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[Drazgul]

I just watched a gameplay video of it. Pause at the start of the battle, the guy selected a shitload of commands, unpaused for like 2 seconds, paused again, selected another batch of commands, unpaused for a couple of seconds, selected more commands, unpaused, battle won.

BG also had a lot of difficulty levels - the easiest ones are pretty damn easy.

 

[Anoregon]

From Trent Oster's Twitter

I'm actually a little disappointed that it's BG1 only, as BG2 is generally the better game. As I just started a BG1/tutu game, I think I'll just stop where I am and do BG2+ToB, save the years of not having played through BG1 for the new shit.

 

[Nairume]

It is a shitty ruleset, and I am a long time d&d player. BG games are good in spite of the gameplay mechanics not because then.

2nd edition is still good as a P&P game, but it doesn't really translate well into video gaming. BG:EE would actually benefit by being translated into 4E, but, again, that's way too much effort for it to really be worth it.

 

[Sentenza]

It is a shitty ruleset, and I am a long time d&d player. BG games are good in spite of the gameplay mechanics not because then.

It could be even a steaming pile of bad smelling vomit, and it would crush Dragon Age without effort in any case.


EDIT: https://twitter.com/#!/TrentOster/status/180380099739267072

We knew #baldursgate was going to be popular, but we never thought it would trigger a DDOS shut down

Well, you are fucking clueless then.

 

[Anoregon]

Well, duh. How stupid would Bioware have to be to omit that?

Then again, they did make Dragon Age II.

For the like, 10th time: BIOWARE IS NOT INVOLVED IN THIS.

 

[Nairume]

It could be even a steaming pile of bad smelling vomit, and it would crush Dragon Age without effort in any case.

Nah, I'm pretty sure Dragon Age would be preferable than if they had used FATAL as a basis

 

[Of All Trades]

The only change I'd like is for the inventory to be a unified screen across all characters. If you have to stick with the old weight system then have a giant grid sectioned off for each character so I can transfer stuff without going to each character sheet. Alternatively just get rid of weight all-together. I get that it's D&D rules but it only adds tedium to the game. There's already limited inventory space.

Also the vendor screen could be a lot better.

 

[dude]

Could they, like, fix their goddamn site or something already...

 

[Durante]

I just watched a gameplay video of it. Pause at the start of the battle, the guy selected a shitload of commands, unpaused for like 2 seconds, paused again, selected another batch of commands, unpaused for a couple of seconds, selected more commands, unpaused, battle won.

That's not the interface, that's the gameplay. And I don't see any problem with it.

 

[Serialxp]

2nd edition is still good as a P&P game, but it doesn't really translate well into video gaming. BG:EE would actually benefit by being translated into 4E, but, again, that's way too much effort for it to really be worth it.

A new edition of d&d was announced in January, if they will use new d&d rules it should be from this new version. It would be a great to get new d&d players.

 

[AlexBasch]

That's not the interface, that's the gameplay. And I don't see any problem with it.

Again, I wasn't criticizing it. It was merely an opinion of what I saw when I watched a gameplay video of a game I have never played, but that I feel interested on trying out.

 

[dude]

2nd edition is still good as a P&P game, but it doesn't really translate well into video gaming. BG:EE would actually benefit by being translated into 4E, but, again, that's way too much effort for it to really be worth it.

2nd edition is a great system. I actually prefer it over 4e!

Anyway, they should gameplay, including D&D ruleset, intact.

 

[Nairume]

A new edition of d&d was announced in January, if they will use new d&d rules it should be from this new version. It would be a great to get new d&d players.

5th Edition is still at least a year off and is nowhere near being ready to be turned into a game.

But it'd at least make more sense than them updating it to 3E.

2nd edition is a great system. it's not like it's that hard to deal with...
They should gameplay, including D&D ruleset, intact.

I agree that they should just leave it as it is, but I'd be fine with them updating it to 4th.

 

[Sentenza]

2nd edition is still good as a P&P game, but it doesn't really translate well into video gaming.

I'm well aware of all the limits of D&D as ruleset, and yet I'm simply baffled when people makes these statements, considering how nine rulesets out of ten in videogames are worse than any incarnation of D&D by far (and in fact I have more a hard time listing better rulestes than worse ones).

 

[Minsc]

Could they, like, fix their goddamn site or something already...

The bigger they are, the harder I hit! I don't expect they'll be getting up anytime soon.

 

[PapaJustify]

Seems, there will be some surprises regarding platforms..

EDIT: lol @ mouse pointer fail

 

[Mitama]

Hmm wow.. A 200 hour epic on consoles. I'd love to see them getting the controls to work though.

 

[Nairume]

Hmm, in light of that tweet, Minsc, would it be too close to port begging, if I suggested that a WiiU version is probably not all that unlikely?

 

[dude]

Oh, console ports. Seeing how they butcher the controls should be entertaining at least

That said - I am very much for an iPad and WiiU versions. I'd like to see how they can adapt the interface to a touch interface, considering that's clearly the future.

 

[Victrix]

Pre-order Bonus: Minsc the hero!

DLC Content: Power up your game with our exclusive DLC level 9 spells and High Power Magic Equipment!

 

[SteveWD40]

PC / Mac on Steam with Steamplay and iOS would be my guess at "platforms".

