Baldur's gate enhanced edition

Baldur's Gate was originally released in November 1998 and I can't even begin to count how many hours I spent playing it back then. It was the beginning of my love affair with party based RPGs. I played through Baldur's Gate 2, Icewindale, Planescape Torment, Neverwinter Nights and Wizardry 8 and I loved them all.

But for some reason the computer industry moved away from these games and started spewing out first person, single character computer games and they never looked back. Until now. Today the 28th of November 2012 Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition is being released and I am like a kid in a candy store.

The game is a remake of the original computer game, but complete with new characters, a new adventure and over 400 improvements to the base game. One of those is a much needed upgrade to the multiplayer system.

Furthermore a lot of bugs has been fixed from the original version and more importantly to some is maybe the fact that the additions to gameplay that were introduced in Baldur's Gate 2 has been included in Baldur's Gate: Enhanced edition. This includes the new subraces and classes.

For me though, the most interesting aspect of this relaunch is that the developers has decided to release Baldur's Gate: Enhanced edition for iPad and Android tablets and users will be able to play multiplayer with people across all platforms. It is a very smart move that should ensure an influx of players once the tablet versions are out.

I have of course Pre-ordered my copy and I will return when I have had some time to play it through. My current advice though is to just go ahead and buy it, you can't go wrong with Baldur's Gate!