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[dragonknight337]

I'm not sure I agree. If you don't have any experience with its D&D rules, it's going to be a bitch. Fallout's gameplay system is pretty simple in comparison.

Yeah, 2E on top of that, before it became a bit less clunky to understand. Then that's why it pretty much came with the player manual as a manual, lol.

I've never really been on the BG GOTF train, even as a lifelong D&D nerd, and prefer most of the top PC RPG classics over it: Fallout, Arcanum (personal favorite), Torment, and Ultima over it. But it's a pretty good story, and fairly decent characters (Viconia ), combat is just the weak point, but you might like it more if you enjoyed tactical RPGs like Dragon Age or Shadowrun Returns.

Fallout is just a ton of fun. Lots of perks to build pretty much any character you want (and playing to extremes in your SPECIAL is worth a ton of replays on its own), fun story and characters, great side quests in each town (New Reno boxing champ/pornstar/mob boss all at once? why not!) Definitely get killaps restoration if you get this, which you should even if you're going with BG2 for now.

 

[CrichtonKicks]

GOG with mods, imo. The unofficial patches make the game much better.

I think most of the popular mods are compatible eWith the EEs now.

 

[Northeastmonk]

GOG no longer has the Fallout games for sale. Those who bought it before, good job.

I'd say BG2 first. If you really want to play a nuclear blowout, play Fallout. It's a easy choice. The other is probably one of the better examples of DnD RPGs.

 

[Dire]

I think Baldur's Gate 2 probably aged a bit better than Fallout 2. In FO2, for instance, most of the NPCs look a bit too similar, including important ones. But both games are absolutely amazing in their own way. I think FO2 is great to play after playing FO3 since it gives you a better understanding of why so many FO2 fans were extremely disappointed by FO3. Oblivion with guns, ironically contrasting music and 50s aesthetic is is not Fallout 3 - it's Oblivion with guns, ironically contrasting music and 50s aesthetic.

 

[JohnGrimm]

Fallout.
Baldur's Gate.
No! Fallout!
Baldur's Gate Goddammit!

Spoiler

Get both, play one, and save the other for a rainy day.

 

[Dire]

so related question for people in this thread. BG/BG2, EE or GOG (with/without mods?)?

I passed on the EE since they included microtransactions and extra content with it, at least on the mobile version. Most of the non-content "improvements" were already available in various unofficial patches/mods. Baldur's Gate 2, like most classic older games, was very well balanced and challenging. In my experience modern games, particularly once you factor in microtransactions/DLC, are abysmally balanced. I simply don't trust them to not ruin the game with their extra content.

Of course that is 101% speculation and bias. Can anybody who's played through both comment on the extra content? Is it well balanced alongside the other content?

 

[Axass]

BGII is one unrivaled masterpiece of gaming, but it will destroy your time.

It's an epic classic and you must play it once in your life.

Spoiler

Get both, play one, and save the other for a rainy day.

I'm sure you meant "for a rainy month".

 

[gravitybear]

after much internal debate I think I'm going to do BG 1 & 2. This will probably take me months to accomplish, but if I've learned one thing on GAF it's that I'm a terrible person if I've never played these games.

So final question - are these two mod lists pretty good for the first play through?

http://www.gog.com/news/enhance_the_gameplay_in_your_edition_of_baldurs_gate_from_gogcom

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=406868 (1st post)