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[SomeNorseGuy]

Fallout creator's beloved Dungeons and Dragons game is finally coming to Steam 22 years after launch

Fan favourite Dungeons and Dragons game The Temple of Elemental Evil gets a September Steam release with A Classic Greyhawk Adventure.

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Fan favourite Dungeons and Dragons game The Temple of Elemental Evil gets a September Steam release with A Classic Greyhawk Adventure.

The Temple of Elemental Evil: A Classic Greyhawk Adventure is based on the 2003 Troika Games videogame of the same name (sans subtitle). The brainchild of Tim Cain, the mastermind behind Fallout, the game itself was based on a Gary Gygax module published in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (1985), who was expanding on his earlier work, The Village of Hommlet.

The latest iteration of the adventure comes via SNEG, which has produced Steam versions of classic DnD games like Dungeons and Dragons: Dragonshard and Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone in recent years.

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"The Temple of Elemental Evil first came out in 2003 and has had a passionate community around it ever since. Over the years, fans have added a lot to the game and kept it alive in ways we really admire. This version builds on that work, and we're genuinely thankful to everyone who's helped along the way."

I wonder what they mean by this, hope they've found a way to include fan-patches/mods (Co8).

 

[TintoConCasera]

Cool news for me as I never got to properly play this one back in the day.

I take this is more action focused and closer to something like Icewind Dale rather than Baldur's Gate, right?

 

[Wildebeest]

Does it run at all with the circle of eight mods?

Cool news for me as I never got to properly play this one back in the day.

I take this is more action focused and closer to something like Icewind Dale rather than Baldur's Gate, right?

Its an old school mega dungeon. Though there is talking and a couple of follower npc and stuff you will mostly build your own party and get into scraps.

 

[SomeNorseGuy]

Cool news for me as I never got to properly play this one back in the day.

I take this is more action focused and closer to something like Icewind Dale rather than Baldur's Gate, right?

Yeah, it's quite combat focused. Luckily the combat is the best part about it, story was kind of meh if my memory serves me right. Haven't played it in ages, so I'm keen to revisit this one.

Does it run at all with the circle of eight mods?

They kind of maybe hint that it has fan-patches/mods. But nothing is confirmed.

 

[Nocty]

I didnt enjoy this nearly as much as Fallout or Icewind dale, it felt quite mid at the time.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

I'm curious what they've tweaked with this version of the game. The part you bolded does suggest that it's not just the GOG version.

Always happy to see these sorts of RPGs back in the spotlight, if only for a moment or two.

 

[Prekk]

A fixed up Arcanum would be nice.

 

[Generic]

I recall the game being buggy.

 

[ClanOfNone]

I recall the game being buggy.

It's a Troika game baby!
Their limited portfolio is known for being great games that were buggy as shit. Thankfully, time and dedicated modders have solved most of the issues.
Hope this sees a console release, Neverwinter Nights 2 was pretty garbo.

 

[Rush2112]

Table top version was probably the most popular D&D module back in the day. The PC version is also on GoG fyi.

 

[Denton]

Never played it (unlike Arcanum and Bloodlines) but I love listening to Tim talk about it