DimmuBurgerKing
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Aww, nostalgia trip. Makes me want to start a new game of BG right now - so saith the wise Alaundooooo.
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Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition first "screens" [Up: X-Platform Multi] PC/iPad/Mac
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Aww, nostalgia trip. Makes me want to start a new game of BG right now - so saith the wise Alaundooooo.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Use the Tutu or Trilogy "mods" (BG in BGII's engine with the new rules, GUI, 3D accelerated fog, in sequence with the sequel, etc) alongside the widescreen patch (it's for any high res, not widescreen specifically, I personally only use it for PST) and whatever neat mods you fancy (if any) and you'll probably end up with something about as good as what they may be cooking up here.
Edit: wait, it's as if those screens are taken with one of those mods too, since the GUI is from BGII but the areas are from BG (although with mods you can actually restore the look of the original BG GUI even when running it with the BGII improvements).
^Unmodified BG GUI.
But I guess someone will have mentioned this already, I was just tweaking my installations earlier so I noticed.
charlequin
Banned
I am making the frowniest possible face at you.
Minsc
Gold Member
Not posted yet?
Still looks the same as the original (if they're real screens).
They're old dusty and nobody cared? I doubt Square or Capcom keep the original content of their PS1 games that used pre-rendered backgrounds either...
I wonder what kind of "filters" they have in mind, I can't think of anything that would look good... Just leave everything at its native resolution, use the extra screen resolution of the given device to render more of the playing area and only increase the resolution/size of the fonts/GUI where necessary. Zooming etc are pointless to have too.
You can see in the first and second screens, that the zoom/internal resolution is different and the UI is constant! Awesome. Just a shame it's not dynamic like on the iOS versions... I'd love to be able to zoom in and out while playing on PC, like you can on the iPad.
Use the Tutu or Trilogy "mods" (BG in BGII's engine with the new rules, GUI, 3D accelerated fog, in sequence with the sequel, etc) alongside the widescreen patch (it's for any high res, not widescreen specifically, I personally only use it for PST) and whatever neat mods you fancy (if any) and you'll probably end up with something about as good as what they may be cooking up here.
Edit: wait, it's as if those screens are taken with one of those mods too, since the GUI is from BGII but the areas are from BG (although with mods you can actually restore the look of the original BG GUI even when running it with the BGII improvements).
^Unmodified BG GUI.
But I guess someone will have mentioned this already, I was just tweaking my installations earlier so I noticed.
We've known BG:EE uses the BG2:Thone of Bhaal codebase for a while. All the kits/enchancements/etc are accessible in BG:EE.
DimmuBurgerKing
Member
Admittedly, I've never played with mods. The big thing I'm looking forward to with this version is the online co-op with my bro and maybe a couple of gaffers.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Does something stop Tutu and/or the other IE games from working in multiplayer? I'm just curious, I never tried that, it's not the type of game I'd enjoy co-op. I seem to recall some IE game (probably BGII) functioning some several years ago when trying it with friends but I don't remember details, if there were any hacks and workarounds involved (hamachi comes to mind for some reason, but we might have used it for other games) or whatever, since we didn't stick with it beyond the opening sections.
I still don't get playing BG and BG2 multiplayer. You don't get the NPCs, so you don't get the quests, and the whole hero thing gets muddied (who is the MC? The host?)
Now IWD and IWD2, those are games that should be played multiplayer.
You can assign control of NPCs to other people; they don't have to have a created character. Also, the Bhaalspawn is just the first created character.
But yeah, I don't really like it.
Minsc
Gold Member
Well, that is good news!
He's been tweeting a lot of encouraging mod stuff too:
If they get the modders behind them, this will be beyond a doubt the definitive versions of the game. Even without the modders' full support, what they've accomplished so far in a simple package is potentially great.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I like these fellas.
Not enough buttons? Too many buttons? Lost the office play 'n' charge kit?
Minsc
Gold Member
Yeah, Trent Oster has been tweeting up a storm answering questions about the game, but nothing terribly exciting imo (other than platform info I suppose). The biggest bit of news for me was if they re-did IWD1 it would be with the Throne of Bhaal codebase they're using for BG1:EE, so that means we'd get more class selection and kits in IWD, which would be pretty neat.
