Posted on: April 6, 2016
myxale
Games: 241 Reviews: 4
Mixed Bag( of Holding )
Yeah, the whole LGTB angle and political correctness kinda surprised me. Felt totally out of place and pace in a game like BG, that played on all the right fantasy tropes / stereotypes. Worst of all it was a 'in yo face' approach. I don't play D&D for that kind of stuff. You need this in your game...well, Second Life is your game. The usual crate-load of Bugs (God, the bugs) and funny design-choices in terms of UI were only mildly surprising. The Portrait selection (the custom ones) was the real shocker for me. As someone who has a extensive library i was quite miffed. That with being a click-fest. Other that that I don't mind the UI changes much. They are for the most part ok. And the Extra graphics options can be turned-off if desired. So no biggie that. The biggie was actually that once again, an update broke all mods and made updating all the mods necessary...again. That said, the addd-on boast some really nice atmosphere and mood. The IE is pushing awesome effects in terms of areas and level of details. The Crowd in BG is another nice example...unless it crashes. That being said, I think the Devs should have been more mindful writing SoD. The core audience is not the edgy sexually confused teen, but people like us in their prime. People who grew up with those characters and spent a great deal of time with them. Non of us felt that Jaheira's heckling of Khalid or her cynical nature was such a big deal, or that Minsc was a mockery of all people mentally challenged. Transgender or Political agenda aside, nothing can excuse bad writing. Selfinsert-fanfiction. None cares about sexual preferences of certain characters (Khalid wore a Gridle of Gender in my game), if we do not like a Char we do not invite him/her to the party. But we do care if they rewrite our beloved childhood Heroes as the see fit just to push SJW agendas. Refrain from buying till the MP and other glaring Bugs are fixed....not to mention the mod support.
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