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New Baldur's Gate?

MMOGamer71MMOGamer71 Member UncommonPosts: 1,988
in General Gaming

Interesting tidbits I discovered elsewhere.

 

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=140662

http://baldursgate.com/

http://www.beamdog.com/forum/forums/general-discussion/topics/balders-gate-1-remake

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  • MikehaMikeha Member EpicPosts: 9,196

    Baldurs Gate was the game that really got me into PC Gaming. I will keep an eye on this for sure.

  • ElikalElikal Member UncommonPosts: 7,912


    "The Lord of Murder shall perish, but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny, chaos will be sown by their passage."


    So sayeth the wise Alaundo

     

    Oh man, Baldurs Gate was the rebirth of RPGs, after they had been said to be dead for many years. I would LOVE to get back to that legacy with new stories.

     

     

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    Ahh the grand old days! :D

    People don't ask questions to get answers - they ask questions to show how smart they are. - Dogbert

  • DeeweDeewe Member UncommonPosts: 1,980

    BG was nice but planescape torment that was juts :D

  • RednecksithRednecksith Member Posts: 1,238

    Hmmm, worth keeping an eye on I suppose...

  • BereKinBereKin Member Posts: 287

    Hope for it.

  • spaceportspaceport Member Posts: 405
    As long as it's not made by Bioware... im in.

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  • xenptxenpt Member Posts: 430

    games like this should be redefined with better graphics like dungeon keeper and carmageddon oldie games should be enhanced to our new gen.

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  • Loke666Loke666 Member EpicPosts: 21,441

    Originally posted by spaceport

    As long as it's not made by Bioware... im in.

    Bioware did the first 2 games right, as long as they keep the Dragon age devs away I don´t see any problem with them making the third game as well.

  • wrekognizewrekognize Member UncommonPosts: 388

    Originally posted by Loke666

    Originally posted by spaceport

    As long as it's not made by Bioware... im in.

    Bioware did the first 2 games right, as long as they keep the Dragon age devs away I don´t see any problem with them making the third game as well.

    The dragon age devs are the ones who did Baldur's Gate I believe.  For me, the first BG was amazing. Loved that game. Then it dropped off with BG2. The graphics style had an art to it that was ruined when they went with the graphic engine they had with BG2. DA1 and 2 did not hold me either. I doubt anything made these days will compare to the work of Bethesda. I'm just glad there's one company with their head on straight.

  • DAS1337DAS1337 Member UncommonPosts: 2,610

    Originally posted by wrekognize

    Originally posted by Loke666

    Originally posted by spaceport

    As long as it's not made by Bioware... im in.

    Bioware did the first 2 games right, as long as they keep the Dragon age devs away I don´t see any problem with them making the third game as well.

    The dragon age devs are the ones who did Baldur's Gate I believe.  For me, the first BG was amazing. Loved that game. Then it dropped off with BG2. The graphics style had an art to it that was ruined when they went with the graphic engine they had with BG2. DA1 and 2 did not hold me either. I doubt anything made these days will compare to the work of Bethesda. I'm just glad there's one company with their head on straight.

    I thought BG2 was way better than BG1, at least Shadows of Amn.. not the expansion.  That just got really weird.  BG1 and UO were the first RPG and MMORPG that I played.  Best single player story and best MMO I've ever played.  Odd isn't it?

  • poweruopoweruo Member UncommonPosts: 31

    Originally posted by spaceport

    As long as it's not made by Bioware... im in.

    Bioware has released lots of awwsome rpg games before they sold them self to EA. Im a big fan of their earlyer games but i understand your comment. I feel sorta the same way to day. I believe they still have talents onboard their team but its starting to be more about milking the consumers than creating awwsome game experiences imho.

  • ConnmacartConnmacart Member UncommonPosts: 722

    Originally posted by Deewe

    BG was nice but planescape torment that was juts :D

    I would much rather have a planescape remake, that game blew bg out of the water in many ways. Sadly it is very underappreciated.

  • SkuzSkuz Member UncommonPosts: 1,018

    I liked Baldur's Gate 1. BG2 I thought was good, though it missed*something* from BG1

    But yes, Planescape was a whole other order of awesome on top, I think because whilst it still had a very linear central story you could come at it from several angles & the dialogues were quite inventive & open-ended, also it had thoe most awesome "concept universe" behind it as a backdrop that is almost criminal it wasn't used moreso.

