Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
I had bought this on GOG a couple years ago and had intended on getting back to it, it has taken me a few hours to wrap my head around what this game actually is as I was trying to complete all the quest for the first main area Fort Joy, but after watching Divinity: Original Sin 2 is an RPG Lover’s Dream by Ghostcharm it’s clicked and I am trying to be more open to not winning every situation as if it was a more genuine adventure.
With a 93/100 on OpenCritic for the original release, PCGamer had this to say;
Playing Divinity: Original Sin 2 is uncannily like playing a tabletop RPG. The way that Larian’s sequel embraces player creativity immediately conjures up memories of days spent sitting around a table, asking the Dungeon Master if I can attempt the last stupid idea that floated into my head. And like a good DM, Original Sin 2 usually answers that question with “Yes, you can attempt it.”
My only regret is that I got it on GOG as it was cheaper, which has made mods less friendly without the Steam Workshop, but it was a lot cheaper at the time and hasn’t gone below $15.74 on Steam since.
Divinity 2 is a fantastic game and has a ton of replayability. I think I’ve started it 2 or 3 times now, but the game is so vast and quite long that I end up getting busy with life and then forgetting where I was in the story. Can’t recommend it enough though, because it’s fantastic. Hope you enjoy it!
Hopefully I get enough out of in time between this and Elder Scrolls Online to play Alan Wake next month, after having bought it on Steam a decade ago.
Absolutely cannot get into either of the DOS games. They were highly recommended, my girlfriend and I love that it’s co-op, the game itself is up both our alleys in theory, but with both games we get a ways in and quit. It’s just not fun for us. I hate the combat, the story just does nothing for me, and I hate the combat enough to say it a second time.
Same with me. People keep gushing over this game but the combat has the worst aspects of a JRPG - different armour pools that you have to grind down before you can actually damage the enemies etc. Every fight is pretty much the same, you deal with the annoying teleporters who make having a party formation absolutely pointless and then deal with the rest. The writing is less than mediocre, the combat isn’t great and I really don’t understand what people are fawning over.
Sometimes it feels like if enough YouTubers hype a game, it becomes a fan favourite for some reason. Witcher 1 played just as well as Witcher 3, but for some reason the former is barely talked about.
Playing with three other people is a fucking nightmare. Playing by yourself I have no problem with the game, but everyone seems to take fucking forever to take their turn. I have the same issue with D&D but this seems worse somehow
Similar experience. The combat and the scaling of levels is so unsatisfying. If you are underleveled just a little bit, the scaling makes encounters extremely hard but after just 1 or 2 levels, it gets so much easier, even without new skills or gear. I didn’t like that
Man, I started playing that game with a friend awhile back and we didn’t manage to finish it. I should really restart it solo and complete it.
Next month it will be two years since I started playing co-op with a friend. We’ve played for about 200 h now and we still have around 20% of the game to get through. It’s been the best co-op experience to date for us both!
It’s one of my favorite games of all time. I think I played for a good 150+ hours and restarted half a dozen times with different builds before I finally beat the game. The same studio is the one working on Balder’s Gate 3, which I’m holding off on until it’s finished, but I’m really looking forward to eventually getting it.
It’s really great, my wife and I need to finish the last few acts at some point.
It did have 2 pain points for me, though. For one, there are some encounters where you can get stomped because of you initial positioning, which made us reload and basically game the system for a better start, which felt a bit weird. The other is that, mostly because of the shield system, you can’t really make a hybrid character. You’ll end up chipping away at 2 separate health pools when you should be focusing on one of them. I haven’t played many rpg’s like this, though, so maybe all this is standard and/or I’m just bad at the combat.
You are completely correct about the armor system being bad, really sandbags the game. It’s Audi exacerbated by the number bloat.
The general consensus is that hybrid builds are tricky and require a good understanding of the mechanics to pull off. You could pull builds from fextralife to make it easier, or just make a hybrid party made up of 2 magic and 2 physical damage dealers, which is far easier.
I got tired of managing the skills and inventories of 4 characters so I’m going to try another run with 2 line wolf hybrid builds. Probably will end up on east mode cause I want a chill experience.
It’s a great game that I’ve started several times but I’ve never gotten close to finishing it. Can’t seem to keep my attention span for long enough for some reason.
I recommend watching a YouTube video were someone explains what’s good about the game and let that change your expectations.
@jesus_fish I’ve had the same experience. I have started several times only to get really bogged down with the different story lines. @Briongloid maybe you can offer some tips? I am unfortunately a “grab all the things” RPG player and that game doesn’t really give you any indication of what you should keep, is there a crafting component that i’ll need this stuff for later, etc. Also, i tend to like to explore but i very quickly tend to get into “kick my ass” territory and it becomes more of a slog than an adventure.
The game is long, but shorter than it seems. Act 1 and Act 2 combined are ~75% of it. Acts 3&4 are quite short in comparison, and are mostly dominated by the a massive ramp up in player power. Builds really take off here and the gameplay opens way up.
I personally find the very beginning - setting up a build - and the very end - the OP AF power fantasy - to be the best parts of the game. The great middle is fun, still a good game, but does drag a bit relative to the other parts.
God Larian makes such good games. My wife and I played the first two all the way through and had such a good time.
If you ever want a table top rpg in a video game space that offers split screen local co-op, divinity series is by far the best option.
I’m stoked for their release of baldurs gate 3 later this year.
This is one of my favorite games of all time and definitely my favorite coop.
I recently bought the game for iPad. At first I wasn’t sure about it but after figuring out the combat I couldn’t put it down. I’m taking a break between act 1 and 2 currently. Works great with touch controls if anyone is curious.
I looked at what they had to do to get it working on 3GB of total RAM, it looks like a good port which also supports controller.
It was super good. Definitely the type of game where you can’t just spam attacks, you really need to be strategic and think about it, which I appreciated. And it’s a great couch coop, like others have said.
Divinity Original Sin II is also an amazing game to play with your Significant Other as well. We sunk in well over a hundred hours into this game and it was a blast!
Does it have a local co-op mode? Like can my SO and I play on the same machine at the same time if we have appropriate controls? Or would we need to get 2 copies and play on our respective machines together?
Yes, it has local co-op.
The Steam version does say it has local co-op, although I’ve never tried it.
This isn’t reddit. You can say bf/gf/wife/husband. Saying “SO” you come off as a tranny
I’ve had this one on my Steam wishlist for years. I really ought to buy it
One of the best games ever made, (you won’t) change my mind. Some battles are super difficult though, you really need to be strategic. I hope you have a good time!
This is an absolute masterpiece, one of the best games I know. Can’t wait till August for Baldur’s Gate 3. I got the early access but it’a still a bit too sluggish on linux.
