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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

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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[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

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 6 days 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 6 days ago

Let me know if it still has the funi voices

[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago

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

[-] Bay_of_Piggies@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago

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.

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 6 days ago

Yeah apparently Unreal for rendering, overtop Gamebryo

[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 6 points 6 days ago

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

[-] Stolen_Stolen_Valor@hexbear.net 3 points 6 days ago

Imagine playing this when Caves of Qud is right there

[-] Briaaahn@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

This is a complete remake

[-] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

That's like 50e tho, not bad (idk what's the median salary in AU tho)

[-] red_stapler@hexbear.net 34 points 1 week ago

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.”

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 4 points 6 days ago

you’ll have to decide if a video game you probably already played over a decade ago is worth it

Just adding an extra detail in there lol

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[-] neo@hexbear.net 33 points 1 week ago

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 17 points 1 week ago

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

[-] jackmaoist@hexbear.net 9 points 6 days ago

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

[-] SamotsvetyVIA@hexbear.net 5 points 6 days ago

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

what in tarnation...

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[-] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 27 points 1 week ago

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 6 days 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 week ago

we were right to be mad at the time

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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 17 points 1 week 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

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[-] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 25 points 1 week ago
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[-] Mindfury@hexbear.net 25 points 1 week ago

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 week ago

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

[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 21 points 1 week ago

GIB MONEYS NOW

[-] tombruzzo@hexbear.net 20 points 1 week ago

They're outraged they changed Gender to Body Type

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[-] brain_in_a_box@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago

Oblivion is a bad game to start with

[-] blunder@hexbear.net 1 points 6 days ago

I heartily disagree with you

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