Baldur's Gate
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| Developer(s) | BioWare |
| Publisher(s) |
Black Isle Studios Interplay Entertainment |
| Distributor(s) | Wizards of the Coast |
| Designer(s) |
James Ohlen Ray Muzyka |
| Composer(s) | Michael Hoenig |
| Series | Baldur's Gate |
| Engine | Infinity Engine |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Linux |
| Release date(s) | December 21, 1998 |
| Genre(s) | Role-playing video game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 92% |
| Metacritic | 91% |
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| Publication | Score |
| CGW | 4 out of 5 |
| GameSpot | 9.2 out of 10 |
| IGN | 9.4 out of 10 |
| Maximum PC | 9 out of 10 |
| PC Gamer (US) | 94/100 |
| Computer Games Magazine | 5 out of 5 |
| The Electric Playground | 9 out of 10 |
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| Publication | Award |
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1998 Game of the Year: Computer Games Online · Computer Games Magazine · GameCenter Reader's Choice · Games Domain · IGN · Vault Network |
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1998 RPG of the Year: Adrenaline Vault · Computer Games Online · Computer Gaming World · Electric Games · GameCenter · GameCenter Reader's Choice · Games Domain · GameSpot · GameSpot Reader's Choice · IGN · PC Gamer · Vault Network |
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Baldur's Gate is a fantasy role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published in 1998 by Interplay Entertainment. It is the first game in the Baldur's Gate series and takes place in the Forgotten Realms, a high fantasy campaign setting, using a modified version of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) 2nd edition rules. The game received critical acclaim and was credited for revitalizing the computer role-playing game genre. The game allows development of the player character through choice of companions, dialogue choices, exploration, and battle. Baldur's Gate uses a reputation system and rewards the player depending on the choices made in the game.
Baldur's Gate was the first game to use the Infinity Engine for its graphics. Interplay went on to use the engine for other Forgotten Realms-licensed games, including the Icewind Dale series, as well as other licensed D&D campaign worlds such as Planescape, setting of Planescape: Torment. The engine was later enhanced for use in a remake of the game entitled Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition, the first game in the franchise in nearly nine years.
Baldur's Gate takes place in the fictional world of Ed Greenwood's Forgotten Realms setting. The mechanics of the gameplay were coded to conform to the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition role-playing rules, though various elements from the ruleset were modified to allow the game to be executed in pausable real-time mode. Hence, although each character is in constant action, the game allows the player to pause the activity at any time, or set the game to automatically pause at preset points in combat. The game features a top-down isometric perspective and real-time third-person combat system on pre-rendered backgrounds. It is also possible to script combat behavior for characters, such that they are able to act and respond to changing situations without explicit guidance from the player.
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