balur's gate patch anyone?

WhiteWashMan

there is a patch.
should i d/l it?
is it a european one? (i had thisproblem with alpha centauri)
what does it do?

any other d/l worth getting?

damn this game is good
im f*cking hooked!
any other kick ass rpg's in the same vain as this? lioke real long and fun. what is silver like?

ChungKing

Weeell I played the game straight through with no patch and no probs, but it's probably a good idea to get it

I do not think Silver is the same - I believe (tho I might be wrong - no, never, surely not!, but I might be) it is more like the Final Fantasy 7 role playing - which isn't really a traditional RPG, IMO, just a japanese anime take on it with a crap combat system (silver's is supposed to be better, tho)

Very worthwhile and quite similar to baldurs is Fallout 1 and 2. I'd recommend FO1 to start with to see if you like it - you wont be missing out on new technology as the engine is the same in both FO1 and FO2 and the first is fairly short (compared to the massive FO2 - which is short-ish compared to the TRULY MASSIVE baldurs hehe.) FO1 should be quite cheap to buy these days. Graphics aren't as nice as baldurs but the are perfectly serviceable. The combat is turn based & very nasty (cooooool gory effects), the story line excellent, the best opening song during the intro(!!!).

BUT! I would strongly advise you to order it from the states as the european editions are censored with much of the references to drugs removed; children npc's are removed; and the violence toned down, I think. These elements being missing probably does not impact the over allgame, but the editions I had were american and all of the above added to the general post-apocalyptic nastiness. For example, killing children in the US game would ensure bounty hunters get sent after you at some point along the line...

Not that I find the idea of killing children palatable - just in the game, well, um... anyway better leave that one alone

Anyway, you're going to be playing baldurs for the rest of your life (or at least this year) so forget about others for now! Give my regards to Dynaheir, and give Imoen a squeeze from me