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Posted April 01, 2016
The lost chapter in the Bhaalspawn saga

<span class="bold">Siege of Dragonspear</span>, the brand new expansion that bridges the gap between Baldur's Gate I and II, is now available, DRM-free on GOG.com.

What happened to our heroes after they defeated Sarevok and before they ended up captives inside Jon Irenicus' prison lab? Did they stick together? Did they drift apart? Did Boo get to bite any more delicious eyeballs? The brand new 25-hour expansion Siege of Dragonspear promises to answer these pressing questions, which have been lingering for 18 whole years, while also delivering an adventure worth of Baldur's Gate's glorious legacy.

A powerful army led by a charismatic warrior only known as the Shining Lady has been pillaging the Sword Coast, forcibly enlisting locals and causing general unrest. Even more disturbing are the rumors of her also being the child of a god. A showdown is inevitable.
Siege of Dragonspear brings your party to entirely new areas of the Sword Coast, facing new monsters, finding new loot, and tackling new quests. All your companions from Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition return and are joined here by Captain Schael Corwin, a deadshot archer, Voghiln the Vast, a mighty northerner warrior, M’Khiin Grubdoubler, a goblin shaman (new class), and Glint Gardnersonson, the kind gnome cleric. Your RPG experience gets even more enhanced thanks to the improved UI and Infinity Engine features, which will feel both familiar and welcome to new and seasoned players alike.

If you want to get the OST from the original Baldur's Gate, plus the extra tracks composed for the Enhanced Edition and Siege of Dragonspear, you can also grab <span class="bold">Siege of Dragonspear - Digital Deluxe Edition</span>.
Note that GOG Galaxy support for achievements in Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition, and Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition - Siege of Dragonspear is going to be implemented in the near future.

Continue the saga of the Bhaalspawn and deal with a rising power in <span class="bold">Siege of Dragonspear</span>, DRM-free on GOG.com.

Siege of Dragonspear requires <span class="bold">Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition</span> on GOG.com. You can pick up Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition at 75% off, or 85% off if you own the original saga

Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition will be 75% off until April 4 11:59 PM PDT / April 5 2:59 AM EDT/ 7:59 BST and 60% off until April 29 10:59 AM PDT / 1:59 PM EDT / 18:59 BST. The 85% discount for owners of the original saga will last until April 29 10:59 AM PDT / 1:59 PM EDT / 18:59 BST.
Post edited April 02, 2016 by maladr0Id
Posted April 04, 2016
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Stormwalker: http://blogjob.com/oneangrygamer/2016/04/baldurs-gate-siege-of-dragonspear-sjw-themes-sees-gamers-asking-for-refunds/

[sarcasm]I just love games whose writers intentionally break the 4th wall in order to shove their political views in my face. Especially when those views are utterly anachronistic and have absolutely zero place in the universe that said games take place in.[/sarcasm] To quote Beamdog's writer/activist Amber Scott...

"I consciously add as much diversity as I can to my writing and I don’t care if people think that’s “forced” or fake. I find choosing to write from a straight default just as artificial. I’m happy to be an SJW and I hope to write many Social Justice Games in the future”

Ugh, not interested.
Yes, that is unfortunate that they went that route. Here is another perspective on this that I really like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTkQxgtuOLU
Posted April 05, 2016
Is there any way to take back/replace a review for a game you have given? When I first started reading reviews of BG:EE -SoD it seemed that Beamdog had released another incredibly buggy game and forced some modern politics into the mess. The only positive reviews I read at this point were along the lines of 'Well I did not buy the game but I support the dev's politics so I am giving a 5 star rating to counter the negatives...'.

This prompted me to give a 1 star rating myself with a review along the lines of 'Just to counter the fake positive reviews...'.

But now that I have read some ACTUAL reviews of the game itself I decided to buy ALL of the enhanced edition games as well as this expansion. I will play them myself but I don't want my hasty negative review to stand if the game turns out to be good.
Posted April 05, 2016
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SkeleTony:
There's no way to remove or edit a review.
The only option available is to contact GOG support and ask them to remove your review.
Posted April 05, 2016
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SkeleTony: Is there any way to take back/replace a review for a game you have given? When I first started reading reviews of BG:EE -SoD it seemed that Beamdog had released another incredibly buggy game and forced some modern politics into the mess. The only positive reviews I read at this point were along the lines of 'Well I did not buy the game but I support the dev's politics so I am giving a 5 star rating to counter the negatives...'.

This prompted me to give a 1 star rating myself with a review along the lines of 'Just to counter the fake positive reviews...'.

But now that I have read some ACTUAL reviews of the game itself I decided to buy ALL of the enhanced edition games as well as this expansion. I will play them myself but I don't want my hasty negative review to stand if the game turns out to be good.
I think you can get GOG to take down your review if you contact support.

