{"id":1422558,"date":"2025-12-10T22:10:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T22:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/5WG3dFPdNHukHaybxrUQmY"},"modified":"2025-12-10T22:10:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T22:10:18","slug":"the-only-crpg-using-dds-original-setting-is-finally-on-steam-with-fan-patches-and-quality-of-life-fixes-pre-installed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-only-crpg-using-dds-original-setting-is-finally-on-steam-with-fan-patches-and-quality-of-life-fixes-pre-installed\/","title":{"rendered":"The only CRPG using D&amp;D&#8217;s original setting is finally on Steam, with fan patches and quality-of-life fixes pre-installed"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>The US edition of PC Gamer magazine liked The Temple of Elemental Evil enough to award it <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.gamehistory.org\/item\/d919a577-c4ca-4573-af97-85923c055273\">a respectable 79% in 2003<\/a>, but we still had more than a few monster-sized bones to pick with Troika&#8217;s D&#038;D RPG: NPC companions silently loading themselves up with so much worthless loot they become encumbered by it; atrocious pathfinding; and numerous other obvious bugs and avoidable snags bringing down an otherwise promising adventure.<\/p>\n<p>This matched my own experience with the game back then. The enticing promise of a full and faithful digital recreation of D&#038;D&#8217;s 3.5 ruleset\u2014and a chance to throw magic missiles somewhere other than the Sword Coast thanks to the game&#8217;s use of the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greyhawk\">Greyhawk<\/a> setting\u2014was brought down by frustrating technical issues and odd design choices.<\/p>\n<p>I was never quite sure if I was doing something wrong or because the game had got its d20s in a twist again, so I quickly decided to stop playing rather than spend hours scouring forums in the hope of finding the right workaround. Which is why SNEG&#8217;s re-release of this famously temperamental game, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3843520\/The_Temple_of_Elemental_Evil\" target=\"_blank\">out now on Steam<\/a>, is so interesting.<\/p>\n<p>The 1000+ community-created tweaks, fixes, additions, and restorations within have been floating around the web for years, but for the first time ever they&#8217;re baked right into the default install. I don&#8217;t have to wonder if I should try to preemptively correct a common issue before it&#8217;s even popped up. I don&#8217;t have to manage a wobbly tower of patches that must be added in exactly the right order to hopefully fix something that should have never been this broken to begin with.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RheqpBNB7Ss\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s not a completely different experience like a remake would be, with everything simplified and sanded down out of a fear our doomscroll-addled minds won&#8217;t have the patience for 2003-style tough battles and reactive questlines. It&#8217;s pretty much the same game. It just works as intended, right from the first click.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, that&#8217;s not quite right. It&#8217;s better than intended. Temple of Elemental Evil is littered with thoughtful additions and restored quests, all of them well-integrated and subtle enough to make it easy to believe they&#8217;ve always been there. NPCs can offer sidequests they didn&#8217;t have before, unlocking further rewards. I can now find a magic chest to stuff my loot in, neatly sidestepping the original&#8217;s boring, bagless inventory woes. I&#8217;m able to freely wander into a building that didn&#8217;t make it into the original release, and take part in multiple storylines that were otherwise destined to remain unseen.<\/p>\n<p>And it still looks amazing, too, with a very specific early 2000s style that no modern game has truly replicated. Thanks to new high-resolution support and an optional windowed mode I can display the game at whatever size suits me best, and the mix of pre-rendered backgrounds and 3D characters still meld together beautifully, my window of choice filled with <em>more<\/em>, rather than graphics stretched or squashed to fit.<\/p>\n<p>Locations are detailed, pin-sharp, and packed with character. Smoke rises from chimneys, trees sway in the breeze, magic missiles twirl in the air before finding their mark, and gelatinous cubes wobble in evil temples.<\/p>\n<p>Which is great, but why bother playing something this old anyway? Why not play through Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 (<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/thank-you-for-ruining-my-life-larian-even-after-900-hours-and-a-dozen-playthroughs-baldurs-gate-3s-patch-8-has-me-obsessed-all-over-again\">again<\/a>), or Rogue Trader or Wrath of the Righteous or Pillars of Eternity or any other CRPG that isn&#8217;t already old enough to buy its own drinks?<\/p>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery carousel-layout\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-wrap\" style=\"display:flex; flex-flow:row nowrap;\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 1 of 7<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"8jHhyYqZ2X4WCXk49kECsR\" name=\"The Temple of Elemental Evil 2025 (4)\" alt=\"The Temple of Elemental Evil\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/the-only-crpg-using-dds-original-setting-is-finally-on-steam-with-fan-patches-and-quality-of-life-fixes-pre-installed.png\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: SNEG)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 2 of 7<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"aUCAsTrW4muWnqKKNxpcdR\" name=\"The Temple of Elemental Evil 2025 (8)\" alt=\"The Temple of Elemental Evil\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/the-only-crpg-using-dds-original-setting-is-finally-on-steam-with-fan-patches-and-quality-of-life-fixes-pre-installed-1.png\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: SNEG)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 3 of 7<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"8HSefRpi53SHSAVMocJgYR\" name=\"The Temple of Elemental Evil 2025 (1)\" alt=\"The Temple of Elemental Evil\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/the-only-crpg-using-dds-original-setting-is-finally-on-steam-with-fan-patches-and-quality-of-life-fixes-pre-installed-2.png\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: SNEG)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 4 of 7<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"kc58jALfcNnVpEccVpREYR\" name=\"The Temple of Elemental Evil 2025 (7)\" alt=\"The Temple of Elemental