![]() ![]() ![]() Higher resolution textures and improved spell animations enhance the visual experience for HD to a degree, but on a whole the project still looks its age. The world of Faerun itself looks much as it did when I first booted it to escape the nonstop coverage of Bill Clinton's impeachment hearings, although a new option to zoom in and out of the action wisely stops just short of letting you study the sprites in all their pixelated glory. At times, such as when you open the graphic options only to find nothing more than a toggle for full screen, all this "enhanced" business feels like a load of hogwash. Oddly enough, that’s also one of its problems. This is still the Baldur’s Gate I knew and loved (complete with the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion), particularly if I’d smothered it with mods over the intervening 14 years. The good news is that these concerns largely end once the title screen emerges from a pool of blood.
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