Baldur's Gate Countdown to Tomorrow

The Baldur's Gate Website that recently surfaced now features a countdown, presumably related to the hope "to announce something soon" expressed by former BioWare designer Trent Oster, co-founder of Beamdog, who own the website. The countdown looks like it will hit zero around noon EDT tomorrow, so hopefully we'll learn more about plans for the RPG series then.
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Re: Baldur's Gate Countdown to Tomorrow
Mar 15, 2012, 09:59
nin
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Re: Baldur's Gate Countdown to Tomorrow Mar 15, 2012, 09:59
Mar 15, 2012, 09:59
nin
 

If all it is is an ipad port, I'm going to cry...

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Mar 15, 2012, 09:55
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Re: Baldur's Gate Countdown to Tomorrow Mar 15, 2012, 09:55
Mar 15, 2012, 09:55
 
How would you HD REMAKE sprites and the infinity engine (which is based on sprite-tiles) - it would cost more to re-render (and for characters, redraw) all art assets than to make a new game.

This announcement claims to raise infinity engine from the dead, so i highly doubt we are looking at some mediocre HD remake of BG (which would be very problematic due to the dnd license needed to begin with)
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Re: Baldur's Gate Countdown to Tomorrow
Mar 15, 2012, 09:45
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Re: Baldur's Gate Countdown to Tomorrow Mar 15, 2012, 09:45
Mar 15, 2012, 09:45
 
Caladell wrote on Mar 15, 2012, 00:01:
My guess is that they updated the engine to allow for higher resolutions. Hopefully it's more than that though
Yeah, because there are already some easy-to-use mods out there for that.
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Re: Baldur's Gate Countdown to Tomorrow
Mar 15, 2012, 09:31
SXO
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Re: Baldur's Gate Countdown to Tomorrow Mar 15, 2012, 09:31
Mar 15, 2012, 09:31
SXO
 
I think it's pretty obvious it'll be an "HD" remake of the games, since that's what the company that owns the URL has done in the past with another old franchise, MDK.

Also, is it just me, or is the site now down?
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Mar 15, 2012, 00:52
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Re: Baldur's Gate Countdown to Tomorrow Mar 15, 2012, 00:52
Mar 15, 2012, 00:52
 
Techie714 © wrote on Mar 15, 2012, 00:36:
Cutter wrote on Mar 14, 2012, 23:43:
Yeah, sadly I think it's just an overhaul and nothing actually new. Meh.

"Punch a fish. Make a wish." - Roger <<<<LOL!!! American Dad?

Heh yeah. I laughed my ass off when he did that. I love Roger.
"The horse I bet on was so slow, the jockey kept a diary of the trip." - Henny Youngman
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Re: Baldur's Gate Countdown to Tomorrow
Mar 15, 2012, 00:36
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Re: Baldur's Gate Countdown to Tomorrow Mar 15, 2012, 00:36
Mar 15, 2012, 00:36
 
Cutter wrote on Mar 14, 2012, 23:43:
Yeah, sadly I think it's just an overhaul and nothing actually new. Meh.

"Punch a fish. Make a wish." - Roger <<<<LOL!!! American Dad?
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Re: Baldur's Gate Countdown to Tomorrow
Mar 15, 2012, 00:33
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Re: Baldur's Gate Countdown to Tomorrow Mar 15, 2012, 00:33
Mar 15, 2012, 00:33
 
ASeven wrote on Mar 15, 2012, 00:30:
Some rumors mention this might be a Kickstarter for BGIII but more than likely it's just a HD remake.

That'd be awesome, But yeah, Fairly sure it will be something unremarkable.
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Mar 15, 2012, 00:30
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Mar 15, 2012, 00:30
 
Some rumors mention this might be a Kickstarter for BGIII but more than likely it's just a HD remake.
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Mar 15, 2012, 00:01
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Re: Baldur's Gate Countdown to Tomorrow Mar 15, 2012, 00:01
Mar 15, 2012, 00:01
 
My guess is that they updated the engine to allow for higher resolutions. Hopefully it's more than that though
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Mar 14, 2012, 23:59
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Re: Baldur's Gate Countdown to Tomorrow Mar 14, 2012, 23:59
Mar 14, 2012, 23:59
 
Cutter wrote on Mar 14, 2012, 23:43:
Yeah, sadly I think it's just an overhaul and nothing actually new. Meh.

Even if that is true it'll still be light years ahead of anything Bioware has done the last 15 years.
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Mar 14, 2012, 23:43
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Re: Baldur's Gate Countdown to Tomorrow Mar 14, 2012, 23:43
Mar 14, 2012, 23:43
 
Yeah, sadly I think it's just an overhaul and nothing actually new. Meh.
"The horse I bet on was so slow, the jockey kept a diary of the trip." - Henny Youngman
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Mar 14, 2012, 23:18
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Re: Baldur's Gate Countdown to Tomorrow Mar 14, 2012, 23:18
Mar 14, 2012, 23:18
 
Here is some more info & I "think" it may be the overhaul that many have been speculating about.

This is from the page source & text imbedded in the page.

<!-- March 14, 2012 -->
<!-- Shadowy Figure- Raise Dead : Infinity Engine -->

<!-- It is coming. -->
http://www.beamdog.com/files/overhaul/theme.mp3


Notice the word OVERHAUL in the URL?
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Mar 14, 2012, 23:13
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Re: Baldur's Gate Countdown to Tomorrow Mar 14, 2012, 23:13
Mar 14, 2012, 23:13
 
nin wrote on Mar 14, 2012, 22:06:
Is it The Final Countdown?


Damn you for beating me to it!!! LOL!!!
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Re: Baldur's Gate Countdown to Tomorrow
Mar 14, 2012, 23:03
nin
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Mar 14, 2012, 23:03
nin
 
Beelzebud wrote on Mar 14, 2012, 22:59:
I hope it won't be a turn based, top down RPG, there is no interest in those whatsoever!

In other news, Wasteland 2's kickstarter project is on track to meet their goal of 900,000 dollars in under 48 hours.

Allright, I tossed my $100 in. I sure hope it goes well...

And no more kickstarters for awhile - this shit is breaking my wallet!


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Mar 14, 2012, 23:00
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Mar 14, 2012, 23:00
 
JohnBirshire wrote on Mar 14, 2012, 22:50:
It'll probably be set in the new Forgotten Realms, which is dog crap.

Setting doesn't matter as much to me as gameplay. Either way, I'm excited to find out what this is all about, but I'm fully prepared to be underwhelmed.
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Re: Baldur's Gate Countdown to Tomorrow
Mar 14, 2012, 22:59
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Mar 14, 2012, 22:59
 
I hope it won't be a turn based, top down RPG, there is no interest in those whatsoever!

In other news, Wasteland 2's kickstarter project is on track to meet their goal of 900,000 dollars in under 48 hours.
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Mar 14, 2012, 22:50
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Mar 14, 2012, 22:50
 
It'll probably be set in the new Forgotten Realms, which is dog crap.
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Mar 14, 2012, 22:44
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Mar 14, 2012, 22:44
 
Beware the Ides of March!
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Mar 14, 2012, 22:44
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Re: Baldur's Gate Countdown to Tomorrow Mar 14, 2012, 22:44
Mar 14, 2012, 22:44
 
One could hope for a true-to-roots CRPG, one could hope...
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there is a neat, simple solution;
and it is always wrong."
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Re: Baldur's Gate Countdown to Tomorrow
Mar 14, 2012, 22:24
nin
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Mar 14, 2012, 22:24
nin
 

I gotta go with the song...pass the aquanet!

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