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D&D Anthology Master Collection/NWN Complete Collection

Started by Benoist, March 28, 2012, 02:03:36 PM

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Benoist

March 28, 2012, 02:03:36 PM
So I got those two yesterday. The lady at EB games who assisted me knew instantly what I was talking about and told me these were the two last exemplaries she had: these babies have been flying off the shelves apparently!

I installed Baldur's Gate on my laptop running on Vista and it runs perfectly fine! You can install the games separately, one by one, which is cool because in both cases, D&D Collection and NWN collection, you'd need 30 Gigs to install them all at once (so 60 Gigs for both).

Anyway, I'm VERY happy with the purchase. Very cool.

boulet

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March 28, 2012, 05:33:12 PM
30 gigs each? I don't understand how it is possible considering how old those games are. Did they fluff with level design stuff which would explain the disk space gluttony?

(Just checked the wikipedia entry for Baldur's Gate and it says the game needed 300Mb free space. That's a factor 100!)

Benoist

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March 28, 2012, 06:42:49 PM
Yeah the info at the back of the D&D Anthology says:

OS: Windows XP/Vista/7
Processor: Intel Pentium II 700MHz or faster
RAM: 128 MB
HDD: 30 GB
DVD-ROM: 6x or faster
Video card: 32 MB video card with Hardware T&L support
Sound: Windows XP/Vista/7 compatible sound card
Direct X: DirectX version 9.0c (included)

For the Neverwinter Nights Anthology it is:

OS: Windows XP/Vista/7
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz or equivalent processor
RAM: 1 GB
HDD: 30 GB
DVD-ROM: 6x or faster
Video card: ATI Radeon X700 or Nvidia GeForce 6800
Sound: Windows XP/Vista/7 compatible sound card
Direct X: DirectX version 9.0c (included)
Internet: Broadband internet connection required for multiplayer online only

Benoist

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March 28, 2012, 06:52:24 PM
I'm not sure as to the explanation. The D&D anthology has a lot of games in it though: Baldur's Gate and Tales of the Sword Coast, Baldur's Gate II and Throne of Bhaal, Icewind Dale, Icewind Dale II, Temple of Elemental Evil and Planescape Torment.

Maybe that's the number of games that does it?

Just looked into my program files, and Baldur's Gate alone, with Tales of the Sword Coast, clocks at 2.51 GB of disk space.

Rincewind1

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March 28, 2012, 06:53:43 PM
Quote from: boulet;52454230 gigs each? I don't understand how it is possible considering how old those games are. Did they fluff with level design stuff which would explain the disk space gluttony?

(Just checked the wikipedia entry for Baldur's Gate and it says the game needed 300Mb free space. That's a factor 100!)

It depends if you'd instal just the core (and load from CDs) or entire game on the disk (and load just necessities from the disks).
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Benoist

#5
March 28, 2012, 07:07:36 PM
Yeah I noticed no disk needs to be in for me to play BG.

Peregrin

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March 29, 2012, 12:35:43 AM
Don't know if you've played NWN in the past, but I would check out NWVault -- there are a lot of great community-made modules, including remakes of classics like Eye of the Beholder.
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March 29, 2012, 08:07:03 AM
So tempted to pick these up, but I always have the worst luck getting PC games to play.
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March 29, 2012, 05:12:26 PM
Quote from: Peregrin;524591Don't know if you've played NWN in the past, but I would check out NWVault -- there are a lot of great community-made modules, including remakes of classics like Eye of the Beholder.

+1, NWVault had some truly inspiring mods. Wife and I played the mods much, much longer than we actually played the main game.

Rincewind1

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March 29, 2012, 07:56:50 PM
Quote from: Peregrin;524591Don't know if you've played NWN in the past, but I would check out NWVault -- there are a lot of great community-made modules, including remakes of classics like Eye of the Beholder.

Prophet trilogy.

I can't recommend that one enough.
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