Baldur's Gate is what Diablo was during its time in the hall of fame. An excellent addition to the Role Playing Genre, that adds color and life to an old and tiring genre.

As with all good Role Playing games you are seated in a isometric view. To polish it off the graphics are very nice and so are the different climates. 

It can be rainy one moment and sunny the next. The sounds are also something to be proud of, you hear everything and see everything. From the music in

the inns to the rain outside. As with all good Role Playing games Baldur's Gate has a fair amount of game play to it. As you will imagine as soon as you see the 5 CD's 

it comes on. In the beginning you roll up your character with skill. If you want to play straight away like I did, you'll no doubt end up with a weak character. But if you stick

with it and spend a good 10 - 30 minutes just rolling the dice for your characters statistics you should have a good character. You can pick up helpers along the 

way. The first of them being Emiln whom you pick up the next morning after your fathers death. Shortly up the road you can pick up another 2 friends. 

There is alot to this game. As with your character class. You can be a thief, warrior, mage or what ever. As well as your type. Evil, Good, Chaotic Good, Chaotic Evil 

etc. The interface of Baldur's Gate is also quite easy to use. A little hard to get used to at first but you'll soon get to grips with it. After the first 40 minutes you should be 

hooked. You'll then have to play through the game until you reach the end. Which should take you a fair amount of time. After which you can play right through the game

again with a different character class and alignment. And it'll be like a whole new game. You also have the internet at your side for online adventures.

Developer : BioWare

Overall : 95 / 100

Game Play : 96 / 100 
Graphics : 95 / 100
Longitivity : 96 / 100
Multiplayer : 93 / 100
Sound : 95 / 100

System Requirements

Minimum 
P 166, 16 MB RAM, 4X CD-ROM, SVGA w/ 2MB, Mouse, Sound Card, Win95/98

Recommended Minimum
PII 233, 64MB RAM, 34x CD-ROM, TNT / TNT2, Mouse, Sound Card, Win95/98