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Quote from: Ultimate Paragon on April 05, 2016, 04:24:34 pmAre you talking about Krem? Because his reception was mostly positive according to BioWare.Which only tells me that your ilk is only a vocal minority. A rather relieving fact, actually.No, I'm referring to your ilk's response to it. They freaked the fuck out, your favorite "ethical journalist" wrote a "review" that I've pointed out to you at least twice and your ilk thought that "review" was absolutely hilarious. Yes, the response was mostly positive, as is the response to this expansion (about 2/3rd positive reviews on Steam, despite your ilk's best efforts), but there was still a vocal minority, and you know exactly who it was, that said exactly the same shit about Dragon Age: Inquisition that they're saying about Dragonspear.It has been proven that the most vocal dissent towards Dragonspear is in response to the trans character. Are there plenty of people unhappy with it for other reasons? Sure, but they aren't the problem or the subject of discussion. The problem is that transphobic assholes are bitching and moaning about it, regardless of whether or not they actually play the game, and they are the loudest group responding to the expansion.I pointed out Dragon Age: Inquisition so you would hopefully realize that this idiotic and hateful outrage is nothing out of the ordinary for your ilk. Now, in fairness, the backlash was more due to how the game's press was praising it for its progressive portrayal of LGBT folks, but the point stands. And to act like a trans character is out of character for Bioware is hilarious. Bioware has included LGBT characters since at least Knights of the Old Republic, or did you forget that Juhani is bisexual?
Are you talking about Krem? Because his reception was mostly positive according to BioWare.
Hi everyone. I usually spend most of my time lurking here, but I'd like to ask a favour. It appears that having a transgendered cleric and a joke line by Minsc has greatly offended the sensibilities of some people. This has spurred these people into action, causing them to decide this is the worst game of all time and give it a zero review score on Steam, GoG and meta critic. Now, I'd like to ask for that favour. If you are playing the game and having a good time, please consider posting a positive review to balance out the loud minority which is currently painting a dark picture for new players.
The 2/3 was referring to Dragon Age: Inquisition, not Dragonspear (which you'd know if you had reading comprehension skills), and the dev comment's point is: "If you are playing the game and having a good time, please consider posting a positive review", which is radically different from "give us positive comments".
Yes, the response was mostly positive, as is the response to this expansion (about 2/3rd positive reviews on Steam, despite your ilk's best efforts),
I sympathize completely. However, to use against us. Let me ask you a troll. On the one who pulled it. But here's the question: where do I think it might as well have stepped out of all people would cling to a layman.
Beamdog is asking for people who own the game and already have a positive opinion of it to please post a review. Because most people don't bother beyond a thumbs up click. And it would be nice for the other side to be heard. Also, a buggy release is common probs, not something to flip out over. There is however flipping out over the trans NPC, as evidenced in a large number of reviews.
