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Baldur's Gate Official Strategy Guide [Paperback]

Bill Keith (Author), Nina Keith (Author)
2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (61 customer reviews)

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Publication Date: Dec 23 1998 | Series: Bradygames Strategy Guides
The BradyGames official strategy guide includes walkthroughs to help the player complete each quest. - Full list of items, weapons, magic, armory and monsters. - Chapters broken down into simple hints or detailed secrets as much or as little help as the player wants. - Tips for creating the perfect character.

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If there remained any doubt in gamers' minds, let it now be officially put to rest: the role-playing game (RPG) drought is over. And though we've seen a number of solid RPGs in recent years, none has been quite so impressive as Interplay's Baldur's Gate. This epic title, based on the Forgotten Realms universe from TSR's Dungeons & Dragons, is simply one of the largest, most ambitious, and most enjoyable RPGs ever. But let's be realistic: even the most seasoned fantasy adventurer needs a hint or two from time to time. BradyGames' guide to Baldur's Gate has all the info you need to survive your journey through Faerun. It starts out with a guide to the guide, which explains how the book is set up and which sections reveal lots of information and which ones offer basic advice only. Using this as a reference, you can then rely on the book to pick out just the information you need without spoiling any of the key plot elements in the game. Some of the topics covered include character creation (always one of the best parts of any RPG), spells and spellcasting, basic movement and control in Faerun, and, of course, a complete walkthrough. Unlike other strategy guides, however, this walkthrough is just an example. Since Baldur's Gate is different every time it's played, the experiences of Diana Nightflame (the authors' character) will not be identical to your own. The book closes with a description of each important location in the game, along with a list of things you must do at each (as well as some things you probably should do). Basically, this is the perfect companion guide for anyone journeying through the land of Faerun. --Michael Ryan

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BradyGames Baldur's Gate Official Strategy Guide includes: WALKTHROUGH--A complete walkthrough of the game as told through the journal of the fighter-mage Diana Nightflame, SECRETS--Discover the solutions to all the complicated riddles, and uncover the hidden secrets in the game, SUB PLOTS--Delve into the mini-quests and non-player characters that you will encounter during this grand quest.

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2.0 out of 5 stars It's marginally helpful getting through the game Jun 6 2010
By Kenneth Sandberg
I am having a terrible time getting through the Baulder's Gate game, and I thought this would make it easier. It does, but not by as much as I had hoped. I have found that the only really successful way through this game is hit and miss. The book just doesn't tell you enough about various problems to be meaningfully helpful. (I don't want to be spoon fed, but sometimes I might just as well play the game without the darn book.)
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5.0 out of 5 stars You People Are On Dope Nov 2 2003
By Stealth
Dude seriously whats up with these people and complaining about a book? First of All This Guide Is The BEst one realeased cuz like some one else said it lets you chose you own decisions and some idiot also said it didnt show how to find an ankehg plate mail, well Mr Idiot if you Had Actually Bothered To Play the game you would have found that there is a monster called just that.......no not idiot.....called ankehg and if you even maneged to kill him you would have found that you get its Shell...and once again if you had played the game you would have hear that thunderhammer smithy makes "special"armor and incase you didnt even know WHERE he Was Well He's Located In Beregost that building in the east just click on the door and open then you pay him money give him the shell wait a tenday and there ya go........and i hope this helped other people too who werent sure how to get this mail plate. And If Your Gonna Whine About A Book That This Person Maybe SO it could help you and all you do is cry well make a guide of your own then whine as much as you want if you even get to make a guide that contains 1/12th of the entire game:P So yeah to Those Interested In This Guide Give It A chance and Dont Listen to these guys who haent even tried playing every single quest i hope this was helpful to all you thinking about buying this book!:D
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1.0 out of 5 stars Very incomplete Aug 13 2002
By Falcon91Wolvrn03
This book doesn't even come close to giving away all the Baldur's Gate secrets. It seems as though it tries to help guide you without giving away too much. To me that defeats the purpose of a strategy guide. In my opinion, a strategy guide should list ALL the treasures, ALL the traps, ALL the hidden items, ALL the subplots, etc. This book doesn't, and I felt it was a waste of money. I found better strategy guides on the web.
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Most recent customer reviews
2.0 out of 5 stars This book is okay... If you lost your game manual.
This book is incredibly bad. Its mostly just the manual reprinted. Under the character section I didn't find how to make a good character, I found the exact same descriptions... Read more
Published on July 26 2002
2.0 out of 5 stars Extremely worthless...
This "guide" if it qualifies to be called that, has all but no content, it's cryptic, obscure, gives no direct information, and free text/graphic guides from fan sites or... Read more
Published on July 18 2002 by "asestrin"
1.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Worthless
Some people apparently liked this book because it didn't give away too much of the plot.... why were these people reading a guidebook? The Icewind Dale guidebook was amazing. Read more
Published on July 12 2002 by Charles Harrington
1.0 out of 5 stars lacks info for beginners
I was very disapointed in the book. One of the main pieces of information I was looking for was how the ratings of weapons and armor work, ie is a 2D4 sword better or worse than a... Read more
Published on May 26 2002 by D. Mcginnis
2.0 out of 5 stars I agree with John Ciko
I use stategy guides to answer specific questions about games, items, and quests. This book is almost worthless. Read more
Published on Mar 14 2002 by Dale L. Housley
4.0 out of 5 stars Allows you to "cheat" as much, or as little, as you want!
This is an excellent guide! It has basically three different levels of "aid" that you can utilize as you play BG. Read more
Published on Jan 24 2002 by Russell P. Horton
2.0 out of 5 stars To spoil or not to spoil...
Well, there is a lot to say, but I begin with this: buy this book, but know that you are buying a badly written book with a lot of flaws and bad aspects. Read more
Published on Aug 2 2001 by Ivan Soares Correia
1.0 out of 5 stars Baldur's Gate : Official Strategy Guide review
I found this book hard to use, due to its journal form. It was confusing because of the use of the words I, me, and mine, as it was told from a first-person view. Read more
Published on May 11 2001 by "hideyoshi"
1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this book
As soon as I bought this book I regretted it because I found a free website that is MUCH better. The book gives a few hints here and there and helps out on certain stuff.
Published on Dec 3 2000 by Jon McMahan
1.0 out of 5 stars This guide is a waste of money!
...The hints and info it does offer up are of no great value.You could learn the same things by simply saving the game and tryingthe different conversation paths in each NPC... Read more
Published on Oct 24 2000
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