Yes, somehow I prefer this one over BG3 main theme. I'm still trying to decide if it is based purely on nostalgia, but the more I listen to them both, the more I think this one is still better.
not really. there are tons of good main menu themes in the old games from the bg2 era. have u heard sacred 1? or the medieval strategies? or diablo 2? or warcraft/world of warcraft? nearly every game had amazing soundtrack lmao
it's one of THOSE games... where the stars aligned to make story, music, setting, graphics and character of the game such that BG2 became one of the absolute best classic RPG of the last two decades. I have nothing but fond memories of my 6 playthroughs
It's one of the best games ever made. Full stop. Not just RPG's. Games. A timeless masterpiece that likely will never be followed up or enjoyed in the same regard.
Not much has come close to this. Fallout and KOTOR are somewhat close. Mass Effect before Andromeda a little further down the ladder, but all in all very decent. But BG2 epitomizes everything RPGs are about.
@@JohnWood-w9n Baldur's Gate 3 was, and is, amazing! Just don't have the same nostalgia as I have for Baldur's Gate II just yet. Give it 20 years and I'm sure it'll happen. :)
@@ReclusiarchLP Baldur's Gate 3 is amazing, a wonder, an achievement. I'm the one who's changed and grown and jaded up lol. Baldur's Gate 2 probably hit different because we were different.
The BG Series, especially BG 2, was- Hands Down- The longest, most epic game I have ever played in my entire life. The characters, the storyline, action, all of it- Truly Magical. Bioware, my hat's off to you...........
The Lord of Murder shall perish, but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny. Chaos will be sewn from their passage. So sayeth the wise Alaundo.
This track reminds me of a friend of mine who passed away last christmas. We used to play this together when we were kids but we never completed it. Borrowed it from him a month or so before he died and I have only just begun playing it. This reminds me so much of back then.. Almost started crying the first time I listened to this track again especially the part from 0:52. But now I'm gonna complete what we never finished. Ahh the memories..
@@lilalaune4202 wow yeah it's been a while since I posted this. I got stuck some where in the middle of the game, cant remember why Though. Maybe I should try getting back to it
agaeus Yeeesss~ right when the horn comes in, and again at 1:14 when the high brass takes it.. Such a s trange thrill when goosebumps are layered upon goosebumps.
That track is so short yet it captures the essence of an adventure, this is like a summary of a good D&D or fantasy adventure genre in general. 0:00 - 0:50 : The basic fabula, the classic black and white evil vs good story, the epic feel of adventure, the glorious, heroic action. 0:51 onward : The self-reflection of the characters and the players who made and play them, the substance behind the heroes masks and their fairy tales, the ultimate point and moral of the whole story, the character development and inner conflicts, the lessons and the growth.
I'm not sure how many hours I spent at character screen or how many times I restarted just to sit there and stare at the portraits to that part of the song.
It's not even nostalgia, but main themes of those legendary games are miles above and beyond of anything I have come to hear from later games. And I have more scrobbles of IWD soundtrack than Tool's Lateralus. soundtrack
People always mention nostalgia trying to downplay what you're saying. Baldur's gate 1-2 music is miles better and has much more personality than BG3. I guess if you consider Mozart better than Nicki Minaj it is nostalgia too.
Totally agree. It's one of my all time favourite 'go-to' pieces of music whenever i just want to drift away to something beautiful. And from a videogame no less, gems like this and Planescape Torment's ballad are woefully unrecognized in mainstream composing if you ask me. Michael Hoenig / jeremy Soule are legends.
even the usually boring and strenuous act of inserting a CD in the drive of your PC becomes a fabulous tale of adventure and epicness if it's Shadows of Amn your holding in hand
Agreed so hard. I've been looking for a worth successor to Baldur's Gate II since forever. Nothing even comes close. Everything nowadays is balanced and streamlined and sterile: Baldur's Gate II was gloriously unbalanced, arcane, and cheesy. It was a happy accident in a genre that was still in its infancy. There will probably never be another like it.
