Greatest CRPG in human history set for re-release at dubious price
Werthead Send a noteboard - 29/10/2009 12:44:20 AM
PLANESCAPE TORMENT, the greatest computer roleplaying game ever made bar none, is set for a surprising re-release next week. The game has recently appeared in a few "Best Game Evaaaah" polls online and in magazines, typically in the Top 20 somewhere and Interplay's recent semi-rebirth as a budget games company has seen it come up for reissue.
For the last few years, boxed copies have only been available on Ebay where they have swapped hands for upwards of $80. So the new release is good news. Erm, for us British fans anyway, as no US reissue is planned at this time due to Wizards of the Coast getting a bit annoyed over the situation. Interplay have also 'strategically' re-released FALLOUT 1 and 2 and FALLOUT TACTICS in recent weeks, almost certainly not related to the imminent release of the FALLOUT 3 game of the year edition.
What was slightly surprising is that Interplay are charging an eye-bulgingly surreal £17.99 for the game. Whilst the game is one of the greatest things to ever appear in human history, at the same time it's a ten-year-old 2D game that can only run out of the box at 800x600 resolution (thankfully, mods can shift this upwards). Seriously, £18? Just for making it Windows 7 and Vista-compatible? And whilst the game is astonishingly awesome, it is also 'only' 30 hours long, which compares unfavourably with the BALDUR'S GATE collection box set for the same price from Interplay, which has four games that are almost as good and has about 300 hours of gameplay in it. WTH?
Conclusion: Awesome game is available again. Let the world rejoice! And then wait a few weeks before it inevitably drops below £10.
For the last few years, boxed copies have only been available on Ebay where they have swapped hands for upwards of $80. So the new release is good news. Erm, for us British fans anyway, as no US reissue is planned at this time due to Wizards of the Coast getting a bit annoyed over the situation. Interplay have also 'strategically' re-released FALLOUT 1 and 2 and FALLOUT TACTICS in recent weeks, almost certainly not related to the imminent release of the FALLOUT 3 game of the year edition.
What was slightly surprising is that Interplay are charging an eye-bulgingly surreal £17.99 for the game. Whilst the game is one of the greatest things to ever appear in human history, at the same time it's a ten-year-old 2D game that can only run out of the box at 800x600 resolution (thankfully, mods can shift this upwards). Seriously, £18? Just for making it Windows 7 and Vista-compatible? And whilst the game is astonishingly awesome, it is also 'only' 30 hours long, which compares unfavourably with the BALDUR'S GATE collection box set for the same price from Interplay, which has four games that are almost as good and has about 300 hours of gameplay in it. WTH?
Conclusion: Awesome game is available again. Let the world rejoice! And then wait a few weeks before it inevitably drops below £10.
Greatest CRPG in human history set for re-release at dubious price
29/10/2009 12:44:20 AM
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Do you guys think it ages well?
29/10/2009 12:55:55 AM
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BG 1, or 2?
29/10/2009 01:46:22 AM
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Shadows of Amn. *NM*
29/10/2009 02:32:27 AM
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Eeeeeeeenteresting. I'm usually the first to criticize all things old, but I handled that game fine. *NM*
29/10/2009 04:55:22 AM
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Yes and no. I agree with beet.
29/10/2009 04:15:25 AM
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Hmm. I'll definitely try to get my hands on it.
29/10/2009 04:24:02 AM
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A bit, but your party size is smaller if IIRC
29/10/2009 04:57:18 AM
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Probably fighter then mage?
29/10/2009 12:52:56 PM
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Eh... they have production costs, and apparently there's still a demand.
29/10/2009 12:57:20 AM
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BG2 & its expansion were superb, but I somehow missed Planescape. *NM*
29/10/2009 01:31:08 PM
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