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SP Happenings #27

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by NewsPro, Dec 9, 2003.

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    (Originally posted by Sorcerer)

    The Sorcerer's Place Merchandise Shoppe has been updated again with a few new items, so take a look.

    Aside from doing some minor corrections on the SP merch (and adding a few items), I didn't really get around to doing anything very progressive on SP. The site update promised for the end of last week is hereby rescheduled for the end of this week. I just love it when a ton of worthy content shows up just before I decide to do a site update. Mmm, yes.

    If you have been following the news here lately, you have undoubtedly noticed that there is quite an uproar going on at the official BioWare forums regarding the Hordes of the Underdark campaign being single-player only. Though admittedly, the problem probably wouldn't even exist had BioWare provided warnings about this early on, I am 100% supportive of BioWare's decision. It is clearly evident that the time that would otherwise have been spent on adjusting HotU to be multiplayer-friendly has been well spent on making HotU more of a CRPG we came to expect from the makers of the Baldur's Gate saga, and not just a quickie hack & slash fest with a rather shaky story. Don't get me wrong, a healthy dose of hacking and slashing every now and then suits me just fine, but I think the original NWN and SoU had more than enough of that, so I can only applaud the direction BioWare has taken with HotU. It just might help bring some disappointed fans of the Baldur's Gate series to give NWN another shot.

    The other historical event is yesterday's shutting down of the Black Isle Studios division of Interplay, and the almost certain end of Interplay looming on the horizon. To the D&D fans, the end of BIS means nostalgia for the Icewind Dale saga and Planescape: Torment. To others, much more (Fallout 3 etc.). Grasping at straws now, Interplay will only produce console titles from now on, since profit-wise, even a completely *****y title released on the console market usually does better than a number of good titles on the PC market. Whether this will keep Interplay alive (or, better, for how long) remains yet to be seen. As far as the majority of gamers are concerned, however, Interplay died along with BIS. Rest in peace, old friend.
     
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