+digital wayfarer Oh, I wish you were wrong about this. But I fear you may be right, considering this latest years' trend of dumbing down every aspect of RPGs until nothing but some sort of tasteless soup come out. Pillars of Eternity was one of my last hopes to see a successor of sorts for our beloved BGII - and, as far as my game experience with it goes- it was a complete failure. Maybe Tides of Numenera? We can just hope, at this point.
+digital wayfarer The genre wasn't in its infancy anymore in the 90s. Influental RPGs like the Ultima games had already been released in the 80s. Some even in the 70s. If you're looking for a Game like BG2 have you tried "Planescape:Torment"?
+rendomone I did, and I...uhm, didn't like it very much. Music, setting, storyline and characters were wonderfully crafted, but I really couldn't get pass the awkward class and combat mechanics. Don't know why, but I always feel a little guilty admitting this.
Thanks Yoshimo, for pulling my ass through the game with your snares, standing back and throwing one into a room after opening the door in the shadows was one of my favorite things to do and having them run out and attack only to be blasted in the face with more :) Vamps and illithids #1 for that, along with arrows and bullets flying at them, i love this game.
J'ai joué à plusieurs milliers de jeux dans ma vie et écouté autant D'OST. Jamais je n'ai ressenti autant d'émotion qu'en 2001 lorsque j'ai découvert ce jeu. Il y a bien eu Super Metroid, Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, Zelda Ocarina of Time, Morrowind, Final Fantasy 7 et bien d'autres, mais Baldur's Gate 2 restera pour moi le meilleur jeu de l'histoire. Le chef d'œuvre ultime.
Great, amazing.... no words can express my gratitude! This game IS the GAME! Never ever have i found such complex, original, fantastic game! Thanks uploader, this vid brought tears to my eyes along with the memories.
One of the last RPGs to have that perfect mix of open-ended adventure (Oblivion) with an engaging storyline (not Oblivion.) Perhaps Mass Effect might be the next big one but I might be too old to truly appreciate 80+ hour rich gameplay that came from games like these. All time favorites in order: BG2, Ultima 7, Ultima 5, KOTOR I, Bards Tale III. Yes I'm old school.
Hands down, NO game I have ever played, past or present, has ever quite repeated the experience I had with the BG series.......... Best game ever, and there probably will never be one quite like it again. I'll always remember it.
Ce jeu a été ma plus belle expérience vidéoludique, quelle claque j'avais pris. Même plus de 20 ans plus tard, aucun jeu ne m'a procuré autant de sensations.
I edited my own version of the mp3 to start around the 0:52 mark and just looped it a good 4/5 times to recreate that classic 'spend 2 hours in character creation screen' tradition ;).
I remember when I skip school just to play BG2, i love mass effect and all rpg games but Baldur's Gate is the best game EVER made. I have a nostalgia just listening the theme :)
Dude you can get it off GOG for 10 bucks. Cheap as piss considering how good of a game it is. I remember buying it for about 40 bucks when I was a lot younger, and I'm happy to pay the 10er for it now. Also, GOG tweak old games up a bit to make them run well on new machines. It really is worth it. (not a sponsored post)
Check out Pillars Of Eternity. Made by old BioWare Crew. Started from Kick Starter. Will be out hopefully later this year... based on old Infinity Engine.
There were great western RPG games...Fallout 1 & 2, TES 1-4, Disciples, Gothic (It's from Germany, so dunno if that counts)...now, western RPG games are shit. Only Japan makes some decent games, most notably Dark Souls, if you don't like "anime" stuff.
The Witcher, Cyberpunk 2077, Pillars of Eternity, Wasteland 2, Planescape Torment: Tides of Numenera. Gotta say, it's pretty bright considering what a shitty state the games industry is in right now.
This game is THE best game ever. Period. There is no game in the world that can compete with this game's depth, characters, freedom, level of challenge and tactical possibilities.
This should have been used in the trailer for BG3, at the beginning of some battle... starting from the drumroll at 0:16 so that people would suddenly realize they are watching baldurs gate 3 trailer.
