For example, around 13 months ago Beamdog released "Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition." (They've since released Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition, and I highly recommend you pick up both titles ASAP if you haven't already).
I'm sorry but I couldn't disagree more. I played BG1 at the time of its release and didnt like it. I recently tried BG2 and found it awful. So I have no shame in admitting it was a pirate version, because all I wanted to do was check if the games were really as good as everyone say they are (they're definitely not).
Actually, I'd advise anyone who never tried a Baldur gate game to stay away from them and play Fallout/Arcanum/DivineDivinity instead.
Seriously, bioware and bethesda are already in a oligopoly position on the rpg market despite their products being awfully insipid compared to what other, less advertised companies can offer.
I can't count how many times people told me Baldur Gates was the best rpg ever and when I asked them why they couldnt come with any answer. They were basically just repeating what everyone seems to repeat everywhere. It's like you have to claime BG is the bestest game to belong to some clique of "people who know what is good", it's quite ridiculous.
So yeah, BG1 & 2 can go rot in the "hell of overhyped and overappreciated old games that got too much renown at the expense of better games".
