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Posted on: June 13, 2017

lorenna

Games: 19 Reviews: 1

Loved It

BG Series are my favourite games, I replay them every year at least twice a year. They were the first games I ever played so nothing can probably ever compare to them. This game fits in with the originals perfectly. It made me so happy to finally have some original content for the game after all these years. And they got the original voice actors back, minus Jaheira who sucks anyway, I nearly cried when I heard Minsc! This game is the TOB equivalent to BG1 and should be treated as such. Everyone is complaining about it like it should have been a full blown game. It was never intended to be its an expansion and a very good one at that. I paid full price the day it came out and I would again too to repeat play it if I had to. Never experienced any issues, crashes or bugs. Everyone is complaining about one line Minsc says...which was removed from the game, and also some trans character. People seriously have too much time on their hands. It was so insignificant I didn't even notice till I saw everyone complaining, so I had to go look up what they were complaining about. Well..when I saw what it was everyone was getting their knickers in a twist about I was gobsmacked. These people need to find more things to fill their time and more important things to be offended by. I saw a few people complain about it being visually dated? Really...? You want them to make this game look modern with up to date graphics? Then you will complain it doesn’t fit in with the older games.

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Posted on: August 23, 2021

schwungsau

Verified owner

Games: 178 Reviews: 9

bad writing but still a very good game

the writing is the best and made some mistakes but overall a very good game and the infinity game never look better !

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Posted on: October 18, 2021

tappancs

Verified owner

Games: 127 Reviews: 1

Excellent addition to the BG universe

This game, you'll notice, has a ridiculously low scoring, because some angry people made up fake reasons to give it a low rating. The "controversy" that has them up in arms, is a minor NPC who is transgender. That's it. It's not "pushed down your throat": it literally only comes up if you ask her about her name. Back to the game itself. The game runs smoothly - no bugs/crashes/problems that the 1-star reviewers experienced. I thought it looked great, same as the original, but more polished. Lots of small improvements (locations of important NPS indicated on map, movement of group better (i.e. if your thief unlocks something, you don't have to move them out of the way to get to the chest, etc.), party members now capable of having a romantic relationship with the main character, more chatting between party members while walking. All small things, but it adds up. Advice: save often. The game doesn't hold your hand much and you might find that areas you still wanted to visit are suddenly inaccessible after certain milestones have been reached. Large selection of possible party members, for those interested in replayability. Music and sound acting are both great. I was pleased to see the original BG portraits used, rather than the abominations that are the BG2 portraits. Imoen's is slightly updated, but she's obviously still BG1 Imoen.

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Posted on: February 6, 2017

PSTmad

Games: 0 Reviews: 3

Fans blinded by nostalgia?

Decided to give this a try, despite ignoring the overwhelming negative reviews for this expansion, mainly because I was a fan of the original games from around 15 years ago. Suffice to say it was a disappointing experience. There was approximately 24 hours worth of gameplay, but I honestly cannot recall much of it, because it was boring and straight forward. No surprises and nothing that was challenging. Story line and writing are all over the place, with many loop holes. Writing seems to have been watered down in terms of quality. It was good seeing some old characters again, but more emphasis seems to have been placed on new NPCs which for the most part were extremely annoying and not what I wanted to see in an expansion of beloved game. Not worth investing time or money on this.

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Posted on: April 4, 2016

Fuzzypoet

Games: 25 Reviews: 1

Dismal Mistake

When I learned there was going to be new content for Baldur’s Gate, I was excited and hopeful, as one might be seconds before tearing into a beautifully-wrapped Christmas present. Then the wrapping paper came off and I saw the steaming pile of cow excrement inside, and felt utterly betrayed. Beamdog released a buggy mess of an expansion. It has broken quests. Dialogue trees with NPCs glitch and force reloads. It has a broken Multiplayer feature. It has writing which reads like middle school fanfiction. The graphics are somehow *worse* than the 1998 originals. The occasional crashes which occur almost feel like the computer itself fleeing from this accursed program. Given the hideous way Beamdog has treated its customers in the days since the release, I have no hope that these issues will be addressed. Give this one a pass.

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