Having finished over 150 games, Baldur's Gate 2 is in my opinion still the best and most memorable and this theme never fails to give me goosebumps. If you didn't cheese it, the difficulty was just right. The companions (Minsc, Jan, etc.) were some of the most memorable characters in gaming. Even the romances were tasteful (My god, you mean sex ISN'T the ultimate goal in a relationship?). I got teary at the epilogues. One of the pinnacles of gaming. "Ah, the Child of Bhaal has awoken..."
still haven't found game better than this...few times started it over, simply can't get it out of my head...story, gameplay...today's games may look much better but game expirience is far beyond this
I love this so much.. Me and my friend just had an argument on whether classical music is better that this. Classics are generally accepted to be the exemplars of music itself, yet I would prefer Baldur's Gate 2 or Arcanum or Morrowind themes to almost any of the classical ones. A melody doesn't have to be complex to be beautiful, which is the case here.
Baldur's Gate -series blew my mind back in the days and it still does O.o The dialogue, characters, plot, combat, MUSIC... Hell, bloody everything was fantastic.
Just got the urge to play the game and it's expansion again after so many year, so I bought EE and I gotta say when the main theme blasted from the speakers I felt a tingle in my spine, almost felt like tearing up.. it was that feeling of meeting an old friend after long years!
Started a lets play of it recently with my two buddies, must be like the 20th time ive kicked off a full run of this. Got to the character creator screen right about where the main theme is done and 0:52 kicks off on loop... Gave me 'the feelz' xD. I'll be taking this game with me to the grave just incase there's an afterlife with functioning desktop PCs....
Baldur's Gate II was one of those rare sequels that was actually better than the first game! Black Isle and Bioware really outdid themselves with this gem!
Meh, I was raised on "new" RPGs, but I wish modern RPGs were actual RPGs, and not those so called "Action RPGs" or "New style RPGs". The gameplay is just incomparable, then it was tactical and engaging, now it's button mashing. Just look at Baldur's Gate, KOTOR, Neverwinter Nights and then at Dragon Age, Skyrim or even The Witcher 2 (which was excellent in every aspect, aside from gameplay).
War... War never changes... I would also mention Mass Effect series... even though enging was kind of crappy :D on the other hand, one of most important "RP factors" is immersion. So, right after Fallouts, BGs, KotORs and MEs comes DeusEx, or System Shock 2... and finally... a game, where you eat and grow fat, visit a gym to build up muscle, ocassionally date some girls, participate in many "side quest" activities, like burglary or firefighting... and more... game that has interesting and funny main storyline... so, yes, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is, in some way, quite complex RPG game :D
Yeah, San Andreas was surprisingly complex and all those activities were actually fun there. Never tried Deus Ex or system chock. I'm not too fond of that cyberpunk atmosphere and the graphics are kinda off to me. (I'm not graphics whore, but I just can't bear early 3d graphics. I preffer 2d graphicss to them). Buut I guess I should at least give them a try sometime in the future.
So Baldurs Gate 3 could have used a little more inspiration from this song, BG2 music score is darker, but yet heroic. The score for BG3 is good, but I think it is a little too light hearted.
They tried to re-create the music in the menu with BG III but its just not the same. I dont think any game will be able to surpass BG II theme (at least in my eyes).
Hah, says a guy who cant appreciate what came before 😂....Baldur's Gate 3 is great game, but lot of of us had wished that its soundtrack would have been more in line with previous games, especially the theme.
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20 years past and it is still the best main theme ever.
Yes, somehow I prefer this one over BG3 main theme. I'm still trying to decide if it is based purely on nostalgia, but the more I listen to them both, the more I think this one is still better.
not really. there are tons of good main menu themes in the old games from the bg2 era. have u heard sacred 1? or the medieval strategies? or diablo 2? or warcraft/world of warcraft? nearly every game had amazing soundtrack lmao
@@martinivanov1319 Try Heroes of might and magic 4, dayum dat music
Love you baby u are sexy
I prefer the main BG3 theme song. But both masterpieces are on my playlist indefinitely.
