Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear RELEASED

[Cyseal]

Man, the look of SoD is kind of horrible. The sprites just don't look like they belong in the game world. Am I the only one seeing this?

Disable black outline of sprites.

[the_dog_days]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__6nFM5GER8

 

lol

I concur, lol.

[Lychnidos]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__6nFM5GER8

 

lol

 

At first glance, one would think that dialogue is a parody. 

But over the years I am more and more of mind, that the only requirement to call oneself a writer this days is to be barely literate. 

Edited April 1, 2016 by Lychnidos

[Gromnir]

 

Man, the look of SoD is kind of horrible. The sprites just don't look like they belong in the game world. Am I the only one seeing this?

Disable black outline of sprites.

 

wow. toggle one option and marc goes from "hearing choirs o' angels singing" to seeing a game that looks horrible.  go figure.

 

the hyperbole is strong with this one.

 

HA! Good Fun!

[Marceror]

 

Man, the look of SoD is kind of horrible. The sprites just don't look like they belong in the game world. Am I the only one seeing this?

Disable black outline of sprites.

 

How do I do that when I'm watching someone else's Youtube video?

[HoonDing]

I was kind of looking forward to this, but the SJW bull**** turned me off completely.

[Judicator]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__6nFM5GER8

 

lol

Looks like I'll have to go through the game with an evil character again so I can slaughter any SJW characters I can find.

[obyknven]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__6nFM5GER8

 

lol

http://youtu.be/IVrnS26mnCA

So much contrast ololo. 

[ShadySands]

Beat it

 

Loved it

 

Starting again to see if anything really plays out differently (highly doubtful)

[Oerwinde]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__6nFM5GER8

 

lol

I laughed so hard at the top comment earlier

 

"does she light up when you detect traps? "

Edited April 3, 2016 by Oerwinde

[MrBrown]

There seems to be some serious bugs related to the new difficulty settings at the moment. Too bad, I kinda wanted to try them. :/

[Nonek]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__6nFM5GER8

 

lol

 

How strange, why would there be any but extremely poor transgendered people in Faerun? Magic Users are in every city and a Polymorph spell will change gender immediately, there is no need for all of the pretense. I can only blame (obviously) poor writing, lack of research and a failure to apply logic. Still hardly something to fuss over, modders are allowed to put whatever they want in a game.

 

I have to ask however, for those who are playing, whether the Bhaal essence at Boarskeyr (spelling?) Bridge is dealt with in any manner in this game, or just handwaved away? This seems like the only interesting plot point to me i'm afraid to say, as WotC have effectively destroyed the Bhaalspawn saga with their canonical PnP treatment of poor Abd Al Adrian.

[ShadySands]

 

I have to ask however, for those who are playing, whether the Bhaal essence at Boarskeyr (spelling?) Bridge is dealt with in any manner in this game, or just handwaved away? This seems like the only interesting plot point to me i'm afraid to say, as WotC have effectively destroyed the Bhaalspawn saga with their canonical PnP treatment of poor Abd Al Adrian.

 

The bridge plays a pretty big part in the game

[Hiro Protagonist II]

How strange, why would there be any but extremely poor transgendered people in Faerun? Magic Users are in every city and a Polymorph spell will change gender immediately, there is no need for all of the pretense. I can only blame (obviously) poor writing, lack of research and a failure to apply logic. Still hardly something to fuss over, modders are allowed to put whatever they want in a game.

 

Minsc now had a random line added to the game. "Really, it's all about the ethics in heroic adventuring" - Minsc

[Blarghagh]

I guess if you freak out and tell SJWs to make their own games instead of trying to impose their values on other game designers, maybe some of them will?

[Keyrock]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__6nFM5GER8

 

lol

On the one hand, that seems like a really odd and deeply personal thing to tell someone you just met and know next to nothing about.  On the other hand, RPGs, and video games in general, are filled with complete strangers volunteering personal information at the drop of a hat that a sane person probably wouldn't tell someone they just met, so par for the course, I guess.

 

[213374U]

How strange, why would there be any but extremely poor transgendered people in Faerun? Magic Users are in every city and a Polymorph spell will change gender immediately, there is no need for all of the pretense. I can only blame (obviously) poor writing, lack of research and a failure to apply logic. Still hardly something to fuss over, modders are allowed to put whatever they want in a game.

 

Yep, content needs updating to mesh with "modern day gamers" and "sexism" has to be fought everywhere. Because **** internal logic, down with the patriarchy, privilege something something.

 

They had a thread over at BD discussing this too. Barely made it to page 2 before it was shot down and offenders were dealt with. You know things are ugly when you're told to go to the KKKodex if you resent someone else's political agenda being shoved down your throat. And now I'm probably treading on thin ice myself because badmouthing other companies is a big no-no here at Obsidz'...

 

So in other news, I'm playing through this. Installing some mods (SCS and tweaks) broke tons of strings and now items have random and nonsensical names and descriptions. Hasn't affected dialogues, so...

