Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition [PC]

[Sweey]

Officially announced yesterday, a remake of Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate 2 and the various expansions with some additional content.

As long as they stay true to the games and don't go fudging with features in a silly manner this is a definite buy. Due out this summer.

http://baldursgate.com/

[Appswah]

Heard about this. Should be awesome!

[muscularmatt]

Juicy! Fricking loved these games. CHAOTIC EVIL!!

[fick]

Only PC?

I enjoyed Baldur's on the PS2. Really don't want to go down the road of having to buy a new PC every time I want to play a new title. Consoles are too convenient...

[Sweey]

New Adventure: The Black Pits
New Character: Dorn Il-Khan
New Character: Neera the Wild Mage
New Character: Rasaad yn Bashir
A new collection of player character voice sets
Native support for high resolution widescreen displays
Over 400 improvements to the original game
Improved multiplayer support, with connectivity between all platforms

PC release on September 18 ($17.99 pre-order otherwise $19.99)
iPad ($9.99) and OS X ($19.99) release in September.
Android ($9.99) release TBA

PC hardware requirements are very low.

[muscularmatt]

How low? I dare say my PC is now laughably shit by gaming standards.

[Sweey]

The updated PC game will be made available as a direct download from Beamdog, and won't require an installed client like Steam. Even more, pre-purchasing the overhauled classic now means fans will have access to the game immediately once it goes retail. PC gamers will merely need 512 MB of RAM, a 1 GHz CPU and a GeForce 2 or equivalent GPU at the very least -- a super old-school list of hardware requirements.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Bal...s-7,16455.html

To put the GeForce 2 part into context, those graphics cards were released about 12 years ago.

[Makavelian]

Originally Posted by fick

Only PC?

I enjoyed Baldur's on the PS2. Really don't want to go down the road of having to buy a new PC every time I want to play a new title. Consoles are too convenient...

A gaming PC will last as long as any Console! Sure in 3 or 4 years you might not be able to Max out all the graphics, but it doesn't mean you can't play it. And it'll still take a dump on anything graphically the consoles have to offer.

[Sweey]

Originally Posted by Makavelian

A gaming PC will last as long as any Console! Sure in 3 or 4 years you might not be able to Max out all the graphics, but it doesn't mean you can't play it. And it'll still take a dump on anything graphically the consoles have to offer.

Smart man.

I doubt many people realise just how much the graphics of non-exclusive PC games have stalled due to console limitations - again. That plus the fact games have loading zones all over the flipping place just because of the bloody consoles.

[muscularmatt]

It's just the ease I suppose for most people. I mean I'm a PC gamer too, but I also love the trio of my PS3, leather chair and big telly.

And consoles are more reliable.

[Makavelian]

Originally Posted by muscularmatt

It's just the ease I suppose for most people. I mean I'm a PC gamer too, but I also love the trio of my PS3, leather chair and big telly.

And consoles are more reliable.

Hardware wise consoles are a lot less reliable.

[Sweey]

I think Matt probably means the large number of factors (each piece of hardware could be by a different company) involved when running a new game for the first time which can cause really odd errors that you can't easily track down.

For me, I just can't get comfortable on a console to game for long periods. My PC is also hooked up to both a 27" monitor and 42" TV so I can switch simply by adjusting the graphics card output from monitor to TV - or can have both running together if necessary.

[muscularmatt]

Originally Posted by :>

I think Matt probably means the large number of factors (each piece of hardware could be by a different company) involved when running a new game for the first time which can cause really odd errors that you can't easily track down.

Yep, that's what he meant. Not from a mechanical, but technical point of view.

I ought to sort my PC out to make it a bit more gamerish. At present I've got a fat old monitor and one of those £8.99 chinese chairs from Argos.

[fick]

Originally Posted by Makavelian

A gaming PC will last as long as any Console! Sure in 3 or 4 years you might not be able to Max out all the graphics, but it doesn't mean you can't play it. And it'll still take a dump on anything graphically the consoles have to offer.

A gaming PC won't fit in my TV cabinet with the same practicality of my 360 & PS3. It also lacks the "push button and play" simplicity of the consoles. The PS also comes in handy for it's up-scaling of DVD's to my TV.

I used to be PC gamer, but got fed up of having to keep upgrading hardware & software just to able to play new games. After a day at work, putting up with various levels of aggro, I kind of like the simplicity of the consoles. Matter of personal preference I guess.

Regardless, would like to see a BG-esque title for consoles that isn't a throwaway title, has some offline multiplayer and actually allows the second player to level up properly.

[Winger]

I am currently playing through Baldur's Gate (PC). It took a bit of time to adjust to the old school resolution of 640 x 480 but once acclimatised it's still a quality game. I know there are programs such as EasyTutu and BG Trilogy that improve the engine and the resolution, but after trying them I reverted back to the original install as a matter of preference. Both altered the experience a little too much for me, and not always in a good way.

I have my GPU scale the image to 640 x 480 otherwise the display scales (stretches) it to fit my 1920 x 1080 screen. The latter distorts the image a little too much. The former suits just fine with black bars either side.

If this Enhanced Edition comes out soon, I would be interested. I'm not too far into this playthrough, so if this arrives in a timely fashion and doesn't distort the original experience too much outside of modern resolution support and an updated engine, then we'd be onto something.