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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.
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Greatest CRPG in human history set for re-release at dubious price - 29/10/2009 12:44:20 AM 932 Views
Do you guys think it ages well? - 29/10/2009 12:55:55 AM 578 Views
The graphics have not. The plot has. - 29/10/2009 01:00:11 AM 576 Views
BG 1, or 2? - 29/10/2009 01:46:22 AM 516 Views
Shadows of Amn. *NM* - 29/10/2009 02:32:27 AM 257 Views
Yes and no. I agree with beet. - 29/10/2009 04:15:25 AM 553 Views
Hmm. I'll definitely try to get my hands on it. - 29/10/2009 04:24:02 AM 535 Views
That's definitely a fair gripe. - 29/10/2009 04:57:10 AM 589 Views
A bit, but your party size is smaller if IIRC - 29/10/2009 04:57:18 AM 521 Views
Probably fighter then mage? - 29/10/2009 12:52:56 PM 543 Views
Planescape is older than BG2, I believe - 30/10/2009 12:51:07 AM 547 Views
Yup - 01/11/2009 03:51:28 AM 479 Views
Eh... they have production costs, and apparently there's still a demand. - 29/10/2009 12:57:20 AM 531 Views
Knew that sounded too good to be true, at first. - 29/10/2009 05:28:57 AM 543 Views
Sweet - 29/10/2009 10:06:15 AM 531 Views
I own the original. It's fine without an upgrade. - 29/10/2009 09:05:22 PM 604 Views
Plans for a US rerelease? *NM* - 30/10/2009 04:02:58 PM 252 Views
Held up by legal shenanigans. - 01/11/2009 03:53:48 AM 497 Views

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