Interplay updating their old games

[Feyd Rautha]

Did anybody in this forum remember/know that Lionheart had a "pre-order bonus quest"? It reminds me of those bonus merchants from BG2.

The pre-order version also came with trading cards.

What is the quest?

 

[Spukrian]

What is the quest?

Apparently saving a merchant's sister. I can't remember anything abou the quest, but that sword is very good in the beginning of the game..
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1583104801

 

[<3sRichardSimmons]

Say what you like about Herve, but the man sure knows how to keep you on your toes.

 

[BruceVC]

I have this game on GOG and I have always wanted to play it, is their anyone who would recommend it and why would you recommend it?

 

[thesecret1]

I played it a couple years back. I remember it was pretty fun for a while, but then it all kinda blends together and all I remember is fighting trashmobs

 

[Norfleet]

That's because that is how th game was: The fisrt chapter was quality RPG material...then they just sort of...ran out of RPG and you're left with Diablo with worse combat and less plot. Less plot. Than Diablo.

 

[Ihavenoidea]

is their anyone who would recommend it and why would you recommend it?

As everyone else said, tread it as a demo, quit after the dialogues run out. You'll notice when, believe me.

 

[Zboj Lamignat]

The initial part isn't all that great either, tbh. The idea and the setting are nice, but that's pretty much it.

 

[thesheeep]

lionheart is god-awful shovelware abomination, why someone decided to make update to this shit is beyond me...

But it had such promise...

The wound still hurts when it rains.

 

[Don Peste]

I guess what happens here is that Digital Theory, who also brought Hunter: The Reckoning to 360/One and Interplay Solitaire to Steam, has some kind of contract to simply update and make digitally available whatever they (they? It might be a one-man operation, but no idea) can find among Interplay's Ancient Games Backlog.

A little bit meh, but it could be worse. At least adding text localization or that bonus quest could mean whoever is working on this cares a little bit about these games.

They also added Linux and macOS support to some games:


I wonder if there's something of interest among the games that remain unavailable.

 

[Daemongar]

As interesting a bit of news this update to Legacy of the Crusader is, it seems half-hearted. a) It's just not enough change to make me reinstall that game and b) I doubt its enough to make anyone who recognizes the game name to (re)purchase it. Not sure what they are going for - this a long term strategy or some random act?

 

[Lacrymas]

Trying to remind people they were once a dev studio that existed because they are planning something else?

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Update (26 November 2021)
Added languages: French, German, Spanish and Italian

Also, the bonus quest is already included as a downloadable Goodie on GOG but the installer doesn't work correctly on Windows 10 which has led to many support requests online. This update simply pre-installs it (PresellBonus.RED in the /game folder).

The social media accounts for Black Isle seem to be hinting at updates for a lot of their games + linux ports, btw. No idea who is in charge of Black Isle now.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Interplay is fixing(?) up their games and porting them to mac/linux it seems. Is there a thread for this already?

https://steamdb.info/search/?a=app_...ator=3&keyvalue=Interplay+Entertainment+Corp.
https://steamdb.info/search/?a=app_keynames&keyname=241&operator=3&keyvalue=Interplay

unrelated to the fake interplay "re-launch" earlier this year.

Anyone know who owns Interplay now? Infinitron

 

[Infinitron]

Is there a thread for this already?

We had one about their update of Lionheart: https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads...tibility-update-for-lionheart-in-2021.140620/

What else did they update?

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Is there a thread for this already?

We had one about their update of Lionheart: https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads...tibility-update-for-lionheart-in-2021.140620/

What else did they update?

Most of the updates were in October, with a bunch of games getting Linux support. There's also file changes without any change logs.

e.g., https://steamdb.info/app/624070/history/

 

[LESS T_T]

https://steamdb.info/search/?a=app_...ator=3&keyvalue=Interplay+Entertainment+Corp.
https://steamdb.info/search/?a=app_keynames&keyname=241&operator=3&keyvalue=Interplay

"Contains" operator is better than "equal" operator for this: https://steamdb.info/search/?a=app_keynames&type=-1&keyname=241&operator=1&keyvalue=Interplay

Because there's also "Interplay Inc."

I see they're doing a lot of housekeeping like labeling franchises and adding appropriate tags as well.

 

[deuxhero]

Does Interplay still have Giants: Citizen Kabuto? That's the main thing I see on their backcatalog that isn't otherwise accounted for or on a license.

 

[m_s0]

Trying to remind people they were once a dev studio that existed because they are planning something else?

They already did that. In 2012.

 

[Strig]

Weird, I was just yesterday looking into whether or not the resurrected Interplay was actually doing anything these days. The beginning of the game alone is worth playing and the setting is awesome, I remember first hearing about this and thinking "A semi-historical medieval crusaders game using the Fallout system?!" and almost crying from excitement. One of the first of many of life's cruel disappointments.

I remember how excited I was for this game, and then I played the demo provided by one of the gaming mags. If I recall correctly it was mostly wandering through a forest spanking wildlife sporting an inordinate amount of HP. Funnily enough I considered chests the biggest warning sign, you just couldn't put anything in them and what kind of RPG doesn't have storage containers? The full game was a bloody disaster, the fights dragged because of the bloated HP pools, there weren't that many items, it wasn't particularly well written. It looked ok, but that's about it. I didn't even finish it, around 50% mark is as far as I ever got.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Where is BG Dark Alliance, Herve?

 

[Don Peste]

I just noticed they updated their website: https://www.interplay.com/
Who is that "Chris Taylor" in charge of "Games"?

 

[Gaslov]

I'd love to see another Conquest of the New World, but without the free settlers exploit. I would LOVE to have an AI fixed Deadlock 2. That game ruled.

edit: shoot, that's cyberlore.