SoD is a good game particularly if you are a fan of the original games. The writing while in the style of the original (including Beamdogs content in BG1&2) is not the same quality if you were to compare it side by side next to the original BG2. Noticeable things such as the level and variety of vocabulary used and intellectual wit has been downgraded. The dialogue choices are simplistic evil or good etc. rather than the morally challenging ambiguous choices in a game such as the masterpiece that is Witcher 3. The writing while not bad in SoD lacks a certain sophistication. The story plot is adequate until the whole Skie fiasco at the end. There are many loose ends that could potentially provide new interesting content within BG2, but it is difficult to see what will happen now. I did encounter a few bugs with the Dusty Chicken and Rhino Beetle not triggering and one crash I still find the new party NPCs (except for Corwin) to be poorly written, weak and completely unnecessary additions. For the most part I like the new dialogue for the original NPCs. When it comes to NPCs it should be quality not quantity. As many others, have commented here on GoG and elsewhere, it is difficult to dissociate the lack of respect to fans shown by some individuals at Beamdog from the gaming experience. Whether this was insulting, trolling, censoring, banning fans, deleting accounts, spreading lies etc. on their forum. It was basically juvenile and unprofessional. Its rather like going to a restaurant, enjoying the food but on your way out, the waiter spits in your face for some unknown reason, just ruins the whole experience, no matter if you liked the food in the first place.
Brilliant game. You cannot call yourself an RPG fan unless this is part of your collection. Fantastic attention to detail and a lot of love was put into this game and it shows
