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One cannot have a conversation about Western-developed role-playing video games without mentioning BioWare, and BioWare is not going to come up in any conversation without Baldur's Gate II being mentioned at least once. It has become synonymous with its genre in many people's minds, and for good reason: a strong argument could be made that it is still the most complete, best-written RPG ever. Baldur's Gate II takes the trappings of the Forgotten Realms and then goes absolutely berserk with them, carving out a niche for itself and its storytelling that comes as close to replicating the Dungeons and Dragons experience as any game has ever managed. There is almost no limit to what you can do, who you can interact with, or how you can affect the world around you. It is a game in which you can believe that anything is possible, and that is something that has burned itself into people's memories since the title's release.