More Wii\Nintendo criticism:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-04-17-baldurs-gate-enhanced-edition-not-coming-to-wii-u
Some scathing stuff.
That 6000 sales prior to payment requirement is flat-out stupid. Goes a long way to explaining why Nintendo are dead last in the downloads area.
Glass Rebel
Member
That was on Wii though. I seriously doubt it's the same on Wii U. At least the 40mb limit will be lifted.
StoppedInTracks
Member
Scathing but true. If you don't like the Nintendo way... more power to you, avoid them.
AceBandage
Banned
The thing is... both of those restrictions were removed quite a while ago (at least on the eShop).
They talk about Nintendo in general, and the 40mb, 9 months, etc crap is from a tweet a few hours ago.
Then, if I were Nintendo, I'd correct him quickly and in a very public manner.
There must be something up with their requirements though, the disparity in support between PSN, XBLA, iOS & WiiWare / Eshop is plain as day.
AceBandage
Banned
The Wii lacks internal storage, so I can see the limits. We don't know anything about the WiiU yet.
You got me wrong: It still applies to WiiWare (at least the size limit), but not to Nintendos more recent digital distribution platforms. And yes, I agree. Considering how many developers have already given up (tweets like this one don't help), putting the current terms out in the open might be the best way to get their attention. Though articles like this one should help as well. On the other hand, their ignorance leaves a window of opportunity for other devs.
A quick glance at Wiki tells me there are less than 20 3DS games on the European e-shop, about 5 of which look any good. Do you use PSN / XBLA / iOS? (actually, this is totally irrelevant to Baldurs Gate. Please ignore me, although I'll leave the post here).
There's no way they'll roll with a 40MB cap for the Wii-U. A cap, sure, it makes sense. Not 40MB though.
Yeah, they need to make it very clear that things are changing and that people are welcome to join them. With games prices becoming ever more polarised, that middle-ground that the current downloadable services represent could be a gold mine.
AceBandage
Banned
You're comparing a service that has been out less than a year to ones that have been out for 5+?
Yet the few developers actually supporting the platform seem happy with it and continue to support it. Nintendo just had their fourth(!) indie dev conference in Madrid a few days ago, with speakers from several large and small studios (like Renegade Kid, Nicalis, Two Tribes, Akaoni, Zen or Mercury Steam - and Nintendo of course). Several new announcements came out of that. It's not like they're not doing anything. But many still think Nintendo hates indies and doesn't support them or something...
FrontalMonk
Banned
of all those points mentioned above on twitter, I think the best things to come out of it is the IWD news and the fact that if new voice-over work is done for Minsc, Jim Cummings will reprise the role.
i hope this is the right thread ^^
if u go on http://baldursgate.com/ u see a Countdown, it ends in 90min.
About the countdown you can read:
What is Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition?
When can I get it?
What does it cost?
if u go on http://baldursgate.com/ u see a Countdown, it ends in 90min.
About the countdown you can read:
What is Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition?
When can I get it?
What does it cost?
Hope the new info is good.
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
i bet the new NPCs are going to have romances.
Year 14 DLC
I will! Thanks for asking!
cartman414
Member
Did anyone respond to Trent on the Nintendo download matter?
At least we Know the Dlc wasn't cut from the main game.......
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Day 4000 DLC i have no issue with.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Exciting. Hopefully, they'll just release the DLC right away instead of bullshitting us and waiting on it. I'd rather just buy it alongside the game so I can... y'know, play it.
But whatever. I've never actually played Baldur's Gate, so I'm just glad I'll be getting a "presumably" good opportunity to do that with this.
But whatever. I've never actually played Baldur's Gate, so I'm just glad I'll be getting a "presumably" good opportunity to do that with this.
Official DLC version of Saerileth, the heavily underage asian paladin waifu NPC romance companion who speaks in thou's and shalt's.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Official DLC version of Saerileth, the heavily underage asian paladin waifu NPC romance companion who speaks in thou's and shalt's.
Is it bad that I think that's infinitely more appealing than any of the character art that's actually in the game (the original game, that is)?
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Yes. Although i would agree if you had said BG2 portraits.
I probably won't buy any, since that 14 year old game has more content than I can feasibly get through in any decent amount of time.
Thanks for your hope, though!
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
We've still got half an hour!