History Awesome / BaldursGate

* Capping off the adventure the Bhaalspawn and companions face off against the devil Belhifhet, the main villain of ''VideoGame/IcewindDale,'' in the heart of his citadel in Avernus, first of the Nine Hells. In his original game Belhifhet could only be banished for a time [[OnlyKillableAtHome due to being fought on the Prim Material Plane.]] Now the Bhaalspawn can finish the job once and for all and wipe the vile creature from existence.

!! Meta

* Enhanced Edition introduces a 'storybook' mode. Now you may think that playing on 'super-easy' is boring. Not here. Killing the innocent or making evil choices makes it go down. If your rep goes down too far, guards will attack you in villages and what's worse your rep goes down for killing them. But if you choose Story, you can't die. Taking the evil route just got a whole lot easier.
* The very fact that '''''Baldur's Gate III''''' is in the works is more than enough to be a moment of awesome in itself. Not to mention that is done by Larian Studios (to be precise, by the team responsible for ''Divinity: Original Sin II'') instead of Beamdog who at this point has...very mixed opinions.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcP0WdH7rTs The teaser trailer itself is no slouch at being]] CreepyAwesome.
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hqgv0pU0EM opening cinematic]] goes more awesome than creepy, featuring EvilVersusEvil as an Illithid nautiloid raids a human town only to be pursued by a trio of relentless Gith dragonriders.

* In the first game with certain mods installed, the battle against the Chill and the Black Talons mercenaries in the bandit camp can become very difficult so, winning the battle is one Moment of Awesome without a doubt! Your party who may made up of just Level 5 or 6 adventurers just beat a small army.
* The protagonist gets one of their own (or can) in the first game when talking to Portalbendarwinden. After hearing all of the word salad coming out of his mouth, the protagonist can consider it a RantInducingSlight and scream at him. It is very satisfying after being the errand boy or girl of the entire Sword Coast all the way from level one up to the XP cap to be able to tell Portalbendarwinden to just give them a straight answer. (If you do pick this option, Portalbendarwinden ''does'' give you a straight answer, in the form of telling you that you're a jerk, he's not talking to you anymore, and [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment disappearing without you being able to complete the quest]]. Doesn't stop the option from having some catharsis, though.)
-->"Ok, I've just about had my FILL of riddle asking, quest assigning, insult throwing, pun hurling, hostage taking, iron mongering, smart arsed fools, freaks, and felons that continually test my will, mettle, strength, intelligence, and most of all, patience! If you've got a straight answer ANYWHERE in that bent little head of yours, I want to hear it pretty damn quick or I'm going to take a large blunt object roughly the size of Elminster AND his hat, and stuff it lengthwise into a crevice of your being so seldom seen that even the denizens of the nine hells themselves wouldn't touch it with a twenty-foot rusty halberd! Have I MADE myself perfectly CLEAR?!"

* Caelar Argent has managed to create a people's crusade through nothing more than her raw charisma and conquered a significant chunk of the Sword Coast. This is all part of her larger plan to ''invade the Nine Hells to rescue the damned.'' Which is ''insane'' but CrazyAwesome.

** Specifically, you get a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for thwarting the plan by doing a lot of Medieval investigation work. You can't just beat Saverok by killing him but have to dismantle his operations piece by piece. A lot of it involves politics, making alliances, and striking at his source of wealth.

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! Baldur's Game

! Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear

! Baldur's Gate II: Shadow of Amn

! Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal

! Mods

! Meta

* Think about what [[PlayerCharacter CHAR]][[FanNickname NAME]] achieves in the defeat of [[TheBrute Yaga-Shura]] - s/he single-handedly (well, up to six-handedly) broke through the lines of an '''entire army''' and defeated its leader, who up until mere hours before their arrival was literally '''invincible''' (and few people would have known that that was no longer the case, up to and including Yaga-Shura himself). The stuff of legends, indeed.
** Indeed the PC has multiple opportunities to take on entire armies in Throne of Bhaal. Cast Timestop, three "Horrid Wiltings" and rejoice as platoons of drow spontaneously combust into clouds of splattering gibs!
* From the popular Ascension mod, going up against [[TheDragon Abazigal]]'s entire '''family''' of dragons -- ''at the same time'' -- and '''winning''' ([[LuckBasedMission or]] [[NintendoHard not]], as the case may be).
* Defeating Amelyssan at the peak of her power no doubt counts. Bonus points for playing the Ascension version of the battle, where you get to defeat the rest of The Five (or four of The Five plus Gromnir if you take a certain option) all over again!

* Sarevok (the BigBad of the first game) is so badass that even being killed - TWICE - couldn't stop him. He returns in Throne of Bhaal as a playable character, and doesn't even suffer from GoodIsDumb.
--->'''Sarevok''': "I live! Flesh and blood and bone! I AM ALIVE! HAHAHAHAHA! I swore I would scratch and crawl my way back into the world of the living, and I have DONE IT!"
* The protagonist gets one of their own (or can) in the first game when talking to Portalbendarwinden. After hearing all of the word salad coming out of his mouth, the protagonist can consider it a RantInducingSlight and scream at him. It is very satisfying after being the errand boy or girl of the entire Sword Coast all the way from level one up to the XP cap to be able to tell Portalbendarwinden to just give them a straight answer. (If you do pick this option, Portalbendarwinden ''does'' give you a straight answer, in the form of telling you that you're a jerk, he's not talking to you anymore, and [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment disappearing without you being able to complete the quest]]. Doesn't stop the option from having some catharsis, though.)
-->"Ok, I've just about had my FILL of riddle asking, quest assigning, insult throwing, pun hurling, hostage taking, iron mongering, smart arsed fools, freaks, and felons that continually test my will, mettle, strength, intelligence, and most of all, patience! If you've got a straight answer ANYWHERE in that bent little head of yours, I want to hear it pretty damn quick or I'm going to take a large blunt object roughly the size of Elminster AND his hat, and stuff it lengthwise into a crevice of your being so seldom seen that even the denizens of the nine hells themselves wouldn't touch it with a twenty-foot rusty halberd! Have I MADE myself perfectly CLEAR?!"

* Dorn [[BigDamnHeroes knows how to make a]] [[DynamicEntry introduction]]. At first he assassinates the bandit marksmen one by one before confronting his treacherous, former companions. Senjak and Dorothea desperately tries to maintain their FauxAffablyEvil behaviour as he [[ShutUpHannibal bluntly scoffs]] their excuses and calls them both out for being [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder backstabbing]] [[DirtyCoward cowards]].
* In the first game, if you have maintained a normal-to-high Reputation, your final dream states that you have overcome and mastered the [[FightingFromTheInside taint of Bhaal within yourself.]] Plus, it throws in a free ability for good measure.

* The protagonist gets one of their own (or can) in the first game. It is very satisfying after being the errand boy or girl of the entire Sword Coast all the way from level one up to the XP cap to be able to tell of a random NPC as follows:
--->"Ok, I've just about had my FILL of riddle asking, quest assigning, insult throwing, pun hurling, hostage taking, iron mongering, smart arsed fools, freaks, and felons that continually test my will, mettle, strength, intelligence, and most of all, patience! If you've got a straight answer ANYWHERE in that bent little head of yours, I want to hear it pretty damn quick or I'm going to take a large blunt object roughly the size of Elminster AND his hat, and stuff it lengthwise into a crevice of your being so seldom seen that even the denizens of the nine hells themselves wouldn't touch it with a twenty-foot rusty halberd! Have I MADE myself perfectly CLEAR?!"