Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear

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Posted on: July 5, 2019

Trellium

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Games: 226 Reviews: 4

I enjoyed it very much

Overall I thought it was great content. Challenging, interesting main story and side quests. I bought it on sale, and definitely got my moneys worth and plan to play through it again with a different class. I was really concerned about buying it based on several negative reviews, but I am glad I picked it up. The down-vote is because it crashed on me twice, although restarting from the last save worked every time. Additionally, the story progress was a bit abrupt at times and I didn't get a chance to finish all the quests I started.

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Posted on: December 29, 2020

MonsieurVerdoux

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Games: 80 Reviews: 3

Well made optional add on

Of course Siege of Dragonspear struggles with the fact that mechanically the start of BG2 did neither intend nor need an add on between both games. Thus from a purely mechanical point of view you "only" get some more XP and some more items to import into BG2. However, albeit being sceptical because of the many bad reviews, I found the add on to be well done and resembling what made BG1 and 2 great in many instances. I liked the available followers (well one was annoying but I just ignored him), the locations were very interesting and had lots of variety. There are also intense fights against strong enemies. The quests were ok (not amazing but enjoyable) and I liked the story. In my opinion most of the things fit nicely into the BG trilogy and the Forgotten Realms lore. This add on just offers more of the same, and if you like isometrical CRPGs you will have a good time.

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Posted on: February 28, 2017

Quizloto

Games: 0 Reviews: 4

Received a refund

Thankfully received a refund. Dumbed down difficulty New NPCs are not necessary and poorly written Lack of challenge Forced linear gameplay where the options you take have no impact on the game Quite a few bugs resulting in quests that cannot be completed and crashes The "siege" is basically a spam fest where you almost have no control of what is going on as there are so many NPCs on the screen. The game engine was simply not designed for large scale battles.

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Posted on: August 24, 2020

meriin5

Verified owner

Games: 37 Reviews: 2

Surprisingly good!

I can't help the impression that most people who hate SoD this haven't really gone through the whole game. I do admit that the beginning is rather unenlightening and the episode in the city of Baldur's Gate was outright boring to me and felt weird but it was short. From the on, the game picks up and gets better as it goes, and by the time I was near the end I had chills on my back. And to be clear, I'm not someone who's new to BG and doesn't care about respect (or lack thereof) paid to the series. I played BG1, SoA and partially ToB when they came out and have a significant emotional connection to the game; it wasn't easy for me to accept even the standard, non-SoD UI of the EE, let alone the completely revamped SoD UI - precisely because of nostalgia, though one could argue the SoD UI is somewhat ugly. Who knows, if I expected SoD to be anywhere near as great as BG2, maybe I'd hate it as well, I don't know, but having read mostly negative reviews I decided to approach SoD as just some stupid silly thing I might play for curiosity, and I was surprised. In a way, it's a step between BG1 and BG2 in that there are many interactions and relationships between NPCs, something that was largely absent in BG1.

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Posted on: June 8, 2021

Renair21

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Games: 100 Reviews: 1

Highly recommended

SoD is to BG1 as ToB is to BG2: a short, fun expansion that ties up the story line. While it's much more linear than BG1, the shorter play time and excellent plot balance it out. The new NPCs were the highlight of the experience.

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