Re: 2024 c.s.i.p.g.action Holiday Give-Away Day #00000008

On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 21:05:12 +0000, Omega <no@email.here> wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 11:38:58 +0000, Omega <no@email.here> wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

 

Ho-ho-ho!

 

* Baldurs Gate Enhanced Edition

 

Grabbed this one, many thanks.

 
Oh my gosh! A lurker! Come look everybody; a lurker has stuck their
head up! Feel free to point and stare, it's okay! That's what they're
here for! ;-)
 
But seriously, you're welcome to the game (and the group). I hope you
have fun with it. If you happen to play it, come back and tell us all
what you think of it.

>
Lurking for a long long time in quiet appreciation of this group and
posting very rarely!

I do not understand this term, "quiet". ;-)

But watch out: commenting on Usenet is like eating Pringles. Once you
start, you can't stop.*

Played the original a lot, it's one of my favourite games...but I
haven't tried any of the Beamdog remakes. I will do as you asked once I
give it a try.

It's pretty much the same game. I think the most notable new feature
was built-in support for wide-screen monitors, but otherwise I recall
the experience (I played the game back in... 2018?) being largely the
same as the '98 version. There is some additional/new content
(including an absolutely terrible intro movie that compared quite
poorly to the original) but the new quests and characters were largely
unnoticable on the whole.

Personally, as a GAME I preferred the original version, just because
the intro movie was that annoying (and because I'm something of a
purist). But it can be hard to get it Baldur Gate 98 running well on
modern hardware, so despite my qualms, I tend to recommend people use
the Enhanced Edition. It's not bad; in fact, if you loved the original
I'm fairly sure you'll like this one too. I just think the older
version is ever-so-slightly better.

Thanks again for the game and for the seasonal kindness in general.

Hang around; there's more games to come! ;-)







* Or it would be if Pringles were crisps worth eating. Frankly, when
it comes to Pringles, I enjoy munching on the tube more than ingesting
the actual product. But their marketing slogan is memorable ;-)