Ok first of all, before you read me, i have more than 150 hours on BGEE and i think around 1.5k hours on original BG, BG2 (not counting IWD, planescape, NWN etc...). I LOVE these games ;) so thank you for this kind of project. (are you feeling the "but" comming?... good)
So I am, like a lot of ppl here, an old-school player. I played the original baldur's gate games when they were released and i've been waiting for this Enhanced Edition for some time now.
But.... (lol told you so)
Here's what i think about it after a month:
The scaling of icons and char pictures with screen resolution, and the compatibility on OSX and tablets is the ONLY actual and real work you did on this game...
I mean i still have BG and BG2 with mods on my computer (BGT, tweaks, ...), and really... the community made FREE mods for 14 years and you just compile them and sell the stuff for 15$ (and it was, at most, on a beta stage at the release date...) ???
I must ask: did i pay for the portage to OSX and tablets???? I'm a PC player and excuse me but i feel kinda robbed...
- 3 new NPC ??? There are TONS of FREE new NPC on BG mods forums...
- A new adventure? (This one is really a joke) it's separated from BG... this is a commercial announcement at best, pathetic...
So:
- 0 work on graphics? Well i kinda get it, if you started to redraw some stuff you would eventualy end up having to redraw EVERYTHING (would that be bad? i dont think so... but lets admit it was for the sake of authenticity... that it was a choice and not lazyness...) (you could have AT LEAST do something about the water and spell effects omg....)
- 0 work on interface and ergonomy? (original menues???? rly???? no ESC key, wheel button only works on vendor side of selling interface, not focus-based? ... we passed year 2000 more than 10 years ago you know, ppl have smartphones and are used to OSX or winXP level of interface...)
(This graphic options page for example... .... ....is really a joke!!! And no way to change shortcuts? Rly?... omg²)
- The pathfinding... is .... still as terrible as it was in 1998 which says A LOT about your so called "work" on this game.
- you corrected 400 bugs???? Stop lying plz, the community reported and corrected hundreds of bugs in the last 14 years, and you took their work and barely added to it... Once again this is a commercial announcement (and im getting bored of these half lies).
I mean, no visualisation of AOE spells (like a fireball aoe around the mouse when you're ready to launch it? 30' on the spell description could actually be represented.... for example)
Did you even try to redesign interface? Menues? Spell lists? (could we have access to spell details when in combat interface plz? No, we still need to open spellbook to get informations...)
So rly what's enhanced about this edition ??!?!??!?
Can you stop smoking huge blunts and start working a bit plz? (omg^10)
Dont get me wrong, you did work on this, you did release it, you made ppl talk about it, and offered a chance for younger ppl to discover one the greatest computer RPG ever... and the portage to OSX and tablets is really not a bad idea...
Im not writting this to insult you, im not asking for my monet back, but i have to be kinda agressiv because, well, i feel a bit insulted and robbed (sorry but that's the truth)...
I really hope you will read this kind of post im sure im far from the only one who feels like that... but i also believe (hope?) that you guys are more than just a bunch of old hippies making easy money with a classic game... So please please please show us you're not...
We all see the release of independant, low cost or free, new games (with some ACTUAL work having been done on graphics, story, interface.... work you didnt do on this game)... so your "work" on BGEE (for a PC user who has the original games standpoint) looks like a joke/scam compared to what's on the market...
So go go go! continue to patch! and do something about interface!! I'd hate it if next year when i want to play BG i end up installing original BG BG2 and BGT+widesreen FREE mods... It would mean you really did fool us...
PS: sorry for my bad english :p
PPS: huge thanks to the infinity engine modding community!!
So I am, like a lot of ppl here, an old-school player. I played the original baldur's gate games when they were released and i've been waiting for this Enhanced Edition for some time now.
But.... (lol told you so)
Here's what i think about it after a month:
The scaling of icons and char pictures with screen resolution, and the compatibility on OSX and tablets is the ONLY actual and real work you did on this game...
I mean i still have BG and BG2 with mods on my computer (BGT, tweaks, ...), and really... the community made FREE mods for 14 years and you just compile them and sell the stuff for 15$ (and it was, at most, on a beta stage at the release date...) ???
I must ask: did i pay for the portage to OSX and tablets???? I'm a PC player and excuse me but i feel kinda robbed...
- 3 new NPC ??? There are TONS of FREE new NPC on BG mods forums...
- A new adventure? (This one is really a joke) it's separated from BG... this is a commercial announcement at best, pathetic...
So:
- 0 work on graphics? Well i kinda get it, if you started to redraw some stuff you would eventualy end up having to redraw EVERYTHING (would that be bad? i dont think so... but lets admit it was for the sake of authenticity... that it was a choice and not lazyness...) (you could have AT LEAST do something about the water and spell effects omg....)
- 0 work on interface and ergonomy? (original menues???? rly???? no ESC key, wheel button only works on vendor side of selling interface, not focus-based? ... we passed year 2000 more than 10 years ago you know, ppl have smartphones and are used to OSX or winXP level of interface...)
(This graphic options page for example... .... ....is really a joke!!! And no way to change shortcuts? Rly?... omg²)
- The pathfinding... is .... still as terrible as it was in 1998 which says A LOT about your so called "work" on this game.
- you corrected 400 bugs???? Stop lying plz, the community reported and corrected hundreds of bugs in the last 14 years, and you took their work and barely added to it... Once again this is a commercial announcement (and im getting bored of these half lies).
I mean, no visualisation of AOE spells (like a fireball aoe around the mouse when you're ready to launch it? 30' on the spell description could actually be represented.... for example)
Did you even try to redesign interface? Menues? Spell lists? (could we have access to spell details when in combat interface plz? No, we still need to open spellbook to get informations...)
So rly what's enhanced about this edition ??!?!??!?
Can you stop smoking huge blunts and start working a bit plz? (omg^10)
Dont get me wrong, you did work on this, you did release it, you made ppl talk about it, and offered a chance for younger ppl to discover one the greatest computer RPG ever... and the portage to OSX and tablets is really not a bad idea...
Im not writting this to insult you, im not asking for my monet back, but i have to be kinda agressiv because, well, i feel a bit insulted and robbed (sorry but that's the truth)...
I really hope you will read this kind of post im sure im far from the only one who feels like that... but i also believe (hope?) that you guys are more than just a bunch of old hippies making easy money with a classic game... So please please please show us you're not...
We all see the release of independant, low cost or free, new games (with some ACTUAL work having been done on graphics, story, interface.... work you didnt do on this game)... so your "work" on BGEE (for a PC user who has the original games standpoint) looks like a joke/scam compared to what's on the market...
So go go go! continue to patch! and do something about interface!! I'd hate it if next year when i want to play BG i end up installing original BG BG2 and BGT+widesreen FREE mods... It would mean you really did fool us...
PS: sorry for my bad english :p
PPS: huge thanks to the infinity engine modding community!!