The nostalgia just slaps you across the face and you get lost in it. One of the best rpgs to ever grace the gaming world
The pc box with that FAT ring binder manual and double cd case. It made you feel.the depth of the journey ahead
@@3619jon Agree fully, still have it will be with me until I die =)
Indeed my friend, this is the invisible bond that connects many of us together.
it's one of THOSE games...
where the stars aligned to make story, music, setting, graphics and character of the game such that BG2 became one of the absolute best classic RPG of the last two decades.
I have nothing but fond memories of my 6 playthroughs
You forgot one of the best parts of BG2, the super addictive and replayable gameplay
It's one of the best games ever made. Full stop. Not just RPG's. Games. A timeless masterpiece that likely will never be followed up or enjoyed in the same regard.
The ONE game, where the only thing I would like to see redone is adaptation of 2 Edition rules into 3.5.
I wish i could forget this game to PLAY IT AGAIN, AGAIN AND AGAIN!
+Silencerof knowledge can be a a blessing.. Or a curse
I am about to start this up for the first time. Wonder what awaits me...
Nearly 17 years later and still the best RPG ever made
Not much has come close to this. Fallout and KOTOR are somewhat close. Mass Effect before Andromeda a little further down the ladder, but all in all very decent.
But BG2 epitomizes everything RPGs are about.
Palle Andersen
you forgot to mention Witcher series AND Dragon Age Origins
BG2SoA still the best, agree on that.
Ah, the child of Bhaal has Awoken. It is time for more...experiments...
MORE INTRUDERS HAVE ENTERED THE COMPLEX... MASTER
Piiiiiiiiii...iiiii..ppipipi - Boo says to Minsc after he says it's bath time for Boo.
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Got nice lookin' waitresses don't-I, euughhh huh huh huh - every creepy tavern owner.
Life... is strength.
Wake up you! Wake up! COME ON! We have to get out of here!
Anyone else getting a really bittersweet feeling?
I don't know if you're still around, but yeah man. Yeah
No bc bg3
@@JohnWood-w9n Baldur's Gate 3 was, and is, amazing! Just don't have the same nostalgia as I have for Baldur's Gate II just yet. Give it 20 years and I'm sure it'll happen. :)
@ReclusiarchLP Agreed, some things have been lost
@@ReclusiarchLP
Baldur's Gate 3 is amazing, a wonder, an achievement. I'm the one who's changed and grown and jaded up lol. Baldur's Gate 2 probably hit different because we were different.
The people who dislike this theme just lost 10 000 experience points. .
"Go for the eyes, Boo! Go for the eyes!"
3 best RPG games ever made: 1. Baldurs Gate 2, Fallout 2, Planescape: Torment.
Where's Baldur's Gate 3?
@@Jayy997-Baldur's Gate- Divinity 3**
If you beat Baldur's Gate, put that on your résumé. Playing this game is an experience you cannot get anywhere else.
The BG Series, especially BG 2, was- Hands Down- The longest, most epic game I have ever played in my entire life. The characters, the storyline, action, all of it- Truly Magical. Bioware, my hat's off to you...........
@Dcard Dcardian yeah the new one is basically just Divinity 3
@Zack Gabbert, the new one is as bad as DOSes are
@@wserthmar8908 I figured it wasn't going to be good. We can't have nice things anymore
Isn't it Obsidian and not Bioware?
@Sergio Abel, absolutely not
The Lord of Murder shall perish, but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny. Chaos will be sewn from their passage. So sayeth the wise Alaundo.
This track reminds me of a friend of mine who passed away last christmas. We used to play this together when we were kids but we never completed it. Borrowed it from him a month or so before he died and I have only just begun playing it. This reminds me so much of back then.. Almost started crying the first time I listened to this track again especially the part from 0:52. But now I'm gonna complete what we never finished. Ahh the memories..
I know it has been a long time, but if, by any chance, your account is still active, would you let me know if you managed to complete it?
@@lilalaune4202 wow yeah it's been a while since I posted this. I got stuck some where in the middle of the game, cant remember why Though. Maybe I should try getting back to it
That part at 0:59. I got so many goosebumps that my shirt is in shreds.
me its at 0:53
agaeus Yeeesss~ right when the horn comes in, and again at 1:14 when the high brass takes it.. Such a s trange thrill when goosebumps are layered upon goosebumps.
