Way to write a review based on the back of the box. 35 hours of content is really more like 3-5 hours. The gameplay is completely meaningless because of the strict level cap-- meaning if you played through BG1, you will only get one level from the expansion and this will happen fairly early on. As for loot? You lose all of your equipment at the end of the expansion anyhow, so it's not like any thing you find will carry over to BG2.

This expansion is terrible. It is extremely linear in a series known for its exploration. The story "to fill the gaps" is completely unnecessary (there were no gaps between BG1 and 2. The story of BG2 is you got kidnapped while you were sleeping in the Ducal Palace.) Beyond this, the story is poorly written (and I don't mean this mythical SJW bent people go on about) and is strikingly out of place for BG. It is like angst high school half-demon half-angel story bad. It tries to "out epic" throne of bhaal by throwing a ridiculous demon-driven story at you, but at the end of the day it doesn't affect anything or relate to the bhaalspawn story in any way.

This expansion is irredeemable trash. Rating it "great" is insulting to video games in general and Baldur's Gate specifically.

@ivory_soul: The use of racism to call out racism is an interesting touch.

@Leeric420: No, it really isn't. The periodic table is universal. It is a list of possible substances arranged by atomic makeup. There is literally no possible gaps without messing around with the very nature of subatomic particles in such a way that invalidates our entire understanding of atomic theory and thus the periodic table itself.

@flames325: actually, it has next to NO reviews and a user metacritic rating of 7.

@flames325: Yes, if you already own a game, you do not need a review. Reviews do not exist to confirm your existing opinions.

Sad to see you go, Andy. Your work is a big reason I still hang around here.

@forester057: You want to escape from your insignificance in the world by playing a game of such scale that you cannot help but note how insignificance you are next to the infinite cosmos?

Also, I was just making a joke about how nihilistic that guy's comment read. He sounded like someone in the middle of an existential crisis, so I just doubled down on it.

@grin89: that's because inventing a new periodic table is kind of dumb. Elements aren't limited to Earth, but rather are universal. They're ordered by atomic structure, and getting much higher than we discovered ends with really unstable substances. Sure, you can invent new ones, but more than that is... sort of dumb.

@verysalt: Just like life, man. Just like life.

Centre of the universe or galaxy? I feel that is a very important distinction.