Baldur's Gate Beamdog's Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 Enhanced Editions

[Diablo169]

Sam Hulick ‏@SamHulick 11m
@TrentOster @daigledopple Super stoked about this combat track for ***** Final Battle! Makes me wanna punch EVERYONE. Even old ladies #BG2EE
Retweeted by Trent Oster

The violation of BG2 is getting closer it seems.

 

[Stabwound]

Trent Oster ‏@TrentOster 5 Apr
@luciusdei We proposed Kickstarter, for a #BGEE expansion pack, but our partners were uncomfortable with the concept.

 

[tuluse]

 

[Diablo169]

Their partners like throwing away free money, Biodrones would have swarmed to that Kickstarter banner like fly's to horseshit.

 

[tuluse]

Using kickstarter means you have legal obligations. Also the contract might have funny wording where a kickstarter contribution isn't a "sale" so the partners wouldn't get the same cut or something.

 

[Kem0sabe]

This Trent Oster creature sounds like he shits giggles for fun. He should make a game with Cliffy.

 

[AngryKobold]

The new track will undoubtedly make people wanna punch somebody. Hulick and Ostner in the first place.

Hopefully the most of their target group never heard "From out of the storm". Probably also think Hoenig is some kind of nazi honey.

 

[SwiftCrack]

Sam Hulick ‏@SamHulick 11m
@TrentOster @daigledopple Super stoked about this combat track for ***** Final Battle! Makes me wanna punch EVERYONE. Even old ladies #BG2EE
Retweeted by Trent Oster

The violation of BG2 is getting closer it seems.

feels bad man

 

[DalekFlay]

Just released a game but would need kickstarter to fund an expansion.

Christ.

 

[taxalot]

They probably managed to fool a few people with the first EE, but I doubt it will work so well with the second game. Fool me once...

 

[Cursed Beaver]

They probably managed to fool a few people with the first EE, but I doubt it will work so well with the second game. Fool me once...

What will they ''enhance'' this time?

 

[waywardOne]

This was also supposed to bring awareness and support to Beamdog for eventual BG3, but it's still just fanfic modders circlejerking.

Here's something I find fascinating: they made themselves look both incompetent and deceitful. Not only did they only "fix" what modders had already fixed, they managed to introduce even more bugs, then hired those same modders to help them fix it again. Meanwhile, modders not on their payroll are getting absolutely nothing out of any of this.

Okay, now skip all of that if you want/need to, because they've already said that anything new -- like a BG3 -- wouldn't even use this engine that they've expended so much energy, time, money, and goodwill into "enhancing".

 

[Western]

Looking forward to how they deface the game this time around, will be highly enjoyable I'm sure, also looking forward to seeing their quality writing blend in seamlessly with Torment enhanced edition as well. I feel certain there will be another romanceable companion you can seal the deal with, that was clearly missing in Torment.

 

[Cursed Beaver]

Looking forward to how they deface the game this time around, will be highly enjoyable I'm sure, also looking forward to seeing their quality writing blend in seamlessly with Torment enhanced edition as well. I feel certain there will be another romanceable companion you can seal the deal with, that was clearly missing in Torment.

They probably won't do that. In fact, they will probably use it to boost their credibility : ''No romance in torment. See? we understand where to put romance and when not to! Loook at how mature we are! ''

 

[Western]

Looking forward to how they deface the game this time around, will be highly enjoyable I'm sure, also looking forward to seeing their quality writing blend in seamlessly with Torment enhanced edition as well. I feel certain there will be another romanceable companion you can seal the deal with, that was clearly missing in Torment.

They probably won't do that. In fact, they will probably use it to boost their credibility : ''No romance in torment. See? we understand where to put romance and when not to! Loook at how mature we are! ''

I think you're giving them too much credit, but that said their magnum opus will be BG3, an entire game crafted with the quality of their additional content and possibly kickstarted.

 

[The Glitterdust Golem]

Coming soon to a Planescape: Torment near you, brand new romance options to cater to audiences of all sexuality! Transcend the need for flesh and release Morte from the anguish of a metaphysically perpetual boner, or engage in the darker side of sex and train Dak'kon to 'endure' the bondage of shackles and chains. Persist in brand new dialogue options and transform The Nameless One into the woman he always desired to be through the power of belief. Find new ways to discover Annah's passions, unfettered by gender, and coax Fall From Grace into a saucy threesome between you and a lim-lim!

DLC packs 'Flames of my Heart' and 'Compassion is True Jusitce' to come later. For those wondering about Nordom, don't worry! Once somebody in the office discovers how to get to him, we'll get our talented writers right on it!

 

[LundB]

Coming soon to a Planescape: Torment near you, brand new romance options to cater to audiences of all sexuality! Transcend the need for flesh and release Morte from the anguish of a metaphysically perpetual boner, or engage in the darker side of sex and train Dak'kon to 'endure' the bondage of shackles and chains. Persist in brand new dialogue options and transform The Nameless One into the woman he always desired to be through the power of belief. Find new ways to discover Annah's passions, unfettered by gender, and coax Fall From Grace into a saucy threesome between you and a lim-lim!

DLC packs 'Flames of my Heart' and 'Compassion is True Jusitce' to come later. For those wondering about Nordom, don't worry! Once somebody in the office discovers how to get to him, we'll get our talented writers right on it!

quality new poster right here.

 

[Diablo169]

Trent Oster ‏@TrentOster 16m
Epic, @Samhulick just proposed the inclusion of a Kangling in our music track. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangling

Seriously, what horrors are they unleashing on BG2? "In Tantric Chöd practice the practitioner, motivated by compassion, plays the kangling as a gesture of fearlessness, to summon hungry spirits and demons so that s/he may satisfy their hunger and thereby relieve their sufferings."

Instruments made of fucking thighbones in the soundtrack.

 

[Kirtai]

Instruments made of fucking thighbones in the soundtrack.

In a horror game that would be awesome.

Here, it's more like "what are they smoking?"

 

[Jaesun]

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Postmortem: Overhaul Games' Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition​

by Trent Oster​

How did a PC classic get reborn as a multiplatform "enhanced edition"? Founding BioWare developer Trent Oster takes us behind the scenes of the development of the Baldur's Gate remake, and all of its complications.​

 

[Zboj Lamignat]

What went right

4. Beta Testing
We beta tested the game for over six months.

 

[SwiftCrack]

holy fuck it's like america's funniest home-videos in text format

 

[tadhg]

The end result is a little less graphical flash for launch than we had initially planned, but we actually had a bit more time to make more widespread improvements as a result

He seems to have different definitions of "a little less" and "widespread" from normal usage.

 

[Kem0sabe]

In summary, BG: EE was defined by the product it is built upon and the hard, respectful work of a small and caring team. We could have done faster development workand we could have had fewer bugs by making sweeping changes, but early on we decided to adopt the role ofcurator. We didn't want to change Baldur's Gate just to show off our development skills and leave our mark; we wanted to make a great game even better and in the process, bring it to new platforms. With the great commercial and critical success so far, we're very anxious to continue to improve the game even more and bring our newly leveled-up skills to bear on Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Edition.

 

[Arkeus]

I am sure they are very anxious, yes.