Interesting...
14 year old "enhanced" port of a game causes people to freak out and plan on buying a $500+ device in which to play it on. Mind blown.
iPad isn't just a game console
Interesting...
14 year old "enhanced" port of a game causes people to freak out and plan on buying a $500+ device in which to play it on. Mind blown.
Or like millions of others, already have an ipad and am interested to play an enhanced version of perhaps the greatest game ever on a mobile device.
How is that an issue?
Post-PC world eh? Lol.
More 10-15 year old ports is just what a new platform needs to become the future it's hyped as. What would you port from if iOS was all there is? Anyway, I guess I'd get it if it wasn't bound to be a few GB in size (alongside the sequel) given the gimped capacity iOS devices have with their absurd pricing and I didn't already own the IE games 2-4 times.
Lol.
Who is taking issue with anything? I said it was interesting. Also, I didn't refer to those who own it. I referred to those in this very same thread who stated they would buy an ipad in order to play this game.
You had a go at the age of the game, the cost of the ipad and it's status as 'enhanced'.
From my point of view it is a game that has stood up well, on a great gaming platform that will hopefully have some needed tweaks and a bit of extra content.
Wanting to pay money for that is not something to be mocked.
Move to off-topic forum if not gaming related
The game IS old, the iPad IS $500, and it IS "enhanced." I just found it interesting that it isn't the myriad of other games on the platform that gets some people to jump to buy an iPad, it is THIS one. It struck me as interesting fter the many years it has been available.
If that insulted you, I suggest getting over it. I would say the same thing if someone bought a PlayStation 3 because Simpsons: The Arcade Game was released on PSN.
aka "Huh....interesting."
I guess you mean iPhone. iPad isn't overpriced.
ummm yes, yes it is. All Apple products are grossly overpriced, you have to be riding Apple hard to think they aren't.
Probably says as much about the quality of the myriad of other games on the platform as about the quality of Baldur's Gate.I just found it interesting that it isn't the myriad of other games on the platform that gets some people to jump to buy an iPad, it is THIS one. It struck me as interesting fter the many years it has been available.
To be fair, I've mostly seen existing iPad owners getting excited (and that's totally fair).Interesting...
14 year old "enhanced" port of a game causes people to freak out and plan on buying a $500+ device in which to play it on. Mind blown.
Yeah, also this happens in almost every thread about some "big" game announcement: "I'll by platform X just for that!" Probably have written it myself once.People wanting to get an iPad specifically for this game must be desperately looking for reasons to justify that big a purchase to themselves, imo.
ummm yes, yes it is. All Apple products are grossly overpriced, you have to be riding Apple hard to think they aren't.
To be fair, I've mostly seen existing iPad owners getting excited (and that's totally fair).
I still don't get it. BG2 runs since 2010 on android and iOS, thanks to GemRB.
Maybe the controls are "nicer"... mh.
Interesting...
14 year old "enhanced" port of a game causes people to freak out and plan on buying a $500+ device in which to play it on. Mind blown.
Now I'm worried about my eyes. I wouldn't be able to read the text if it were resting on my knee like that. Please someone tell me this is just a "lol check out how relaxed i can get while playing" mock up :/
It's 2 games (BG2:EE), and the possible of more (IWD, Torment, who knows), along with the possibility of Baldur's Gate 3 (said to be on iPad as well). And they're all staples of PC gaming RPGs. It's not surprising at all. You act like you've never seen people say they would buy a system for a game! Well maybe not as likely to be a port, but I don't think it's that strange. I mainly bought a PSP for the port of Tactics Ogre... and an iPad would offer much more use to a lot of people outside of gaming than a PSP/handheld.
The chapter introductions are narratedbut the text size may still be too small to play at that distance
Now I'm worried about my eyes. I wouldn't be able to read the text if it were resting on my knee like that. Please someone tell me this is just a "lol check out how relaxed i can get while playing" mock up :/
Was considering an ipad, this won't be what convinces me but its certainly enticing. With a pretty recent pc upgrade its hard to justify the expenditure but its great this game is going to reach new players.
The NPCs/quest/restoration mods always struck me as pretty rubbish and amateur when I tried them. IIRC the banter pack is fan dialogue too? Which is also not interesting to me. Dungeon Be Gone is straight up skipping content; hard to argue for this being the 'definitive version.' Fixpack, Widescreen and TUTU are all covered by the EE and are just tweaks.
