Re: E3 2009 Discussion thread
Mass Effect 2 is
early 2010.
Hey I was right. My logic didn't fail me.
I guess I'll make do with just Dragon Age this fall, I'm actually looking forward to it more then Mass Effect 2 since I loved the Baldur's Gate games and it's supposed to be a spiritual successor.
If it has Boo, I'll buy two copies.
Sadly Atari has the rights to Baldur's Gate so it's impossible for the actual Boo to be in it, though I suppose they could always include a Boo like miniature giant space hamster.
Maybe it's just because I didn't play any of the BG games.
I'm not really into the top-down RPGs. Then again, I loved NWN, and wasn't the gameplay in that similar to BG? What I see from DA reminds me a lot of the NWN games.
Yeah the Baldur's Gate games are pretty similar to Neverwinter Nights, though a little closer to the way you actually play Dungeons and Dragons then NWN was.
The Dark Alliance console games are really nothing like the Baldur's Gate PC games, in the PC games you control a full party and explore a pretty open world.
It's been awhile since I played BG1 or 2 and I imagine that the mechanics don't hold up as well today as newer D&D games do (especially since it's 2nd edition D&D, which I personally don't like) but I would think they are still very playable. For example death was final in the Baldur's Gate games unless you had high level resurrection spells or reloaded the game (jam that quick save key
), and they were somewhat hard games. Still I would think that they are both still very playable.
I really loved the character interactions (especially in Baldur's Gate 2 where they really fleshed it out), and Minsc and Boo remain in my all time favorite videogame characters.
If you're interested in trying them out do an eBay search for Baldur's Gate collection, you can get both games plus their expansion pack for less then $30 shipped. If you do I would recommenced doing a search for Baldur's Gate widescreen mod, which will allow you to play the game in resolutions higher then 800x600.
I wish it was on over weekend at late afternoon early evening (E3) so I could have a E3 gaming night 