That track is so short yet it captures the essence of an adventure, this is like a summary of a good D&D or fantasy adventure genre in general.
0:00 - 0:50 : The basic fabula, the classic black and white evil vs good story, the epic feel of adventure, the glorious, heroic action.
0:51 onward : The self-reflection of the characters and the players who made and play them, the substance behind the heroes masks and their fairy tales, the ultimate point and moral of the whole story, the character development and inner conflicts, the lessons and the growth.
I'm not sure how many hours I spent at character screen or how many times I restarted just to sit there and stare at the portraits to that part of the song.
@@benthesodaman6582 me too 🙂
this makes me want to play the game all over again so much! God I loved this game!!!
i have already started playing the game again
You mean Bhaal, not God? OMB!!!
It's not even nostalgia, but main themes of those legendary games are miles above and beyond of anything I have come to hear from later games. And I have more scrobbles of IWD soundtrack than Tool's Lateralus. soundtrack
People always mention nostalgia trying to downplay what you're saying. Baldur's gate 1-2 music is miles better and has much more personality than BG3. I guess if you consider Mozart better than Nicki Minaj it is nostalgia too.
Legend.
Best game series I ever played, hands down........
0:55 character creation music. I love that part. So beautiful.
Totally agree. It's one of my all time favourite 'go-to' pieces of music whenever i just want to drift away to something beautiful. And from a videogame no less, gems like this and Planescape Torment's ballad are woefully unrecognized in mainstream composing if you ask me.
Michael Hoenig / jeremy Soule are legends.
Yes, the theme music that plays when I spam the reroll button at character creation until I roll a 90 lmao.
Le meilleur RPG de tout les temps.
vivre ou mourir pour le pouvoir de Bhaal
Przed wyruszeniem w drogę należy zebrać drużynę.
This theme brings tears to my eyes.
The first 50 seconds of this song is the most epic thing I've ever heard.
No one crosses the Shadow Thieves and lives!!
More intruders have entered the complex, master.
This tune still gives me tingles. Amazing.
Kids, kids. Don't soil the legacy of Baldurs Gate with your yapping.
Stand tall and respect each other.
As a game composer who grew up with this and BG1, can't wait for the 3rd one!
Ay, can't wait for Baldur's Gate III either.
I only just started my adventure in Baldur's Gate, but man, I am SERIOUSLY enjoying it right now.
I hope you liked it
@@cpfelp Haven't had the chance to try it yet... How did you like the game?
@@cpfelp Haven't had the chance to try it yet... How did you like the game?
even the usually boring and strenuous act of inserting a CD in the drive of your PC becomes a fabulous tale of adventure and epicness if it's Shadows of Amn your holding in hand
Ahh, Baldur's Gate II :D
Agreed so hard. I've been looking for a worth successor to Baldur's Gate II since forever. Nothing even comes close. Everything nowadays is balanced and streamlined and sterile: Baldur's Gate II was gloriously unbalanced, arcane, and cheesy. It was a happy accident in a genre that was still in its infancy. There will probably never be another like it.
+digital wayfarer Oh, I wish you were wrong about this. But I fear you may be right, considering this latest years' trend of dumbing down every aspect of RPGs until nothing but some sort of tasteless soup come out. Pillars of Eternity was one of my last hopes to see a successor of sorts for our beloved BGII - and, as far as my game experience with it goes- it was a complete failure. Maybe Tides of Numenera? We can just hope, at this point.
+digital wayfarer The genre wasn't in its infancy anymore in the 90s. Influental RPGs like the Ultima games had already been released in the 80s. Some even in the 70s.
If you're looking for a Game like BG2 have you tried "Planescape:Torment"?
+Aurex Planescape: Torment man. Try it.
+rendomone I did, and I...uhm, didn't like it very much. Music, setting, storyline and characters were wonderfully crafted, but I really couldn't get pass the awkward class and combat mechanics. Don't know why, but I always feel a little guilty admitting this.
