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Baldur's Gate is a series of Role-Playing video games and the name of the first release in the series. The first game was released in 1998, and changed the RPG genre forever. Seriously, before that people thought that Diablo was an RPG. Then they realized it was just an addictive hack 'n' slash click-fest. Baldur's Gate provided not only challenging and tactically interesting combat, but also an intriguing storyline that actually places your character in the plot, which is affected by your actions and decisions. Prior to Baldur's Gate, most RPG's introduced your character like the Stranger from High Plains Drifter.
Tales of the Sword Coast was released as the expansion.
Nobody thought it could be better until Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn came out in 2000. Gameplay was even better, story just kept getting better, and the best part was everybody knew an expansion was coming.
Finally The expansion to SoA came out entitled Throne of Bhaal. It is the final installment of the series. Beating the game gives you a combination of incredible accomplishment and also terrible depression from the realization that never again will you experience an RPG like it. Now we must all make do playing it over again and fantasizing about it while playing Dragon Age.
Blizzard has yet to release Diablo 3 ten years after Diablo 2 because they want to be absolutely sure that there won't be another Baldur's Gate installment that will blow them out of the water again.
Baldur's Gate is the perfection that all other RPG's are measured against. And they all fall short. Dragon Age came close, but only close.
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The greatest RPG video game made ever.
Jim:Yo man you wanna go play some WoW
Luke:Fuck that ima go play Baldurs gate
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(1) A decade old computer videogame that was developed by Black Isle/Bioware. Featuring an incredible composition, mature themes, and seemingly endless possibilities, Baldur's Gate II will forever be realized as the game that revolutionized RPGs.
(2) A game that introduced to us quite possibly the most awesome man alive (outside of the guy from the Dos Equis commercials): Edwin Odesseiron, "Greetings. I am Edwin Odesseiron, but you simians may refer to me simply as 'sir', if you prefer a less... syllable intensive workout."
(3) A synonym used to refer to something that makes you cum in your pants at the mere utterance of it's enchanted syllables because it is so awesome.
Person 1: Dude, have you ever played this game Baldur's Gate II--
Person 2: Shut the fuck up dude, I don't feel like cumming in my pants today.
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The act of constantly quick saving while playing an RPG because you played the original Baldurs Gate game which had a tendency to bug out every five or so minutes.
Per: Make sure you save a lot because when I played Operation Anchorage in Fallout 3 the last quest bugged out for me.
Putte: I suffer from Baldurs gate syndrome so I do that all the time.
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