Reddit mentions of Baldur's Gate Box Set (Sweden)

Amazon has the complete series for $17. I got mine there a few months ago.

Here are a few great older games that have had a lot of influence on some newer titles.




Star Control 2 -
Open world space explorer RPG with fantastic writing and gameplay.
Definite all time favorite and widely considered one of the best games of all time.
If you've played a Mass Effect game, you'll notice some striking similarities. ;)

*It's been ported to both Mac and PC under the name "The Ur-Quan Masters" and is free to download here.




Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn - Party based, single-player fantasy RPG with a combat system and universe loosely based around the D&D ruleset. The world within the game is surprisingly vast with loads of cool quests and items. The 2D graphic set makes for a smoother gameplay experience than, say, Neverwinter Nights, it's spiritual successor, so it should run like a dream on your netbook. Dragon Age: Origins borrowed a great deal from the Baldur's Gate series.

Available on Amazon along with Baldur's Gate 1 and expansions for both here.



X-Com: UFO Defense - Sci-Fi RTS with RPG and city-builder elements mixed in.

You manage a shadow organization tasked with defending the earth from alien invaders and funded by nations based on your performance in their territories. The goal is to build bases, intercept UFOs, clean up crash sites, defend cities under siege, and eventually go on the offensive. X-Com is often within the top 10 of many "top 100" game lists. There have been many attempts at reviving the success of the franchise with different iterations of the basic gameplay elements, but none have come close to the quality of the original.

X-Com: UFO Defense is available through Steam along with sequels here

If you are looking for a challenging RPG with a great story, Baldur's Gate is just what you need. It's old school hardcore DnD. Also you can take your character through the first game and import them into Baldur's Gate 2 and take them all the way to level 40 if you get the expansions.

You can easily get 200+ hours out of the games (BG1 + Exp + BG2 +Exp). The graphics are old, but the gameplay still stands up.

http://www.amazon.com/Baldurs-Gate-4-1-Boxset-PC/dp/B000FGA1US/ref=pd_bxgy_vg_text_c

20 bucks, enjoy one of the best RPGs ever made.


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In regards to Icewind Dale Series. It's basically the same as Baldur's Gate but the story is much weaker. nonetheless this series is also HIGHLY recommended.

There's a 4 in 1 boxset of the original (Non EE version) of 1, and 2.

Amazon/

As far as finding it on GoG though, I'm not sure.

Alright, for BG1 and 2 there are more or less 4 essential mods (along with the need for patches).

• Baldur's Gate Unfinished Business (for 1 and 2, they are separate)
  It adds content that was restored and ended up not making it in the game and some interesting little things created by the community.
  
• Baldur's Gate Tutu.
  Now this one is essential, it makes BG1 look like BG2
  
• Widescreen Patch... Too good.
  
  http://www.pocketplane.net/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=161&Itemid=114 UB BG1
  
  http://www.pocketplane.net/mambo/index.php?option=content&task=blogcategory&id=101&Itemid=80 UB BG2
  
  http://www.pocketplane.net/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=143&Itemid=98 BG1 Tutu
  
  http://www.gibberlings3.net/widescreen/ Widescreen mod
  
  http://www.gamefront.com/files/1324931/BGTalesUS5512_exe Tales of Sword Coast Patch
  
  http://www.moddb.com/games/baldurs-gate-ii/downloads/bgii-tob-english-patch-version-26498 BG 2 Throne of Bhaal Patch
  
  BG is my favorite RPG series and these mods really made me love the game even more (Widescreen is seriously awesome, I find the sweet spot to be 1280x720)
  
  If you are looking to buy BG I recommend getting the D&D Anthology (Comes with BG1-2, PST, IWD1-2 and The Temple of Elemental Evil) or you can get the 4 in 1 box set.
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Dragons-Classic-Anthology-Pc/dp/B005JQ064A
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Baldurs-Gate-4-1-Boxset-Pc/dp/B000FGA1US/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1342110170&sr=1-1&keywords=baldur%27s+gate
  
  I have them both and they are super easy to mod :)
  Hope that helps!

