Betrayal at Krondor - 30th Anniversary Stream

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Betrayal at Krondor recently celebrated its 30th anniversary with a stream.

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of Betrayal at Krondor, join the team, fans, and friends for an online celebration about this ground breaking role-playing game that was the winner of several best of the year awards in 1993, and was inducted into the Computer Gaming World Hall of Fame in 2001.

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[Corwin]

Definitely an all time favourite of mine, but sadly, somewhat dated gameplay.

 

[JDR13]

Definitely an all time favourite of mine, but sadly, somewhat dated gameplay.

I think the visuals are far worse than the gameplay. I'm surprised no one has attempted to remake it yet.

 

[bjon045]

I think the visuals are far worse than the gameplay. I'm surprised no one has attempted to remake it yet.

It runs at a native resolution of 320x200 which isn't really good enough for a 3d game! I'd love to see it remade with double the resolution (or more) and a few new textures. I think it is hard to find a game whos graphics have aged as badly as BaK's.

A pity the remaster the Neil started a few years ago never went anywhere (not that he was aiming to complete it).

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LRioTpg3yQ

 

[Hastar]

One of the few classics I never played. It came out right after I graduated from college and I was too busy trying to find a job. I loved the books and wished I had picked up BaK. Even back then, the graphics on the back of the box didn't impress me and I would always buy a different crpg.

 

[forgottenlor]

An excellent game at the time of its release, It was cutting edge in visuals and story telling for its time, but its clearly extremely dated in both aspects now.

 

[JDR13]

A pity the remaster the Neil started a few years ago never went anywhere (not that he was aiming to complete it).

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LRioTpg3yQ[/i

That looks really good. Also, I didn't know Neil was a character in the game.

 

[Carnifex]

I replayed this a few years back and, yeah, it's not held up well, visually. The story and combat, however, still work for me. Quite possibly still number one in my list of all-time greats.

 

[NFLed]

I mostly enjoyed the game when it was first released but when I tried it again several years ago the gameplay and graphics were both too significantly dated for me to get any enjoyment out of it.

I could envision playing a remake but only if the gameplay was updated in addition to the graphics (and then it probably might as well be a different game).