On Monday, June 10, 2019 at 3:55:47 PM UTC-7, trevor...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Sunday, May 20, 2018 at 10:51:36 PM UTC-5, ze...@tampabay.rr.com wrote:
> > On Wednesday, February 28, 2001 at 9:04:29 AM UTC-5, freestone wilson wrote:
> > > hi everyone!
> > >
> > > I was walking into electronics Boutique, the other day, and i went to look
> > > at
> > > their used game section and there was BALDUR'S GATE 2...the shadows of Amn
> > > for
> > > only $30. As i already have BG1 awaiting and the reviews are SO SO good,
> > > for
> > > BG2...i bought it.
> > > When i got home and opened the box to take a look at what weighed the box
> > > so, as this here box seemed to weigh about "ten pounds", I found a *very*
> > > thick and detailed MANUAL! A real game manual! not on the cd and thus i
> > > can
> > > actually refer to it as i play the game.
> > >
> > > However......
> > >
> > > when i opened the very first page to take a look at this book, there was an
> > > introduction, there, on the flyleaf.
> > > ---a "obituary-dedication to Daniel Walker, who was the guiding
> > > light[something like that] for this game". they dedicated the BG2, to Him!
> > >
> > > now folks, i can not remember exactly what this dedication said.....but it
> > > told how this handicapped/disabled very very creative Soul, who joined
> > > Bioware
> > > just before the work of BG1 was undertaken, was the Guiding Spirit for all
> > > the
> > > members of the development team and of how his Spiritual Zen-like
> > > soul-abilities was an Inspiration for all of the rest of the development
> > > team....for both Baldur's Gates. he only lived a year or three, until after
> > > BG2 was done...this was his "Swan Song"...this BG2!
> > > I wish i could remember to quote the exact words of this Honorarium
> > > article;
> > > they were so touching!
> > > Here this person, in spite of this sufferings, did SO much of the creative
> > > work, on the Gates, and did it with such a wonderfully Spirit-filled manner,
> > > and was an inspiration for all of the rest of the members of the development
> > > team.
> > >
> > > right there, folks, i am Sold on the baldur's gate games!! right then, as
> > > i
> > > read that honorarium to Daniel Walker, I knew that these Gate series of
> > > games
> > > are something very very special!
> > > I have BG1 and BG2. even though i prefer the first or third person games
> > > over
> > > "top down" or 3/4 view games....from this Dedication article, alone.....[why
> > > even if i never never seen one review about the games or even knew how good
> > > they were: why from this ONE little article, i KNOW that there is something
> > > wonderfull buried within BG1 and BG2]...I Know that there is Something
> > > Special
> > > here, and i hope to be able to play these two games for QUITE a long while!
> > > [if directX7, on my machine, will let me play BG1!!]
> > >
> > > freestone
> > >
> > > freestone wilson
> > > Live an Incredible Life
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> > OMG talk about necro'ing a post! I love how old this is and I am going to reply to it over 17 years later ROFL. I actually was playing through BGII, again, and came across a PDF of the game manual in the game folder and decided to look up Daniel Walker Bioware on Google and this is what I found....
> And I thought that my necro-post would have been bad! It's amazing how many years later, we can be so touched.
>
> RIP David

I have to add to this chain because I found a PDF of the manual as well and ended up here. I was moved by the dedication to Daniel Walker as well and looked it, finding this. It was amazing looking back at the original post and responses, seeing how people responded to the game at the time it came out. I'm currently playing through BG1 as I had never completed it even though I played it many times over the years as a kid. I finally beat BG2 a couple years ago and decided to finally play through the entirety of BG1. I miss the old Bioware and hope Dragon Age 4 and any new Mass Effect games turn out good! If anyone sees this in the future and those games are out, please respond! Cheers everyone!