12 years old and didn't really understand all that much but it never really left my mind. I found it a few years after that and played it again. Since than I've been replaying the games a few times every year. Good times
Bg1 was the best random purchase I ever made, at the age of around 12sm I think... I had 50 or 60 pounds birthday/christmas money, and the game I wanted was wwf no mercy for the n64... I had 10 pounds left over and looked at the pc game shelf, randomly picked up bg1 in a white label box. I'm sure I remember bg2 being on the shelf as a new release as well.
Anyway when I got home baldurs gate totally hooked me, and that was that.
Didn't vote. Let's just say that I was too young to understand what leveling up was, but old enough to spam myself a drizztdefends entourage that carried me and my dead (what is resurrection?) party members all the way to the final battle.
I was looking my brother playing at the time on our old win95, 166mhz, 2go hard drive, 128bit ram. And then I create my big brute with 18/00, 18, 18, 6, 6, 8 (something like that). Good old time.
I'd just about given up the idea of finding a decent CRPG game - I'd played some of the SSR Gold series (Hillsfar comes to mind) and a lot of P&P but none of the other CRPGs looked interesting enough to pay for. Then at the Turn of the Millenium (ta-da!) I was browsing the local Game store and the five-disc Baldur's Gate was on sale at £9.99p. I spent what seemed like forever loading the game (AMD K6 233 I think it was) but as soon as I hit the opening scene in Candlekeep it was "F*** me - THIS is what I've been waiting for!!"
Twelve years later my wife and I still laughingly refer to our house as 'Candlekeep Cottage'.
I was 7 myself. I remember my brothers would play it, and I would sit and watch, and then one day I wanted to watch someone play (even though I probably didn't understand half of what was going on) but everybody was busy, so one of them suggested I play it myself, and he helped me set up a game. Needless to say I became addicted, and never wanted to "just watch" again.
I was six, my grandpa was playing a game and I wanted to play it to but he told me Im not old enough for it so I wanted to prove him I WAS old enough for it , and that's when the best part of my life begun
I grew up sitting on my parent's laps while they played the game and read all the dialogue to me. I grew up with Minsc and Jaheria and learned how to read from Imoen and Khalid in a way! I've been terribly excited for the re-release and have been counting down the days since they announced the release date!
Played it as a new release..I was 21...doesn't seem like that long ago but YIKES 14 years has gone by :-) BG series & IWD series still my all time top games. I've spent more time playing & replaying these games then all other games combned..they've really stood up to the test of time.
I was around 13 in high school when a friend recommended the game (original BG) to me, what a recommendation! Best game I have ever played hands down. I remember being in a game store when BGII came out and I didn't even know there was a CE, but I saw it on the wall, biggest box in the store. I begged and pleaded with my Dad to buy me it!
Still blows me out that I still have it too, there are only 4000 of those
I was 29 and had just moved to a new city when it came out. Lucky I had friendly neighbors or I might not have met anyone there due to playing all the time.
I'll never forget the first time that I played Baldur's Gate: I had arrived at my best friend's house for a weekend get away to West Virginia. When I entered his house he pulled me over to the computer to show me the game he had been raving about for nearly two weeks. He let me play it and I was immediately ensnared.
It was the first game to introduce me to CRPGs and Dungeons and Dragons. Since then I've had many fond memories playing around a table with friends, laughing and enjoying ourselves, as well as some quiet nights in front of the computer, epic tales unfolding before my eyes.
I believe what I mean to say is that roleplaying has become a part of how I define myself, one of the things that binds me to my friends, and for that I am grateful. In short, I owe a lot to Baldur's Gate, and it will always be special to me, and countless others.
I was 13. When my family bought our first computer there were two games for free in the box, one of them was bg2. I remember spending soooo many hours on that game, and when I received my own personal computer I played even at night to finish the game XD. Good memories And after that I bought another edition of bg2 with ToB, and after many years I finally found a bg1 copy
Sigh, high school, I had so much more free time to spend on bg...
i think is was around 15, a friend gave me his copy of bg 2, cause he heard liked fallout. And its still the best game iv ever played. I gave up seaching for it's equal, only thing that ever came close was planescape. I still dont know why anyone has not been able to atleast make a game thats near those good old games in story and npc's. its like they ruined every game i ever played after that ; )
I was around 13 in high school when a friend recommended the game (original BG) to me, what a recommendation! Best game I have ever played hands down. I remember being in a game store when BGII came out and I didn't even know there was a CE, but I saw it on the wall, biggest box in the store. I begged and pleaded with my Dad to buy me it!
Still blows me out that I still have it too, there are only 4000 of those
I've still got the tee-shirt!!! It was too small for me but I still wore it.
@Yovaneth Funny stuff there, "candlekeep cottage". How do you get back in?
Wish my wife would game. I game with her kids, my kids, girls too, while she occasionally acts like she's Redditor's wife. http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/355e2a/
I was around 15 and played the game the same year it was released. I haven't actually played Baldur's Gate since then (only bg2 several times), but some scenes I can remember as vividly as yesterday.
I was 16, and Baldur's Gate was my introduction to RPGs. I could not have asked for a better first game for what has become my favorite video game genre.
17 or 18. I saw a younger bro of my best friend playing it and that is how it all started. Before that I played mostly sport arcades and crap like that. This game was a huge eye opener and I will always be thankful for that. There was no going back after I played it.
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Anyway when I got home baldurs gate totally hooked me, and that was that.
Twelve years later my wife and I still laughingly refer to our house as 'Candlekeep Cottage'.
-Y-
BG series & IWD series still my all time top games. I've spent more time playing & replaying these games then all other games combned..they've really stood up to the test of time.
Still blows me out that I still have it too, there are only 4000 of those
It was the first game to introduce me to CRPGs and Dungeons and Dragons. Since then I've had many fond memories playing around a table with friends, laughing and enjoying ourselves, as well as some quiet nights in front of the computer, epic tales unfolding before my eyes.
I believe what I mean to say is that roleplaying has become a part of how I define myself, one of the things that binds me to my friends, and for that I am grateful. In short, I owe a lot to Baldur's Gate, and it will always be special to me, and countless others.
Funny tries to kill Gorion, mindless slaughtering of villagers... Many of my chars ended around FAI. Game was completed only after few years after.
Took away my naivety, too, all the brutal content in text was just too much for a 9 yr-old to handle at the time
When my family bought our first computer there were two games for free in the box, one of them was bg2.
I remember spending soooo many hours on that game, and when I received my own personal computer I played even at night to finish the game XD. Good memories
And after that I bought another edition of bg2 with ToB, and after many years I finally found a bg1 copy
Sigh, high school, I had so much more free time to spend on bg...
I still dont know why anyone has not been able to atleast make a game thats near those good old games in story and npc's. its like they ruined every game i ever played after that ; )
-Y-
Funny stuff there, "candlekeep cottage". How do you get back in?
Wish my wife would game. I game with her kids, my kids, girls too, while she occasionally acts like she's Redditor's wife.
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/355e2a/