Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition
The Classic Adventure ContinuesBaldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition is the beloved RPG classic, enhanced for modern adventurers.
Continue a journey started in Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition, or customize a new hero to forge your path.Campaign ContentThe Enhanced Edition includes the original Shadows of Amn campaign, the Throne of Bhaal expansion, plus brand new challenges in the Black Pits II arena!
- Classic Campaign: The Original Shadows of Amn Adventure
- Expansion: Throne of Bhaal
- New Challenges: The Black Pits II: Gladiators of Thay, arena style battles
- New Difficulty Setting: Story Mode allows players to focus on story and exploration, rather than combat and survival
Epic Characters
- 11 Playable Classes plus dozens of subclasses
- Recruit Classic Characters like Minsc and his brave hamster, Boo!
- 5 New NPCs: Neera the Wild Mage, Dorn Il-Khan the Blackguard, Rasaad yn Bashir the Monk, Hexxat the Thief, and Wilson the Bear
- New player voice sets to customize your hero
- Upload Characters from Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition, or forge ahead with a brand new hero
Classic Gameplay
- 2-D isometric graphics
- Real-time-with-pause combat
- Adapts 2nd Edition Dungeons & Dragons Rules
Enhanced for Modern Platforms
- Hundreds of bug fixes and improvements to the original game
- Native support for high-resolution widescreen displays
- Cross-play multiplayer support for Windows, Linux, and macOS
A Story-Rich RPG
Kidnapped. Imprisoned. Tortured. The wizard Irenicus holds you captive in his stronghold, attempting to strip you of the powers that are your birthright.
Can you resist the evil in your blood and forsake the dark destiny that awaits you? Or will you embrace your monstrous nature and ascend to godhood as the new Lord of Murder?
Game Discussion
Steam User 77
I've been playing this game since release in 2000. Started playing it with my dad and we played for ages until he passed 5 years ago. This game is amazing and will always remind of my old man. The story telling is great. The DnD base it provides translates so well to even current editions. This game is worth the 3000+ hours and even more.
Steam User 37
Nothing can be said about this sacred game. This is the ultimate CRPG experience. That's it. It's not a game. It's a portal to a magical realm inside you. Try it.
Steam User 17
I don't know if I am just old, but there is no game like Baldur's Gate 2. I bought BG3 and played it few times through campaign... and its good, but for me, its not even close to Baldur's Gate 2 Saga.
Basically what I dislike from the most of new games is actually a world that is drawn and illustrated, rather then 3d one, where pretty much everything/every game looks the same. Nothing can give me immersion the way Baldur's Gate 2. Voice acting, music, ambient noise, sounds when passing by... its probably just a nostalgia for a certain era of gaming (I guess the same can be said for the movie era's as well, 90ies were crazy)... but BG2 is a masterpiece. It was masterpiece back in a day and I would say that enhanced edition is great as well.
Every little while I reinstall it and play it again.
BG2 and Fallout 2, still waiting for the game that will dethrone these.
Steam User 18
The first real computer game I played with my dad many, many years ago. This will forever be THE game that I always go back to when I feel nostalgic or want to challenge myself. Cannot recommend this game enough. If you are even remotely thinking of playing, I would give it 2 thumbs up and then some.
Steam User 12
This game is freaking awesome. I played before BG3 and it got me hooked on the playstyle mechanics of adventuring and looting and exploration. It is deeply engrossing and it got me hooked like skuma.
Steam User 11
Before you play any Baldur's Gate, understand: This is was the bar BG3 aspired to. This was the sequel that beat the original BG. This was peak DnD gaming short of tabletop. It's still great. It will always be great.
Steam User 17
Good game but doesn't quite hold up as well as the first did.
The beginning is overwhelming with the amount of events that take place and stuff to do be done rather than starting you off in a focused direction which gradually branches out and is fun right from the beginning to the end. In this you're thrown into this massive city off the bat with tons of people to speak to, quests to collect, conflicts to resolve etc, which detracts heavily from the pacing of the first. Also the main quest is extremely linear and has a habit of getting you locked into these very long chapters. The pathing is also somehow way worse than first game's too and outright frustrating at times.
The game has a ton of dialogue and it's not very good for the most part, party members never seem to shut up with their constant inane attempts at humour or boring you with their feelings, worries and emotional dribble, they really overdid it I feel.
With all that out way, it's still a very fun and endearing game once it gets going, the dungeons are neat and the encounters are challenging - requiring you to use every spell/tool at your disposal to progress past them and also it's damn beautiful to look at, the art, audio and atmosphere are incredible and definitely a major highlight of the overall experience.