Free or not, it doesn't work for me. The new engine and extremely low frame rate are unacceptable. Not to mention the crashing at the BEGINNING of the story. Not even the shadows looked normal.

Why would I play the "special" version around 10-20 fps at low resolutions when I can run the original (including the hi-res texture pack), max out every setting and play 60 fps consistently (includes 2x anti-aliasing and 2x ansiotropic, two features I normally turn off)?

And my machine's not outdated. Own a Lenovo Ideapad Y700, running an Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 2.6GHz (4 cores, 8 threads), 4GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M, and 16GB DDR3 RAM. Windows 10 Home (64-bit).

Pitiful to even call it special. Not even close.

Side note: If I ever see the title screen and loading screen, I see the FPS goes up to 60, then drops severly. Prior to any dialogue, it then crashes with no error.

Free or not, it doesn't work for me. The new engine and extremely low frame rate are unacceptable. Not to mention the crashing at the BEGINNING of the story. Not even the shadows looked normal. Why would I play the "special" version around 10-20 fps at low resolutions when I can run the original (including the hi-res texture pack), max out every setting and play 60 fps consistently (includes 2x anti-aliasing and 2x ansiotropic, two features I normally turn off)? And my machine's not outdated. Own a Lenovo Ideapad Y700, running an Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 2.6GHz (4 cores, 8 threads), 4GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M, and 16GB DDR3 RAM. Windows 10 Home (64-bit). Pitiful to even call it special. Not even close. Side note: If I ever see the title screen and loading screen, I see the FPS goes up to 60, then drops severly. Prior to any dialogue, it then crashes with no error.