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Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
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January 16, 2013
Wokeometer Rating
3Based
Scale: 0 = not woke, 10 = maximally woke
TL;DR Verdict
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition remains a faithful remaster of its 1998 original, preserving classic high-fantasy storytelling with only minor additions that stay peripheral to the core adventure. This keeps it safe, neutral entertainment focused on story rather than politics at a low 3/10 wokeness score.
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Detailed Analysis
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition is a faithful 2012 remaster of the 1998 original, preserving its traditional high-fantasy D&D storytelling, real-time-with-pause combat, and Sword Coast adventure premise with no alterations to established characters' races, genders, or sexualities.
The core campaign and Tales of the Sword Coast expansion remain untouched in their 90s-era structure and themes. New content is limited to three original companions—Neera (half-elf wild mage, romanceable only by male protagonists), Rasaad (human monk, romanceable only by female protagonists), and Dorn (half-orc blackguard, romanceable by protagonists of any gender)—plus minor quests and the optional Black Pits arena mode. Dorn's inclusion introduces the series' first same-sex romance option for male player characters, a deliberate modern addition that expands relationship systems beyond the original's heterosexual restrictions but remains a peripheral subplot rather than a narrative driver.
Key Factors
- Addition of Dorn as a bisexual romance option enabling same-sex relationships for male protagonists
- New original companions (Neera, Dorn, Rasaad) with fantasy-appropriate diversity and personal quests that do not alter canon characters or center identity politics
- Binary male/female character creation with no pronoun selection, body-type sliders, or non-binary options; romances gated strictly by player gender
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We've run a full content analysis on Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition and scored it 3/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
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What kind of woke content is in Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition?
Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition's overall score.
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