So that leaves us with Ascension and Tactics. Ascension is pretty great and they've talked about maybe incorporating it into EE. Tactics is a matter of personal preference but it's not my thing.
I can understand that you like these things a lot more than I do, but I think it's pretty hard to make the case that these mods constitute an obviously superior version that people would be crazy not to play. The core gameplay, story and etc. from the original game is so much more important to the experience.
Personally, I just found most of the mods for BGII to be invasive and annoying rather than adding quality content. Only the various tweaks/fixes have ever had a lot of value to me.
Came here to post this.but the ipad isn't a gaming device...
ummm yes, yes it is. All Apple products are grossly overpriced, you have to be riding Apple hard to think they aren't.
Bring an ipad down to kindle price levels and I might consider it.
because it's a great game - keyword: great.The game IS old, the iPad IS $500, and it IS "enhanced." I just found it interesting that it isn't the myriad of other games on the platform that gets some people to jump to buy an iPad, it is THIS one. It struck me as interesting fter the many years it has been available.
If that insulted you, I suggest getting over it. I would say the same thing if someone bought a PlayStation 3 because Simpsons: The Arcade Game was released on PSN.
aka "Huh....interesting."
Came here to post this.
There's no way I'd ever buy an ipad, especially nor for the price it's at. Bring an ipad down to kindle price levels and I might consider it.
The tablet market in general is for people with too much money or with poor spending habits.But it's already cheap for the tablet market..
The tablet market in general is for people with too much money or with poor spending habits.
it's not really affordable. Why the fuck would I pay 500+ for a tablet when I can get a laptop for a hundred dollars more that can do more than the ipad can?
A lot of people who arent tech savvy would easily be better off with a tablet than a laptop for most of the functions they use a computer for (social networking, internet browsing, & e-mail). Which is the case, I see older like 65+ aged people go with iPad's over computers since they are way easier to use for the functions they need a computer for.
I mean it already outsells the entire desktop market and is on pace to top the laptop market in just a few years, if tablets were only for people with too much money that wouldn't be the case.
It's more strange than a console port because in those cases the ability to get and play a game like Tactics Ogre required buying a piece of hardware no matter what you wanted to play it on, even if it was an old used PSX, whereas anyone posting in this thread can go to GoG right this moment and buy and play the games sans "enhanced" (but with the mods that will likely be the same in function).It's 2 games (BG2:EE), and the possible of more (IWD, Torment, who knows), along with the possibility of Baldur's Gate 3 (said to be on iPad as well). And they're all staples of PC gaming RPGs. It's not surprising at all. You act like you've never seen people say they would buy a system for a game! Well maybe not as likely to be a port, but I don't think it's that strange. I mainly bought a PSP for the port of Tactics Ogre... and an iPad would offer much more use to a lot of people outside of gaming than a PSP/handheld.
Pretty much everyone I've talked to who was around my age who has a desktop has built it themselves, so that probably also skews the results.I mean it already outsells the entire desktop market and is on pace to top the laptop market in just a few years, if tablets were only for people with too much money that wouldn't be the case.
The simpsons arcade is a poor comparison unless you consider it one of the greatest games of all time. You got called out making an anti-ipad post and you know it. Need to get with the times rather then getting angry and taking frustrated shots from the side-line.
The tablet market in general is for people with too much money or with poor spending habits.
it's not really affordable. Why the fuck would I pay 500+ for a tablet when I can get a laptop for a hundred dollars more that can do more than the ipad can?
Trying to call out Kintaro is foolish, the guy is rock sol- wait you said WHAT about Simpsons Arcade?
Game over man, game over.
it's not really affordable. Why the fuck would I pay 500+ for a tablet when I can get a laptop for a hundred dollars more that can do more than the ipad can?
Didn't expect this to turn into an iPad hate thread, which is sad.
We've reached a new down in the video game history. Advertisement is made for iPad and games too. I knew this remake was gonna be awful.
I hope that you can still import your characters from BG1 into BG2 on the iPad version
Though I might just buy the PC version? Is it going to be on OS X too?
What is enhanced in the PC version? Looks like the gog version with the mods.
Also where are the PC screen shots?
That's not worth $500 to me, ever.Form factor.