bbarsh wrote:Baldurs Gate I gets my vote. If felt close to 1st ed AD&D and I liked the fact that you had a story line to follow and you could choose tons of nonlinear paths - different encounter areas.
I know it is not glitzy or loaded with great art but the simplicity worked for me. I liked the Tales of the Sword Coast add on, too. Didn't care too much for the sequals, though.
Baldur's Gate has so many in jokes it's a pleasure just to play and read the funny lines some of the NPCs have. It's the only computer
RPG I've ever played where I felt the designers "Got it", that they were guys who actually played and knew the game rather than faceless computer programmers running by a rule book. A classic. Too bad the sequels were souless junk.
Mike B.