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John Keefer posted a new article, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition finally available for iPad.

After a delay of more than a week, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition has finally been released for the iPad. The PC version came out on November 28, but the iPad version had been delayed because of a crash bug found by Apple.

Dec 07, 2012 7:45am PST

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John Keefer posted a new article, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition finally available for iPad.

After a delay of more than a week, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition has finally been released for the iPad. The PC version came out on November 28, but the iPad version had been delayed because of a crash bug found by Apple. : Shacknews
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  Hey John, the DLC is available at launch. : Blaze
  - Thx. Fixed. : Keefinator
- I've been playing it all morning. Nostalgic indulgence: SUCCESSFUL : Home Nugget
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  the dlc is content thats going to be created anyway. how does not adding it to the ipad version keep cost... : rtrson
  - What? The PC version is $19.99. : Fred Garvin
  - They mean price, not cost. : singlespace
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  iOS 6 only at this point FYI. : Fred Garvin
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    Which is a non issue for the ipad, since there's really no reason to avoid ios 6 save for the iphone goog... : avatar_58
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      iPad 1 not compatible with IOS 6. : guitarsandbikes
      
      Well it is 4 generations old now. : avatar_58
      
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      Probably couldn't run the game anyway : BouillonCubes
      
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      Word is they tried really hard but 256mb of RAM is just not enough. : bradleyrr
      
      I think they're still working on it, but they didn't want it to hold up the app store release any longer.... : BlackCat9
  - Nooooooo! I'm tempted to buy a new iPad just for this... : Geoffrois
- How is it? Should I get it? : GodZilly
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  Apparently it already hit #3 in paid apps in the US iTunes store. : Fred Garvin
  - Baldur's Gate III here we come! : Gwyndion
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  I'm guessing no, but is the multiplayer cross-platform with PC like they were originally saying that it w... : Katarn3279
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    Yes, it is. : Fred Garvin
    - well whaddya know! : Katarn3279
    - Fucking hot : kainen1
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      boner achieved : midgetherder
      
      and he didn't even have to post pics of his sister : geedeck
    - Tee hee. : spazzium
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  Controls are a little iffy so far. Single click tapping on stuff seems pretty inconsistent. Hopefully as ... : snot3353
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    Which iPad do you have? : Rice-Rocketeer
    - 3rd gen. : snot3353
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    My biggest problem right now is that there's a weird ambiguity in the inventory screen where you tap to m... : BlackCat9
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      I think there is actually a slider under Display that lets you specify how long you need to hold to get t... : snot3353
      
      The fact they had to put in a preference for that should indicate that it was a bad UI decision to begin ... : BlackCat9
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  Can someone who's played it say how it controls? I'm having trouble imagining how this works well using a... : Attica Blue
  - Moving around the map is okay, although it seems like you can't pan the map without moving at least one c... : BlackCat9