Recent reviews by Darth Talon

Scary but then not

People complaining about having to connect Epic account... you don't have to.

Even if I did, as much as I hate Epic, I would still do it just to play this amazing game.

Needs more outfits

DIFFICULTY -
☑️ Whatever you want it to be.

Baldur's Gate offers a challenging experience, especially for those who enjoy tactical and strategic gameplay. The difficulty levels cater to both casual players and those seeking a more intense gaming experience. Or use mods to make it super easy or super hard.

GRAPHICS -
🔲 "MS Paint"
🔲 Bad
🔲 Meh
🔲 Graphics don't matter in this game
🔲 Good
☑️ Beautiful

The graphics in Baldur's Gate are well-crafted and contribute to the immersive atmosphere of the game. While not cutting-edge, they effectively convey the rich and detailed world.

MUSIC -
🔲 Bad
🔲 Not special
🔲 Good
☑️ Beautiful

The musical score of Baldur's Gate enhances the overall gaming experience, providing a beautiful and atmospheric backdrop. The music complements the game's setting and adds depth to its narrative.

STORY -
🔲 This game has no story
🔲 Like playing "Temple Runners" for the story
🔲 It's there for the people who want it
🔲 Well written
☑️ Epic story

Baldur's Gate boasts a well-crafted and epic storyline. The narrative is engaging, featuring well-written characters and a compelling plot that adds depth to the overall gaming experience.

PRICE -
🔲 Underpriced
☑️ Perfect price
🔲 Could be cheaper
🔲 Overpriced
🔲 Complete waste of money

Baldur's Gate offers a fair price for the content and quality provided. It represents a good value for players looking to immerse themselves in a classic RPG experience.

REQUIREMENTS -
🔲 You can run it on a microwave
🔲 Average
☑️ High end
🔲 "NASA" computer

Baldur's Gate has reasonable system requirements, making it accessible to a broad range of players. While it can be enjoyed on average systems, playing on a high-end setup enhances the visual experience.

LENGTH -
🔲 Very short (0 - 3 hours)
🔲 Short (3 - 15 hours)
🔲 Average (15 - 50 hours)
☑️ Long (50 - 90 hours)
🔲 Extremely long (90 - 110 hours)
🔲 No ending

Baldur's Gate provides a substantial amount of gameplay, offering a lengthy and fulfilling experience for those who enjoy investing time in a rich and expansive RPG world.

FUN -
🔲 I'd rather watch paint dry
🔲 Hard to enjoy
🔲 Repetitive
🔲Actually pretty amusing
☑️ Ride of your life

Baldur's Gate delivers an entertaining and captivating experience. The gameplay is engaging, and the narrative elements contribute to a memorable adventure, making it a true ride for players.

REPLAYABILITY -
☑️ Definitely
🔲 Infinitely replayable

Baldur's Gate offers a high level of replayability. The diverse choices, character builds, and branching story paths make it worthwhile to revisit the game, even if not infinitely so.

WORTH BUYING -
☑️ Yes

Baldur's Gate is worth buying for fans of classic RPGs and those looking for a deep and immersive gaming experience. It offers a rich narrative, challenging gameplay, and a world that encourages exploration.

Pros:
Immersive - The atmosphere in this game is rich, adventuring, looting and exploring is satisfying.
Graphics - There are no stunning graphics, but it doesn't detract from the gameplay at all. The lighting and general look of the game is really fantastic in my opinion.
Fun main gameplay loop - farm, upgrade, build, loot, kill a boss. rinse and repeat over each biome and each boss.
Building - Each building piece has it's own structure, as you progress the game your builds will become bigger and more intricate as you unlock better wood types, stone and metal.
Combat - weapons in this game vary, you can focus different damage types giving you an advantage for certain mobs.
Unique food system - you are forced to explore different food options as your Viking wants a varied diet to unlock more health and stamina.
Modding - there is a vast amount of mods available to this game, lots of fixed and changes you can make to your gameplay.
CO-OP - to play with your friends it's so easy, very polished.

Cons:
Stamina - you need stamina to do EVERYTHING, build, deconstruct, terraform, kill, chop, mine. If you're doing anything in this game, half of the time you're waiting on stamina to regen.
Content updates - few and far between, the playerbase for this game is dying off slowly as content is dragged out.
Performance - building a big structure and using lots of lighting within those structures will cause severe frame drop.

Conclusion:
Get this game, even with the lack of content updates, the modding community is doing well, it's really fun and a great price for the amount of gameplay that you are given.

One of the best 4 player co-op games I've ever played. The main game loop is so fun and addicting. Can 100% recommend as the replayability is infinite.

Wowee, get yourself some friends, turn the lights off and prepare for spook!

It's ok

The best city builder money can buy.

I love this game,

Pardon my bias but, they took the last game, kept the nostalgia but improved everything.
The servers are great, playing with people has never felt better for AoE, there is hardly any lag when moving or selecting units. Its the most enjoyable version of AoE2 in my opinion.