Thanks Yoshimo, for pulling my ass through the game with your snares, standing back and throwing one into a room after opening the door in the shadows was one of my favorite things to do and having them run out and attack only to be blasted in the face with more :) Vamps and illithids #1 for that, along with arrows and bullets flying at them, i love this game.
I get Nostalgia out of this Song although I never played the Game. I bought the game today so this will change
go on
J'ai joué à plusieurs milliers de jeux dans ma vie et écouté autant D'OST. Jamais je n'ai ressenti autant d'émotion qu'en 2001 lorsque j'ai découvert ce jeu.
Il y a bien eu Super Metroid, Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, Zelda Ocarina of Time, Morrowind, Final Fantasy 7 et bien d'autres, mais Baldur's Gate 2 restera pour moi le meilleur jeu de l'histoire. Le chef d'œuvre ultime.
when the aliens arive on earth and tell us,show us something about your technology-civilisation,we should give them to play baldurs gate series!!! :D
Great, amazing.... no words can express my gratitude!
This game IS the GAME!
Never ever have i found such complex, original, fantastic game!
Thanks uploader, this vid brought tears to my eyes along with the memories.
One of the last RPGs to have that perfect mix of open-ended adventure (Oblivion) with an engaging storyline (not Oblivion.)
Perhaps Mass Effect might be the next big one but I might be too old to truly appreciate 80+ hour rich gameplay that came from games like these.
All time favorites in order: BG2, Ultima 7, Ultima 5, KOTOR I, Bards Tale III. Yes I'm old school.
thx 4 this!
One of the best game + game song ever made.
Epic Sound for a Epic Game!
one of the best soundrack ever
Hail to the king
Ah, the nostalgia.
Best theme ever imo, remember waiting at main menu before playing just to listen to this :)
same. never rushed. ever. not act 7. Not after hell. Never. It is just magical.
what is your opinion on baldur's gate 3 menu theme?
Hands down, NO game I have ever played, past or present, has ever quite repeated the experience I had with the BG series.......... Best game ever, and there probably will never be one quite like it again. I'll always remember it.
Greatest RPG of all time.
0:58 this part randomly pops in my head from time to time and i always have to remember/find what it's from, leading me back to this theme
Vita
Mortis
Careoooo
Incertus, pulcher, imperio!
Amos, potentis, kaa!
Eyo, didichi, echo!
Fereyas, Credo, Opulus!
how do you know the right words? i was alayws wondering what are they spelling! but that one i love the most: Jó bočó, féé!
Rickard Von Zeipel I thought it was ayo didichi pepto
Rickard Von Zeipel I thought it was ayo didichi pepto
Memories coming back ... that part from 0:22-040 is a really overwhelming hymn for a really overwhelming RPG
!!!!!!
Feel the shivers down your spine...
thanks a lot for posting
Go for the eyes, Boo!
Genius soundtrack, I realized afterd 20 years. I keep listening it.
i always listen to that before i go to bed :D
Do you see Irenicus in your dreams?
Nikolaj Kristensen You will accept the gifts which are offered to you...
Nikolaj Kristensen Yes I do
You are a true child of Bhaal.
Ce jeu a été ma plus belle expérience vidéoludique, quelle claque j'avais pris.
Même plus de 20 ans plus tard, aucun jeu ne m'a procuré autant de sensations.
I wish it lasted a lot longer than 2 mins!
I edited my own version of the mp3 to start around the 0:52 mark and just looped it a good 4/5 times to recreate that classic 'spend 2 hours in character creation screen' tradition ;).
I remember when I skip school just to play BG2, i love mass effect and all rpg games but Baldur's Gate is the best game EVER made. I have a nostalgia just listening the theme :)
Maaaan, I've recently been feeling the pangs to play it again. Such a great saga.
The best game I ever played
Dude you can get it off GOG for 10 bucks. Cheap as piss considering how good of a game it is. I remember buying it for about 40 bucks when I was a lot younger, and I'm happy to pay the 10er for it now. Also, GOG tweak old games up a bit to make them run well on new machines. It really is worth it. (not a sponsored post)
Such good times... where are good western RPGs now? At this rate, Kickstarter will end up being the only hopeful thing.
