Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear adds a new chapter to the Bhaalspawn saga. The events occurring between Baldur’s Gate and Baldur’s Gate II are at last revealed in this 25-hour expansion for Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition.Expand Your Story: Explore new areas, fight new monsters, and win new re...
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Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear adds a new chapter to the Bhaalspawn saga. The events occurring between Baldur’s Gate and Baldur’s Gate II are at last revealed in this 25-hour expansion for Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition.
Expand Your Story: Explore new areas, fight new monsters, and win new rewards in the Siege of Dragonspear expansion to Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition. Continue the adventure by exporting your game to Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition
Explore the Sword Coast: Venture through vibrant new hand-painted areas in the classic style of the original Baldur’s Gate
Gather Your Party: The original cast returns to kick butt for goodness - along with Neera, Rasaad, Dorn, and four new additions!
Extra Class: New items, quests, and a new class: the spirit-calling shaman!
Story Mode: A difficulty setting to allow players to experience all of the story with none of the Game Over screens
Legacy of Bhaal: A new extra-hard difficulty setting for experienced players.
I thought considering the reviews this DLC was mediocre at best, but it is actually quite good. After playing a bit it is hard to stop. It is hard to believe that after more than 20 years the BG engine still holds up and this DLC gives very much the same feeling as playing the originals two decennia back.
I rolled my own party but, that probably was a bit of a waste because most of the characters (like minsc) are available to join your party (which I preferred). It is basically good old adventuring like in the originals but there are some improvements (which I liked) like, when you want to move an object to anyone else's inventory, you see which characters can use it. You also directly see how much it improves certain properties like THAC0 (important is to realize that it uses the current weapon in use for the comparison).
I am in the third chapter now and I can say I liked it a lot so far. They obvious did go through great lengths to get the same look and feel as the originals.
For me, Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 are by far the greatest games I have ever played in my life (and I'm 40 years old). I have played them dozens of time in the last 22 years. I was excited when this extension came out and can say that I am not disappointed. I really can't understand all the bad reviews critizising that there ist one (!) minor character, with whom you don't have to interact at all, that ist "trans". So what? These people exist - in real life as well as in the fantasy world. What*s all the fuss about this? I really don't get all the hate and review bombing.
I enjoyed playing the new campaign and find it amazing how much Beamdog was able to improve the old infinity engine. For such an old engine, the game looks beautiful. The fights are well balanced and the story is great, as well as the voice acting. The only thing I find a bit disappointing is that the game is very linear and not nearly as open as BG 1 and 2. It's pretty straight forward. In about 15 hours, you can complete the campaign.
Overall, the game works well as a link between BG 1 and BG 2. I don't regret buying it and have played it a couple of times in the last years. All in all: I can recommend this extension for all BG-fans.
Firstly, I am absolutely flabbergasted by the negative reviews for Siege of Dragonspear. It really seems like Beamdog were stuck in a no-win scenario: if they change anything, they ruin the spirit of Baldur's gate; if they change nothing, there are too few improvements.
I put playing this on hold for many years due to the negative criticism, and I can now after completing it definitely say that it is totally unreserved. Note that I played this in 2021, so bugs which may have affected early players may be gone now.
I think the story is decent (not great, but surely not terrible) and gives an interesting account of the events occurring between BG1 and BG2. I didn't expect much in this regard, so I was happy to see that. I also felt that both the quests, dialog and environments were very much in the spirit of Baldur's Gate. The main difference is the linearity of the story and chapters. However, I expected an expansion pack, not a new game, and as such I am without a doubt satisfied with this and had a really good time.
And just a comment on the "political content": there is absolutely nothing in this game that is more out of place than anything in either BG1 or BG2.
If you felt like Durlags Tower and the last mission really brought down baldur gate 1, then this is a good refreshment. Even with like 1 or 2 characters i didnt really struggle on core rules and overall had a pretty decent time. Definitely worth it for $5-$10.
I don't get all the negative reviews, so I felt compelled to write one that doesn't trash this expansion for minor quibbles: It's true that it's not perfect but the good totally overwhelms the bad.
STORY:
The main plot is well written, D&D compliant, and it works well as a bridge between Baldur's Gate 1 and 2; it has mistery, nuances and complexities like in BG1 and most of the side quests are quite engaging (the dungeons are particularly awesome). Some minor quests are a bit on the cheesy/boring side, but what RPG doesn't have some of those kind? Anyway the "fan fiction writing" some reviewers mentioned simply isn't here.
NPCs:
The NPCs in your party have the same personalities they had in BG1 with the better interactions of BG2. They are not annoying at all, even the new NPCs in this expansion are quite interesting and likable.
BUGS:
Didn't find any worth mentioning.
GUI:
This is the only area where I felt they didn't get it right. It's too dark and flat, so it's not easy to navigate, and they changed GUI elements that were better before in BG1 EE. But you can apply a GUI mod, and there are quite few for the Enhanced Edition that are good, thank god.
ROLE PLAYING:
It's more linear than BG1 or BG2, because the map is made on sections that you have to explore in an given order: when you advance in the map previous areas become unreachable, so you have to be sure to have explored everything in an area before moving forward, Having said so, there's a lot to do and discover in the single areas and the approaches to the situations can be chosen like in previous BGs. Being a war campaign with no villages (only encampments and fortresses) it also offers different situations than the cities of BG1 and BG2.
LONGEVITY:
It easily exceeds the advertised 25 hours of gameplay; it can reach the 30/35 hours mark if you do everything this expansion has to offer,
DIFFICULTY:
It's a little bit easier than the old Baldur's Gates, but this is not necessarily bad: it features more balanced fights that are still challenging (more so if you are at a low level or ill equipped) and some modern aids to overcome the limitations of inventory space. Maybe some items you can buy or find are a little on the powerful side, but most of those are hidden/related to optional quests, and anyway you'll never feel like an invincible god.
So in the end it almost feels like a long lost expansion, and the modern addictions to the formula don't detract from the enjoyment but add variety and some welcome improvements. It's also reasonably consistent if you plan to play BG1, this and then BG2 (as I'm doing, and as I would advise to do).
It would be 4.5 stars, but I'll give this game 5 stars rather than 4, because the low rating this quality title is getting is simply ridiculous.
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