It's better to not play politics with game reviews in the first place. Vote down the bad reviews and give the game the vote you think it deserves.
Posted April 05, 2016
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SkeleTony: Is there any way to take back/replace a review for a game you have given? When I first started reading reviews of BG:EE -SoD it seemed that Beamdog had released another incredibly buggy game and forced some modern politics into the mess. The only positive reviews I read at this point were along the lines of 'Well I did not buy the game but I support the dev's politics so I am giving a 5 star rating to counter the negatives...'.

This prompted me to give a 1 star rating myself with a review along the lines of 'Just to counter the fake positive reviews...'.

But now that I have read some ACTUAL reviews of the game itself I decided to buy ALL of the enhanced edition games as well as this expansion. I will play them myself but I don't want my hasty negative review to stand if the game turns out to be good.
Ping me via PM if you'd like a review of yours removed :)
Posted April 05, 2016
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hummer010: From my perspective, the Linux native support of the EE games makes them totally worth it. The V2 interface takes a bit of getting used to. The V1 interface was more BG-esque, but the V2 isn't horrible.* It's very usable, just the colours (or lack thereof) are a little odd. I find the EE interface scales much nicer to high resolution displays than the original games with a widescreen mod. There's also lots of nice little additions to the EE interface:...
Thank you for providing your view. Some old games I love cannot be played due to the (now) terrible UI. (I cannot believe I played Dune 2 using only the keyboard — we are so spoiled now).

Does de V2 interface come only with the new expansion? (I care only about the BG1 at the moment.) And what about the bugs people are mentioning? Are they still a problem or inconvenience?
Posted April 05, 2016
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Stormwalker: http://blogjob.com/oneangrygamer/2016/04/baldurs-gate-siege-of-dragonspear-sjw-themes-sees-gamers-asking-for-refunds/

[sarcasm]I just love games whose writers intentionally break the 4th wall in order to shove their political views in my face. Especially when those views are utterly anachronistic and have absolutely zero place in the universe that said games take place in.[/sarcasm] To quote Beamdog's writer/activist Amber Scott...

"I consciously add as much diversity as I can to my writing and I don’t care if people think that’s “forced” or fake. I find choosing to write from a straight default just as artificial. I’m happy to be an SJW and I hope to write many Social Justice Games in the future”

Ugh, not interested.
May I direct you toward the Girdle of Femininity/Masculinity? It's a AD&D2nd item, and part of the Forgotten Realms. A sex changing item... To reverse the effect, one could try to convince a priest of Sharess, but good luck with that. The item is at least in the original videogame version, if you want to play a transgender character.

One would find the Forgotten Realm really progressive... A quite diverse world where gender roles are far less restricted than most modern societies... for what I know, the videogames are toned down, so don't wish for authenticity if you don't want more "Social Justice".

(Transgender and gender variant people have existed since the beginning of Humanity... it's not anachronistic in any way)
Posted April 05, 2016
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hummer010: From my perspective, the Linux native support of the EE games makes them totally worth it. The V2 interface takes a bit of getting used to. The V1 interface was more BG-esque, but the V2 isn't horrible.* It's very usable, just the colours (or lack thereof) are a little odd. I find the EE interface scales much nicer to high resolution displays than the original games with a widescreen mod. There's also lots of nice little additions to the EE interface:...
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Gede: Thank you for providing your view. Some old games I love cannot be played due to the (now) terrible UI. (I cannot believe I played Dune 2 using only the keyboard — we are so spoiled now).

Does de V2 interface come only with the new expansion? (I care only about the BG1 at the moment.) And what about the bugs people are mentioning? Are they still a problem or inconvenience?
Yeah, the new interface is only attainable with the EE version.

I think BG1:EE is pretty big free now. The irony of the bugs is, they fixed some of the bugs/errors that were in the original, and introduced some of their own. I've never encountered any game breaking bugs in the EEs, but there were a couple that made some side quests uncompleteable. They've been fixed now.
Posted April 05, 2016
¨Minsc doing jokes about GamerGate¨

I was going to INSTABUY this game. Good Bye BEAMDOG I do not need your TWITTER iPAD WARRIORS SHIT when I want to "disconnect" playing my games, break the 4th wall is for FRUSTRATED POLITICIANS turned out to try to be ¨GOOD¨ writers...

Not even in a discount. This is enough.
Post edited April 05, 2016 by YaTEdiGo
Posted April 05, 2016
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Scureuil: May I direct you toward the Girdle of Femininity/Masculinity? It's a AD&D2nd item, and part of the Forgotten Realms. A sex changing item... To reverse the effect, one could try to convince a priest of Sharess, but good luck with that. The item is at least in the original videogame version, if you want to play a transgender character.

