Blade Runner Remake Mess Continues With Shopfront Switcheroo [Update]
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The drama and weirdness across the disastrous Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition remake continues this week. Last time we checked in, patrons had been very sad on the state of the sport, and the creators of a preferred and long-running fan model had been stiffed by the discharge of this newer version.
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Now, some adjustments have been made, not less than on the GOG shopfront. When Nightdive’s Enhanced Edition was first launched, it took the place of a devoted recreation of the unique 1997 recreation that had been reverse-engineered by followers, eradicating not simply the power to obtain this model, however scrubbing its optimistic opinions as nicely (the remake, at time of posting, has an general score of 1.5/5).
An try to rectify this was made when the Enhanced Edition began bundling the fan model alongside it (UPDATE: this addition was solely made in a while Steam, on GoG the fan model was all the time accessible alongside the Enhanced Edition), which means anybody shopping for the newer recreation would get the older one without spending a dime. But this additionally meant that anybody eager to play the fan model must be shopping for the Enhanced Edition, giving Nightdive the cash for one thing they didn’t make (and probably paying for a model of the sport you didn’t even need).
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So GOG have now made one other change, this time enhancing the Blade Runner retailer itemizing, with each variations now accessible individually (and each will present the opposite model in a drop-down menu from their retailer itemizing). Both choices price the identical amount of cash, and the Enhanced Edition nonetheless contains the fan recreation without spending a dime, however the older fan-made recreation has had its optimistic suggestions restored (at time of posting it’s at 4,7/5), and if you wish to purchase simply that version, now you may.
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Since that sounds extremely complicated, above is what the GOG retailer itemizing truly appears like. Buy the highest one and also you solely get the fan model, with the cash going to Blade Runner’s rights holders, Alcon. Buy the second and also you get each, with the cash going to Nightdive.
Note this solely applies to the GOG itemizing; on Steam the one model accessible is the Enhanced Edition (which once more contains each variations), though it wasn’t as huge a deal on Valve’s shopfront, because the fan-made recreation had beforehand solely been accessible on GOG, so it hadn’t been displaced.
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UPDATE, July 3, 6:40pm: GoG tells Kotaku:
By shopping for Blade Runner Enhanced Edition on GOG you obtain each the EE and the unique model for a similar value the unique was offered earlier than. We thought this was the absolute best choice for our customers, however listening to the dissatisfied feedback from some members of our group we quickly realized that was not the case for everybody.
Having that in thoughts, in addition to our steady technical help of the unique Blade Runner, we’ve determined to deliver the unique model again to the shop. Ultimately leaving the choice which model of the sport to choose within the arms of our group.