Baldur's Gate website suddenly changed and now has a count down

[matt]

http://baldursgate.com/

Around 3.5 hours left...

[scott]

Please be Baldur's Gate 3, and not another console hack & slash.

[jcalder8]

Please be Baldur's Gate 3, and not another console hack & slash.

Truer words have never been spoken

[soera]

I liked the console hack and slash.

For a friend of mine and myself, it was our weekly get together to play BG 1&2, DD heroes, Champions of norrath, etc.

[scott]

I liked the console hack and slash.

The first one was good, but it wasn't Baldur's Gate. It's was more a Diablo clone, than any thing else. The best part about the 1st one though was the bonus game with Drizzt Do'Urden as the playable character.

I'd much more prefer a true BG sequel, I played that game so much that I had 3 floppy disks filled with custom character portraits.

[varkias]

I have fond memories of this series as well, lets hope for #3

[jobocan]

It's "Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition", which people are guessing means it'll be the original Baldur's Gate with better graphics. I never actually played the original, so that might be worth checking out.

[scott]

The original was good. But II was leaps and bounds better than it. I never got the expansion for Shadows of Amn, and wish I had... I think it will run just fine on my PC though, I may need to revisit BGII soon.

[jobocan]

The original was good. But II was leaps and bounds better than it. I never got the expansion for Shadows of Amn, and wish I had... I think it will run just fine on my PC though, I may need to revisit BGII soon.

Maybe I should do that too... I actually have BG2 (I think I have the expansion for it too), but I never played it beyond the start dungeon...

[soera]

It went from a dark screen with a skull and glowing eyes to a solid white screen now. Not sure whats going on.

[foxhack]

... what, really?

It's a "Special Edition" version of Baldur's Gate. It includes the expansion. No idea what else.

And it's a Beamdog Exclusive, which is the best way to ensure YOUR GAME DOESN'T SELL AT ALL. The fans already have the game in one way or another, limiting it to YET ANOTHER exclusive client will drive buyers away. Myself included.

[scott]

Boo. Props for making it both games though, but still.