BGII Vanilla and 2 GOG -Complete. Planning to purchase the EE series as a Christmas present for self and a Nephew.
Get one for yourself, your nephew, two for your nephews parents, and another few for friends, co workers, other family, and so on. And do it through Beamdog... and maybe Steam too! BG for everyone!
- Baldur's Gate big box (5 cd) - Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast big box (1 cd) - Baldur's Gate small box (5 cd) - Baldur's Gate Saga (1 dvd) - RPG Legends bundle: Baldur's Gate Saga, Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale Saga, Lionheart (2 dvd) - Planescape: Torment big box (4 cd) - Planescape: Torment dvd (1 dvd) I voted before writing this reply and I forgot that I also have: - Baldur's Gate Quickstart Guide (1 dvd)
All of those are Polish versions, except for Quickstarter Guide, which is English version. I don't have any digital copy of those games. I made images of the original cds for myself in order to preserve the physical copies.
I don't know what the different versions are, but I have fond memories of a box set that came with a special map of Baldur's Gate city. It was a long time ago and my big brother gave it to me. I loved that map.
I also got a copy of the collectors set to travel around time zones with, but there were lots of scratches and cracks so in the end I mounted the CD to its own drive (hope this wasn't a bad thing to do!).
Counting the versions that my dad bought (my inheritance) i have 4 ...
... I think, possibly...
1x original set of BG1(5 discs)+ TotSC then Bg2(4 discs?)+ToB 2x boxes of the entire series (apparantely north american though bought in england thank god i found the original TotSC disc or i would never have been able to get it to work) 1x set of BG:EE (Steam) and BG2:EE (Beamdog)
aside from Baldur's Gate 2x IWD1 1x IWD2 2x NWN with expansions 2x NWN2 oh and my dad and two brothers each have BG:EE and BG2:EE
all in all a very profitable family for Bioware and Beamdog not bad considering I was only 2 when BG1 came out
Oh and the only complete playthrough I've managed finished yesterday DnD is far too complicated for kids (when you dont understand thaco, AC or dice rolls and only ever use magic missile and fireball you don't get very far)
I bought the original BG1 when it came out, something I NEVER EVER did, I would always wait a year or two, so I paid less for a more stable product. My brother in law had it too, and I 'borrowed' his TotSC disc. I still have it, relatively unscratched. I played it bugs and all, I got the werewolf island slowdown and the Durlag's tower 'shouldn't I teleport to some sort of chess board now?'.
BG2 I showed some restraint on, I got the 4+1 set I think, played it but didn't like the initial dungeon, so I shelved it for a couple of years. Then I gave it another go, and absolutely loved it.
I got the BG1:EE on steam, then bought another copy so I could multiplay with my kids. Should have got 3 copies, only have 2. Well if I could get them to actually play all 3 of us together I would.
I was a beta tester for BG2:EE, so don't actually own a proper copy of that. Counting it anyway.
In fairness I've kinda gone off actually playing the game, although I'm finally having a proper try on 1ee, and may be forced to buy 2ee when I finish. Otherwise I'll probably grab one from Beamdog if they ever have a sale. I will certainly be buying IWD:EE, and never again getting EE versions from Steam.
The beta testing thing was the entire reason I discovered this forum, previously I was quite content on the EA/Origin forum, so cheers for that.
EDIT Well if we're talking NWN etc too, then I have
2x NWN1 (for multiplayer) 2x NWN2 (one original that came with a video card, one on steam with expansions) 1x Jade empire cd in German (bought in Berlin) (can't speak German) 1x KotOR 2 cd 1x KotOR 1 on Steam
I have completed them all at least once, except for NWN1 which I got bored with. Yes I know that's fightin' talk.
i have the Original BG release, the seperate TotSC release, i have the Collector's Edition of BG2. I have IWD release. i have the GOG release of all of the aforementioned . I also have the Steam/EE version of Each (well not IWD...... yet)
EDIT: oh yeah i forgot a recently picked up a copy of BG1 on the Ipad for my son
Wow. I'm the only person with a single copy of the series? I borrowed the BG2 CDs from a friend back in 2000ish, but I returned them without finishing the game. I was really into multiplayer games back then, so BG2 wasn't a priority. The EEs are the only version I've completed.
The new players are far too afraid of all the old fogeys around here to post.
"Hi, I'm new and I like..." "EH? WHAZZAT? Speak up sonny, so I can hear ya." "I just wanted to say that I really like paladins because..." "You say you bike with peregrines? What does that mean? Some new slang you young folks came up with?" "No, I like..." "Well, I haven't the time for what you like, young lad. I'm still rolling up my latest character. I'll get a 108 this year, I swear." "108?" "Ha! You young whippersnappers don't know a thing do you? It's all Tweeter this and Pintrust that. Let me tell ya, back in my day you had fun with a calculator. Type in the right number, turn it upside down, and you could spell boobs! haha, man, those were the days..." "Uh, I think this might be the wrong forum for me." "Zzzzzzzzz"
I dont really remember how many I have owned over the years... probably around 8-10. I currently have 6 which I use regularly. 2 for each enhanced edition of BG (one that was a beta and one that is a public version) and 1 for each vanilla version. I only actually play BG1:EE and BG2:EE anymore, but I use the vanilla versions in case I want to compare their functions to the EEs for whatever reason, and this is usually done in NearInfinity.
The vanilla versions are both on the discs. Never needed to get the GoG version since I still had the discs.
Despite major usage, my original boxed versions are still in very good condition, so have never had to buy it again (before the introduction of EE that is).
Also, the original box for SoA might be my fav game-box ever. It's my 2nd biggest box (only trumped by my Throne of Darkness game) and has that double front-cover, which is just awesome. Blizzard still makes some nice boxes with the WoW games, but they're not as silly big as the oldies. ^^
Screw digital downloads, pretty and impractical cardboard clutter ftw.
