DS is best equivalent to ToB meets IWD 1. -If you can ignore some terrible voices, and some sjw garbage here and there, you will find an actually fun mini campaign that unnecessarily sets up BG2. -The Good: What DS does well is gameplay + The new gear, items, equipment, and weapons are fantastic, either by random or standard placing, the new additions feel right at home and do improve the overall game. + DS has done a great job with introducing new enemies, enemy variants, and adding in enemies from different Infinity Engine games like Planescape, IWD, and BG1/2/ToB. + The maps and art are another area of good. They have done well here with level and map design, art looks great and there is even good interactivity with several areas - The Neutral: + The story of DS is alright, nothing about it is groundbreaking. The biggest weakness lies in it being a mini campaign in-between a much better game and story of BG2. Like I stated, DS unnecessarily sets up BG2 which is unneeded. It reminds me of PoE2 in the vain of a character on a "divine" quest. + The returning VAs; those who do return to reprise their roles do a decent if not well job. The last time they had taken up these roles were the late 1990s so it is understandable if they may sound a tad off. + The difficultly was fine for me, there may be a few spikes but if you have played BG before it is nothing new. DS is better when you playthrough the game again, not a first run. - The Bad + The most notable negative aspect is the terrible new voices, not all are bad and some are fine but many of these new voices and new characters sound awful. I much prefer the charming early 1990s inhouse voices than where ever these nerd VAs came from. Think fan films. + last but not least, the forced SJW agenda content, it is small but annoying and not needed. My final verdict, Beamdog has alot of potential here, but it would have been better just to make a new game in the same engine than a DLC for BG1
