So far i cannot talk about "classic games" without saying a word about Baldur's Gate II. There is no other game like Baldur's Gate II. This one game is a master piece. Everything about it is in fact an art.
At the time i was playing Diablo II i thought how bad i the graphics were hurting my eyes. This was not the case with Baldur's Gate II. Every place you venture yourself in is magic and splendid. Almost all of the place you can visit are unique and not modelled after another like we see in other games. But the magic is not just sitting with just beautiful graphics. Let me explain why : When you play Morrowind Overhaul (i will write about this one too), the repeating process of never-ending blocks of statics, colored grass areas, distant shaders or waves on the water is not covering the truth that morrowind is naked and soulless. Balmora, Vivec, all the cities you put your foot in seems to be dead cities, ghost cities. There is no one to talk to, and when there is, no one says something different than the other. There is only clones and for that reason, there is no soul at all in all Morrowind, for all its province and cities. I do not yet ever have seen two NPCs have the same dialog in Baldur's Gate II. Mind you, not even ONE have the same than ONEanother. To actually see the full content of it, you have to spend MONTHS. I did and i am not sure ive seen it all.
If the dialogs are numerous, they certainly are not empty of wisdom and charm. and i'm not even talking about main quest here: i once walked in a temple, and had a conversation with a priest: He was telling me that the mother of all trade was his goddess, Waukyne. I told him that i did not believe the trade was sacred, rather it was full of evil. But the priest said that if men were not trading with each other, none of the beatiful and sacred cities would have seen their birth, as it is the natural growing of trade, to build big and flourishing cities. At the time, i was shocked, i had been taught a lesson of life in a game...
If we consider also,that in the main quest, you have to find out about your actual soul, wether deep down its evil or good, travelling far from your humanity passing through your own madness, and sorrows, then deep down in darkest part of your mind, before exploring your brightest one, to finally face your greatest demon of all, well, i have to say i really think to this day there is no other game even close to this one, and there will probably never be.
And i have not yet talked about the gameplay, wich revolve around the dunjeon and dragons rules, wich gave us at the time a strategical game as much as an RPG one, with a rich and complex yet amazingly fun and incredily efficient magic system, which lade us to unforgettable epic battles, beyond the reach of words literally.
Of course, on top of that, we have several predefined PC that will follow us to the battle and give the game another color. Not to mention the huge possibilities the different classes has to offer (you can almost replay the game as a new one with a new class).
Ive been playing Baldur's Gate II for years now. i finished the game a dozen times. i did some solo runs as well. i even modded the game a little bit, to renew my fun but in the end, i like the original better.