- BG1 original box + TotSC separate; - BG2 original box + ToB separate; - BG 1 & 2 EE digital copies through Beamdog; - BG1 & 2 + relative expansions something like 10th year anniversary or similar;
Atop of that, I have: - IWD 1 original box + HoW separate; - IWD 2 original box; - Planescape: Torment original box; - NWN I & II original boxes + the expansions original boxes.
Comments
- Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast big box (1 cd)
- Baldur's Gate small box (5 cd)
- Baldur's Gate Saga (1 dvd)
- RPG Legends bundle: Baldur's Gate Saga, Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale Saga, Lionheart (2 dvd)
- Planescape: Torment big box (4 cd)
- Planescape: Torment dvd (1 dvd)
I voted before writing this reply and I forgot that I also have:
- Baldur's Gate Quickstart Guide (1 dvd)
All of those are Polish versions, except for Quickstarter Guide, which is English version. I don't have any digital copy of those games. I made images of the original cds for myself in order to preserve the physical copies.
I also got a copy of the collectors set to travel around time zones with, but there were lots of scratches and cracks so in the end I mounted the CD to its own drive (hope this wasn't a bad thing to do!).
Now I use the Beamdog and iPad versions.
... I think, possibly...
1x original set of BG1(5 discs)+ TotSC then Bg2(4 discs?)+ToB
2x boxes of the entire series (apparantely north american though bought in england thank god i found the original TotSC disc or i would never have been able to get it to work)
1x set of BG:EE (Steam) and BG2:EE (Beamdog)
aside from Baldur's Gate
2x IWD1
1x IWD2
2x NWN with expansions
2x NWN2
oh and my dad and two brothers each have BG:EE and BG2:EE
all in all a very profitable family for Bioware and Beamdog
not bad considering I was only 2 when BG1 came out
Oh and the only complete playthrough I've managed finished yesterday
DnD is far too complicated for kids (when you dont understand thaco, AC or dice rolls and only ever use magic missile and fireball you don't get very far)
BG2 I showed some restraint on, I got the 4+1 set I think, played it but didn't like the initial dungeon, so I shelved it for a couple of years. Then I gave it another go, and absolutely loved it.
I got the BG1:EE on steam, then bought another copy so I could multiplay with my kids. Should have got 3 copies, only have 2. Well if I could get them to actually play all 3 of us together I would.
I was a beta tester for BG2:EE, so don't actually own a proper copy of that. Counting it anyway.
In fairness I've kinda gone off actually playing the game, although I'm finally having a proper try on 1ee, and may be forced to buy 2ee when I finish. Otherwise I'll probably grab one from Beamdog if they ever have a sale. I will certainly be buying IWD:EE, and never again getting EE versions from Steam.
The beta testing thing was the entire reason I discovered this forum, previously I was quite content on the EA/Origin forum, so cheers for that.
EDIT Well if we're talking NWN etc too, then I have
2x NWN1 (for multiplayer)
2x NWN2 (one original that came with a video card, one on steam with expansions)
1x Jade empire cd in German (bought in Berlin) (can't speak German)
1x KotOR 2 cd
1x KotOR 1 on Steam
I have completed them all at least once, except for NWN1 which I got bored with. Yes I know that's fightin' talk.
EDIT: oh yeah i forgot a recently picked up a copy of BG1 on the Ipad for my son
"Hi, I'm new and I like..."
"EH? WHAZZAT? Speak up sonny, so I can hear ya."
"I just wanted to say that I really like paladins because..."
"You say you bike with peregrines? What does that mean? Some new slang you young folks came up with?"
"No, I like..."
"Well, I haven't the time for what you like, young lad. I'm still rolling up my latest character. I'll get a 108 this year, I swear."
"108?"
"Ha! You young whippersnappers don't know a thing do you? It's all Tweeter this and Pintrust that. Let me tell ya, back in my day you had fun with a calculator. Type in the right number, turn it upside down, and you could spell boobs! haha, man, those were the days..."
"Uh, I think this might be the wrong forum for me."
"Zzzzzzzzz"
2 of bg cds (lost disks had to replace)
1 of baldur's gate 2 cds
1 of bg/tob combo dvd
1 of baldur's gate combo dvd
1 of bg/bg2 on pc
1 of bg/bg2 on ios.
And I would buy the again if they released on psvita.
I have problem?
The vanilla versions are both on the discs. Never needed to get the GoG version since I still had the discs.
Also, the original box for SoA might be my fav game-box ever. It's my 2nd biggest box (only trumped by my Throne of Darkness game) and has that double front-cover, which is just awesome.
Blizzard still makes some nice boxes with the WoW games, but they're not as silly big as the oldies. ^^
Screw digital downloads, pretty and impractical cardboard clutter ftw.
BG + TotSC 6-disc boxed release
BG2 collectors edition of SoA
ToB separate release
GOG original BG
BGEE and BG2EE via Beamdog
BG series GOG version
BG:EE series Beamdog version
BG:EE series GOG version
BG2:SOA (second hand) carton box
for a total of 5 unique, meaning I erred when clicking the poll
other Infinity Engine games:
IWD series 3-in-1 box set
IWD series GOG version
IWD:EE GOG version
Planescape Torment GOG version
- BG1 original box + TotSC separate;
- BG2 original box + ToB separate;
- BG 1 & 2 EE digital copies through Beamdog;
- BG1 & 2 + relative expansions something like 10th year anniversary or similar;
Atop of that, I have:
- IWD 1 original box + HoW separate;
- IWD 2 original box;
- Planescape: Torment original box;
- NWN I & II original boxes + the expansions original boxes.
What can I say... I like boxes...