The ‘Forgotten Realms: Deluxe Edition’ time-sink
Not everyone has an up-to-date PC, many people seem to prefer modestly powered laptops, DnD is very much alive, and -rather shockingly- not everyone has experienced those classic RPGs (or is it CRPGs?) from the late 90s and early 2000s. Obviously noticing said situation and by being the cunning lot that they are, Atari spotted the relevant, err, spot in the market and released the aptly named and incredibly well-priced Forgoten Realms: Deluxe Edition. It’s an impressive collection of AD&D and D&D 3rd edition epic games set on the popular Forgotten Realms world, generally sporting interesting plots, huge areas to explore, intricate character creation/progression systems, lovely graphics, thousands of goblins and kobolds to slay, impressive production values and very addictive gameplay. Actually, make that life-shattering addictive gameplay, as playing through what’s on offer here should easily last you more than 100 hours. And no, that’s not an exaggeration. Anyway. The games and expansions included are:
- Neverwinter Nights
- Neverwinter Nights Expansion Pack: The Shadows of the Undrentide
- Neverwinter Nights Expansion Pack: The Hordes of the Underdark
- Baldur’s Gate
- Baldur’s Gate Expansion Pack: Tales of the Sword Coast
- Baldur’s Gate 2
- Baldur’s Gate 2 Expansion Pack: Throne of Baal
- Icewind Dale
- Icewind Dale Expansion Pack: Heart of Winter
- Icewind Dale 2
Posted on May 26th, 2008 by konstantinos
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You know, I have a stronger association with these games and Bioware than with Atari. It’s a shame that Atari has had such times since it is probably the oldest American computer game company. And we might not seem a game like these from Atari for a long while.
Anyway, I think you might be looking at 200 hours of gaming: the original NWN has around 60 hours for all the main and side quests.
If gamers like these, here’s a complete list of games set in the Forgotten Realms.
May 26th, 2008 at 7:37 amThis one is cool, does it includes paper manuals or at least PDF ones.
I have ID2 and BG1 but I always wanted to own a stronghold in BG2
May 26th, 2008 at 6:54 pmAnd even slaughter some properly 3D stuff in NWN…
May 27th, 2008 at 12:43 amExcellent links as always dear guttertalk. Oh, and if you’re looking for hundreds of hours of gameplay the Zenobi DVD should do quite nice. You do like text-adventures, right?
And did you know I was sort of an Atari fanboy? I loved my Lynx and always rooted for the Jaguar even though I never bought one. Besides, a company ran from “Grass Valey” is a glorious thing…
May 27th, 2008 at 8:50 amI’m not exactly keen on NWN though, always felt that the draw of these games were the handpainted backgrounds.
May 28th, 2008 at 7:29 amWell, not the main drw for me, but they were definitely important. After all 2D is always more beautiful.
May 29th, 2008 at 2:13 am