My low review score has nothing to do with the writing, characters, or plot. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, I was unable to get past the crippling technical issues currently present in the game. They are truly mind boggling in scope, to the point where I will likely never purchase a Beamdog game again. I believe knowingly selling someone a product that doesn't work is the same as theft, and so Beamdog seem to be crooks in my book. The multiplayer is fundamentally broken - disconnects, crashes, spells that cause crashes, etc. Don't even waste your time with multiplayer right now. Additionally, there is currently a problem with Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition saves disappearing; as of the time of this review, the problem has not been fixed. It seems to be caused by installing Siege of Dragonspear, or perhaps an update. Both my girl friend and I experienced this bug, so now our Baldur's Gate files and characters are completely gone. These guys have really hurt their reputation with this game. The objective side of things like story, characters and writing are open to interpretation but releasing a game in this state is pure shady business and I'm quite frankly tired of it. Beamdog is on my banned list.
