Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Editions (Europe)
Nintendo Switch
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Reviewed in 2019
80
✪ Reviewed on January 30, 2023
80
Two pillars of the Western CRPG, of immense richness and writing, finally portable. The slow pace, dense interface and fastidious rules reserve the experience for enthusiasts, but what an experience.
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Category
RPG1 player16+
Description
A compilation of the enhanced versions of the two original Baldur's Gate games, published by Skybound Games on Switch in 2019. These founding CRPGs, based on Dungeons & Dragons rules, tell a sprawling epic in the Forgotten Realms. Companion recruitment, moral choices and real-time-with-pause tactical combat compose an adventure of colossal richness and length.
Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Editions review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
MAX
Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
MAX
Story
★★★★★
"Masterful"
Michael Hoenig's music accompanies hundreds of hours of adventure without ever wearing thin. Its heroic and melancholy themes are inseparable from the Forgotten Realms, and the menu piece remains, for a whole generation of role-players, a Proustian madeleine.
The writing is monumental: hundreds of hours of quests, companions and dialogue that defined the Western RPG. The plot surrounding the legacy of Bhaal, carried by unforgettable characters like Jon Irenicus, remains a peak of interactive storytelling.
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"Mild"
Addictiveness
"Captivating"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Massive"
The lifespan is immense: the two campaigns combined, with their expansions, total well over a hundred hours of adventure. Side quests, companions, branching paths and class-based replayability offer content on the scale of the greatest RPGs ever made.
Technical info
💾8 GB📅15/10/2019
Published by Skybound Games
Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Editions (Nintendo Switch) price, value & rarity
The major fights are problems to solve long before they are battles: you must prepare your protections, guess the enemy's spells and exploit the rules. Jon Irenicus remains one of the most memorable antagonists ever written for an RPG.
Is Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Editions still worth playing in 2026?
As the Baldur's Gate saga enjoys renewed popularity, returning to the two founding monuments — finally portable on Switch — has never made more sense. These pillars of the Western RPG offer hundreds of hours of writing, companions and choices that shaped an entire genre. Their depth and richness remain unmatched, provided you accept their measured pace. On Switch, this immense adventure is best savored in sessions, at home as much as while traveling, never seeing the end of it.
