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Holy shit, I got Baldur's Gate 3 recently on sale for less than this lazy remaster of a 19 year old game.

Gamers are lapping this shit up too. What happened to the rage people had for the Switch 2 being expensive?

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[–] Stolen_Stolen_Valor@hexbear.net 3 points 12 hours ago

Imagine playing this when Caves of Qud is right there

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 15 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

Btw its already been cracked for pirating. I'm gonna renew my VPN later cause I've been wanting an Oblivion fix for a while.

[–] mrfugu@hexbear.net 5 points 23 hours ago

oh thank god. I was surprised by how much I want this but I can’t bring myself to fork over any more nostalgia bux to the house of Todd

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Let me know if it still has the funi voices

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 8 points 23 hours ago

From what I've seen, they kept the original voices.

[–] Bay_of_Piggies@hexbear.net 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

This isn't true. It has some significant changes, but still feels like the original. They nailed it.

There is new voice acting, and voices are effected by your position to the speaker. They improved the leveling system. They added sprint. The combat feels similar, but is a lot less janky. Of course the improved VFX and SFX. There is probably other things. But it's definately more than a remaster. It feels like a remake.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@hexbear.net 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Also it's actually a different engine. Or at least partially? Apparently it's unreal for graphics but the crusty ass Gamebryo for gameplay according to wikipedia.

[–] Bay_of_Piggies@hexbear.net 2 points 18 hours ago

Yeah apparently Unreal for rendering, overtop Gamebryo

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 27 points 1 day ago (4 children)

But the deluxe edition gives you bonus horse armor! soypoint-2

Remember when people actually got upset about this sort of thing? When horse armor for the original oblivion was used as an example of game companies just being extremely greedy and blatantly anti-consumer? Haha, remember when gamers actually took issue with DLC and "upgrades" that did nothing but provide an empty cosmetic change to the game?

[–] Lemister@hexbear.net 7 points 22 hours ago

Normalization or something.

I remember when dlc used to HUGE addition to the games (even then there were criticized), and not just stuff cut out from the actual game and sold as day 1 dlc.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 19 points 1 day ago

we were right to be mad at the time

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Horse armour was only like $3 and ppl got mad.

I guess it proves simply complaining about it does nothing because the market will just do what it wants.

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago

I'm starting to think that this whole "free market" thing doesn't actually solve consumer's problems and only makes them worse... thonk

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago

Deluxe edition also gets you an art book and the soundtrack

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Nyahahaha, for some reason i can use my VPN again despite not renewing it in over a year

[–] neo@hexbear.net 31 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I thought that it was basically just a texture mod at first, too, but apparently this is an unreal engine 5 game, so it actually is a lot more than a texture mod. Even if they call it remastered, it is essentially a full remake. I wonder what this means for the future of the Gamebryo engine.

[–] Parzivus@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's unreal doing the graphics but apparently it's still Bethesda's engine doing the rest of the game. I'm sure they updated some stuff but it's gonna play pretty damn similarly to Oblivion

[–] SamotsvetyVIA@hexbear.net 5 points 18 hours ago

It's unreal doing the graphics but apparently it's still Bethesda's engine

what in tarnation...

[–] jackmaoist@hexbear.net 8 points 22 hours ago

The logic is the same as Oblivion and it plays exactly like that. It's a remaster not a remake.

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[–] red_stapler@hexbear.net 33 points 1 day ago (10 children)

Ive used this as an opportunity to be real fun at parties and point out to libs “Bethesda is on BDS, so this is kinda like Hogwarts Legacy and you’ll have to decide if a video game is worth it.”

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 15 points 1 day ago

Yes gigachad-hd

It doesn't even seem to have Denuvo, so it should be easy to pirate too.

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[–] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

NAIN HANDREED DOLLARIDOOS?!

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[–] Briaaahn@lemm.ee 2 points 18 hours ago

This is a complete remake

[–] insurgentrat@hexbear.net 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have no idea who can afford this shit atm.

Also please fuck off with forever culture. Things can be in the past. It's ok to move on.

[–] TheVelvetGentleman@hexbear.net 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can afford it. Everything is free if you steal it. Take back your common inheritance.

[–] puckylinky@hexbear.net 5 points 23 hours ago
[–] Mindfury@hexbear.net 25 points 1 day ago (6 children)

holy fucking shit lmaooooooooo

no chance. straight piracy or utilising some sort of forex scheme to get cheap game pass

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[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 23 points 1 day ago

Bethesda fans are a different breed to the ones getting mad about Nintendo

[–] brain_in_a_box@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Oblivion is a bad game to start with

[–] blunder@hexbear.net 1 points 7 hours ago

I heartily disagree with you

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

compared to morrowind but it's better than everything that came after besides new vegas (which bgs didn't make)

[–] kleeon@hexbear.net 6 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Skyrim is better than Oblivion i-think-that

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 6 points 22 hours ago

The levelling, graphics, and voice acting are better, but the quests, which imo are the real draw, are vastly worse.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 4 points 22 hours ago

cringe

skyrim is barely an RPG. considering fallout 4 i'd be shocked if tes 6 is one at all.

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[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago

GIB MONEYS NOW

[–] tombruzzo@hexbear.net 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They're outraged they changed Gender to Body Type

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[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I guess there's no more marrow in the bones of skyrim?

Where's the remaster of their last actually good game? Daggerfall?

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