For me:

  1. Shadow Over Mystara

  2. Pool Of Radiance

  3. Neverwinter Nights

SOM is my favorite arcade game of all time as well as beat 'em up, the cherry on top is that it's a D&D game. Does it follow the rules and mechanics of the game? Hell no, but it's fun in that it's the soul of the game mixed with fighting game mechanics.

Pool Of Radiance is the only Gold Box game I've beat so far. It's primitive but it really does the rules and campaign of AD&D justice. Best to play it with the Gold Box Companion that maps the game for you.

NWN is great since it's 3D D&D while like POR it sticks to the rules of 3.5 D&D. Plus it allows you to make your own campaign if you wish or play fan made ones (some of which are really good and outshine Bioware's own).

  • SpiderFarmer [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    1. Neverwinter Nights (never beat it, just love the vibes)

    2. Baldur's Gate 3 I'm enjoying it so far.

    3. Baldur's Gate 2 (or whichever had Drizzt in it.)

    (I've played a lot of paper DnD, including 2.0, but never got much into the video games.)

    • Speaker [e/em/eir]
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      2 months ago

      They both had Drizzt, though in BG1 he's more of a "your party must be this strong to ride" kind of test than anything interesting.

      • SpiderFarmer [he/him]
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        2 months ago

        He couldn't get Coldflame weapons, so I was kinda iffy on running him sometimes. I like stuff like glows.

    • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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      2 months ago

      Neverwinter Nights (never beat it, just love the vibes)

      Same I never beat it either. Just tried it out many times on different classes. The official campaign is pretty lousy though.