IGN - IPAD REVIEW . THEY DISLIKED IT
"... but its iPad incarnation suffers from wonky controls that make the simplest actions a chore".
its not all that bad, really.
Some doors are a pain, some very small places where some loot is well hidden too... but...
What you guuys think?
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/13/baldurs-gate-enhanced-edition-review-ipad
its not all that bad, really.
Some doors are a pain, some very small places where some loot is well hidden too... but...
What you guuys think?
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/13/baldurs-gate-enhanced-edition-review-ipad
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I suspect the experience would be actually better on the cheapest noname tablet with a resistive display but with a sharp stylus. How's that android port coming along...
Did they even bother to put in a button alternative to the TAB key though? The review says no highlights on mouse over (duh). Having to click around blindly on everything is balls in this day and age. The bad kind of oldschool.
I rather wished such a small team as Overhaul dedicated themselves to offer the game as Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition on the PC. And not waste time on Baldur's Gate: Not Enhanced Ported Edition version on tablets.
I wouldn't mind that on the PC version too, actually.
As agris suggested above, they are taking feedback and addressing those issues that still need attention. But this us a wonderful thing.
If there's already a convenience feature in the game, then might as well make it right.
You play a game like this on the ipad for accessibility.
In any case I couldn't help but take the chance. You'd be surprised at the physical problems the touchscreen input can bring to both healthy and unhealthy people. Accessibility being such in vogue in present times has been otherwise surreptitiously and conveniently wiped out from any tablet discussion/review.
Just because some people have a hard time using a touchscreen, doesn't mean it isn't more accessible than a pc or laptop.
I hate touchscreens and tablets, thus I don't own one, but they are easier to take with you on trips etc...
If you are trying to argue that an ipad isn't easier to access for the majority of people than a pc or laptop then you are trolling.
But accessibility has a perfectly well delineated definition. And nothing is more accessible if it has more accessibility problems.
So the accessibility of a tablet should be removed from the discussion, yet for the majority of people a tablet is more accessible than a pc or laptop when not at home?
Lawl.
So claiming it can't be called more accessible because more people in more situations have access to it that way because for a minority it is not accessible. Is like claiming roads aren't accessible because they don't work great for blind people.
I did nothing childish, I only pointed out your logical fallacies and laughed when you contradicted yourself.
I understand that you believe that something that weights < 1.5 lbs and can fit in a book sleeve can't be called more accessible than a desktop computer because a minority of people can't use them well, but that position is laughable.
I'm not great with tablets, nor do I like them, so for me a desktop or laptop is much more enjoyable and easier for me to use. That doesn't make a tablet less accessible.
The definition of accessible according to Webster.
1) providing access
Well, BG1 already existed for pcs but now it exists on the ipad as well. It has quite literally provided access to ipad owners that don't use pcs. Thus it is now providing more access than it did before.
2) capable of being reached
I don't really need to go back over the <1.5 lbs fits in a book sleeve is easier to reach in all non home situations again do I?
To reiterate, just because it doesn't provide more access for me, you, or your friend, doesn't mean it isn't more accessible by a majority of people in all situations.
And secondly, don't call someone childish because they laugh at your laughable position that twists the definition of a word as it applies to your specific situation and not the majority of the people that will be reached.
One is saying the game is more accessible because the tablet's small size means you can play it anywhere and on multiple devices.
The other is argueing the user friendliness (also known as accessibility) of the touch screen in combination with the game.
They're seperate issues and (in my opinion) both true. Gaining access to the game in the train or whereever on a small tablet is awesome but jabbing my thick fingers at tiny kobolds and buckets is a bit of a chose, lowering accessibility in the gameplay department.
$20 , still need be paid to IP holder , so who knows how many profit they can get ,
If they die , means BG-EE / BG2-EE die, no choice,
I meant to be taking on both points, which is what I originally meant.
NO one should be playing this game on ipad for user friendliness. The user friendliness of the PC for this type of application can't be matched by a touch screen.
And as to my originally point, I don't feel the lack of user friendliness (which should be a given, given the nature of this game) should warrant a rating of 6, given the larger point is to give you access to BG where you wouldn't have it.
The idea being more of a I can run a play through over a month or so here and there 30-60 min at a time on the go, vs I'm going to play this 12 hours straight which should be on a PC. I have a friend that bought both versions for this very reason. One to play at home for long periods, one to play at work on breaks or on the go. (His other reason for buying 2 copies was to support this company)
@Kietzel
I did not know that. QFT
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