🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sat, 22 Jul 2017 06:53:15 -0400, Xocyll <Xoc...@gmx.com> wrote:

>ANT...@zimage.com (Ant) looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
>spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>Did you really think he waited until 2013 to play the original 1997
>game?

Not everyone played the original when it came out and - with the glut
of constant new releases available every month - there's little
incentive for many to go back and play an older game. So it is quite
likely that somebody may have waited until recently to experience the
original Build-engine title.

Still, if somebody is more interested in the first game but doesn't
feel $10 is a worthy investment - something I find completely
understandable, since with a lot of older games I only play them for a
few minutes before the old-school game-design (keycards!) and
interface drive me to distraction - then they need only wait. The
original is often given away as a freebie by digital storefronts; at
one time or another, I have seen it offered for free on GOG,
HumbleBundle, and Steam. 

(In fact, just looking I see that the original unmodified Shadow
Warrior (1997) is free on Steam right now. The slightly updated
"Shadow Warrior Redux" cost $9.99)

(On further study, I've learned that it's free on GOG as well and the
current holders of the copyright - Digital Devolver - have announced
the classic version will be permanently free. But the redux updates
are excluded from that offer. Of course, with a little work you can
nearly the same results by using the datafiles of the free version
with an open-source port of the engine so whether the update is worth
$10 is arguable.) 

Personally, I was even less a fan of the original games - classic or
redux - than I was on the 2013 reboot. Although it had a lot of
interesting gameplay features - it pushed the Build engine to its
limits - and the same irrevent tone and humor of the othe Build-engine
games - I mostly remember it for its tedious level design and
uninspired combat.  The reboot isn't much better in these regards but
at least it has better visuals.

Still, if you are a fan of the franchise, it's a great to be able to
pick up the titles without having to pay a dime ;-)
 
> Also I don't think the original had any pointless paid DLC, but it has
> been years since I played it (not since it was new.)

The original game received two official expansion packs - "Twin
Dragon" and "Wanton Destruction". Both were released as free
downloads.