Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition released last week on Steam and GOG(opens in new tab), and anticipation for a visual remaster of arguably Westwood's greatest game was high… well, at least in the PCG offices. Sadly, the truth is it's more of a disaster than a remaster(opens in new tab).
Nightdive had been working on this for a while, though one big complication was no-one being able to find the original source code(opens in new tab). The ScummVM version, created by a team of volunteers in 2019, sadly remains the best way to play this seminal title; which is a problem, because the release of the Enhanced Edition saw the original removed from GOG and bundled-in with the new one.
The OG version wasn't available on Steam at all but, following the Enhanced Edition's reception (it's currently sitting on 'Mostly Negative' reviews) Nightdive has now added it to the Steam version.
«The original Blade Runner, titled Blade Runner Classic, is now available to play with the Enhanced Edition,» writes Nightdive's Daniel Grayshon(opens in new tab). «There is also an option to play Blade Runner with some restored content that was left unused from the original game.»
That restored content was added by the ScummVM team and was not included in the Enhanced Edition—another reason this 'Classic' version is the superior one.
Grayshon adds that «We are looking at all your feedback for the game, and we're still working on our first official patch for the game which will be coming as soon as we can.»
Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition's problems don't end there. The game has been refused classification in Australia and New Zealand on consoles, though it is apparently still available via Steam and GOG (thanks, Gameshub(opens in new tab)).
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