Pen-and-paper D&D is a love-hate game but it’s transitions on to our desktops and gaming consoles have regularly fallen short of the mark.
This isn’t to say that there haven’t been good D&D games, Baldur’s Gate 2 is frequently touted as one of the best titles ever, but a lot of the games that have been considered successes have either branched away from what makes Pen-and-Paper D&D the game it is, by moving away from turn based combat, or it appeals to such a niche market that it’s not a successful game.
Hope writes: "Classic RPGs make up some of the most formative examples of late '90s to early 2000s PC gaming in my memory, but I also remember when they weirdly disappeared. If you loved games like the original Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale, or Planescape, and also wondered why we stopped seeing these kinds of titles for a bit there, well it turns out you can blame physical retailers for the decline in Dungeons-and-Dragons-style PC RPGs."
I would have loved to have bought Baldur's Gate 3 if it would have had a physical release (not the censored Japanese release).
Why can't you just buy the physical release? I have an opened one on Xbox and a sealed collector's edition for PS5.
Are you just not capable of searching online?
Buy the euro version? That is available to purchase. The North American version was limited and sells for a good amount on eBay.
People want to play them. Retailers will sell them. But most dev teams can't make them.
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Licensing issues often leave many games forgotten. But all that aside, here are 10 classic games desperate for remasters.
The getaway
Smugglers run
Dead to rights
Worlds scariest police chases
Sure I’m missing a few.
Ape Escape.
Fun game but, wow, you need a college degree to understand the controls.
A remaster would also save you from having to constantly fight the camera.
Keep the music though. Those drum and bass tracks fit really well and haven't aged. Made me think that more games could work well with drum and bass tracks, but unfortunately it's a somewhat niche genre now.
i could have sworn i read somewhere that Remedy is remaking May Payne 1 but things have been quiet lately
One of the few Xbox games I own. I have 3 copies of it because of the many discs it has, for just in case reasons
Xenogears, Xenosaga trilogy, Vagrant Story, Drakengards, Parasite Eve and many more but I’ll start with those
I'm positive it will get its time, the game needs someone who loves it and had the facilities to give it justifiable development onto consoles :)
I have no idea what this guy is talking about. There are plenty of great D&D games. Can they replicate the true nature of the pen and paper version? Of course not. Not until DMs can generate digital worlds and events at the speed of thought.
Another problem with adding the P&P to a electronic game is this: In the real world you don't fight thousands of monsters with a four man group (low level). And monsters are hard to kill aka killing a Gelatinous cube with daggers.