Gamespot UK heeft een artikel over BioWare's Baldur's Gate:
Baldur's Gate is one of several roleplaying epics in the making, and also the most ambitious. Unlike Diablo, Baldur's Gate is a more traditional game, albeit one with state-of-the-art graphics and a friendly real-time combat system. Underneath, however, it has all the hallmarks of a classic roleplaying game. Indeed, here is a game to rival the Ultima series it has all the depth (an intricate storyline with over 100 sub-plots), the epic size (a 10,000-screen area to adventure in), the character interaction and, with hundreds of weapons, spells, items and monsters, a lot to get to grips with