Quote from: Cloud3514 on April 06, 2016, 02:00:22 amQuote from: Ultimate Paragon on April 05, 2016, 04:24:34 pmAre you talking about Krem? Because his reception was mostly positive according to BioWare.Which only tells me that your ilk is only a vocal minority. A rather relieving fact, actually.No, I'm referring to your ilk's response to it. They freaked the fuck out, your favorite "ethical journalist" wrote a "review" that I've pointed out to you at least twice and your ilk thought that "review" was absolutely hilarious. Yes, the response was mostly positive, as is the response to this expansion (about 2/3rd positive reviews on Steam, despite your ilk's best efforts), but there was still a vocal minority, and you know exactly who it was, that said exactly the same shit about Dragon Age: Inquisition that they're saying about Dragonspear.It has been proven that the most vocal dissent towards Dragonspear is in response to the trans character. Are there plenty of people unhappy with it for other reasons? Sure, but they aren't the problem or the subject of discussion. The problem is that transphobic assholes are bitching and moaning about it, regardless of whether or not they actually play the game, and they are the loudest group responding to the expansion.I pointed out Dragon Age: Inquisition so you would hopefully realize that this idiotic and hateful outrage is nothing out of the ordinary for your ilk. Now, in fairness, the backlash was more due to how the game's press was praising it for its progressive portrayal of LGBT folks, but the point stands. And to act like a trans character is out of character for Bioware is hilarious. Bioware has included LGBT characters since at least Knights of the Old Republic, or did you forget that Juhani is bisexual?"My ilk?" And do you have a citation for your claim of "proof?" Because the front page Steam reviews complain about very serious technical issues:https://steamcommunity.com/app/228280/reviews/As for why it has 2/3rds positive reviews on Steam? Well, maybe it has something to do with this:https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/50341/negative-reviews-on-gog-and-steamQuoteHi everyone. I usually spend most of my time lurking here, but I'd like to ask a favour. It appears that having a transgendered cleric and a joke line by Minsc has greatly offended the sensibilities of some people. This has spurred these people into action, causing them to decide this is the worst game of all time and give it a zero review score on Steam, GoG and meta critic. Now, I'd like to ask for that favour. If you are playing the game and having a good time, please consider posting a positive review to balance out the loud minority which is currently painting a dark picture for new players.
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UP, I checked out the Steam reviews page for it yesterday, then I went to the Forum thread about it. I have a Steam account and buy games there frequently. My point stands.
I am posting this on both the review for this game, and the first in the series, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced edition.I absolutely LOVE this game, and everything about it, and the other game in the series. I loved the combat, the UI was tight, everything was well-polished when Beamdog re-released the game. I was actually in the middle of a run through the entire game on the hardest difficulty with only the main character...Before IT happened.The update to Siege of Dragonspear affected both games, and it's been nothing but negative for me so far. I can no longer access the Command Console (used for fixing the many glitches that can happen here and there), the UI is buggy and, when it does work, is clunky and, frankly, ugly as sin itself. My saves have all disappeared into the wind, and my character's data has become ridiculously bugged (Level 34 at the tail end of Throne of Bhaal suddenly turning into a level 17 with all of the items from her run through BG1 and 2? What?) and more. Before now, I would have recommended this series in a heartbeat. This game, nearly two decades ago, defined and revived a dying RPG era. But now? Now it's nearly impossible to play. And, unfortunately, it was the fault of the people who brought it back in the first place.--HOW BEAMDOG CAN FIX THIS---Implementation of the old character and save game formatting-Option to use the old UI-Option to turn the Console Command on and off IN GAME. The steps to do this in the first place were a nightmare in and of itself.--Things that COULD help--- Scale the difficulty levels back down a little. Insane difficulty jumped from enemies doing 50% more damage to 100%, and Legacy of Bhaal makes the game nearly unplayable.As it stands right now? DO. NOT. BUY. THIS. GAME. It pains me to say that (as you can no doubt see from my time in this game), but as it is right now, it's not worth any money.
I was so happy of being back to BG, when suddently, this morning, THE UPDATE happened.Cartoonish graphics, clumsy UI and a BIG BUG.What to do: don't buy the game.What to do if you already bought the game: don't try to go back to old graphics, like I ingenuously did this morning by clicking "use alternative rendering" (or similar) in graphic options. It will crush the game and you won't load it anymore.What to do if you already bought the game and caused the crash: write to the support and wait... Wait... Wait...
I had just gotten back into Baldurs Gate and was loving the experience. I had never beated BG1 upon its release many years ago, and I was enjoying going through the world before BG2. Right as I got into the swing of things they released the update today 3/31/16. The character models look chartoonish, the journal now pops up, items now obscenly flash their stats if you even pick them up in your inventory for a second. It seems dumbed down and thats unfortunate. If there was a option as a previous reviewer mentioned, of reverting back to the old format, I have no doubt I would again enjoy this game and look forward to completing the saga. As it stands now I own't be playing until that's an option. And as I paid for both games, and the product has vastly changed, I feel slightly cheated.
