Were the classics ever available on Steam? I don't think Torment was, not sure about the BG series.

if I already have the original Planescape Torment, will I get another key of the original game?

No.

Large forums are moderated or they go to hell fast.

I do not care if some troll complains, cries, holds his breath or commits seppuku.

It is very simple, really. Assholes abound. Influenciable copycats are majority. Moderate the forum or let it become garbage.

The man is pointing out how toxic and unwelcoming the atmosphere in this forum is becoming, and how many threads become full of garbage. It was the opposite just few years ago. GOG is losing active community members, the kind that contributes and makes threads worth reading. This is legitimate. Many others have pointed out the same. Maybe Riotact's choice of words is not of your liking, maybe you would like it to be more polite, cheerful or whatever.

Yes, you can ignore the rep system. Can you really? Happy posts, even the more useful ones, are met with massive downvoting, by morons and multiaccounts, which is a more focused kind of moron. AS AN EXPRESSION OF REJECTION. You may cope with that. You may ignore the garbage and the trolling. Maybe. There is more than that, there is even political propaganda and hate speech. Does it feel like a friendly place? A place where you could exchange fun comments and learn something by the way? The answer for more and more members is: "NO, damn, there are other forums, why waste time in a digital shithole?"

Some legit users have said how they are ignoring the rep system, the garbage, the trolling and whatnot. Maybe. Others do not feel that they ought to cope with shit anymore.

So you "don't care about the rep" yet you'll "fuck off back to Steam" and its DRM because the rep system upsets you.

If that is true, then I am saddened.

Thank you for highlighting this post, VladmirClever.

It is not about the rep of the user, he specifically mentioned the downvoting of P O S T S. It is quite easy to read, see.

Thanks for taking the trouble to explain all that Carradice, you hit all the major bullet points.

I don't care about rep, it's the continuous sniping by hidden cowards.

This used to be a great place to hang out, great people, interesting and fun discussions, help topics etc. Now its a cesspool of assholes, most of the names I don't recognise, but the glaring difference is the names that are absent. Older members will remember and recall them fondly.

If people want to buy a game, it's nobody elses business to ram their opposite opinion down their throats, just because they hate Beamdog.

Somebody else earlier asked about PST or the other classics on Steam,, it's an irrelevant question for me as I have the big box originals plus GOG versions. I'll get PST EE on Beamdog.

Thanks again Carradice :)

forcing players/customers to pay twice the money for something that (for someone who is willing to mod the original game, or even prefers it) gives no aditional value is really dick move.

Some people simply aren't interested in the (really cynically named) Enhanced Edition. If a company wants to remake old game, fine, why not. As for the pricing ... I don't really care, they can charge for the remake any price they decide to, their choice. But taking away the option to buy the original sepparately and strongarming anyone interested in the original game into buying the remake they aren't interested in, that is as anti-consumer as it gets and I have absolutely no respect for that and nothing but utter disdain for any company who does this. It also feels like the company has no confidence in their own product ... "omigod omigod no one will buy our remake unless we make it impossible to buy the original"

I would also prefer to have both versions available for sale but well, what can one do? Just don't buy it, contact GOG/Beamdog about unbundling the games (as one of the posters here did) or wait for one of the many sales that will certainly come up in the months and years to come.

Anyway, Beamdog's Enhanced Editions have come a long way since the buggy original release of Baldur's Gate EE and the new convenience and usability in Planescape is splendid - I enjoy it a lot!

Not entirely true, unfortunately. If the initial post in a topic has been "low rated", the topic will always appear gray on the topic list, even if there are new replies. As a result, it becomes more difficult to follow such a topic if it is something you actually are interested in.

I would prefer the rating system to be removed. That would make it easy for people to read "controversial" posts, which were written with an opinion contrary to trolls. The trolls use the hiding mechanic to hi-light their favored position.

Posts that have simple content like "I enjoy the Enhanced Edition" are being dragged from view, while any post that claims Beamdog is a greedy @&!()@)&! of a company are automatically given a thumbs up - no matter how wrong or insulting the content is.

Posts should stand on their actual merit, so that readers can read the debate and come to their own conclusions.

LOL this is really a stupid move..
thank you for the answer

Good take on it. Let's enjoy the game!

Somebody lock the thread already! lol