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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Throne of Bhaal through Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition:



That the Chinchilla keeps running off before I can kill it is really starting to annoy me.

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Ion Maiden still does not appear to have been updated on the 3D Realms webstore. There really is no benefit to buying the game directly from the developer it seems, which is pretty poor considering that by doing so I have given them the most support with my purchase.

This date stamp was a tad amusing to find though:


We all know the game is supposed to be retro, but... :whistle:

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Is there any reason why it needs a limit removing source port like GZDOOM or can it still be run with something more chocolate?

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On the comments for the launch trailer the developer confirms that the game will be coming to GOG.com sometime "NEXT YEAR", so hopefully all three platforms will be ready to go by then.

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Quoting: GuestHey now, come on, gallery shooters like serious sam are good fun too

They have their place yes, but it annoys me greatly how much they have come to encapsulate the limit of what most people think an old school FPS is. Retro shooters were about so much more. How can we forget that?

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Quoting: g000hI'm a big fan of DOOM, Quake, and similar "old-skool" FPS games (High speed, dodging around, fast-reaction game-play rather than sneaking around and sniping) ... Recently I've been playing a bit of original Painkiller using Proton/Steam Play and it's been working fine. (That's another title with similar play style.)

Far more important to me in a retro FPS is an emphasis on solid non-linear level design featuring interesting locales, smart enemy and item placements, and an overall sense of craft. It is why games like Painkiller and Serious Sam just don't do it for me in the way that Doom, Blood, or Duke Nukem 3D do. Thankfully I have heard some encouraging noises that Dusk may also provide just that.

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