The Seven Stages of Grief come to mind. Canonical seems to have reached denial.

Just like with Mir and Unity all over again.

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Just in case anyone can find any value in it, here is my custom Arch install guide:
http://icculus.org/~hamish/configs/arch-install [External Link]

Tailored specifically for my use case of course. Still, it could give someone a rough idea. You should gain a proper understanding of what you are doing from the Arch Wiki as well of course.

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Quoting: rea987I know it's too much to ask but wouldn't a spreadsheet that compares features of those source ports and engine reimplementations as well as the original a good idea? :whistle:

Sure, it would not be a bad idea, but considering Fresh Supply and NBlood only came out within the last few months, and BloodGDX is still in active development, things are still changing rapidly at the moment.

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I think it is only reasonable to point out that, despite having the official blessing of Atari, this port is essentially the same as NBlood or BloodGDX in that it is a reverse engineer made with no access to the original game's source code. All three ports have their varying strengths and weaknesses, and I would recommend weighing up the various options available before playing.

More information can be found on the Blood Wiki (that I happen to moderate):
https://www.blood-wiki.org/index.php/Fresh_Supply [External Link]
https://www.blood-wiki.org/index.php/BloodGDX [External Link]
https://www.blood-wiki.org/index.php/NBlood [External Link]

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I picked it up for Overgrowth. First one I have bought since Humble Indie Bundle 14.

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Quoting: PangaeaThey are there, sort of. But you need to buy the inferior versions first for twice the price. So 20 dollars for a 20 year old game. Pretty damn nuts. If it at least was possible to buy the originals without forking out money to those hacks, it would be far less of a problem. Then people would have a choice. Now they don't.

Since Beamdog is offering both new content and modern support the fact that the original game is from 20 years ago hardly seems relevant to me in terms of its pricing. And as mentioned they are often on sale.

It really does seem like you are tilting at windmills here.

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With the two Baldur's Gate games and Icewind Dale the classic versions are available as redeemable keys, while for Planescape: Torment and Neverwinter Nights they were just added to my account alongside the Enhanced Editions when I purchased them.

I will also point out that the classic versions retain all of the original extra content they were sold with, including the free soundtracks, meaning that all of the people complaining about Beamdog selling the Enhanced Edition soundtracks separately most likely still have access to the original soundtracks regardless.

I for one was more than happy to buy the Enhanced Edition soundtracks and get counted as another Linux sale though.

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Quoting: PangaeaI'm just glad I bought all the original games years ago, so I still have them. People who didn't are up shit creek if they want the untainted versions.

I have only ever bought the Enhanced Editions, but GOG.com still gives me access to the originals if I want them.

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Quoting: PangaeaI hated when they removed Baldur's Gate and the like and replaced them with the inferior money-grab editions and doubled the price, but thankfully I had bought the 'real' versions years prior.

A bit of a funny thing to post on a Linux gaming website, considering that your "inferior money-grab editions" include among many other things full Linux support.

Beamdog have been consistently great in this regard.

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For the record it has now been updated on the 3D Realms webstore.

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