# Baldur's Gate

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Baldur's Gate and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Classic BioWare RPG that people recommend for its excellent games and hundreds of hours of play. The common caveats are the real-time-with-pause combat and the quirky AD&D rules.

## Why people recommend it

- Excellent games with long play (2 comments): "BG1/BG2 are excellent games but it can take some getting use to the RTWP (Realtime with Pause) system" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46825410)) "while offering hundreds of hours of gameplay" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47693726))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Baldur's Gate 3](https://hackerapproved.com/p/baldur-s-gate-3.md): 71 recommend
- [Clair Obscur: Expedition 33](https://hackerapproved.com/p/clair-obscur-expedition-33.md): 58 recommend
- [Ultima VII Revisited](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ultima-vii.md): 24 recommend
- [Disco Elysium](https://hackerapproved.com/p/disco-elysium.md): 23 recommend
- [Chrono Trigger](https://hackerapproved.com/p/chrono-trigger.md): 23 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.beamdog.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Baldur's Gate", https://hackerapproved.com/p/baldur-s-gate/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).