Shut up and take my money!

It doesn't matter than I own http://www.amazon.com/Baldurs-Gate-4-1-Boxset-Pc/dp/B000FGA1US/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343763233&sr=8-1&keywords=baldur%27s+gate+compilation already!

Have you heard of Amazon?

Amazon has a pretty sweet deal too, all 4 for about $17

Here is a link!

edit: fixed typo and added a link

Amazing contest! Can I enter for my brother /u/NotmynameTommy? I'm not a big video game fan, but I'd love to give him something so amazing! These are the games we used to play growing up!

Last time I played through BG it was on XP and it worked fine for the most part. BG1 was very rough, but you can use the tutu mods to play it with BG2's engine, which was much improved. There's also a widescreen mod that worked well for me.

Also: http://www.amazon.com/Baldurs-Gate-4-1-Boxset-Pc/dp/B000FGA1US/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1269630374&sr=8-1

I don't think you can beat many of the RPG's for depth (in terms of content, immersion, etc) so I'll stick to those.

Baldur's Gate series, Fallout series (the older ones especially!), Icewind Dale series, Dragon Age, Mass Effect - in short, basically anything from Bioware. If I had to choose one among that list it would probably be Baldur's Gate 2 - it isn't easy to convey how deep the game is so just check it out and see for yourself.

A lot of these games I mentioned are older and are available cheaply in collections (talk about value for money!). You may need to do a little bit of tweaking to run them on Vista or Win 7 but it is easy to find directions online with a little bit of searching:
Baldur's Gate Box Set $19.99 on Amazon.com
Fallout Trilogy $16.61 on Amazon.com
Icewind Dale Collection $20.98 on Amazon.com

I'd probably also recommend Morrowind (from Bethesda) and Oblivion, though I'd recommend Morrowind over Oblivion if you had to pick one.

If RPGs aren't your cup of tea, I also have a short list of shooters that offer tactical depth in single-player and/or develop their game worlds well:
The Orange Box (HL2 + Expansions), Far Cry (trust me on this one it is actually a decently long FPS that can be quite engaging and tactical), Crysis (if you have a strong enough PC to run it, you'll find it offers some very intense and involved firefights).

If you want the Enhanced Edition, which will run on any modern machine with minimal issues, you'll need to cough up $20 for each of the two games per copy unless you want to wait until it's on sale (which it usually is around big sales).

If you can handle the low resolution and some bugs of the original version, you can find a box set here. I have both and the original version is totally playable if you don't mind a learning curve.

Icewind Dale has better gameplay than Baldur's Gate 1, but is worse than Baldur's Gate 2. Icewind Dale 2 runs on a version of D&D 3rd edition while the other games I mentioned are all modified versions of Advanced D&D (which is 2nd edition).

Seeing as you get to ask for ONE game - perhaps bundle-sets would be the best way to go?

I know you said RPGs and FPS, but if you like strategy games these (slightly older) bundle-sets

Civilization Chronicles

Total War Eras

Or for RPG, if you can handle the older RPG stuff

Baldur's Gate 4 in 1 Boxset

Get this:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FGA1US

I think i looked into tutu once. I do happen to have this so that might be a good idea. Definitely many hours of play there.

Have all my upvotes my friend.

This is what I've got.

you can get Dungeon Siege for dirt cheap and its a good PC game. Played with 4 others for like 16hrs and still didn't finish all the content for 1.. now they are up to Dunegon Siege III.

Also, if you are going to get Neverwinter Nights, make sure you get the platinum edition. Its still cheap right now and it has all of the networking fixes that made multiplayer broken in the past.

Or just kick it old school with Balders Gate...http://www.amazon.com/Baldurs-Gate-4-1-Boxset-Pc/dp/B000FGA1US/ref=pd_sim_vg5