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Yes and no. I agree with beet. Cymbaline Send a noteboard - 29/10/2009 04:15:25 AM
I recently tried to replay Baldur's Gate, and almost immediately threw my hands up in horror at the incredibly out-dated interface and gave up. The game has aged horrendously.


If the interface is what did you in, you probably won't find Planescape to be much better. The graphics actually still look really nice - everything is hand crafted, no gratuitous copy & paste - but it's low res. You can get a mod that will knock the maximum resolution up, however, which is great. So, the graphics have aged a bit, the interface definitely has, though personally I have a fine time with both. Combat and game mechanics are a heavily modified version of the same D&D stuff you'd find in Baldur's Gate 1 & 2, Icewind Dale, etc. I love it, some do not.

Everything that really makes the game superb has aged terrifically. Writing, plot, character, voice acting - all excellent, and, minus the very last one, the best you will find anywhere, and without peer. I will say that the game requires some effort, though. There is a lot of reading; it's not a cinematic experience. Furthermore, the plot is there, waiting to be discovered, just as much as it's something that you will meet while playing through the game. If you do no optional quests and don't go out of your way, you'll be far less impressed than if you get invested and... try, so to speak.


Re: The Original Post: Agreed. Fucking sweet on the game being re-released, fucking atrocious on the price. Even in its rebirth Interplay still manages to fuck up Black Isle. Un-fucking-believable. How I wish they could be erased forever.
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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 579 Views
The graphics have not. The plot has. - 29/10/2009 01:00:11 AM 577 Views
BG 1, or 2? - 29/10/2009 01:46:22 AM 517 Views
Shadows of Amn. *NM* - 29/10/2009 02:32:27 AM 258 Views
Yes and no. I agree with beet. - 29/10/2009 04:15:25 AM 554 Views
Hmm. I'll definitely try to get my hands on it. - 29/10/2009 04:24:02 AM 536 Views
That's definitely a fair gripe. - 29/10/2009 04:57:10 AM 590 Views
A bit, but your party size is smaller if IIRC - 29/10/2009 04:57:18 AM 522 Views
Probably fighter then mage? - 29/10/2009 12:52:56 PM 544 Views
Planescape is older than BG2, I believe - 30/10/2009 12:51:07 AM 548 Views
Yup - 01/11/2009 03:51:28 AM 480 Views
Eh... they have production costs, and apparently there's still a demand. - 29/10/2009 12:57:20 AM 532 Views
Knew that sounded too good to be true, at first. - 29/10/2009 05:28:57 AM 544 Views
Sweet - 29/10/2009 10:06:15 AM 533 Views
I own the original. It's fine without an upgrade. - 29/10/2009 09:05:22 PM 605 Views
Plans for a US rerelease? *NM* - 30/10/2009 04:02:58 PM 253 Views
Held up by legal shenanigans. - 01/11/2009 03:53:48 AM 498 Views

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