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Any quests you left unfinished are unfinished forever.
Instead the expansion takes the form of “an army on the march.” You begin in the city of Baldur’s Gate, then there are two intermediary regions, and then you eventually make it to the area around Dragonspear Castle.Įach of these regions is fairly sizable and freeform, with a handful of distinct areas to travel between and at least one dungeon per section. You don’t just go where you want, when you want. The expansion’s a bit different from the original games in that it’s sort-of linear.
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Much of Baldur’s Gate spiritual successor Pillars of Eternity-itself one of the best PC games of 2015-was seemingly designed as a direct response to problems with the old Infinity Engine games.īut aside from my quibbles about being stuck with less-than-desirable party members as fill-in slots (Glint as cleric and Safana as thief), Siege of Dragonspear feels like…well, like it was built in 1998. RPG rulesets have come a long way from second-edition AD&D, with its awkward THAC0 (“To Hit Armor Class 0”) combat and a health system that encouraged abuse of the rest mechanics after every combat encounter.
Though generally not held in the same esteem as its sequel Baldur’s Gate II, the two are sort of a package deal of legendary isometric CRPGs.Īnd they can be hard as hell to get into, admittedly. If not, well, you should probably go play that first. Having not played the classic Baldur’s Gate in a while I started a party from scratch and played through the entire game-and all of the original Tales of the Sword Coast expansion-before starting Siege of Dragonspear.įor the sake of this review I’m going to assume you have some level of knowledge of Baldur’s Gate.