Baldur's Gate 1998

Is it still worth playing?

BioWare's 1998 role playing game for Windows, set in the Forgotten Realms with modified second edition Dungeons and Dragons rules, seen from an isometric view. It follows a character of your own making across the Sword Coast, and the game is credited with revitalizing computer role playing games. Dice and statistics are calculated automatically, and the game runs in real time with pause, with an automatic pause setting that lets it be played turn based. You create a character by race, class, alignment and ability scores, with multiclassing, and lead a party of up to six including yourself, from 25 possible companions. The story is nonlinear, with a prologue and seven chapters, and a main path beside optional side quests. Deep tabletop rules that run themselves let you make tactical decisions rather than handle the math, and that is why it is still worth playing.