- Mass Market Paperback: 246 pages
- Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (1 Jun 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0786915250
- ISBN-13: 978-0786915255
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.6 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 1.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 379,531 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In anticipation of Interplay''s computer game, Baldur''s Gate is the novelisation of the game and involves the reader, or player, in the quest of the son of a dead god who is fighting his way along the Sword Coast in a desperate bid to save the world.'
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
A fantasy adventure novel with no fantasy. Or adventure...,
This review is from: Baldur's Gate (Forgotten Realms) (Mass Market Paperback)
Imagine Dungeons & Dragons without magic. Now imagine Forgotten Realms without adventure. Finally, imagine Baldur's Gate (the PC game) without its plot, humour and any of its interesting (and likeable) characters. Ta-daa!! Now you've got Baldur's Gate the novel! And what a crummy novel it is: I can't think of a good thing to say about it. Avoid at all costs.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
A wasted opportunity,
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This review is from: Baldur's Gate (Forgotten Realms) (Mass Market Paperback)
A book based on the superb game 'Baldurs Gate' was, I thought, a great idea. Unfortunately, this effort falls well short. Whilst I was reading it, I got the distinct impression that the publishers just wanted to thrash out a book with the title Baldurs Gate as fast as they could. Both the plot and characters are weak and under-developed, there is little descriptive narrative of the characters' surroundings (essential for creating atmosphere), and the story at times seems like just a collection of short confrontations stuck together as if they alone will keep our interest...'Suddenly they were attacked by this....and then almost immediately they were attacked by that'. Very poor.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Poorest Realms book to date,
By A Customer
This review is from: Baldur's Gate (Forgotten Realms) (Mass Market Paperback)
Unfortunately this is a bad book based on a wonderful computer game. Essentially the author pastes together a series of set pieces, gives no developement or depth to characters except to change them so that they are unrecognisable from how they are in the PC game eg; Xan joking, a friendly Montaron, No Imoen! etc
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