Good Old Games - Baldur's Gate 2 Released

[max killen]

Aren't you talking about Bard's Tale? (And shouldn't they be 5.25 disks, then?) My copy of Baldur's Gate came on 5 CDs…

You are right. I got confused. On the other hand, I could not get Baldur's Gate I or II to load on Windows 7.
So I downloaded them both and I just started Baldur's Gate I and it runs fine and looks good. To bad they couldn't get the TuTu version to load. I never could get that to run.
20 bucks for many hours of replay is not bad

 

[blatantninja]

Tutu doesn't work with this?

 

[skavenhorde]

WHAT????

Sorry then I'm not buying this until either Tutu catches up or they make it compatible. I wasn't going to buy this for awhile in any case. Too many games as it is right now,

 

[JDR13]

I thought Tutu was only for BG1.

 

[skavenhorde]

You need BG1 and 2.

Or at least that's what I remember. Getting a little fuzzy on the details with the mods with BG. I remember I used Tutu for BG1, but I needed to install BG 2 as well. I believe the whole point of that mod was to make it so you could use the upgraded elements in BG 2 in BG1. Like I had to use it to play in BG1 the best character class ever invented for the D&D world……WILD MAGES!!! I miss those guys

But there are also mods for BG2 for TuTu….or at least that's what I sorta remember. It's been awhile since I replayed BG2. Come to think of it it has been at least 5 years…..maybe I will buy this thing soon and just play it vanilla. I only needed Tutu to get Wild Mages into BG1 and a few of the NPC mods were cool, but not a must.

 

[JDR13]

Ah...right. Well I never understood the "I can't play BG1 without Tutu!" thing. I actually prefer the way BG1 is by itself.

 

[Relayer]

BG 2 is the greatest CRPG ever made.

Fact.

 

[skavenhorde]

Ah…right. Well I never understood the "I can't play BG1 without Tutu!" thing. I actually prefer the way BG1 is by itself.

NO WILD MAGES!!!!!!!!

 

[DArtagnan]

BG1 doesn't support high resolution and it doesn't have all the classes and stuff from the second game.

It's a waste to play it vanilla, when you can get all the goodies of the improved engine.

 

[skavenhorde]

Yes, exactly there are NO WILD MAGES !!!!!

Without them the world is a sadder place

Ok, think it's time to hit the hay. Getting silly again. See ya guys next time.

 

[blatantninja]

I don't care about the classes, but I did like having access to the larger resolutions and IIRC, the engine for BG2 was tweaked to run faster as well.

 

[Zloth]

People on the GoG boards were talking like they were using TuTu. Another mod to unlock and fix up some of the locked off parts of BG2 sounded interesting, too.

 

[JDR13]

Playing at a higher resolution makes little difference in that game. You can't go much higher than default anyways, due to the way it scales.

I enjoy the differences between the 2 games. It makes it refeshing for me when I transition between them. The only thing that would entice me to use TuTu is if I wanted to start the saga with one of the specialized character kits from BG2.

 

[DArtagnan]

Playing at a higher resolution makes little difference in that game. You can't go much higher than default anyways, due to the way it scales.

I enjoy the differences between the 2 games. It makes it refeshing for me when I transition between them. The only thing that would entice me to use TuTu is if I wanted to start the saga with one of the specialized character kits from BG2.

Yes, with the TuTu/Widescreen combo you can play at any resolution you want and it scales perfectly. It looks MUCH better at high resolutions

The specialised character kits (and other D&D options) is a very strong reason to use the package.

But then, I'm very much a big fan of more customisation options - and I love my Kensai. Also, I plan to dual class from Kensai to Mage - and I think it would be cool to carry such a character forth throughout both games.

Then there's the improved pathing and what not. Nothing is worse than navigating that end-game labyrinth in BG1 with BG1-pathing. OUCH!

But, to each his own.

 

[blatantninja]

Playing at a higher resolution makes little difference in that game. You can't go much higher than default anyways, due to the way it scales.

To me there was a big difference between being able to use a max of 800x600 (or is it 640 x 480? can't remember) and using 1280 x 1024.

 

[JDR13]

Hmm, the resolution difference has no significant impact to me. The BG series is certainly not something I would play for the graphics anyways. I don't even notice it after a few minutes.

I also never had a problem with the pathfinding in either game.

There's a certain charm to the original BG that many prefer. Also, if I'm doing a full run of all the games, I don't want to look at the same style for the entire trilogy, considering how lengthy it is. The change of going from one to the next is something I enjoy, and keeps it fresh for me.

As I said, the only reason I would do it is for a BG2 character kit, but yes, to each his own.

 

[blatantninja]

Hmm, the resolution difference has no significant impact to me. The BG series is certainly not something I would play for the graphics anyways. I don't even notice it after a few minutes.

I also never had a problem with the pathfinding in either game.

There's a certain charm to the original BG that many prefer. Also, if I'm doing a full run of all the games, I don't want to look at the same style for the entire trilogy, considering how lengthy it is. The change of going from one to the next is something I enjoy, and keeps it fresh for me.

As I said, the only reason I would do it is for a BG2 character kit, but yes, to each his own.

Very true! It's funny, I prefer to have the same style through out! I find it less distracting.

 

[Thrasher]

Do the resolution mods scale up the font sizes to be readable on smaller screens?

 

[JDR13]

Do the resolution mods scale up the font sizes to be readable on smaller screens?

Post #54.

 

[Thrasher]

"scales perfectly" is rather ambiguous, imagine that ....