Bought for Siege of Dragonspear. Game is umplayably buggy in Multiplayer. Over an hour to manage to even open a game in way that every player actually has gear instead of an empty inventory. Game crashes every time I save in multiplayer. Switching hosts the game now refuses to unpause for me. So everytime the game is saved or otherwise paused, I can not unpause until another player talks to an NPC which unpauses the game. Restarting the game fixed it. Continued playing only to discover that the key ring is buggy and any keys added to it just disappear....Don´t buy this broken mess if you have any intention of playing with friends. Singleplayer seems to work so far.
Wanted to play multiplayer.Made private server with friend... multiplayer broken.Advised to port forward.... Multiplayer still broken.Advised to DMZ (really!!!)... Multiplayer lobby loads.... game doesn't... Multiplayer still broken.Direct Connection.... Multiplayer still broken.
This is an attrocious re-release of a beloved classic. It's as if they wrote more bugs into the game somehow. Don't even think about trying to get a multiplayer game together. The technology present in this piece of garbage has only gotten worse since 1998.
Quote from: Ultimate Paragon on April 06, 2016, 09:28:41 amQuote from: Cloud3514 on April 06, 2016, 02:00:22 amQuote from: Ultimate Paragon on April 05, 2016, 04:24:34 pmAre you talking about Krem? Because his reception was mostly positive according to BioWare.Which only tells me that your ilk is only a vocal minority. A rather relieving fact, actually.No, I'm referring to your ilk's response to it. They freaked the fuck out, your favorite "ethical journalist" wrote a "review" that I've pointed out to you at least twice and your ilk thought that "review" was absolutely hilarious. Yes, the response was mostly positive, as is the response to this expansion (about 2/3rd positive reviews on Steam, despite your ilk's best efforts), but there was still a vocal minority, and you know exactly who it was, that said exactly the same shit about Dragon Age: Inquisition that they're saying about Dragonspear.It has been proven that the most vocal dissent towards Dragonspear is in response to the trans character. Are there plenty of people unhappy with it for other reasons? Sure, but they aren't the problem or the subject of discussion. The problem is that transphobic assholes are bitching and moaning about it, regardless of whether or not they actually play the game, and they are the loudest group responding to the expansion.I pointed out Dragon Age: Inquisition so you would hopefully realize that this idiotic and hateful outrage is nothing out of the ordinary for your ilk. Now, in fairness, the backlash was more due to how the game's press was praising it for its progressive portrayal of LGBT folks, but the point stands. And to act like a trans character is out of character for Bioware is hilarious. Bioware has included LGBT characters since at least Knights of the Old Republic, or did you forget that Juhani is bisexual?"My ilk?" And do you have a citation for your claim of "proof?" Because the front page Steam reviews complain about very serious technical issues:https://steamcommunity.com/app/228280/reviews/As for why it has 2/3rds positive reviews on Steam? Well, maybe it has something to do with this:https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/50341/negative-reviews-on-gog-and-steamQuoteHi everyone. I usually spend most of my time lurking here, but I'd like to ask a favour. It appears that having a transgendered cleric and a joke line by Minsc has greatly offended the sensibilities of some people. This has spurred these people into action, causing them to decide this is the worst game of all time and give it a zero review score on Steam, GoG and meta critic. Now, I'd like to ask for that favour. If you are playing the game and having a good time, please consider posting a positive review to balance out the loud minority which is currently painting a dark picture for new players.Read the bolded bit again, UP.Oh. How awful. Do you even read what you post?
So riddle me this:if the issue is a glitchy, unplayable game with a whole host of issues to be legitimately upset about, why even mention the presence of this character (let alone make it the centerpiece of a bitchfest)? It's like complaining about a hangnail while you're on fire.
No matter what happens, no matter what my last words may end up being, I want everyone to claim that they were: "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine."
Aww, you guys rock. I feel the love... and the pitchforks and torches. Tingly!
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