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Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition finally available for iPad

After a delay of more than a week, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition has finally been released for the iPad. The PC version came out on November 28, but the iPad version had been delayed because of a crash bug found by Apple.
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After a delay of more than a week, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition has finally been released for the iPad. The PC version came out on November 28, but the iPad version had been delayed because of a crash bug found by Apple.

The iPad version is available on the iTunes Store for $9.99. Beamdog president Trent Oster said via Twitter that this version is only for iOS 6 and that support for iPad1 and iOS 5.1 is still in the works.

That iPad price is cheaper than the $19.99 PC version bcause there is slightly less new content. The characters of Neera and Dorn are available as an in-app DLC purchase, as well as a voice pack. Oster said that the goal was to keep the cost low for of the iPad version, but to do that they needed to leave some new content as DLC.

An Android edition is planned, but no release date has been announced. If you missed the review, the game is definitely enhanced, and still a great experience that holds true to the original classic RPG.

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  • Shacknews legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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    December 7, 2012 7:45 AM

    John Keefer posted a new article, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition finally available for iPad.

    After a delay of more than a week, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition has finally been released for the iPad. The PC version came out on November 28, but the iPad version had been delayed because of a crash bug found by Apple.

    • Blaze legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      December 7, 2012 8:56 AM

      Hey John, the DLC is available at launch.

    • Home Nugget legacy 10 years
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      December 7, 2012 9:21 AM

      I've been playing it all morning. Nostalgic indulgence: SUCCESSFUL

    • rtrson legacy 10 years
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      December 7, 2012 9:26 AM

      the dlc is content thats going to be created anyway. how does not adding it to the ipad version keep costs down? does porting it cost THAT much?

    • Fred Garvin legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      December 7, 2012 9:31 AM

      iOS 6 only at this point FYI.

      • avatar_58 legacy 10 years
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        December 7, 2012 9:43 AM

        Which is a non issue for the ipad, since there's really no reason to avoid ios 6 save for the iphone google maps.

        Once iphone games start requiring though I'm going to be sad

      • Geoffrois legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        December 7, 2012 1:16 PM

        Nooooooo! I'm tempted to buy a new iPad just for this...

    • GodZilly legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      December 7, 2012 9:32 AM

      How is it? Should I get it?

    • Fred Garvin legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      December 7, 2012 10:10 AM

      Apparently it already hit #3 in paid apps in the US iTunes store.

    • Katarn3279 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      December 7, 2012 10:14 AM

      I'm guessing no, but is the multiplayer cross-platform with PC like they were originally saying that it would be?

    • snot3353 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      December 7, 2012 1:25 PM

      Controls are a little iffy so far. Single click tapping on stuff seems pretty inconsistent. Hopefully as I keep playing I'll get used to it.

      • Rice-Rocketeer legacy 10 years legacy 20 years mercury mega
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        December 7, 2012 1:26 PM

        Which iPad do you have?

      • [deleted] 355768971 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        December 7, 2012 1:49 PM

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        • snot3353 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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          December 7, 2012 2:40 PM

          I think there is actually a slider under Display that lets you specify how long you need to hold to get tooltip info. It is kind of tough to use though. I still haven't figured out how to actually get tooltips to display on the toolbar and stuff.

    • Attica Blue legacy 10 years
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      December 7, 2012 1:46 PM

      Can someone who's played it say how it controls? I'm having trouble imagining how this works well using a touch interface.

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