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Game entry

Baldur's Gate

1998 · RPG · PC, Mac, Linux, iOS · Interplay Entertainment

Baldur's Gate is ranked no. 180 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,806 and 74% of duels won.

World rank

no. 180

ELO score

1,806

Wins

74%

Duels played

118

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About Baldur's Gate

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. It was the first game to use the Infinity Engine for its graphics, with Interplay using 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: Torment. The game's story focuses on players controlling a protagonist of their own creation who finds themselves travelling across the Sword Coast alongside a party of companions, to unravel the mystery surrounding a sudden iron crisis affecting the region and attempting to discover the culprits behind it, all while uncovering dark secrets about their origins and dealing with attempts on their life.

The community says

The combat is clunky by today's standards, but the tactical depth still holds up better than people give it credit for.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,806 ELO points over the last 123 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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  1. GhostWolf1989

    The combat is clunky by today's standards, but the tactical depth still holds up better than people give it credit for.

    NeonWarden66

    Reminds me of digging through a strategy guide at a friend's kitchen table, comparing notes on which spells actually worked, nothing today asks that of you

  2. Flavio_5

    The party management still teaches tactics better than most modern RPGs bother to.

  3. wrodarte

    Le he metido partidas cortas, media hora aquí y allá, y aun así se nota la profundidad del sistema de reglas.

  4. fatima_barragan

    A mí me costó entrar, lo reconozco, pero una vez dentro no quería que se acabara.

  5. IronKid2

    Comparado con Deus Ex parece que estamos hablando de otra generación entera, y sin embargo aquí sigue, ganando duelos como si nada.

    Cosmo_Corrales

    A mí también me costó al principio, como a varios por aquí, y sin embargo aquí seguimos votando por él duelo tras duelo, será que algo tiene

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