One would find the Forgotten Realm really progressive... A quite diverse world where gender roles are far less restricted than most modern societies... for what I know, the videogames are toned down, so don't wish for authenticity if you don't want more "Social Justice".

(Transgender and gender variant people have existed since the beginning of Humanity... it's not anachronistic in any way)
I know about the Girdle, genius. I've played a lot of D&D. And your little spiel only proves my point. Why did they need to shoehorn in a tranny character when that sort of thing already exists in the AD&D world? The reason is to advance their agenda obviously. The anachronism is the politics and not-so-subtle lecturing, not transgenderism itself. For the record, I could care less what people do in their bedrooms or what gender/race/species they think they are. You seem to have made up your mind that I'm a total bigot because I'm not gushing over this poor excuse for an expansion. Sorry to disappoint, but I simply don't appreciate thinly veiled attempts to propagandize gamers, no matter which side of the political aisle the attempts originate from.
Posted April 05, 2016
BeamDog should consider that Dragon Age Origins was full of open gender views, and almost nobody complaint. But the criticism to this expansion is considered bigoted, yeah sure, why DDOrigins never had these numbers of complaints if both games have the same fanbase? Why not to consider even a small doubt about who is wrong here?

One of my favorite games recently is Life is Strange is a GREAT "SJW" topics game, with fantastic characters and amazing plot! But hey! the writer of Dragonspear feels "proud" of "force or fake" stories, #beafrustratedpoliticianmakesyouabadwriter and you also don´t care!

Deus Ex, Life is Strange or Shadowrun cover politics & culture issues. However, they do it in a way that fits in the Lore.

I am sorry, I am not even to wishlist a bad writer product that search to educate me not even fitting the lore, when I never needed to be educated as I always played even with GAY characters on DDOrigins, throwing me out of the Game Lore, by the way a very inclusive one, where people change sex even by spells since forever. (But I bet the writer knows much more about politics in Twitter than about DD Lore, and that seems important to Beamdog, you can keep your expansion for yourselves)
Post edited April 05, 2016 by YaTEdiGo
Posted April 05, 2016
Dee is Beamdog's PR. Way to moderate and calm things down

Now both extremes are present, in full insult mode. The whole thing is disgusting and i will stay away from it.
Posted April 05, 2016
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wolfsrain: Dee is Beamdog's PR. Way to moderate and calm things down

Now both extremes are present, in full insult mode. The whole thing is disgusting and i will stay away from it.
As I said, exactly the same people that bought, and didn't complaint about any gender or gay features in Dragon Age Origins, but hey! "no real BG fans"

Sure.
Posted April 05, 2016
The funny thing is that the original complaints were about the game's stability, the bugs and the overall bad writing. Than someone find the jab to GG and the transgender character. And from there everything went downhill. Beamdog handled the whole situation in the nost unprofessional, harmful manner for all the parties involved. When you PR pours gas on fire, to actually believe that you will get those projected sales is naive, at least...And, yeah almost forgot Trent's call for positive reviews. I think that there are certain rules on Steam and GOG for review manipulation?! Maybe removing the reviews is a good idea?!
Posted April 05, 2016
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wolfsrain: The funny thing is that the original complaints were about the game's stability, the bugs and the overall bad writing. Than someone find the jab to GG and the transgender character. And from there everything went downhill. Beamdog handled the whole situation in the nost unprofessional, harmful manner for all the parties involved. When you PR pours gas on fire, to actually believe that you will get those projected sales is naive, at least...And, yeah almost forgot Trent's call for positive reviews. I think that there are certain rules on Steam and GOG for review manipulation?! Maybe removing the reviews is a good idea?!
Actually I was thinking that people was overreacting until I see the "writer" words about "I don´t care about the story looks fake or forced" in that moment I decided I will not buy this game. Is like last Terminator movie, is more important than Sarah Connor will not "be raped" to save humankind, than the fact that the story is about a moment of love, predestined or not, to save humankind, and then the last Terminator movie story makes no fucking sense...

If you want to tell people what is good or bad in your opinion, BUILD new stories that fit that, like I repeat Life is Strange, if you taint or twist other stories probably the plot is going to be STUPID, and will not fit the Lore.

Is ENOUGH, Django need to be BLACK, Thelma and Louise need to be WOMEN, Bruce Lee is ASIAN, James Bond is an imperialist British patriarchal man... their obssesion with Pop Culture as a problem is not but a non-solved Peter Pan syndrome, of people that want their hobbies to be SUBSTANTIAL, and CHANGE THE WORLD, because we are a comfortable lazy well eaten society changing the world with iPADS...

And this is ridiculous...
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