Thanks to the reactionary hatred in response to the presence of a single, easily avoidable NPC , I bought not only this game along with the Enhanced Edition of BG1, but also the Enhanced Edition of BG2. Gamergate delenda est.
It should be easy to tell which are motivated by online temper tantrums.
It's great to have this back! I've been looking for a decent straight up D&D style crpg and after the disappointing Sword Coast Legends, this is great. I haven't finished it yet but the plot does a good job of filling in the rather extreme gap between BG1 & BG2. And it's rad to have a lot of the original voice actors back.
I find some of the maps to be a bit cluttered with NPCs, especially in the beginning, and the character outlines were a bit distracting at first but I grew to like them. I haven't experienced any outrageous bugs yet but I've heard that some are out there.
I'm more or less 20 hours in it, and i can say that the game doesnt deserve the hate some of the others reviewers who are afraid of a transgender characters have said. (Welcome to 2016).
This is a really nice take on new content for Baldur's Gate. And it is worth of the legacy.
I'm playing this series since the first came out. This is the series who have made me a fan of Dungeons and Dragons, and RPG.
So to play again a new adventure in this "setting" was excitting. The new characters are great. The new story is cool, and the interactions between those new folks is very good, funny, dynamic, well written/acted.
Its a must buy for any fans of the Baldur's Gate legacy.
(only non-homophobic fans of course)
It's pretty disturbing to see the number of people who decide that a game with lightning bolts, ogres, and magical swords has to draw a line on what elements can be included. Are you upset that minorities exist in the world? Are you upset that other people get to enjoy the same things that you once enjoyed?
It's little different from segregationists, decades past, being outraged that black people were showing up in their movies, in their sports leagues, in their neighborhoods.
Rate a game based on the gameplay, not on your own bigotry. I've bought this, played it, and loved it. It's more Baldur's Gate. I love more Baldur's Gate. I'm not threatened by other people playing Baldur's Gate, too.
All these intellectually bankrupt troglodytes leaping on here to pee their pants about the most minor aspect of a minor character remind me of my son. He's 10, by the way, and a great kid. But he's too immature to understand that he's constantly acting his age. He want's to be perceived as a grown up but constantly acts like the 10-year-old he is. It's all just fine for him because he's going through the maturing process and shouldn't be expected to be an adult.
These gg'ers get their pitchfork mob out and act like spoiled, entitled children and then wonder why the media and general public doesn't give them respect, unaware that they are getting all the respect they deserve. Much in the same way as my son doesn't understand why I don't think it's funny when an astronomer talks about Uranus like his 4th grade friends and he do, people see what gg'ers are doing and the neanderthal views they represent and show the appropriate reaction.
I'm pretty excited to play this game eventually (quite the backlog right now) as all the legitimate reviews seem to converge on the idea that they got it right for the most part, if you're a fan of the genre and series. And I'm sure my son will either watch me or play himself when that time comes!