Yeah, I loved Baldur's Gate back in the day...
There's just something odd replaying the same old, long game again.
I re-read books, watch movies over again (shorter, granted) listen to an album for the umteenth time (even shorter than a movie and in a field of its own, granted).
And yes, I replay games I like. BG included.
[*snip*]
There's nothing wrong in redoing old legendary games... I'd just sort of wish they took the old engine and just continue where "Throne of Bhaal" left off story-wise. Do a new game with the old engine and old characters.
I don't have the tweet (or where ever I read it) at hand but I believe they said the purpose of BG 1/2 EE is to eventully lead up to a new game (although, the BG story is quite done with ToB).
I only have a limited time left on Earth (I am 30),...
And I'm 34, is this a game? I can assure you that you'll find BG fans of all ages, including those who possibly have much less time left on this planet than you and I and yet are eager to relive BG in their armchairs.
Why do you guys like playing games you have already spent dozens or hundreds of hours on? Why not play new fresh games with a story-line that you don't already know before the game even started? Puzzles me...
Partly because some experiences I don't mind reliving twice (or more). See above on re-reading books etc. Some experiences are special. I still haven't found a game that feels in quite the same way as BG does. As far as "fresh" games go, my faith in AAA titles is decreasing rapidly (well Valve and Nintendo might still get me, and the occasional BG/Fallout remake, of course). Perhaps it's up to the growing indie dev industry in my case. I hate FPS games with a vengeance and I more or less assume EA (or whoever owns the license) will find a way to shoehorn in a military shooter in Tetris soon enough.
Ok. So I lied. I would play Half-life 3 if it ever arrives.
And I sorely miss isometric RPGs...
Projects such as Brian Fargos Wasteland 2 kickstarter aren't exactly norm of the day, are they now? Eschalon series anda few other are nice, though (haven't tried Spiderweb's efforts yet unfortunately).
When it comes to consoles for example, I saw so many dudebro games on the shop shelves that I realized current consoles wasn't for me. A bit irrational perhaps, since there's a plethora of different gaming experiences to be had on those. I was just so fed up with seeing the majority of the poster children being the games I hate, I no longer cared for trying out the one's I'd probably love.
I feel the largely same way about a lot of the PC gaming but in that case I already have a machine so I might as well look up a few games I might actually like every now and then.
Some Wii games (e.g. Warioland, Skyward Sword) and computer games (such as Rochard, Eschalon) still make me smile, though.
So, please let me have my Baldur's Gate, remake/port or not. All will be fine. Promise.