What is the story of ToSC?

Grandpa · Post by **Grandpa** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 2:19 pm

*spoilers*

Edit: Here is my question:

What is the story of Tales of the Sword Coast? As in summary? I don't understand what purpose this game plays in the BG series. . . Hehe, I just thought I'd throw in a spoiler tag

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VonDondu · Post by **VonDondu** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 4:45 pm

I'm sorry, but I don't understand the question.

Stilgar · Post by **Stilgar** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:46 pm

[QUOTE=Grandpa]What is the story of Tales of the Sword Coast? As in summary? I don't understand what purpose this game plays in the BG series. . . Hehe, I just thought I'd throw in a spoiler tag

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It doesnt realy have a story, it jsut adds some side area's with some side quests to the game.
It isnt part of the story like ToB

Grandpa · Post by **Grandpa** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 10:35 pm

Just some sidequests right? That's what I thought. When I played through BG back when it was released, I already had BGII when I looked at ToSC. I couldn't figure out why this expansion was created, it had no apparent place in the storyline. Guess I was right

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VonDondu · Post by **VonDondu** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 11:19 pm

Tales of the Sword Coast is an "expansion pack". It adds new quests to the game which the developers estimate will increase playing time by about 100 hours for the average first-time player (compared to about 200 hours for the original game). It also adds new items to the game, some of which are very nice. I can't remember if any new spells are added. It also raises the experience cap from 89,000 points to 161,000 points. Two or three more levels can make your character a lot more powerful. For game balance, the final battle is changed a little bit to make it more challenging. If you want more out of Baldur's Gate, the expansion pack is a good way to get it.

Grandpa · Post by **Grandpa** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 2:57 am

HAHA! 200 hours!
"I just spent approximately 200 hours playing Baldur's Gate 1!"

One 0 too many in both cases I think

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The Great Hairy · Post by **The Great Hairy** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 3:22 am

[QUOTE=Grandpa]HAHA! 200 hours!
"I just spent approximately 200 hours playing Baldur's Gate 1!"

One 0 too many in both cases I think

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One zero too few I reckon!! Only two hundred hours? Beginner!

VonDondu · Post by **VonDondu** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 4:07 am

I spent WAY more than 300 hours playing Baldur's Gate and Tales of the Sword Coast, but of course, I played it several times.

Brynn · Post by **Brynn** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 6:01 am

I haven't counted the hours I spent with playing these game. 168h/week, approx

LotharBot · Post by **LotharBot** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 12:18 am

I think the "time played" figure is meant to refer to how much time it should take you to beat it the first time.

BG1 (played multi with my wife) took about 80 hours. The expansion took closer to 20 hours (but by then, we'd already played BG2, so we had a better idea about exactly how to fight.)

Curry · Post by **Curry** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 4:22 am

I've completed BG+Tosc like 6-7 times.