore and backstory by not playing BG 1. Is this the case? Is the "Enhanced Edition" of BG 1 worth it? Or should I just buy the GOG version, download some mods, and go with it?
Or is BG 2 so vastly better that it's probably not even worth messing around in BG1?
I'd like to hear some opinions before getting a dozen hours into a game. Thanks!
Honestly, I don't care how old it is either, so long as it runs well on modern machines and hopefully has a few mods available to make it play nice with widescreens, AA, higher res, etc.
Since I know it will be recommended quite a bit, let me first say I have and have played Planescape Torment, so that one can be scratched off the list.
I've played maybe an hour into BG II. NEVER played the original. Part of the reason being I was worried I might be missing out on some lore and backstory by not playing BG 1. Is this the case? Is the "Enhanced Edition" of BG 1 worth it? Or should I just buy the GOG version, download some mods, and go with it?
Or is BG 2 so vastly better that it's probably not even worth messing around in BG1?
I'd like to hear some opinions before getting a dozen hours into a game. Thanks!