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Baldur's Gate

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BALDUR'S GATE ^TM takes you back to the FORGOTTEN REALMS campaign setting on a visually dazzling role-playing adventure, one that brings to life the grand tradition of the ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS game through cutting edge art and technology. Immerse yourself in the quintessential medieval fantasy world where entire nations hang in the balance of your actions, dark prophecies test your resolve, and heroic dreams can be fulfilled at last.
• Huge game world - 5 CD's filled with nearly 10,000 scrolling game screens in lush 16-bit SVGA graphics.



• Gripping non-linear adventure that spans seven chapters, with dozens of subplots that branch in and out of the main scenario. Your decisions affect subsequent chapters and the entire game world as a whole.



• Set in TSR's best-selling FORGOTTEN REALMS campaign setting, the most popular of the ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS role-playing game worlds.



• Explore hundreds of intricately rendered and visually stunning hi-res buildings and structures: taverns, temples, houses, arenas, stores and brothels are meticulously created.



• Guide a party of up to five other characters, each with their own personalities and dispositions. Control party characters one at a time or as a group.



• Create your character from a combination of six authentic AD&D races - human, elf, half-elf, dwarf, gnome, halfling and 26 different classes - fighter, thief, cleric, mage and subclasses such as druid and specialist mage.



• Features real-time environment effects such as rain, snow and lightning, as well as interior and exterior lamps and magic spells.



• Six-player network capability - play cooperatively or forge your own destiny.



Contributed by Jeanne (48654) on Feb 23, 2002.

Baldur's Gate takes you back to the Forgotten Realms campaign setting on a visually dazzling roleplaying adventure, one that brings to life the grand tradition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game through cutting edge art and technology.

Huge game world - multi-CD set filled with nearly 10,000 scrolling game screens, all fully rendered in lush 16-bit SVGA graphics.

Gripping non-linear adventure that spans seven chapters, with dozens of subplots that branch in and out of the main scenario. Your decisions affect subsequent chapters and the entire game world as a whole.

Transparent interface can be modified to play in a turn based fashion, and makes it possible to play without knowing AD&D rules.

Set in TSR's best-selling Forgotten Realms campaign setting, the most popular and longest running of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game worlds.


Contributed by Zovni (8842) on Feb 07, 2002.

Baldur's Gate brings the grand tradition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons© gaming to the computer like nothing before. Immerse yourself in the medieval fantasy world of the Forgotten Realms©, where nations hang in the balance of your actions, dark prophecies test your resolve, and heroic dreams can be fulfilled at last.


Contributed by faceless (405) on Jan 09, 2000.