Baldur's Gate 2
Shares rank 15 of 24 role-playing games by recommenders
Recommended for its hundreds of hours of gameplay and consistently high quality, with a respected studio behind it.
7 people recommended Baldur's Gate 2 in Hacker News comments and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026.
Summary written by Claude from 11 comments.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- mixed feelings
- 0
- warn against or regret it
- 2
The record
Recommended in 6 of 12 months
In 7 different threads.
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 12 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
- Recommended in 7 threadsNeeds 5 or more, met.
- The biggest thread supplies 14% of its recommendersNeeds half or less, met.
The same rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. Mixed feelings count toward neither side. How the badge works
What people say about it
Reasons grouped from a sample of 10 of the 11 opinions about it, picked in proportion to how many people recommend it, have mixed feelings and criticize it. Each mark is one comment in the sample. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Highly regarded, high-quality game
“BG2 in particular is fantastic. Highly recommend them.”
Comment from 30 Jan 2026 in “PlayStation 2 Recompilation Project Is Absolutely Incredible” “Probably one of the best game studios ever, IMO.”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “EA is shutting down BioWare” “Quality across the board.”
Comment from 27 May 2026 in “Ask HN: What game have you replayed more times than any other?” Hundreds of hours of replayable gameplay
“while offering hundreds of hours of gameplay”
Comment from 8 Apr 2026 in “Ask HN: Any Interesting Niche Hobbies?” “solo Sorcerer run is my favorite example”
Comment from 5 Jul 2026 in “Command and Conquer Generals natively ported to macOS, iPhone, iPad using Fable”
Other role-playing games people recommend
The four most recommended other role-playing games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Mixed | Criticize | Approval | Months | Had for | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 58 | 11 | 11 | 84% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | 46 | 12 | 9 | 84% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Chrono Trigger | 22 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Disco Elysium | 20 | 3 | 1 | 95% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Baldur's Gate 2This page | 7 | 0 | 2 | 78% | 6 | — | — |
Also compared with Ultima VII Revisited, Undertale and Fallout 2.
What people said
10 of the 11 opinions about it, picked in proportion to the three counts, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Probably one of the best game studios ever, IMO.”
“the Baldur's Gate 2 manual was an endlessly fascinating tome”
“solo Sorcerer run is my favorite example”
“just litter the Documents folder even when running though Wine”
“Quality across the board.”
“most of it was focused on hack-and-slay for power and items”
“while offering hundreds of hours of gameplay”
“they simply don't fit into the game at hand”
“BG2 in particular is fantastic. Highly recommend them.”
“my favorite inventory management simulation”
Counts come from 1,791,911 Hacker News comments labeled by Claude, November 2025 to October 2026, with data through October 31, 2026. Counts updated 2 Nov 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.