Which versions of BG1 and 2 should I play? I have both on GOG and EE on steam too.
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>>3824126wtf? I'm on 4chan since the mid 00s.
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>>3824124Alright anon, here’s the straight dope:If you’re a purist who wants the TRUE 1998 scuffed experience, grab the GoG original. You’ll get the crunchy old UI, tiny resolution, jank pathfinding, and all the original bugs that BioWare’s QA department definitely didn’t fix. It’s like drinking warm beer in a smoky tavern — authentic, but it smells a little weird. Modding’s a hassle but you can roll your own BG1Tutu/BGT setup and feel smug about being a real grognard.Enhanced Edition (EE) is basically BG1 with modern QoL steroids: • Higher resolutions without needing to sacrifice a goat to the config gods • UI that doesn’t make you squint like a mole in daylight • New companions (some are cringe, but whatever) • Integrated mod support without having to browse Geocities-era forums • Still 99% faithful to the OG, minus some purist nitpicksTL;DR: • Want museum piece authenticity? Original GoG + mods = peak autism build. • Want to actually finish the game before you die of old age? Enhanced Edition.Either way, roll a half-orc barbarian and dump INT. It’s the only moral choice.Do you want me to also give you a min-max grognard-approved build chart for BG1?
>>3824140OG games are easy to mod. No matter if OG or EE it's a WeiDU mod.
>>3824140If he intends to go into 2 it's probably not a good idea to dump INT. Main character with less than 11 INT is a pain in the ass whenever ilithids show up.
>>3824155just summon some skellies or mortenkaiden’s swords
>>3824140Good morning, Trent Oster
You can mod out the beamdog oc's in the EE. You can add the EE QoL stuff into vanilla BG2 or into BGT.
>>3824124Play EE but skip SoD and kill the new donutsteel companions.
Play the original games in their original engines. No porting BG into BG2.
>>3824124Sorry for being ignorant but what am I supposed to see in that pic? The new NPCs or the highlighted grave? What's going on
>>3824124first playthrough EE with mod which removes beamdog NPCs and EEex+ spell UI
>>3824946I know I see Vaseline smearing in the EE side
>>3825107>change graphics setting>don't zoom inWow so hard.
EE is okay, but there's a noticeable drop in quality whenever you encounter the added stuff. I would just play the original versions and maybe tutu for 1 if you really like some kit/class that's only in 2 and want to import >>3824140If doing Tutu feels like a hassle to you, you're fucking hopeless. The real hassle is getting WASD camera to work, but EE doesn't even offer that
>>3825178Why even play the EE's, then?
>>3824124Neither, they're bad games and honestly not worth the time.
>>3829654>why bother immediately being able to play the game when you can waste half your day troubleshooting a 27 year old game using a 21 year old mod on an OS that doesn't actually support it so you need to bla bla bla
>>3830142I have literally zero problems playing the originals on my Win10 PC.
>>3824124Original>launcher has extended options that lets you speed the game up by boosting the framerate.>doesn't support large resolutions but there are mods to help in that regard (they aren't perfect)The classic experienceEnhanced Edition >you can zoom in and out (which isn't really useful or practical)>supports larger resolutions>doesn't have a way to speed the game up (like the original does)>shoehorned new NPCs that does not fit in, and are noticeably worse than the rest>>3824140>this nigger doesn't know about the framerate speedupAll the enhanced edition slop lack this
>>3830142>download launcher/patch>doneezpz
>>3830487>doesn't support large resolutions but there are mods to help in that regard (they aren't perfect)Just use Nvidia Control Panel to run the game in whatever resolution you want.
>>3830523what's the point of EE, then? seriously, if you're just gonna mod your game you might as well play the originals.
>>3830523sorry, lol. mixed up thoughts.
>>3830542There is no point, which is what anons have said since it was announced.
>>3824124>>3824140You can easily mod out the shitty new companions on EE
>>3824129Play ee land remove or ignore the beamdog content and use the mod thst restores the old sprites. Other than that try some story or content mods, there's a fantastic modding community. There's even iwd and nwn for bg, meaning you can have a 350 hour adventure.
>>3830142you're arguing with grognards man
>>3830998*Midwits. Grogs don't argue, they play games.
>>3831002>Grogs don't argueTell me you don’t know the origin of the term without telling me you don’t know the origin of the term
>>3830882As if that's all they changed. Get real.
I'm also trying to get into the game.I feel like I'm missing something fundamental to the mindset needed to play this game, and I can't find this out for now.Are there any sidequests that are meant to be done more than a few chapters after the one you got it in? As in, it's very clear that you're outmatched, and need to gain quite a few more levels, some better gear, and maybe even more powerful teammates to beat it.Or is it that any sidequest can be beaten at some point before the end of the chapter? Maybe you need a bit more power than you started with, and have to do some easy ones first. I'm sure that being smart and using good strategy will make almost any encounter possible. But when my guy gets one-tapped, I need to know if I'm just in the wrong area, or following the wrong quest.Also, How do you usually decide who to keep in your party? I don't want to let the ones I've already started with go, and I'm too addicted to the quickload button to willingly let any of them die, especially when it means that later encounters in this outing will be far harder with less bodies to deal damage.
>>3831091You talking about 1 or 2?1 is more freeform and open, the chapters don’t matter much, there’s basically three phases of the game: early on you don’t have access to the Cloakwood and Baldurs Gate, but the rest of the world map is open, and much of it is optional. Go exploring the woods for loot and XP. Most areas are self contained with few side quests, most side quests are in towns.Second phase is when Baldurs Gate opens up. And the third phase is the endgame, after your return to Candlekeep. The only time sensitive quests I can think of are that many quests in Baldurs Gate will be unavailable in the endgame due to plot reasons.BG1 is a lot more open and less railroaded than BG2, it’s like a comfy low level adventuring party tromping through the woods. The only impetus early on to not explore is the iron crisis (plain, unenchanted weapons and armor have a chance to break, until you explore the Nashkel Mines)There are dozens of party members in bg1 and they’re designed to be replaceable for when you get them killed off. Pick a class composition you like compatible alignments to your roleplaying, and personalities you like. Personally for bg1 I’d want to have three martials, a cleric, a thief, and a mage.
