Voice acting is still not fully voiced in game, still only being used in battle cries, major story events, or certain parts of sidequests. Also, there are no new animation frames to speak of either. However the spritework was not redrawn, and the game still has a fair bit of pixelation in both the models and textures. As a result, the game looks much cleaner than the old game or GOG release would on a modern operating system, let alone being a more stable build. They have been reworked to allow for higher resolutions and wide-screen support on PC’s and Macs. Like the title suggests, Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition is a remastering of the original Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn and its expansion, Throne of Bhaal. Maybe the rechristened title is a bit too boastful to call it truly enhanced though. The enhancements also extended to gameplay, but they appear to be slight. They set out not only enhance the resolution and add wide-screen support for PC’s, but to also port the game on Mac and iPad platforms.
Baldur’s Gate II and its expansion Throne of Bhaal hit the PC gaming world nearly 13 years ago, and despite a return to gamers courtesy of Good old Games, developer Overhaul Games decided that they wanted to do more than just make the game playable on modern Operating systems.