Check out Pillars Of Eternity. Made by old BioWare Crew. Started from Kick Starter. Will be out hopefully later this year... based on old Infinity Engine.
Or the good RPGs are ignored so the devs can spend more time making Call of Dragon Effect 9: Zombies.
There were great western RPG games...Fallout 1 & 2, TES 1-4, Disciples, Gothic (It's from Germany, so dunno if that counts)...now, western RPG games are shit. Only Japan makes some decent games, most notably Dark Souls, if you don't like "anime" stuff.
Ah man, I remember when I used to play Gothic back in elementary school. Such a great game. :) I need to replay it someday, for the nostalgia.
The Witcher, Cyberpunk 2077, Pillars of Eternity, Wasteland 2, Planescape Torment: Tides of Numenera.
Gotta say, it's pretty bright considering what a shitty state the games industry is in right now.
This game is THE best game ever. Period.
There is no game in the world that can compete with this game's depth, characters, freedom, level of challenge and tactical possibilities.
This should have been used in the trailer for BG3, at the beginning of some battle... starting from the drumroll at 0:16 so that people would suddenly realize they are watching baldurs gate 3 trailer.
Having finished over 150 games, Baldur's Gate 2 is in my opinion still the best and most memorable and this theme never fails to give me goosebumps.
If you didn't cheese it, the difficulty was just right. The companions (Minsc, Jan, etc.) were some of the most memorable characters in gaming. Even the romances were tasteful (My god, you mean sex ISN'T the ultimate goal in a relationship?). I got teary at the epilogues.
One of the pinnacles of gaming.
"Ah, the Child of Bhaal has awoken..."
This music is 100% pure adventure.
still haven't found game better than this...few times started it over, simply can't get it out of my head...story, gameplay...today's games may look much better but game expirience is far beyond this
I love this so much.. Me and my friend just had an argument on whether classical music is better that this. Classics are generally accepted to be the exemplars of music itself, yet I would prefer Baldur's Gate 2 or Arcanum or Morrowind themes to almost any of the classical ones. A melody doesn't have to be complex to be beautiful, which is the case here.
Cowled wizards battling Irenicus at the promenade is probably the coolest battle I've ever witnessed in any video game.
Ahh, the child of Bhaal has awoken. It is time for more...Experiments.
Baldur's Gate -series blew my mind back in the days and it still does O.o
The dialogue, characters, plot, combat, MUSIC... Hell, bloody everything was fantastic.
Brainmotherboard Melting of the nostalgia and fondu cheese memories....
One of the best games I ever played.
Here I am, listening to this in the 2 minutes before the actual release of the 3rd installment.
The bars. They twist and bend with my berserker strenght!
good old times
An absolute banger
the best game ever!!!
Just got the urge to play the game and it's expansion again after so many year, so I bought EE and I gotta say when the main theme blasted from the speakers I felt a tingle in my spine, almost felt like tearing up.. it was that feeling of meeting an old friend after long years!
Started a lets play of it recently with my two buddies, must be like the 20th time ive kicked off a full run of this. Got to the character creator screen right about where the main theme is done and 0:52 kicks off on loop...
Gave me 'the feelz' xD.
I'll be taking this game with me to the grave just incase there's an afterlife with functioning desktop PCs....
0:59 ah, it's the theme that plays when I spam the reroll button at character creation until I roll a 90 lmao.
kickass opening of a game.. I miss it
They should make a trilogy film or a tv series of Baldur's Gate...
LOTR and GOT ? They will weep
No !! It will destroy FR world just like it does with MiddleEarth.Let's leave Forgotten Realms as they should be - forgotten.
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No, there is a film that destroy the FR... The awful film Dungeon and dragons...
A tv show would be awesome.
Sensei
Yes that movie is awful.And NO - No tv show or movie.
Tbh the Lotr movies didnt ruin anything....
Such a pleasure to spend minutes and minutes (hours in total) while creating your character while listening to this :)
The best game ever created.
ABSOLUTNIE KURWA
Baldure's gate is everything epic and amazing in RPG, it is still the greatest story for computer based RPG gaming of all time, the entire BG series.