    A remake of Planescape would have me as excited as an all-star quaterback on prom-night, or something like that.

  • ForumPvPForumPvP Member Posts: 871

    Originally posted by Elikal

     

     

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    Ahh the grand old days! :D

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  • UnlightUnlight Member Posts: 2,540

    Originally posted by xenpt

    games like this should be redefined with better graphics like dungeon keeper and carmageddon oldie games should be enhanced to our new gen.

    Unfortunately, remakes tend to get their guts ripped out and replaced with pablum by the developers who are "re-imagining" them.  Look at the recent Jagged Alliance remake and what the future holds for Sindicate and X-Com.  Hell, just look at the entire franchise history of X-Com too see how badly these games miss their mark.

    At this point, every time I hear of a new remake I feel nauseous at the prospect of what fresh humiliation might be visited upon another classic from my youth.  It's like developers today are completely oblivious to what it was that made those games great in the first place.  The reason for that they don't share our history with them and they are only trying to cash in on a name.  Even Firaxis, who I'd expected so much more from, has failed to recognize the legacy that they are now blithely grinding down beneath their jackboots.  It's a disgrace.

    Today, if Dungeon Keep was remade, they'd probably turn it into a f***ing FPS.  That''s how out of touch developers are with the games we still cherish.  Yeah, and it doesn't help that many times, these remakes need to be "tweaked" to allow them to be played on a console.  I think we all have a pretty good idea of what "tweaked" means in these circumstances.

  • UnlightUnlight Member Posts: 2,540

    Originally posted by Connmacart

    Originally posted by Deewe

    BG was nice but planescape torment that was juts :D

    I would much rather have a planescape remake, that game blew bg out of the water in many ways. Sadly it is very underappreciated.

    Some of us place Planescape above all other RPGs of it's day.  It's still the one for which I have the fondest and most vivid memories.  Underappreciated, yes, but not by me.

  • MMOGamer71MMOGamer71 Member UncommonPosts: 1,988

    Originally posted by spaceport

    As long as it's not made by Bioware... im in.

    I'd have to look for the boxes but I think Black isle Studio(?) developed it and Bioware published it.

  • Laughing-manLaughing-man Member RarePosts: 3,654

    Originally posted by MMOGamer71

    Originally posted by spaceport

    As long as it's not made by Bioware... im in.

    I'd have to look for the boxes but I think Black isle Studio(?) developed it and Bioware published it.

    Baldur's Gate is a role-playing video game developed by BioWare and released in 1998 by Interplay Entertainment. The game takes place in the Forgotten Realms, a high fantasy campaign setting, using modified Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) 2nd edition rules. The game received critical praise, and was credited (along with Diablo) with revitalizing the CRPG genre.   - Taken from Wikipedia

     

    The website has been up since


    Domain Name: BALDURSGATE.COM

    Created on: 27-Oct-11

    Expires on: 27-Oct-13

    Last Updated on: 05-Jan-12

     

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  • MMOGamer71MMOGamer71 Member UncommonPosts: 1,988

    Originally posted by Laughing-man

    Originally posted by MMOGamer71

    Originally posted by spaceport

    As long as it's not made by Bioware... im in.

    I'd have to look for the boxes but I think Black isle Studio(?) developed it and Bioware published it.

    Baldur's Gate is a role-playing video game developed by BioWare and released in 1998 by Interplay Entertainment. The game takes place in the Forgotten Realms, a high fantasy campaign setting, using modified Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) 2nd edition rules. The game received critical praise, and was credited (along with Diablo) with revitalizing the CRPG genre.

    ^ or this

     

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  • ClassicstarClassicstar Member UncommonPosts: 2,697

    Planescape torment has even little to do with bioware lol.

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  • DAS1337DAS1337 Member UncommonPosts: 2,610

    Originally posted by MMOGamer71

    Originally posted by spaceport

    As long as it's not made by Bioware... im in.

    I'd have to look for the boxes but I think Black isle Studio(?) developed it and Bioware published it.

    It was Black Isle.  Their studios were closed shortly after.

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