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To many fans and critics, the Baldur’s Gate franchise represents some of the finest PC RPGs ever made. We belong to that crowd and we were thrilled when Beamdog ported their superb rehab job: Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition to Droid earlier this year. Some will say that the game just works better on a PC and they’re probably right, but just barely. What is far more remarkable is how well it plays with swipe controls. More importantly, it’s all there in the Enhanced Edition: Baldur’s Gate, its expansion Baldur’s Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast, and a new third expansion—The Black Pits, wherein you get to create your own party from scratch. If you play games on your ‘Droid, you owe it to yourself to have a vast world like The Sword Coast to delve into at a moment’s notice. There is definitely something to say about turning Imoen into a mage/thief while you’re riding the bus or fireballing a pack of Gnolls before you flick off the light at the end of the day. We can’t recommend this rich, narrative-driven, awe-inspiring RPG enough. It is quite possibly the deepest, most well-made video game available for Android. That it’s also an RPG just makes the dish that much sweeter.
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