Player opinions on The Siege and the ongoing controversy?

Noloir

I'm a mobile android user and noticed recently in the past few days that due to the presence of a certain Cleric NPC game reviews on Steam are tanking like peasants in the plague. From the standpoint of a PC user what is the underlying issue and is the game still worth purchasing when it does finally get released for mobile?

DetectiveMittens

Gameplay wise, there are no underlying issues that cannot be fixed. Even crippling "game-breaking" bugs (if any) are being dealt with and are likely going to be patched soon. The developers have acknowledged that "controversial" elements existed and will be handled in due course - details of which you can find here: https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/51161/beamdog-statement-on-siege-of-dragonspear

If you enjoyed the mobile versions of BG:EE, BG2:EE and IWD:EE then you will find SOD to be a good asset to your games library.

Diogenes42

Hello friend. There are some underlying issues with bugs (as with any release) and such but the community and developers are working together to identify and fix them. I would offer to strong recommendation to purchase Siege of Dragonspear.

JuliusBorisov

Hi there @Noloir - I think that the best option for you will be to look at constructive feedback of players on SoD, check these threads:

https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/50741/give-your-personal-review-of-sod-and-2-0-changes-here#latest
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/49817/thank-you-sod-appreciation-thread#latest
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/51184/my-amateur-ish-review-of-siege-of-dragonspear-and-some-more#latest
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/50159/my-favorite-thing-so-far#latest
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/50916/little-things-i-really-appreciated-and-some-dislikes#latest
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/50889/my-thoughts-on-sod-so-far-predominantly-positive#latest

My own opinion - SoD feels like BG and it's a great game.

the_sextein

A million threads have been created already discussing this. To be short, most of the bad reviews are the result of an activist group targeting the game. If I had to guess from what I have seen,90% of the users that have finished SOD think it's great. The other 10% have varying views from "it's ok to "I wasn't satisfied". Most likely you will like it if you liked the other games and I would recommend it myself based on what I have seen.