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Realms of the Haunting
Created on 21 June, 2026 17:14
Updated on 21 June, 2026 17:19
Realms of the Haunting

Install doesn't work without README.txt

GOG did the absolute bare minimum in order to support this title. You'll need to create an empty README.txt file inside the ROTH folder or INSTALL.EXE will fail to launch. This will be important if you want to modify the audio settings and choose Sound Canvas for music. The mapper file is also not compatible with more recent forks of Dosbox so if you intend to run this game using DOSBOX Staging you will also need to comment out/remove the "mapperfile=mapper.map" line from dosboxROTH.conf.

1 gamers found this review helpful
Betrayal at Krondor Pack
Created on 02 July, 2025 23:13
Updated on 02 July, 2025 23:21
Betrayal at Krondor Pack

BAK is still an excellent RPG

The dated graphics and combat may turn some people off but if you give it a chance this is probably one of the best RPGs of all time. Story wise, it's an excellent and even the combat which seems lacking at first becomes more engaging as the user unlocks additional spells, etc. There's an issue where CD-Music once enabled fails to loop which GOG sadly never fixed. One workaround is to find a good soundfont like EmperorGrievous and switch over to Roland-SC which will greatly improve MIDI. This will unfortunately diminish the quality of sound-effects and drop certain voice overs but there's a community mod which will allow you to combine Roland-SC with SoundBlaster which resolves this issue. Highly recommended. If you're into open world RPGs then I'd give this one a try when it's on sale.

4 gamers found this review helpful