How many of you people played the first baldurs gate games?

[sick duck]

How much continuty do you see in BG3?

[Xoanon886]

Played them on release and along with Diablo and Fallout, they have remained on my computer ever since. In terms of Baldur's Gate 3, I only dipped my toes into it during early access, but I am expecting a soft remake of the Bhallspawn storyline along the lines of The Force Awakens.

[Big Boy Brando]

I played them all when they were released. I never kept Jahira in my party, but I did keep Minsc for the voice.

[davidagnome]

I bought the first game at Costco with the money I earned sorting raspberries on a conveyor belt during the hot summer months. It was like half a week's paycheck between that and Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight. Tell me about the old gods.

[Zangetsu]

I played the first one and almost beat it a few years ago. I got stuck on what to do then lost interest. One part was insane took hours of microing to beat, was the bastila when escaping candlekeep.

[Ronin Gamer]

I went back to play them, against my better judgement since I never played them in the past and I have ZERO nostalgia goggles for them, so that wasn't the funnest thing to do ever.
There are certainly some fun aspects to them, more so 2 than 1, but it does exist. I think the two games are just a bit dated by today.

As for the connection, well it's a continuation of a series, so yes there will be aspects from those games that show up in BG3. Knowing those characters and story will help to some extent, but this story is also taking place a bit of time away from the end of BG2 so they aren't directly connected in that sense.

[athan_dashiva]

Yep, played them. Was also in Everquest beta and startup around the time and joined a guild on there named Companions of the Gate.

[Eelectrica]

Played all the IE games actually. Don’t care that much about continuity. Interested to see what they’ve done though.

[maniacal<1>]

Many, many times. I had the original box and everything. Icewind Dale as well, though IWD2 was the first CD game I ever burned. I'm sure the storylines connect somehow, and they'll no-doubt have a canon ending for the Bhaalspawn, but I doubt you need to play the first two at all to get the full story given how long ago they were released.

[Gunny]

Baldur's Gates, Icewind Dales, Eye of the Beholder I,II,III, Curse of the Azure Bonds, Pools of Radiance...I am probably fogetting something but what do you expect at my age. My DND gaming experience spans 4 decades.

[sevensided]

(Have played 1 and 2+expansions)

I'm not certain how much continuity there is without access to the story in its entirety, but whats been teased suggests there will be some at the very least.

[Dervrak]

I played both back in the day, think I ran out and bought them the day they were released. (yeah I'm old). Though I liked Baldurs Gate 1 just fine, I played the hell out of Baldur's Gate 2, probably at least 1,000 hours over the years. I couldn't even count the number of playthroughs I've done at this point.

[Detective Costeau]

I played BG 1 & 2. I think there's about as much continuity as there could be. Once the PC is literally a god, there's just nowhere left to go. You basically have to start over.

[ez game ez life]

finished both, so proud of myself

[Penitent Pilgrim]

I played BG1 and discovered how much I hated rtwp. My mage kept running out in front of the rest of the party due to the very short range of magic back then.

[Drake]

I usually replay an IE game every year or so, like an old book you read over and over. Icewind dale 2 is a personal favorite aside from the baldur's gate trilogy (BG2 is still the most awesome crpg to date, maybe BG3 will change that).
Even if I must say lately the pathfinder games are slowly taking that spot.