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.
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.
Game is 45€ now. I’m going to pass for now. But tempting once the prices goes down again.
For that price you would be considering Baldurs Gate 3, I got DS2 on GOG but regretted not having Steam Workshop.
Welcome to the fold! It truly is one of my favorite games of all time.
Don’t forget you can play as any main character at all and change completely how they look. It’s pretty rad. (You probably figured that out already lol)
I’m on probably my tenth run through. Always something new.
I personally always complete every fight they have because it’s super fun and nets plenty of experience. But skipping some to get off the island it’s also fun.
Hope you have a good time!
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.
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!
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.
This game has splitscreen couch co-op that works great! My wife and I played it together using our steam link. It was a great experience. Amazing game
I think that it is the best of the turn-based strategy genre. My wife had a hard time playing this one with me, though, because I would take a long time (too long in her opinion) budgeting my points to get the most out of a turn.
I would take a long time (too long in her opinion) budgeting my points to get the most out of a turn.
But that’s like, 50% of the fun of the game!
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.
This isn’t reddit. You can say bf/gf/wife/husband. Saying “SO” you come off as a tranny
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.
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.
I loved this game, but it didn’t fit well with my gaming style. When I play games (probably because I grew up playing Sierra and LucasArts adventure games), I like to explore every area and chose every dialog option. I felt like Divinity was just too huge to do that and also it didn’t make sense to play that way. I think you’re supposed to just pick on dialogue option and stick with it like you’re role playing (it is an RPG), but that’s not how I like to play!
You do have to get used to making decisions about your journey, like you are a real person in the situation.
