Is Baldur's Gate EE worth it for 1st timer?
OzelnHaxy
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Well, even tho I am 26 this year, never I have play Baldur's Gate. So, I am kinda confused rather buy the original or EE, since many reviews in Steam or GoG told that original is better. So, which one is actually better? Can someone give me pros/cons? Many thanks.
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I know GoG offers the originals as a free add-on with the EE. And I've never bothered downloading them. The EE is just fine.
All right, the EE also adds some material - a few new recruitable NPCs and their quests. And if you don't like them, all you have to do is not recruit them.
The original goal of the Enhanced Editions was to make the games natively playable on modern hardware/architectures, and in this they succeed. Most of the "the original is better" argument falls under "they changed it, so it sucks," but if you've never played the original then that doesn't actually apply here, and as jmerry said you're never actually forced to participate in the new content (though as a new player you will stumble into it a couple times)
I will warn you now - excepting the EE-content, the game was made in 1996. There will be questionable design. Save early, save often, and don't be afraid to load your save games if something goes wrong.
If you do want to see the original then if you buy the Enhanced Edition on GoG you also get the original for free. I can't remember exactly how you go about getting the original game because GoG doesn't make it easy to find and they don't publicise it at all. I think once you buy the Enhanced Edition you can access a link that will take you to a download of the original game. Word of warning though, if you happen to be playing on a Mac I don't think the original version will run anymore (I certainly can't get it to run on my Mac).