Baldur’s Gate Remade for Neverwinter Nights 2

Recently Baldur’s Gate was re-released as the enhanced edition for mobile platforms along with Windows, OSX, and Linux.  It featured some substantial upgrades to the game mechanics.   For the last 7 years however, a small, but dedicated team have been working on a Baldur’s Gate mod for the wildly popular Neverwinter Nights 2.  The mod’s title is Baldur’s Gate: Reloaded.

Although Neverwinter Nights 2’s graphics are not all that great by today’s standards, they are quite a step up from the graphics being used in Baldur’s Gate.  The best part is that the mod is free, provided you have Neverwinter Nights 2 and the two expansion packs, Mask of the Betrayer and Storm of Zehir.

The project was led by Drew Rechner, who had a team of sometimes up to 5 people helping him out with the mod.  Drew was lucky enough that the mod got him enough attention and he was able to get a job in the games industry.  His teammates, Shallina, Greg Schneider, Andy Kasten and Sebastien Raymond helped him accomplish this awesome feat and are deserving of our praise.  Here is a link to a page with the trailer on it, and links to the mod and Neverwinter Nights 2 if you need them:  Baldur’s Gate Reloaded.   Now if you’ll excuse me, my mod is done downloading.