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It was developed by Overhaul Games, a division of Beamdog, and published by Atari. When all characters have their ready indicator checked, the host can start the game. Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition is a remake of Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn which includes a remake of the expansion pack Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal. Once everyone is ready, they just have to check the large gold check box next to each of their characters. No matter how many players are connected to a game, the max party size is six characters, so be sure to divide those slots accordingly. allow players to perform dialogue options, pause, etc.) and designate the six character slots to players. From the lobby, the host can set permissions for each individual player (e.g. Make sure to open UDP 47630 via port forwarding on your router. This means that you will need to know people who have the game in order to play it in co-op. Currently, only TCP/IP is supported (online matchmaking is in the works), so players will need to get the host’s IP address to connect. Through navigating the menu, it just takes a few seconds to set up a multiplayer game. Setting up a game is relatively simple: one player will host by choosing from either the Baldur’s Gate campaign or the Black Pits.
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The game pretty much plays the same in single-player as co-op, so this review will be defaulting to a co-op experience. The rest of my review is mostly geared to new players of Baldur’s Gate, whether it be original or enhanced. While knowing the additions and updates from the original to the enhanced edition is probably enough to help former players decide whether they want to purchase it or not, they don’t tell a brand new player how the game actually plays. It’s certainly worthy of the title “Enhanced Edition.” On top of that, a whopping 400 issues with the original game were addressed during the process of updating it. Also, aspects from Baldur’s Gate II have been brought over, such as class kits, new subraces and subclasses. A brand new adventure, the Black Pits, has been added as have three brand new companion characters. BG:EE comes complete with the original game as well as its expansion, T ales of the Sword Coast. The interface has also been updated visually (but I believe it still functions much the same as the original). Perhaps the most immediately noticeable is the updated Infinity engine for the game as well as high resolution and widescreen support. Since BG:EE is actually my first foray with the game, to the former group I can only relate what is different about the Enhanced Edition, which is a good place to start in any case.īG:EE offers an impressive amount of updates to the game. The reason you’re probably reading this review is because you’re either wondering if Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition (henceforth BG:EE) is either 1) worth replaying if you’ve played the original, or 2) it's worth playing for the first time if you didn’t play the original.