This game will bring tears to your eyes. Words can't describe how amazing it is.
The BG 2 : Throne of Bhaal theme is also awesome.
It's today guys. Today.
Remember the first time I launched this game and this music started. I could tell that this was going to be a fantastic game. I was not dissapointed!
I bought the steam enhanced edition, just had to replay this game but I lost my cd's. Playing kensai/mage dual class
+Ruslakall Do.... do you even need a party with that? Just go get Viconia and do the whole thing as a couple...
+Saeyabor Nope, that's the idea
0:00 when you get caught secretly filming your friend doing an embarrassing dare in public
Anyone here after the Baldur's Gate III Trailer ? :)
that pack of shit game isnt baldurs gate. more like baldurs dragon age divinity 3
@@rohangupte3737 stop being a bitch
@@dhockedy1273 but he is right
@@elfo7 no hes not
Baldur's Gate II was one of those rare sequels that was actually better than the first game! Black Isle and Bioware really outdid themselves with this gem!
Baldur's gate 3 OST doesn't even come close to this masterpiece.
This ain't it chief
I heard it, it's your average fantasy generic crap. Not much better than stock music, and it could have been composed by an AI algorithm.
@wjwjjri 8 months me doesn't care about your opinion, today me says: "fuck off mate"
2020 this song is in my heart
Meh, I was raised on "new" RPGs, but I wish modern RPGs were actual RPGs, and not those so called "Action RPGs" or "New style RPGs". The gameplay is just incomparable, then it was tactical and engaging, now it's button mashing.
Just look at Baldur's Gate, KOTOR, Neverwinter Nights and then at Dragon Age, Skyrim or even The Witcher 2 (which was excellent in every aspect, aside from gameplay).
I think Dragon Age Origins is also a very good game. But DA2 and DA:I are crap in my opinion
War... War never changes...
I would also mention Mass Effect series... even though enging was kind of crappy :D
on the other hand, one of most important "RP factors" is immersion. So, right after Fallouts, BGs, KotORs and MEs comes DeusEx, or System Shock 2...
and finally...
a game, where you eat and grow fat, visit a gym to build up muscle, ocassionally date some girls, participate in many "side quest" activities, like burglary or firefighting... and more... game that has interesting and funny main storyline...
so, yes, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is, in some way, quite complex RPG game :D
Yeah, San Andreas was surprisingly complex and all those activities were actually fun there. Never tried Deus Ex or system chock. I'm not too fond of that cyberpunk atmosphere and the graphics are kinda off to me. (I'm not graphics whore, but I just can't bear early 3d graphics. I preffer 2d graphicss to them). Buut I guess I should at least give them a try sometime in the future.
I feel sorry for you... My condolences. Please go buy BG2 on steam.
HTakara82 Pillars is the spiritual successor to BG2 though
I'm not ready for these feelings of nostalgia.... Sadness
See, Baldur's Gate 3 needs to take a page from it's elders and make their main menu theme this epic.
I calm down at the 0:52 part, almost involuntarily.
So Baldurs Gate 3 could have used a little more inspiration from this song, BG2 music score is darker, but yet heroic. The score for BG3 is good, but I think it is a little too light hearted.
Been playing the baldurs gate and Icewind dale games since i was 11 and still get the urge to install them again. Timeless classics!
They tried to re-create the music in the menu with BG III but its just not the same. I dont think any game will be able to surpass BG II theme (at least in my eyes).
I agree, feel the same.
No RPG I've ever played has ever come close to this or Icewind Dale. Icewind Dale and Baldurs gate are the best RPGs ever made.
Bunch of salty boomers in the comments 😂
Hah, says a guy who cant appreciate what came before 😂....Baldur's Gate 3 is great game, but lot of of us had wished that its soundtrack would have been more in line with previous games, especially the theme.
What does a zoomer here? You will infect this materpiece, get out here
You have a mandalorion pfp, so you clearly have awful taste
All RPG's that are made with love and devotion to the details, extra quests, bonus stuff, a lot to do aside the main story and with heart and soul ARE ALL the BEST RPG of ALL TIMES ;D
Riddle solved ^^