Posted on: September 20, 2023
RagingChaos
Bestätigter BesitzerSpiele: 965 Rezensionen: 16
Terrible writing, but bridges BG1 to BG2
Baldur's Gate Siege of Dragonspear (SoD for short), is an expansion for Baldur's Gate(BG1) that takes place not long after the events in BG1 and it's expansion Tales of the SwordCoast(TotSC), like in Baldur's Gate 2(BG2) you can import your character from BG1. From purely a game play perspective SoD mimics BG1 Enhanced Edition with all of it's strengths and weaknesses. SoD follows how even though you were hailed as a hero following the events of BG1, war in the north is beginning to spill further south effecting Baldur's Gate city and you are basically dragged into the war events after a failed assassination attempt on your character in the royal palace. Baldur's Gate aristocrats decides to send an envoy north to join their allies in the war and you are expected to join in because you are "the hero of Baldur's gate". On paper this all sounds good, there are lots of opportunities for great world building, lore, and character development. Unfortunately, the writing is often hamfisted and the lead villain is written like a a Mary Sue. Where in BG1 and TotSC there was intrigue and subtleties that made character motivations and plans a bit of a mystery, SoD throws most of that out the window and plops down most motivations and reasons right out of the gate. A lot of characters introduced feel very 1 dimensional and the writers clearly make the "good" decision in most dialogue trees feel like the only option if you arent trying to be a complete asshole or murder hobo. Many of the classic BG1 characters return at various points but their writing feels like amateur fanfiction writing compared to their original dialog. That about sums up this expansion's writing in a nutshell; it feels like amateur fanfiction and occasionally tries to retcon AD&D lore for the sake of the writer's characters. The only significant redeeming factor of this expansion is that SoD provides a much needed bridge from BG1 +TotSD to BG2 while being mildy entertaining. NOT RECOMMENDED!
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