trueshot: From a "what do you get" standpoint, currently I'd say EE is a worthy purchase if you intend to commit to playing multiplayer on persistent worlds and to otherwise delve into custom content and modding. Many servers have already transitioned to EE and it is unequivocally a minority of servers that intend to remain in stasis on version 1.69 permanently. Please do not purchase EE if your goal is to play the official single-player campaign and expansions. It's not worth it in that case, especially if you already own Diamond. It might someday be, but definitely not at the present time.
teceem: "Worth" is a very relative thing. To me, any form of multiplayer is worthless. Sure the EE's value-for-money is a lot lower than the DE, but I only play a game once so I want the best possible experience. And in this case, it's being able to play at native resolution, the extra modules and the reworked Daggerford.
I agree with you. I just think it's important to note that more developer effort has gone into fixing defects that impact multiplayer, persistent worlds and scripting. Additionally, the two major initiatives that we are aware of are both most relevant to multiplayer. It would be disingenuous to suggest that EE is targeted towards single player enthusiasts.
trueshot: From an ethical perspective, Beamdog HAS ALREADY coordinated with GOG to subsidize the purchase price and to provide a credit for users who purchased Diamond Edition after the Enhanced Edition was released, comparable to how Bethesda treated customers who had already purchased Skyrim Legendary Edition when Special Edition was released. They're obviously not trying to swindle their customers, especially given the fact that the Diamond Edition has been available for almost a decade.
djoxyk: Bethesda at least kept Skyrim original game active and anyone is able to purchase it. I've got this version without any hassle. It was considerably cheaper than SE and suits my needs (at that time is was confirmed to run on Linux with wine). Beamdog decided to remove DE. You're mentioning discounts but if to look into numbers for my region it is 12 times difference! Last week I saw DE on sale for $0.80 and now I should be "happy" with discounted $7.86! 7 bucks more for same content with minor COSMETIC updates. Yes, it contains both versions but I need only ONE version of the game, why on earth I would need various versions? Bethesda at least gave me the freedom of choice.
Bethesda made the same play with Legendary Edition. They most certainly removed the listing at some point and I just now checked to verify. I'm not going to tell you that the game has radically changed from Diamond; it hasn't. But I own EE and it looks measurably better and runs noticeably smoother. The business prerogative of re-releasing old titles with minimal changes is rife in the industry. Dark Souls Remastered is 100% the *same* game with a few new textures, with a market price of the original. Instead we have a heavily discounted title, Beamdog's ongoing commitment to the game, and to date measurable and relevant changes which you can read in all the available patch notes. This isn't a rip-off like most remasters. But it's certainly not necessarily worth the value to all users interested in the genre, eg if you have no desire to play multiplayer, then upgraded multiplayer is of absolutely no value to you as a gamer.
As an edit- I just can't understand the excessive vitriol against Beamdog. They're an exceptionally tiny and frugal shop with potentially oversized ambitions. They're not running on brand or marketing, like most game developers these days. Pretty much every remaster for 2017 and 2018 was sold with marketing and appeal to uninformed gamers. I don't even think Beamdog has a marketing department, and most of their employees are old-school gamers too. What makes you think EE is the con job of the year, with an average retail price ranging $8 to $15? It's been on sale for roughly 50% of the time since it's been released. I just can't process the frenzy here.
