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2.6

296 Reviews

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Posted on: February 29, 2020

krasylnikov

Games: 120 Reviews: 1

Definitely not worth it

I don't get why several new quests cost more than the game itself.

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Posted on: April 18, 2017

mrprmiller

Verified owner

Games: 50 Reviews: 3

A Mixed Bag of Fun with Glaring Flaws

Well, I'm not exactly sure to begin... I just finished the game with a heroic fighter, and I had a lot of fun. I only experienced two crashes, which might have just been my computer. *PROS* - Story-Mode is a neat addition. Not a necessary one, but a neat one. - The story itself I felt was engaging. - LOTS of evil answers that aren't practically speaking auto-reloads. This is a step-up from all of the original BGs. - Original voice actors are back! - Makes an "interquel" that left me wanting more (and I hope it will be made). - Interesting new magical class semi-specific equipment that will allow for some metagaming in future replays. - For something that I was worried would feel like a fan-fic, I will eat my words; it was much better than that. - Certainly stable enough; I didn't notice the problems many reviewers have. It sounds like a lot of Pros... so why only two-stars? *CONS* - Including the Black Pit characters makes sense from a design standpoint, but it really does feels forced. Leaving them out would have been far better. - The game feels like it is on rails just like Throne of Bhaal did, albeit slightly wider. - The devs have done an outright horrific job moderating the debate involving "the controversy." The criticism from fans of in-game story decisions by the devs does not automatically make people phobic. (This alone took a star off.) - The ending, while interesting, doesn't factor into BG2 AT ALL. This was the biggest flaw I saw. It sets up your capture at the beginning of BG2, but damn, is it ever forced. Your character never mention the tragic NPC that is the reason, which is a VERY big problem for such a major, major event in this game... an interesting take, but it doesn't fit into the BG2 story. I'm hoping for a BG3 to flesh this out and fix it, but I'm not sure it would account for the total void of discussion about it in BG2. I'm disappointed, but somehow, excited to see if a true sequel materializes. Beamdog worries me, though.

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Posted on: April 10, 2016

NightwalkerRevan

Verified owner

Games: 217 Reviews: 1

Enough drama, a solid expansion

haven't experienced any bugs myself, and my play-though has been smooth. Some people have meet bugs but few truly game-breaking ones I've seen, compared to some AAA games. This is no different, and for those that are getting bugs the reports I've read suggest most aren't experiencing game-breaking ones. And a patch is incoming. Mod are compatible in the majority of causes (have the people claiming this played this game at all?) and the modders are quickly dealing with any remaining problems. The UI is too dark for my tastes but otherwise I love the new changes and features, fully upgraded UI with nice extra features. Companions generally great so far, the continuing characters are true to their characterization (Safana as not be hijacked, she remains Safana but given more depth, same with Jaheira), lots of interaction, and making them interactive was very nice touch. Their dialogue and interaction is consistent and fine, with some quite well done. Companions were generally well done, on a par for the most part with the main games and much better than previous EE work, with more interaction and voicing, I'm really enjoying them. The maps lovely and atmosphere is good, the story seems fine and very BG to me, I've enjoyed the main quest, and sides range from a few okay, fine to some really good with surprising twists. The writing in fine to good. Came across 'controversial' minor npc who apparently jumps you with their transness and missed it completely, only realised afterwards, You have to really ask about their name, then press further to get anything. This was it, much ado about nothing I thought. Minsc line was ill-judged perhaps but one line, but this drama and review bombing is crazy (GGs are as mad as SJWs, just the same now) and has been removed. I swear self-offended drama is the problem with gaming these days. I wish both GGs/SJWs took their culture war elsewhere, I'm so sick of it/them. A solid addition to BG, I'm really having a blast.

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Posted on: June 4, 2020

Kaliesto

Verified owner

Games: 104 Reviews: 4

Decent Interquel with just some lesser issues.

I played this game with the current patch that is out, so my experience will be different compared to others. I actually didn't come across any bugs (that were noticeable) when I first played this, and thoroughly enjoyed my uninterrupted experience. This review doesn't take into account of the controversy due to a certain writer during a very toxic time that was affecting a lot of the Entertainment Industry. I think a lot of these reviews I'm reading on here have clouded the reality concerning the quality of the game itself (aside from the bugs that has since been patched), and only because of that one major issue which I addressed. With that said. The Interquel is a interesting addition to the Baldur's Gate Series, and one filled with many things that is homage to the original game. It sets up a different tone where in the original game it was about exploration and the life of adventurer while trying to solve the mystery in regards to the plot. Here that is stripped away, and much more linear with a sense of urgency considering how the plot evolves into that. Though it works pretty well in many sections, but sometimes the player can easily miss optional content if he/she doesn't look in the right place. Though in a way I enjoy that aspect because that is what exploration should be about, but the game can unexpectedly lock you out of the area when you least expect it. (Fun fact if you use the cheat command to get back into the locked areas, and you'll find small but interesting content you would never normally see; I wonder what the devs had planned)? The final area and boss of this game was a pleasant surprise. There is actually one additional scene at the very end of the game, but requires a mod to turn it back on (the scene is used as a bridge for BG2 and that is all I will say on it). This game didn't really leave a bad taste in my mouth, and I believe the Beamdog Devs did very well despite the toxic circumstances.

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Posted on: August 27, 2023

Gnurr

Verified owner

Games: 12 Reviews: 2

Much better than expected

I am surprised by the amount of bad reviews here, which I can only assume are mostly from disgruntled old timers that oppose anything new. I really liked the expansion, not even only that, I think it was a lot better than the original Baldurs Gate in terms of story, presentation, dialogues.. and everything else really. I did not play Baldurs Gate 2 yet, so I can't judge how the story fits into the series, or if there are consistency issues or the like. But having played BG1 and then directly afterwards the expansion (which from the timeline of events definitely makes sense) I can say that it was very enjoyable. It did not feel at all like a fanfic mod as many others complained, in the contrary, the qualtity of the game seems a lot above the original BG1, which was just very barebones in terms of story and dialogues. Finally, in the expansion the companions come to life! The story is also very intriguing and how it was presented was amazing at times. The siege and many other moments were really really good. On the technical side, similarly to the base game I encountered no issues. So, having said that, if you plan to play through BG1+2 I definitely recommend to get this expansion. It is worth it!

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