[Fighter]

The biggest crime is how boring that dialog seems. I bet they don't give you any choice to engage with the subject at all. They want to make a progressive point but are probably too afraid to write anything with any real bite. To give the player something to think about other than, "This is the correct thing to think".

 

I bet they could get a lot more respect if they would engage the player with a dialog and not just try to give them a diversity seminar.

Edited April 4, 2016 by Fighter

[GhoulishVisage]

"from syllables of different languages"
What kind of nonsensical snowflake way of naming yourself is that?
That seems an unnecessarily convoluted way of doing things with the express purpose of making something seem "deep".

Besides, syllables taken from a language without the rest of the word are just gobbledygook sounds.

"wa" and "ter" are both syllables, yet have no meaning unless put together.

 

Edit: Anyhow the character may be hamfisted, but I've seen people basing their entire negative review off that character's inclusion. That's assholish. Don't do that.
        Also don't start off your review with "I have nothing against LGBT folks but" and then write a long screed about exactly that. That is also assholish. Don't do it.

Edited April 4, 2016 by GhoulishVisage

[Blarghagh]

 

How strange, why would there be any but extremely poor transgendered people in Faerun? Magic Users are in every city and a Polymorph spell will change gender immediately, there is no need for all of the pretense. I can only blame (obviously) poor writing, lack of research and a failure to apply logic. Still hardly something to fuss over, modders are allowed to put whatever they want in a game.

 

Yep, content needs updating to mesh with "modern day gamers" and "sexism" has to be fought everywhere. Because **** internal logic, down with the patriarchy, privilege something something.

 

They had a thread over at BD discussing this too. Barely made it to page 2 before it was shot down and offenders were dealt with. You know things are ugly when you're told to go to the KKKodex if you resent someone else's political agenda being shoved down your throat. And now I'm probably treading on thin ice myself because badmouthing other companies is a big no-no here at Obsidz'...

 

So in other news, I'm playing through this. Installing some mods (SCS and tweaks) broke tons of strings and now items have random and nonsensical names and descriptions. Hasn't affected dialogues, so...

 

That happened with me when I installed tweaks on BG:EE.

[Hiro Protagonist II]

The biggest crime is how boring that dialog seems. I bet they don't give you any choice to engage with the subject at all. They want to make a progressive point but are probably too afraid to write anything with any real bite. To give the player something to think about other than, "This is the correct thing to think".

 

I bet they could get a lot more respect if they would engage the player with a dialog and not just try to give them a diversity seminar.

 

I find it all rather odd. I've been watching this from the sidelines. Beamdog went back to try and 'fix' the original game as it's quite 'sexist'. Safana has been 'fixed' so she doesn't come across as a sex object and Jaheira has been 'fixed' so she doesn't come across as the 'nagging wife'.

 

I thought Beamdog was making Siege of Dragonspear as an expansion that told the story between BG1 and BG2. Apparently, making a story between two games wasn't enough. They had to go back and 'fix' the original game.  

[Chilloutman]

man, what I would give to be sex object xD

[Zoraptor]

I'd put pretty much any money on the transsexual being their attempt to 'fix' the problematic Edwina storyline, which literally everyone except Edwin treats as a joke and has being turned into a woman as a punishment. That, Beamdog could not change but they could add someone who makes very little sense in the context of a magical world where there's a sex swapping object and magic.
 
In all seriousness, I always wished I could romance Edwina. And if she eventually got swapped back to Edwin, oh well;
 

Edwin, like the beard, gives me something to hold on to, woof!

[Nonek]

 

How strange, why would there be any but extremely poor transgendered people in Faerun? Magic Users are in every city and a Polymorph spell will change gender immediately, there is no need for all of the pretense. I can only blame (obviously) poor writing, lack of research and a failure to apply logic. Still hardly something to fuss over, modders are allowed to put whatever they want in a game.

 

Yep, content needs updating to mesh with "modern day gamers" and "sexism" has to be fought everywhere. Because **** internal logic, down with the patriarchy, privilege something something.

 

They had a thread over at BD discussing this too. Barely made it to page 2 before it was shot down and offenders were dealt with. You know things are ugly when you're told to go to the KKKodex if you resent someone else's political agenda being shoved down your throat. And now I'm probably treading on thin ice myself because badmouthing other companies is a big no-no here at Obsidz'...

 

So in other news, I'm playing through this. Installing some mods (SCS and tweaks) broke tons of strings and now items have random and nonsensical names and descriptions. Hasn't affected dialogues, so...

 

 

What would be quite humorous in my opinion is to have the Cleric at the end of their narcissistic lecture say in closing, "Please donate to my Patron." This is quite a fitting play on words, referencing churches habits of taking donations, Tempus being her patron in a spiritual sense, while at the same time referencing the modern phenomena of spoiled young adults begging online like the genuinely needy, instead of working for a living.

[PK htiw klaw eriF]

So how is it? Was unimpressed with the original content in EE so if its like that I'll pass on this expansion to a 16 year old game.