Evil\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/the-only-crpg-using-dds-original-setting-is-finally-on-steam-with-fan-patches-and-quality-of-life-fixes-pre-installed-3.png\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: SNEG)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 5 of 7<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"MhUdQRpxcsuSHW4K74Ax6R\" name=\"The Temple of Elemental Evil 2025 (6)\" alt=\"The Temple of Elemental Evil\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/the-only-crpg-using-dds-original-setting-is-finally-on-steam-with-fan-patches-and-quality-of-life-fixes-pre-installed-4.png\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: SNEG)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 6 of 7<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"A3q2smHz74iHTZbfVFedHQ\" name=\"The Temple of Elemental Evil 2025 (5)\" alt=\"The Temple of Elemental Evil\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/the-only-crpg-using-dds-original-setting-is-finally-on-steam-with-fan-patches-and-quality-of-life-fixes-pre-installed-5.png\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: SNEG)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 7 of 7<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"eq4H7TMFhc3NrXRAaeseRP\" name=\"The Temple of Elemental Evil 2025 (9)\" alt=\"The Temple of Elemental Evil\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/the-only-crpg-using-dds-original-setting-is-finally-on-steam-with-fan-patches-and-quality-of-life-fixes-pre-installed-6.png\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: SNEG)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s not complicated, really\u2014because without those thousand-odd bugs, it&#8217;s a lot of fun. The Temple of Elemental Evil is an interesting stepping stone in turn-based D&#038;D&#8217;s digital development, a halfway point between the classic &#8220;gold box&#8221; RPGs that were all about hand-drawn maps and manually flipping to journal entry #13 in an actual paper book, and the breezier, entertaining homebrew present in Larian&#8217;s genre-reviving wonder. It&#8217;s a uniquely faithful recreation of an underserved flavour of D&D; not better or worse than anything that came before or after but <em>different <\/em>in a way that means it will always stand out.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of how many glowing retrospectives better-known old games get, or how many awards the shiny new games win, they&#8217;ll never play the way this one does. As PC Gamer&#8217;s Jody Macgregor once put it, Temple of Elemental Evil might not be the best D&#038;D game, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-temple-of-elemental-evil-is-the-most-dd-game-ever\/\">but it is the <em>most<\/em> D&#038;D game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even selecting the most basic &#8220;Please, I just want to hit whatever&#8217;s standing in front of me&#8221; option in combat here brings up at least <em>five<\/em> different choices to pick from, all of them offering their own tactical strengths and weaknesses.<\/p>\n<p>Movement is never just about picking where in range I want to stand: I have to decide if I&#8217;m walking or running, or taking a single five-foot step. I have to consider how a party member&#8217;s tumble skill is going to interact with an enemy&#8217;s attack of opportunity. I can see a group of monsters down a corridor and select Ready vs. Approach to prepare for the rush to come, and learn to appreciate how devastating a successful trip attack can be, my opponent left prone and vulnerable to coup de gr\u00e2ce hits when they&#8217;re down (and yes, I&#8217;ll pile on my free additional attacks should they survive long enough to stand up).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"ag9MjNzpASLy7bkVxS39VN\" name=\"The Temple of Elemental Evil 2025 (3)\" alt=\"The Temple of Elemental Evil\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/the-only-crpg-using-dds-original-setting-is-finally-on-steam-with-fan-patches-and-quality-of-life-fixes-pre-installed-7.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: SNEG)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s a tactically satisfying experience that only improves as my characters grow, new monsters and new encounters giving me the chance to flex skills I&#8217;ll never find in another PC RPG, no matter how many I play.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d have never known if it wasn&#8217;t for this new release. It&#8217;s not a remake or a remaster, but perhaps something even better\u2014a repair. The game fixed up and presented in a way that allows all the good that was always in here the chance to finally shine. For people old enough to still have the original CDs gathering dust on a shelf somewhere, this is a sensitive collection of curated improvements that retains all the fun and flavour of an older and enjoyably distinct ruleset. For anyone itching for more D&#038;D after smooching Karlach for the hundredth time, the enormous array of helpful additions jammed in here make this impressively freeform RPG feel like a fresh take on the popular series.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s taken far too long, but the temple&#8217;s finally open for worship.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/the-only-crpg-using-d-and-ds-original-setting-is-finally-on-steam-with-fan-patches-and-quality-of-life-fixes-pre-installed\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US edition of PC Gamer magazine liked The Temple of Elemental Evil enough to award it a respectable 79% in 2003, but we still had more than a few monster-sized bones to pick with Troika&#8217;s D&#038;D RPG: NPC companions silently loading themselves up with so much worthless loot they become encumbered by it; atrocious pathfinding; and numerous other obvious bugs and avoidable snags bringing down an otherwise promising adventure. This matched my own experience with the game back then. The enticing promise of a full and faithful digital recreation of D&#038;D&#8217;s 3.5 ruleset\u2014and a chance to throw magic missiles somewhere other than the Sword Coast thanks to the game&#8217;s use of the Greyhawk setting\u2014was brought down by frustrating technical issues and odd design choices.&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-only-crpg-using-dds-original-setting-is-finally-on-steam-with-fan-patches-and-quality-of-life-fixes-pre-installed\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1422559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,34],"class_list":["post-1422558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-rpg"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO 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