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BG is a very good game that I would've rated as excellent (5 stars) except for the fact that it was so freakin' slow. The characters plod across the scene and often, actually always, bump into each other, and objects, which takes them an agonizingly long time to then walk around the person or thing. Saving and loading scenes can take far too long considering the fact I'm using a G3 400 mhz powerbook. And what is with the auto-save, how do I disable that function, all it does is slow down game time and save when I don't need to. As to the gameplay, the pause function is necessary in this game, there aren't enough monsters to kill to gain experience, and some of the NPC's act "goofy".

But the bottom line...buy the game because it reminds me of the old Ultima games except with better graphics and animation. A great game that could've been excellent. Now onto BGII.

When Baldur's Gate was (finally) ported to the mac, I bought it and haven't stopped playing it. Anyone who was/is/will be into D&D will love this game. It runs great on my G3 upgraded mac, and a factory G3 or G4 ought to make it fly. Very good job on graphics and adaptation of 2nd edition D&D Advanced rules.

This classic game, was first in the series and one of the most enjoyable.

Good game play.

Good strategy

The draw back is the cap on experience.

I have replayed it a couple of times and enjoyed it each time.