Timboli: P.S. I'd gotten the impression, because of the long running bad reviews at Steam, and the back story, that
Nightdive would be unlikely to address the issues, but now I have read where that might be wrong, and so now I could be really pissed I did not buy the Enhanced Edition when it was 50% off.
EDIT - Without the necessary fixes being concrete though, there is still not enough reason for me to buy yet.
The 50%-off is a permanent offer. If you own the previous [ScummVM]-GOG-version you will get the EE with a 50%-discount.
Nightdive isn't usually known for being lazy or greedy in what they do. They gave away their EE to previous owners of System Shock I. They aren't usually known not to iron out bugs when they're made aware of them.
Iff possible ---
That in this case it was a very bad move to bundle the SCUMM version with the EE. Mainly because the SCUMM version will still be supported, which wasn't the case with the original release of SS, SIN Gold and others.
I don't like to see old games removed in favor of some EE where the team behind got no work at all on the original that's now no longer available, while being very aware of the fact that if the original version remained and people could buy it instead of the other version, it would outsell them 1000:0.05 any day. BG, NWN, PST or IWD anyone?
In other cases it does hurt because a previously purchased version is removed, a new Ultimate version is added to the store, free for previous owners, the original version is replaced by a generic classic 1.0 release
a flash version instead of the deluxe, with which DLC no longer work while still left in the library. To add insult to injury the 'classic version' does contain ad's for the deluxe content and their Ultimate version, where the DLC links in-game lead to a dead website.
I'm looking at you, Guild of Dungeoneering! GOG never bothered to ever have them restore the version for deluxe-edition owners so the 1.10 DLC can be used, despite having been made aware of the situation.
That said, for Nightdive, if they wish to safe face, they should add the original Disc-Version of Blade Runner, unbundle the SCUMM version and ride the storm as best they can. GOG is again hurt by this decision and whoever party had them convinced to make the move.
As far as Blade Runner SCUMM is concerned, the best move would be to purchase the EE, file a ticket for refund, let GOG know how you feel and ask to have the original remain in the library. It's free after all so who cares, right? The same could be done with Beamdog's EE when only interested in the original games. Again, can't purchase it anymore, it's bundled and free. That's maybe the only lesson that even thousands of lines of discussion drives home the point to all parties involved: Don't bundle, have your customers make the decision what they want and listen and attend to their every wish instead of listening and obeying to people who don't put money in your pockets on a daily basis.
The last one is to you, GOG. Stop listening to parties and 'gamers' but your customers! ;-)
