Posted on: October 16, 2018
Bocian2
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An overpriced re-release of a good game
I'm a very long-time owner of a NWN Diamond Edition box. The game itself is unique, providing gaming opportunities that are unsurpassed to this day. Diamond Edition, now unavailable to purchase because of greed and hubris, earns 5 stars without much consideration, but so called "enhanced" edition, by its own merit, can earn one, two at best. The price is a valid part of the game's experience. In my eyes the scarce improvements EE offers, lack of premium modules - free in DE - abundant bugs and snail-speed development do not justify doubling the price. Removing the alternative that was the cheaper Diamond Edition adds an insult to the injury - it was confirmed that it was solely Beamdog's choice to do so. Graphical improvements are meager. Cheap shaders and filters that are indistinguishable from the original, or even make it worse, like depth of field effect. The showcased new models look like they're made of plastic, not coming even close to what the community has done. Abundance of bugs is confirmed by constant stream of reports and negative steam revievs. It is a definite downgrade over the original, not justified by any improvements. The upside is that they are indeed being corrected (albeit slowly), but any self-respecting developer would fix it during the testing. So-called community endorsement isn't complete. Several single-player models require work to even make them compatible. Some are lost forever with DE unavailable. Beamdog has claimed that making DE and EE users play together is impossible, but the Sinfar server developer has made it a reality. This is an example of dishonesty I wished to point out. The upnotes I have to point out are toolset additions, a reason to buy for many. Are these new tools worth the price? Is it acceptable to just throw them at the community and indirectly tell them to make their own game with them, though? It's a question one has to answer himself. I think this game might be worth to purchase in five years.
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