An opinion on TotSC please

Jedi_Sauraus · Post by **Jedi_Sauraus** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 10:22 pm

I'm a BGII veteran and essentially want an opinion on TotSC expansion.
Is it worth it ?? would I miss anything really critical with that expansion ?? I fully intend to play it with tutu on the BGII engine and rules. I want to make a Sorceror all the way through

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I've gone on ebay and I can get Baldurs Gate I shipped to me on dvd for less than 10$ (DVD for 0.99 pounds + 3 pound shipping overseas

) but TotSC cannot be bought by itself. I can get BG I + TotSC on God knows how many CD's for about 20$-30$, which is expensive for a 1998 game, or the whole set BGI + II + expansions for about 30-40$ (after shipping).

I'd like to avoid excessive CD's since their annoying and would rather have the DVD cheap, but on the other hand I don't know how much I'm missing if I just skip the expansion. Opinions anybody ??

Thx in advance - Jedi

mr_sir · Post by **mr_sir** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:31 pm

Tales of the Sword Coast just adds a higher xp cap, a few new items and some extra quests with extra areas. Its a lot of fun, and just enhances the BG experience, but you can quite easily enjoy BG1 without it. I would recommend getting it, but it doesn't add anything critical to the game as the new areas have their own mini-stories and are not part of the main storyline of the game.

Rabain · Post by **Rabain** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 2:07 am

TotSC also changes some engine features that might make things easier (and more like BG2).

For example without ToTSC your mage will only have 1 weapon slot, with TotSC he will have 2.

I believe it is TotSC that also adds the ability to highlight containers using Tab.

There are other features I can't recall just at the moment. Do a search for the Readme for more info.

Edit: if you are playing with Tutu all engine features will be that of BG2. Just check if Tutu works fine on a BG1 install without TotSC.

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:56 am

Rabain wrote:Edit: if you are playing with Tutu all engine features will be that of BG2. Just check if Tutu works fine on a BG1 install without TotSC.

It should work with or without TotSC.

Jedi_Sauraus · Post by **Jedi_Sauraus** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 4:47 pm

I guess I'll pony up the extra 10$ and get TotSC then. The general consensus seems to be that the expansion is worth it, so I'll give it a shot.

thx for the opinions