Baldur's Gate Game Features

Over ten thousand (10,000!) 640x480 game screens in 16 bit color

• 5 CDs(!) filled with pre-rendered backgrounds, compelling music, and game play (NOT just a bunch of FMV)
• Every location is unique since our backgrounds are rendered rather than tiled
• Everything displayed in vibrant 16-bit color (65536 different colors)
• Isometric, top-down view gives a birds eye view of the action
• 3D height maps for realistic travel over terrain - actually climb stairs, fall into pits, and traverse rocky areas
• Dynamic full color lighting effects
• Realistic day to night changes in the lighting of the world
• Rain, snow, fog, lightning, all occurring in real-time
• Dynamic changes in character appearance - as you change a character's weapons and armor, you see it on that character

Role Playing in the grand tradition of ADVANCED DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS ®

• Set in TSR's legendary FORGOTTEN REALMS ® campaign world, the game encompasses a huge region south of the city of Baldur's Gate.
• Over sixty different monsters to fight -- everything from kobolds and gibberlings to ogres and ... dragons?
• Hundreds of NPC's that you encounter barter with, befriend, and war with
• Control a party of six characters, each with unique abilities and personalities
• Inter-party relationships are dynamic and evolve with the story

Transparent Interface and Game play that is truly immersive

• Uses a real time modification of the AD&D ® rules system
• Can be made to play in a turn-based fashion
• Die rolls and combat rules are displayed, but do not need to be known to play
• Character AI scripts determine how your characters act when you aren't controlling them
• Control the characters one at a time or have them act as a group
• Unique hotkey system allows generic keys to perform class specific functions

Multiple paths in a truly gripping story

• Your decisions affect the world as a whole
• An engrossing non-linear plot line that ties into the region's history, gods, natural resources, and politics
• Nearly 100 sub quests that occur throughout the main story