Recounting Bioware's Baldur's Gate II

radicalskeptic writes "In the latest installment of Gamespot's series modestly titled 'The Greatest Games of All Time', the editors review Bioware's RPG classic from 2000: Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn. The article is a broad overview of the game and touches on the game's innovations, comments on its historical significance, and includes a section devoted to BGII's romantic subplot. Gamespot concludes that 'all in all, Baldur's Gate II is a towering achievement in the history of role-playing games, giving you a huge world to explore, plenty of well-drawn NPCs to argue with or get romantic with, and an engaging story that's simultaneously epic and personal.'"

Comments

As to Aerie and the romances

[WillAffleckUW]

Aerie is too annoying to complete because she's got a consitent mindset of a 14 year old.

you have to remember that the vast majority of players of the game were, either physically or emotionally, 14-16 year old males, so having a female with the mindset of a 14 year old is pretty well targetted at the user base.