If I remember correctly some old announcements from Beamdog, seeing this being remastered means that we can hope to see Icewind Dale 2 getting the same treatment. So, yey!

Indeed. However, mind two things:

1. Their reasons:
a) They have made a serious effort. They do not want to harm sales of the EE.
b) They seem to have done a honest effort. They have the original creator on board. They seem to have learned versions from BG and ID EE. They claim they provide options for using the most controversial graphic improvements or not, ad libitum.

2. The truth of the market:
a) The classic editions have been having a low price for many years.
b) They EE will have a modest price (even more modest for owners of the original!). A price that will last for some time, then it will be included in sales.
c) In the end, the price of the EE will go down, just as the price of the classic edition went down. The makers of the EE will profit from the higher price just for a while, in the big scheme of things. Then you will have two versions to play, not one, at a price comparable to what the classic edition had on its own before the EE.

Planescape was released in 1999. That makes it 19 years old. In 2-3 years the price will be the same...

So no hate for the EE... If you like to share, be happy that the game can reach new players this way...

NO THANKS! Fortunately i already own the original version so i can just ignore this overpriced "enhanced" edition. :P

It's just sad to see the original version removed from the store.

In all seriousness, seeing as the main character's name is not known (or doesn't even exist), I think they (the original developers, not the ones in charge of the EE) should have made that character of ambiguous gender, or perhaps genderless.

I like Beamdog for what they are doing.

It s possible I ll pre-order this to support them.
It contraddict my rule, but is low risk.

Nah, you can keep it. I stick with the original, until this versions drops down to 5 Euro, for testing.

Planesacape Torment is one of the classic games, I think of a sacrileg, to be remade and worse, changed. Mostly because the changer does not understand the genius of the original version.

This game is and was the best Bioware ever produced. A work of art, and financial, not surprising, a flop.

You can seem, how deep Bioware has fallen, if you compare this game direct to Mass (D)Effect Andromeda. ;)

Nope, I didn't. Finished BG1EE and imported it straight into BG2EE. I'm guessing importing into SOD first caused this problem?

For that you have to ask your fellow genderbigots and SJW of the new Bioware under EA. But it does not fit in the slightest to this story. Maybe you should play the original to the different endings, before even uttering such senseless and dumb nonsense.

Your post is a sacrileg. Please rant more about Soros.

Indeed. I played the original to death. Then tried the EE. Looks better on my modern PC. And guess what, I like Neera.

Let the game reach a new audience, and play the EE or not. It does not matter. The games have been there since the nineties, and the prices will eventually sink down to that of the classic edition on its own few years from now.

When people talk about sacrilege and whatnot, that's beyond me...

Just mentioning that, in maintenance and preservation of art works (such as ancient paintings), the rule nowadays is restoring the damaged portions so that the piece of art can be enjoyed as a whole, but using a different technique (often pointillism) so that the public can still tell the difference between the added portions and the original ones, but only if they pay attention.

This works also in archaeological restoration: The idea is making the restoration transparent to the viewer, showing what was done if you pay attention, while providing a supporting art/craftmanship frame for you to enjoy the original more than you would without the restoration effort.

Does it make sense in games? It works for me...

Huh? Planescape is no Bioware Game. And the Enhanced Edition will come with the option to chose if you want to play the unaltered version with just better graphics or with the improvements.

o_O

wow!

To some here the remasters are "YAY"! and all but to others Beamdog does this to a game ;P

I think the main issue here is that, for a lot of people, me and my sister included, the originals have worked and still work great even without any modding. And should one want it, well, the community has worked hard to produce useful mods that are truly a labour of love, free of charge.

So coming from that perspective, the enhanced editions don't really add much anything of value. But they come with a massive price hike! You can say the games are so good they are worth the asking price -- I'm inclined to agree. What I find very disagreeable is having to pay that money to some company that really contributed nothing, if all you want is the originals.

I guess the other changes are a subjective deal and if they can be toggled, that's good, there is not much to complain about. But when someone takes mona lisa or another revered piece of art, smudges it up and draws thick cartoon outlines on it with a big black marker, calling it good and making that the defualt look for the art (including most or all screenshots), it is going to irritate people, even if it can be toggled off. It shows a lack of respect. And then you are again reminded that to get the game digitally, you're paying money for these antifeatures.

Now the drama concerning SoD has also made people sour, for good reason or not, I cannot say because I have not played the expansion. Thing is, people will remember. If you make them sour and negative and that negativity will be there the next time the same company releases something. Gamers aren't quick to forgive.

Imagine how different the tone could be if the originals were still available separately, at their original price. Now people could get an awesome game for awesome price, or a few "fixes" for much more than the price of original. See now? I think a lot of people would opt to stick with the originals, especially after reading reviews of the EEs. People are happier if they are given the option to vote with their wallet (even if that means little) and still get the game.