Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear

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Posted on: April 5, 2016

andrekky

Games: 12 Reviews: 1

You're being fooled.

I don't spend much time reading about the drama going on with gamergate and so forth, but I started playing Baldur's Gate when I was 10 years old and continued for many, MANY years after that. First of all, be aware that an extremely large amount of the positive reviewers OPENLY say that they haven't even played the game but they "support an openminded game". So essentially they want YOU to buy a game YOU might not even like because they identify with it's political message. I just got out from a 10 hour session of the game, and I am very pleased I was not the one to pay for it. First of all, I just want to say that it is a BUGGY piece of an expansion. I don't put too much blame into this, because the original games were like that too for quite a while, it takes time for polish to happen and hey, patience is a virtue. Multiplayer however is not functioning and they need to sort that out ASAP. As for the "political" aspect of it, I didn't read anything about the background of the writers before I started playing, but now it all makes sense. It's not something I would support and it's definately not something I would recommend to people who actually loved the REAL Baldur's Gate. I played through BG1, Tales of the Sword Coast, BG2, Throne of Bhaal.. This is NOTHING like that. If you're absolutely new to the series, maybe you wouldn't be as offended as I was at how this series has been utterly raped with a +3 two handed sword. I don't care what your political standpoint is on this "SJW business is, because I lack one of my own. But the fact is that if you want games and expansions that follow the soul and spirit of Baldur's Gate and the Forgotten Realms setting, this is not something that you should support or would enjoy for that matter. I was going to buy it. I won't. I don't expect anyone to match Baldur's Gate in its original form because that was perfection. But this is something completely different that doesn't even belong. /Disappointed BG fan

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Posted on: March 7, 2017

Action_Carl

Games: 157 Reviews: 1

Cry Harder

Any game that pisses off right-wing idiots is 5 stars in my book.

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Posted on: April 6, 2016

Rhionlogan

Verified owner

Games: 279 Reviews: 2

Decent

Buggy, but that's often the norm for these things at the outset. It's not a bad expansion, and I'm sure the subsequent patches will neaten it up

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Posted on: April 6, 2016

myxale

Games: 242 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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Posted on: April 5, 2016

Orava

Verified owner

Games: 165 Reviews: 3

Better than the original

So far, still in first half of game, this expansion rocks. Easily better than Baldur's Gate (1), and at times reaches BG2 levels. Great plot, good writing overall (some great bits, some slightly awkward ones). Some clever puzzles and so far one really intense sequence which involved both combat and puzzle-solving, on a (loose) timer. Voice acting on par with BG1 (I just replayed BG:EE in its entirety, so can compare). The new companions are fun; I expected to go with the old standards but am actually using new ones quite a bit here. The UI tweaks are improvements (though the UI and engine are showing their age, of course). So far (on OS X) zero bugs, though I do expect to run into a few at some point -- this game only released a few days ago. I understand there's a patch incoming pretty soon. Overall, if you're an old BG fan, you'll love this. This is much better than the first DLC (Tales of the Sword Coast). People who haven't played the original game will probably want to give this a skip -- much of what's great about this (and BG) is tinged with nostalgia, and BG2 is still the (much) better game.

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