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.
After about 4-5 hours into the expansion, I'm having tons of fun with it. It's been almost a decade since I beat the original saga, and it feels good to be back.
I'm actually surprised by all the reviews. As far as my experience goes, I haven't encountered any bugs so far, the party banter is brilliant, Corwin is an interesting character, and the dialogs are well written.
Combat in DnD-based games was never my forte, so I like the new difficulty options. I also like the increased stack size for ammo and other items.
I might revisit this review once I finish the expansion, but so far I like it a lot.
I just played this for the first time, and the bugs that seemed to have been prevalent upon first release are mostly gone as of Spring 2017. The game crashed for me twice (both time while loading a cut-scene), but the auto save retained the content-- meaning there was no loss of progress and no problems other than momentary irritation.
Some of the criticisms of the game seem fair: it is more linear than either of the two main games; there are sections with trivial runaround quests; and I understand why the ending (after the completion of the main quest) could seem like an anti-climax to some (it serves as transition material between the first and second games).
That said, it is still the best expansion in the series (and, yes, that includes Throne of Bhaal), and it was fun to re-visit the Baldur's Gate world. I started from the original Baldur's Gate and worked my way up to the expansion, and I will probably go ahead and take the same character through Throne of Bhaal for old time's sake. I would recommend you do the same (at least the starting from the beginning part), as the experience will be much more satisfying. If you also remember that this is an expansion-- and not a sequel, you are more likely to come away impressed, rather than be disappointed.
I would also suggest recruiting the Goblin shaman M'Khiin. She is by far the most interesting new character, and she is more powerful than she first appears (eventually filling a valuable niche in the party).
As to some of the other complaints (there is a transgender character, and you don't have the option to be nasty to her; the female characters have more agency than in the original games; and there is the possibility of homosexual romance): the less said about these, the better. Some people can only feel big by trying to make others feel small.
Overall: if you're a fan of the original games, it's worth your time (though not essential)
This excellent expansion was clearly made in the spirit of Baldur's gate 2. The characters and the plot are great (the storytelling has really advanced from BG:EE). If there were many bugs in the original version, they must have been largely fixed, because I haven't seen them (playing this in 2018).
I love the goblin shaman NPC!
First, I'd say this game is just fun. For the most part, it feels like a genuine sequel, even if you don't have the same freedom to move about in the world in this game as in the last.
One problem I have with this expansion/sequel is its length. It's far shorter than Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition. For that reason, I'm unsure why there is no difference in price between the two. There's also the issue that if any of your characters are permanently killed in the first game (blown apart, burnt to a crisp, etc.), they might return in this game. That kind of feels like a cheat, but it's not a big deal. I'm also a bit puzzled and annoyed by what Beamdog does with Imoen in this game.
Long time fan of Gate and similar games (Icewind Dale, Torment).
I was skeptical of this expac at first, especially with all the initial negative reviews, but I was pleasantly surprised when I finally pulled the trigger.
First, the opening movie and music is perfect. The story is as good as any the series has produced with the exception of Torment and Shadows of Amn. From the very start I was geeking out and ready to adventure!
The user interface is smoother and more user friendly than it's ever been. The new NPC's are rich in character and fun to play. The NPC banter is also much improved and more organic. The old NPCs are handled well, with everyone coming back to do the voices except Jaheria. Some minor (but good) changes to spells.
The game can sometimes railroad you, but it's no worse than Throne of Bhall (and in my opinion, better). There are still lots of meaningful choices and decisions you make have a lasting effect. Even the random encounters aren't really random, but are interesting and even offer real choices! (Do I help the dragon or the giants, for example.)
I felt the story was very good, had unexpected turns, and was a story tied to the lore of the Realms, which is awesome. The ending (the actual end of the game) was as good as I think it could have been considering they were making a prequel to BG2 (and fitting a prequel into the continuity is harder than it looks, just ask George Lucas.)
Well worth the price. I am not disappointed.
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