# 26 Years Later, BioWare’s Most Influential RPG Is Still Shaping My Life

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/26-years-later-biowares-most-influential-rpg-is-still-shaping-my-life/
- Published: 2026-10-28T15:00:18+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T15:34:16+00:00
- Original publisher: Polygon
- Original article: https://www.polygon.com/bioware-baldurs-gate-2-best-game-rpg-legacy/
- Topics: Entertainment, Gaming

## Key points

- Baldur’s Gate 2 helped shape the writer’s life and career.
- Its influence began with a chance encounter in 2000.
- The writer still plays and writes about D&D each week.

## Summary

The writer reflects on how playing Baldur’s Gate 2 as a teenager shaped their lasting interest in fantasy, Dungeons & Dragons and writing. The game’s influence still runs through their work and weekly tabletop sessions, making BioWare’s legacy deeply personal to them.

Released in 2000, Baldur’s Gate 2 followed BioWare’s earlier Baldur’s Gate and brought the Forgotten Realms to life using second-edition D&D rules in real-time-with-pause combat. The writer says their encounter with the game led them to recreate its appeal with friends and eventually interview influential figures such as Forgotten Realms creator Ed Greenwood.

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