<s>
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
:	I-Application
Tales	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sword	I-Application
Coast	I-Application
is	O
an	O
expansion	O
pack	O
of	O
the	O
fantasy	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
expansion	O
consists	O
of	O
four	O
notable	O
quests	O
that	O
take	O
place	O
within	O
the	O
same	O
game	O
world	O
as	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
,	O
and	O
sees	O
players	O
taking	O
their	O
character	O
(	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
the	O
Ward	O
)	O
and	O
their	O
party	O
of	O
companions	O
across	O
the	O
Sword	O
Coast	O
,	O
from	O
travelling	O
to	O
a	O
distant	O
island	O
,	O
to	O
exploring	O
the	O
fortress	O
dungeon	O
of	O
a	O
late	O
dwarf	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sword	I-Application
Coast	I-Application
achieved	O
global	O
sales	O
of	O
600,000	O
units	O
by	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
expansion	O
retains	O
the	O
same	O
fundamental	O
gameplay	O
mechanics	O
of	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
new	O
areas	O
incorporated	O
into	O
the	O
same	O
world	O
map	O
as	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
tweaks	O
and	O
improvements	O
were	O
made	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
receiving	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
:	I-Application
Tales	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sword	I-Application
Coast	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
within	O
the	O
same	O
region	O
of	O
Faerûn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
returning	O
with	O
a	O
sea	O
chart	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
found	O
by	O
a	O
local	O
guild	O
in	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
,	O
the	O
party	O
travel	O
across	O
the	O
Trackless	O
Sea	O
,	O
only	O
for	O
a	O
storm	O
to	O
shipwreck	O
them	O
on	O
an	O
island	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
:	I-Application
Tales	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sword	I-Application
Coast	I-Application
began	O
development	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sword	I-Application
Coast	I-Application
went	O
gold	O
on	O
April	O
26	O
,	O
1999	O
,	O
and	O
shipped	O
to	O
retailers	O
on	O
May	O
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sword	I-Application
Coast	I-Application
debuted	O
at	O
#1	O
on	O
PC	O
Data	O
's	O
computer	O
game	O
sales	O
chart	O
during	O
the	O
May	O
2	O
–	O
8	O
period	O
,	O
and	O
held	O
the	O
position	O
the	O
following	O
week	O
,	O
but	O
fell	O
to	O
#6	O
in	O
its	O
third	O
week	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
remained	O
in	O
the	O
top	O
10	O
for	O
the	O
entirety	O
of	O
May	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
second-best-seller	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
overall	O
,	O
behind	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
:	I-Application
Episode	I-Application
I	I-Application
–	I-Application
The	I-Application
Phantom	I-Application
Menace	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
alone	O
,	O
sales	O
of	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sword	I-Application
Coast	I-Application
reached	O
156,000	O
copies	O
by	O
March	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
late	O
2003	O
,	O
global	O
sales	O
of	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sword	I-Application
Coast	I-Application
had	O
surpassed	O
600,000	O
copies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Games	O
Strategy	O
Plus	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
solid	O
add-on	O
to	O
an	O
excellent	O
title	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
complained	O
that	O
glitches	O
occasionally	O
caused	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
crash	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
GameSpy	O
,	O
"	O
especially	O
for	O
new	O
players	O
,	O
the	O
'	O
add-in	O
'	O
structure	O
would	O
make	O
an	O
already	O
rich	O
experience	O
richer	O
,	O
improving	O
one	O
's	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
experience	O
immeasurably	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sword	I-Application
Coast	I-Application
won	O
the	O
Origins	O
Awards	O
for	O
"	O
Best	O
Roleplaying	O
Computer	O
Game	O
of	O
1999	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
a	O
runner-up	O
for	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Strategy	O
Pluss	O
1999	O
"	O
Add-on	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
and	O
GameSpot	O
's	O
"	O
Best	O
Expansion	O
Pack	O
"	O
awards	O
,	O
but	O
lost	O
these	O
prizes	O
to	O
Heroes	B-Application
of	I-Application
Might	I-Application
and	I-Application
Magic	I-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
Armageddon	I-Application
's	I-Application
Blade	I-Application
and	O
Half-Life	B-Application
:	I-Application
Opposing	I-Application
Force	I-Application
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
