This game was released on October 31, 2006 but after almost 2 years I am only playing it now. Why you ask? Well 2 years ago, I just didn’t have the hardware required to play it.
Having just finished Mass Effect, I didn’t have any games I could play so I started looking back at old games that I had missed. I’m an avid fan of RPG games especially ones based on the AD&D ruleset. Baldur’s Gate still happens to be my fav (although I could never bring myself to play the damn game long enough to finish it!).
When I first fired up the game and went to the Options screen, I thought hey, it’s an old game, so what the heck and merrily maxed out the graphics settings with 4xMSAA at 1920×1200 resolution. Unfortunately, my preconceptions were wrong! The outdoor environments were slideshow! However, turning it down to 2xMSAA smoothened it up enough to usher in playable framerates.
The graphics were pretty good and didn’t make me feel like I’m playing and old game at all. Been a couple days at it and I’m still at Chapter 1. This one’s gonna take a while…
