Is the new version of a great RPG also great, even when holding the own contribution of the developers in limits? Baldur's Gate 2 lovers and PC games editor Peter Bathge is this question in the detailed test of the Enhanced Edition of his favorite game of Overhaul Games gradually comes to a sobering answer. Including test video!
The new areas look more beautiful than in Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition and fit better into the overall picture.
The new areas look more beautiful than in Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition and fit better into the overall picture. [Source: See picture gallery]
Quick, what's the biggest difference between Baldur's Gate 2 and Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Edition? It's simple: One is a game of superlatives, the other one of the subjunctive. HAVE the makers of the Enhanced Edition significant changes to the interface and graphical role-playing template made WOULD this 25-euro reissue worth the money. And if developers Beamdog managed in the Enhanced Edition incorporate fewer bugs than the patched original from 2000 has, then we would give a higher rating for this disappointing re-release of a classic sensational RPG at the end of this article. But life is not a request concert and the Enhanced Edition of Baldur's Gate 2 (from now on as BG2: EE for short) far from an added value compared to free Fan Modifications to offer.
Mechanical changes
The spells of the Mage Neera can go wrong before: Actually, we just wanted a flame arrow, no ball of fire!
The spells of the Mage Neera can go wrong before: Actually, we just wanted a flame arrow, not a ball of fire! [Source: See picture gallery]
We would have thought it hardly possible, but compared to the first Enhanced Edition affects the successor, despite one of 15 raised to 22 euros purchase price, even less ambitious. Where Overhaul 2012, the first Baldur's Gate has expanded through the integration of the engine improvements of the second part to a series of mechanical changes (Item marking using the Tab key, chart notes, all BG2 classes from the outset available), you have the differences Search between the Ur-BG2 and the supposedly improved edition with a magnifying glass. The most noticeable addition is the support for widescreen resolutions, including a zoom function. This provides more clarity and a sharper image on larger monitors, moves the arg pixelated characters and faltering animation but also to the fore.
Incomprehensible: The resolution determines the game based on the desktop resolution used: My own resolutions can not be set in the options menu, nor are there any other graphics options. The curious case: In its original state contained Baldur's Gate 2, a configuration tool, just make these settings with the player itself, and even were allowed to determine their own keyboard shortcuts - Enhanced Edition comes without this useful tool therefore.
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