Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear

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  • Publisher: Beamdog
  • Release Date: Mar 31, 2016
User Score
3.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 577 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 194 out of 577
  2. Mixed: 30 out of 577
  3. Negative: 353 out of 577

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  1. Joewashere
    Aug 22, 2019
    1
    Modernity is a tribe of pygmies furiously trying to bury the Giants that came before them so as not to feel inadequate. It is sad to see Baldur's Gate name associated with this trash, but what can you do? It seems in the Current Year, games made in Canada have a 'Duty of Care' and social responsibility to be retarded, losing Beamdog the hope to make Bladur's Gate III in the process.Modernity is a tribe of pygmies furiously trying to bury the Giants that came before them so as not to feel inadequate. It is sad to see Baldur's Gate name associated with this trash, but what can you do? It seems in the Current Year, games made in Canada have a 'Duty of Care' and social responsibility to be retarded, losing Beamdog the hope to make Bladur's Gate III in the process. Congratulations to Larian Studios.… Expand
  2. Korokota
    Feb 12, 2022
    0
    Awful game, don’t waste your time with it.

    The big problem is it was made by people didn’t like, nor even respected, the original saga, and such lack of care and love for the work they were doing is notorious in every second of the experience, an uncomfortable experience you’d like to forget as soon as possible. If a studio wants to make something completely different and show their    Awful game, don’t waste your time with it.

    The big problem is it was made by people didn’t like, nor even respected, the original saga, and such lack of care and love for the work they were doing is notorious in every second of the experience, an uncomfortable experience you’d like to forget as soon as possible.

    If a studio wants to make something completely different and show their own ideas, cool, please do it, probably they’ll have their public, but at least be honest and create a new title for your product and let the customers decide freely. Don’t be so ruin of taking advantage of an already existing iconic IP to cheat thousands of gamers and then try to convince them all they are wrong, their likes weren’t right, and you came to teach everybody what they really must like.

    Sad, coward and extremely disappointing.
    Shame on you Beamdog!    … Expand
  3. minusfive
    Aug 6, 2017
    0
    To all who bought the "ehhanced" editions of BG and BG2: you are directly responsible for this abomination seeing the light of day! I hope you're happy now that Beamdog monkeys have smeared their **** all over the timeless classic. Don't say you didn't know. Don't say we didn't warn you.

    This. Is. All. Your. Fault.
  4. securon
    Jan 23, 2017
    0
    SoD may appeal to fans of the original game, particularly if you stay away from some of the new party NPCs which are annoying and poorly written, but there is little to recommend to someone new to the BG series.

    Many unnecessary additions in terms of graphics, journal updates, UI modifications, and a story mode While there is 20-30 hours worth of game play here, there is almost    SoD may appeal to fans of the original game, particularly if you stay away from some of the new party NPCs which are annoying and poorly written, but there is little to recommend to someone new to the BG series.

    Many unnecessary additions in terms of graphics, journal updates, UI modifications, and a story mode

    While there is 20-30 hours worth of game play here, there is almost nothing new or anything particularly memorable. There were certainly no OMG moments or challenging fights.

    A significant amount of content seems to have been cut & paste from Icewind Dale

    Some NPCs from the original game are back: Dynaheir & Viconia were particularly well done.

    Game is very linear, and overall limited by the below par writing    … Expand
  5. Bizancio_Askatu
    Aug 6, 2022
    4
    If you plan to make a sequel of one of the most iconic and beloved RPG of all times you have to be at least respectful with the original source/characters, the fanbase and deliver a solid product. Sadly Beamdog blinded by their political radical view did exactly the contrary and delivered a poorly written, linear, woke to the bone and full of bugs game.
    Currently after many patches some    If you plan to make a sequel of one of the most iconic and beloved RPG of all times you have to be at least respectful with the original source/characters, the fanbase and deliver a solid product. Sadly Beamdog blinded by their political radical view did exactly the contrary and delivered a poorly written, linear, woke to the bone and full of bugs game.
    Currently after many patches some of the most insulting parts (like Minsc's gamergate reference or the trans character dialog) have been either removed or modified, now the trans char gives you that "critical" piece of information as a "reward" for his quest. Also the game is less buggy although it still crashes a lot (completed in Ps4), much more than the BGEE.
    Nevertheless the terrible Amber Scott's writing is way beyond repair, all feminine characters have the same SJW "strong, independent, no-nonsense and superior" attitude making them all alike and 95% of masculine chars are either just dumb, malicious or under a strong independent woman. The personality changes on classical chars like Jaheira or Safana are brutal and now Minsc is just a buffoon. The only interesting new character is the gay gnome but it's not enough to compensate the damage on the other chars and the plain new ones.
    Story wise it's too predictable, it resurrects characters killed on BG and opens storylines that will never be closed on BGII. The ending is also too abrupt.
    The overall game reminded me much more to Iced Wind Dale as to a BG due how railroad it is, map after map that you can not revisit once completed.

    On the positive side the OST is really good and the colourful new levels are full with NPCs and sidequests with different resolutions. Also some encounters are epic but sadly full of thrash mobs that must be killed with AOE spells.

    Summary: if it would be a new RPG franchise IMO it would be mediocre but as a Baldurs Gate it's simply bad.    … Expand
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#24 Most Discussed PC Game of 2016
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#79 Most Shared PC Game of 2016

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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. CD-Action
    Jun 29, 2016
    75
    Living up to such legacy seemed impossible but Beamdog understands Baldur’s Gate and created a game true to the original. Unfortunately along with the party you need to gather a band of patches, because bugs are crawling all over the place. [06/2016, p.40]
  2. Games.cz
    May 18, 2016
    70
    Decent expansion to the classic RPG, which -in addition to the inevitable technical limitations- suffers mainly due to the uneven quality of the script. All in all, it is a very good excuse to once again venture into the world of Faerûn.
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  3. Pelit (Finland)
    May 9, 2016
    80
    Beamdog’s expansion embraces both the past and the present. The adventure is inconsistent, ragged and the script could be a lot better, but at its best Siege of Dragonspear captures the essence of Baldur’s Gate - even if fleetingly. [May 2016]
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