Baldur's Gate 2 Original cRPG

Baldur's Gate 2 cRPG

Welcome to my cRPG blog on Baldur's Gate 2, a cRPG developed by BioWare Corp. in 2000, built on the Infinity Engine. Baldur's Gate 2 is the direct sequel to Baldur's Gate 1, also developed by BioWare.

As of 2025 I have published over 300 hyperlinked articles and 250k words on classic Baldur's Gate 2. In length the equivalent to a few novels, no one in the world has written more on Baldur's Gate 2 than I have over the game's 25 year aka ¼ of a century history.

Note also that my commentary is supported by 500 screencaps and 200 infographics, all based on the original Baldur's Gate 2.

Mod Commentary

• Best Mods BG2
• ToBEx BG2
• BG2 Fixpack
• Tweaks Anthology
• SCS BG2
• Sword Coast Stratagems Guide
• Tactics Mod BG2
• BG2 Improved GUI
• Ascension BG2
• IWDification Mod
• Ding0's Tweak Pack
• Item Revisions
• Spell Revisions

Build Commentary

• Fighter Mage Multi-class
• Fighter Cleric Multi-class
• Fighter Mage Thief Multi-class
• Fighter Mage Cleric Multi-class
• Cleric Ranger Multi-class
• Archer Cleric Dual-class
• Ranger Cleric Dual-class
• Kensai Mage Dual-class
• Kensai Thief Dual-class
• Berserker Druid dual-class
• Priest of Lathander Fighter Dual-class
• Swashbuckler Mage Dual-class

Mechanics Commentary

• Best Classes BG2
• Best Races BG2
• Items BG2
• Best Weapons BG2 -- Best Dual-wield Weapons BG2
• Best Bows BG2
• Best HLAs BG2
• Best Arrows BG2
• Best Party BG2
• Best Companions BG2
• Best Spells BG2
• Armor Class BG2
• THAC0 BG2
• ApR BG2
• Bhaalspawn BG2
• Bhaalspawn Abilities BG2
• Baldur's Gate 2 NPCs
• Baldur's Gate 2 Enemies
• Damage Resistance BG2
• Magic Resistance BG2
• Magic Damage Resistance BG2
• CHARNAME Baldur's Gate
• Kensai Kai Damage
• Assassin Mage Backstab
• Kensai Thief Backstab
• Assassin Cleric Backstab
• Monk Unarmed Damage
• Vorpal BG2
• Prophecy of Alaundo

Criticism

• No Reload Baldur's Gate 2
• BG1 vs BG2
• Canon Party BG2
• Chateau Irenicus BG2

Class Commentary

Archer BG2	Blade BG2	Jester BG2	Priest of Talos	Swashbuckler BG2
Assassin BG2	Bounty Hunter BG2	Kensai BG2	Ranger BG2	Thief BG2
Avenger BG2	Cavalier BG2	Mage BG2	Shapeshifter BG2	Totemic Druid BG2
Barbarian BG2	Cleric BG2	Monk BG2	Skald BG2	Undead Hunter
Bard BG2	Druid BG2	Paladin BG2	Sorcerer BG2	Wild Mage BG2
Beast Master BG2	Fighter BG2	Priest of Helm	Specialist Mage	Wizard Slayer
Berserker BG2	Inquisitor BG2	Priest of Lathander	Stalker BG2	Best Classes BG2

Companion Commentary

Best Companions BG2	Aerie BG2	Jan Jansen BG2	Jaheira BG2	Edwin BG2	Nalia BG2
Anomen BG2	Haer'Dalis BG2	Keldorn BG2	Minsc BG2	Valygar BG2	Korgan BG2
Mazzy BG2	Viconia BG2	Sarevok BG2	Yoshimo BG2	Imoen BG2	Cernd BG2

Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn

• Baldur's Gate 2 Walkthrough
• de'Arnise Keep Walkthrough

Throne of Bhaal

• Throne of Bhaal Review
• Illasera SCS
• Gromnir SCS
• Yaga Shura SCS
• Sendai SCS
• Balthazar Ascension

Baldur's Gate 2 System Requirements

Baldur's Gate 2 requires an Intel Pentium II 233 MHz CPU and 32 megs of RAM. In addition, Baldur's Gate 2 requires a 4-speed CD-ROM drive, DirectX 7.0-compliant sound card and a DirectX 7.0-compliant video card with 4 megs of vRAM. Baldur's Gate requires a minimum 750 megs of hard disk drive space and Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, Windows NT 4.0 or XP.

Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn was distributed on 4x CD-ROMs and extracts and installs to hard disk drive via Baldur's Gate 2 Installation. The full install size of v2.0.23037 is 2 gigs and consists of 1,112 files.

Baldur's Gate 2: Throne of Bhaal was distributed on 1x CD-ROM and extracts and installs to hard disk drive via Throne of Bhaal Installation. The full install size of BG2 becomes 2.6 gigs and consists of 1,871 files.

The final official version of Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn is v2.0.23037 whereas the final official version of Throne of Bhaal is v2.5.26498.

Baldur's Gate 2 Credits

Baldur's Gate 2 was produced by Ben Smedstad, directed by James Ohlen, lead-designed by Kevin Martens, lead-programmed by Mark Darrah, lead-animated by Steven Gilmour, and composed by Michael Hoenig and Howard Drossin.

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