{"id":23731,"date":"2022-07-01T09:09:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T08:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/pc\/blade-runner-remake-mess-continues-with-shopfront-switcheroo\/"},"modified":"2022-07-01T09:09:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T08:09:56","slug":"blade-runner-remake-mess-continues-with-shopfront-switcheroo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?p=23731","title":{"rendered":"Blade Runner Remake Mess Continues With Shopfront Switcheroo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The drama and weirdness around the disastrous Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition <\/em>remake continues this week. Last time we checked in, buyers were very <\/em>unhappy at the state of the game<\/span>, and the creators of a popular and long-running fan version had been stiffed by the release of this newer edition.<\/p>\n
Now some changes have been made, at least on the Good Old Games shopfront. When Nightdive\u2019s Enhanced Edition<\/em> was first released, it took the place of a faithful recreation of the original 1997 game that had been reverse-engineered by fans, removing not just the ability to download this version, but scrubbing its positive reviews as well (the remake, at time of posting, has an overall rating of 1.5\/5).<\/p>\n
An attempt to rectify this was made when the Enhanced Edition <\/em>started bundling the fan version alongside it<\/span>, meaning anyone buying the newer game would get the older one for free. But this also meant that anyone wanting to play the fan version would have to be buying the Enhanced Edition<\/em>, giving Nightdive the money for something they didn\u2019t make (and potentially paying for a version of the game you didn\u2019t even want).<\/p>\n
So Good Old Games have now made another<\/em> change, this time editing the Blade Runner<\/em> store listing to default to the fan version, with Nightdive\u2019s game now available separately from a drop-down menu. Both options cost the same amount of money, and the Enhanced Edition <\/em>still includes the fan game for free, but the older fan-made game has had its positive feedback restored (at time of posting it\u2019s at 4,7\/5), and if you want to buy just that edition, now you can.<\/p>\n\n
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(I\u2019m in Australia, hence the A$14.50)<\/figcaption>Screenshot: Good Old Games<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Since that sounds incredibly confusing, here\u2019s what the GoG store listing actually looks like. Buy the top one and you only get the fan version, with the money going to Blade Runner\u2019s<\/em> rights holders, Alcon. Buy the second and you get both, with the money going to Nightdive. <\/p>\n
Note this only applies to the GoG listing; on Steam the only version available is the Enhanced Edition<\/em> (which again includes both version), though it wasn\u2019t as big a deal on Valve\u2019s shopfront as the fan-made game had previously only been available on GoG, so it hadn\u2019t been displaced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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