 

[PapaJustify]

2nd edition D&D rules confirmed!

Well, that is no surprise.

 

[Guerrillas in the Mist]

If you download the resolution/widescreen fixes for Infinity Engine games, they already look amazing, as if the artwork was originally intended for those resolutions. Outside of actual "new" content, which I'm wary of, I don't see the point.

 

[Xater]

PC / Mac on Steam with Steamplay and iOS would be my guess at "platforms".

Sounds good to me.

 

[Vamphuntr]

So, next to no details? This is disappointing so far.

 

[Serialxp]

2nd edition is a great system. I actually prefer it over 4e!

Anyway, they should gameplay, including D&D ruleset, intact.

Well if they don't change the gameplay I will not buy it, I already have the original game and think that the graphics are fine.

 

[Anoregon]

2nd edition D&D rules confirmed!

Well, that is no surprise.

Yup, here's the tweet:

1st rule of #bgee Don't break the fun. We're using the 2nd Edition D&D rules.

 

[PapaJustify]

Information keeps rolling in

 

[Mitama]

Oh, console ports. Seeing how they butcher the controls should be entertaining at least

Yeah... remember how in Dragon Age: Origins they had to move from an isometric view to a third person view and how you couldn't properly pause and issue commands like on the PC version? If this does make it to the consoles, I hope it won't suffer the same fate. DA:O's combat on consoles was fine I guess, but the pausing and commanding the entire party just adds so much more depth to the combat.

 

[Nairume]

So, next to no details? This is disappointing so far.

We have a timeframe, a slight bit of explaination as to what EE is going to entail, and that it is staying 2nd Ed.


Of course, I am now laughing that we are getting another 2nd edition game when there is still only the one 4E game for Facebook.

Spoiler

I'm not laughing

 

[bengraven]

What the fuck is Beamdog?

And why is the developer of the game a sub-division of this Beamdog?

And why does that make me feel really uncertain about this?

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

I hope they remake the enviroments and character models. Simply upping the resolution won't help what time has done.

 

[AndyMoogle]

From what I've been able to find over the last 5 mins, it seems that Beamdog only have two ex-Bioware devs. Trent Oster, who was a modeler for the original BG, and Cameron Tofer, who was a programmer on the original BG.

EDIT: Oh, Trent lead the development of Neverwinter Nights and the expansions.

 

[SquiddyCracker]

Never heard of this Beamdog before.

 

[szaromir]

It's so retarded to announce a game without announcing its destiantion platforms.

 

[Lostconfused]

I did not enjoy what I played of BG1. So at least personally I don't see how this could possibly end up being worse.

Simply upping the resolution won't help what time has done.

Sure it will. Every infinity game is perfectly playable at a high widescreen resolution. You only need to tweak the UI and text.

 

[Gueras]

What is Beamdog?

 

[PapaJustify]

From what I've been able to find over the last 5 mins, it seems that Beamdog only have two ex-Bioware devs. Trent Oster, who was a modeler for the original BG, and Cameron Tofer, who was a programmer on the original BG.

And that is the only thing left that gives me hope for this.

 

[Nairume]

What the fuck is Beamdog?

And why is the developer of the game a sub-division of this Beamdog?

And why does that make me feel really uncertain about this?

Beamdog is a group of ex-Bioware alums that have thus far worked on porting/rejiggering old Bioware games to be completely playable on modern systems/consoles. Overhaul is the specific team inside Beamdogs that specifically remasters the games.

 

[Steve Youngblood]

It's so retarded to announce a game without announcing its destiantion platforms.

I'm not sure if I follow. The Enhanced Edition announcement for now is PC available via Beamdog. Are you criticizing the vague "stay tuned for other platforms" remark?

 

[PapaJustify]

So it is true. The only thing we are getting tonight is this stupid comic strip...

 

[Anoregon]

 

[bengraven]

Beamdog is a group of ex-Bioware alums that have thus far worked on porting/rejiggering old Bioware games to be completely playable on modern systems/consoles. Overhaul is the specific team inside Beamdogs that specifically remasters the games.

Their website looks like a marketplace.

Is this kind of like GOG and CD Projekt...?

 

[Tildom]

A little bit dissapointed. Until the end I wished a Baldur's Gate III.

I'll buy it only because in Spain we never had Tales of the Sword Coast and I want to play full both games.

 

[Sinatar]

Their website looks like a marketplace.

Is this kind of like GOG and CD Projekt...?

Yea minus the common sense needed to distribute their stuff on other platforms and actually make money.

 

[PapaJustify]

This guy is on fire!!

 

[Anoregon]

Does that imply that both games will be simultaneously available this summer?

 

[Ventrue]

Oh boy.

There will be two games. Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition and Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition #bgee=BG+TotSC, bg2ee=bg2+ToB

From his twitter.

EDIT: Beaten, but new page I guess.

 

[Cdammen]

I'm OK with this. Even if it will be a bad "enhancement" I will still have the original... in it's five or six CD-ROM sleeve, and it's monster to manual, and the gigantic box it came in, and the color map

 

[Nohar]

I wonder if they will include the fanmod (well, not really a fanmod in fact) Ascension to ToB... We need the composition of the team ASAP, in order to know if the ones who made Ascension will contribute to this Enhanced edition.