Baldur's Gate

Baldur's Gate is a series of Role-Playing video games and the name of the first release in the series. The first game was released in 1998, and changed the RPG genre forever. Seriously, before that people thought that Diablo was an RPG. Then they realized it was just an addictive hack 'n' slash click-fest. Baldur's Gate provided not only challenging and tactically interesting combat, but also an intriguing storyline that actually places your character in the plot, which is affected by your actions and decisions. Prior to Baldur's Gate, most RPG's introduced your character like the Stranger from High Plains Drifter.

Tales of the Sword Coast was released as the expansion.

Nobody thought it could be better until Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn came out in 2000. Gameplay was even better, story just kept getting better, and the best part was everybody knew an expansion was coming.

Finally The expansion to SoA came out entitled Throne of Bhaal. It is the final installment of the series. Beating the game gives you a combination of incredible accomplishment and also terrible depression from the realization that never again will you experience an RPG like it. Now we must all make do playing it over again and fantasizing about it while playing Dragon Age.

The greatest RPG video game made ever.

(1) A decade old computer videogame that was developed by Black Isle/Bioware. Featuring an incredible composition, mature themes, and seemingly endless possibilities, Baldur's Gate II will forever be realized as the game that revolutionized RPGs.

(2) A game that introduced to us quite possibly the most awesome man alive (outside of the guy from the Dos Equis commercials): Edwin Odesseiron, "Greetings. I am Edwin Odesseiron, but you simians may refer to me simply as 'sir', if you prefer a less... syllable intensive workout."

(3) A synonym used to refer to something that makes you cum in your pants at the mere utterance of it's enchanted syllables because it is so awesome.

The act of constantly quick saving while playing an RPG because you played the original Baldurs Gate game which had a tendency to bug out every five or so minutes.

A kickass D&D based game where you decide how do you want to play the game. Has an outstanding story and it's actually optimized unlike Alan Wake II or Starfield.

You can be whatever you want, name your character in the way you want and choose any decisions here like in a real tabletop session.
Very good game for people who are either fantasy readers, lore eaters or they are into D&D and other RPGs.

NOT for young audiences, like BG1 or BG2. This game is rated "M" for a reason.