Is Divinity: Original Sin the best cRPG from the "new wave"?

[TheHeroOfTime]

When I say new wave I'm refering to all the cRPGs financed through kickstarter that we've received in the last years (Divinity OS, Wasteland 2, PoE...). The little I played was enough to seeit has the best combat system I have experienced in the genre. I can't talk about writing quality since I only played it about 15 hours or so. Was a far better experience than Wasteland 2, which I found a bit underwhelming.

What are your thoughts?

 

[Lahey]

AoD.

Edit: not being financed through kickstarter is a bonus.

 

[Infinitron]

My thoughts are that this thread needs a poll. Added.

 

[Quillon]

Is DOS2 the best rpg that stood the test of time? I mean its some hours old but it still looks and plays like a game released a few seconds ago. Gratz Larian!

 

[felipepepe]

D:OS 1 has the best opening area, but it really front-loads everything and grows worse the more you play. It's still a good game, but AoD or even PoE 3.0 are better games IMHO.

 

[aweigh]

we should go by how many reviews the game has on the codex when deciding such things :>

 

[Volrath]

D:OS 1 has the best opening area, but it really front-loads everything and grows worse the more you play. It's still a good game, but AoD or even PoE 3.0 are better games IMHO.

 

[Iznaliu]

we should go by how many reviews the game has on the codex when deciding such things :>

The only thing that matters.

 

[Monkeyfinger]

Bad QoL holds it back a lot.

 

[Luckmann]

Honestly, yeah, probably. I mean, I did enjoy PoE, but ultimately, I can say that I'm more excited for D:OS2 than PoE2, so at least emotionally, my immediate answer has to be yes, and I can't really think of any that really compare.

At least if we're assuming crowdfunded new-age stuff.

 

[Iznaliu]

Bad QoL holds it back a lot.

I think D:OS's QoL isn't particularly notable.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Unfortunately 15 hours you played are where D:OS peaks. First map is great, second map is mediocre, and everything after that is a trainwreck.

 

[Saxon1974]

I actually liked Wasteland 2 more.

I liked pillars and DOS both about equally but didn't think either was great.

 

[gaussgunner]

DivOS1 may not be the best new wave RPG but it's genuinely the one which is the most fun to play, Swen and his team seem to simply understand what makes games fun and consistently deliver this fun factor without any unnecessary autism and/or agenda-pushing

I have to agree, but that's not saying much. It has good mechanics, loads pretty fast, doesn't crash. But the setting, characters and plot don't hold me. Had more fun with old-wave RPGs I've played lately. VtMB, Deus Ex, JA2, even Avadon with all its faults.

DOS2 might be a little better than DOS1 but I think I've seen suffered enough of this wave.

 

[croitav]

D:OS 1 has the best opening area, but it really front-loads everything and grows worse the more you play. It's still a good game, but AoD or even PoE 3.0 are better games IMHO.

Kill yourself.

 

[PrettyDeadman]

Divine Divinity is still a better game in terms of quests and locations design.

 

[Meurglys]

Shadowrun Dragonfall is.

 

[Roguey]

How do we reconcile these poll results with the fact that combat-uber-alles people are a minority on the Codex? The addition of graphics whores and world-sim aficionados perhaps?

 

[Serus]

As surprising as it is even for myself - in retrospect AoD is the crpg I enjoyed and value the most of all the games in the latest renaissance of the genre so i voted "no".

 

[PrettyDeadman]

combat-uber-alles people are a minority on the Codex?

Wow, I didn't realize rpgcodex is such a DECLINE before.

 

[DeepOcean]

Best combat: D:OS 1
Best Storyfagness: Shadowrun games
Best character system: POE 3.0
Best Choice and Consequence: AoD
Best game made by 1 man: Underrail

Depend what kind of fag you are, the modern new wave games have all in common a certain characteristic, they all excel on one thing (except InXile garbage) and are pretty much crap to mediocre on the rest.

 

[Rev]

It's definetely one of the best rpgs of the last years, especially if we only consider the crowdfunded ones, but I voted no because I preferred PoE, especially in its 3.0 version and with TWM.

 

[gaussgunner]

Depend what kind of fag you are, the modern new wave games have all in common a certain characteristic, they all excel on one thing (except InXile garbage) and are pretty much crap to mediocre on the rest.

I just want all-around good games, is that too much to ask?

They don't have to do everything, just do a few things well.

 

[V_K]

Depend what kind of fag you are, the modern new wave games have all in common a certain characteristic, they all excel on one thing (except InXile garbage) and are pretty much crap to mediocre on the rest.

I just want all-around good games, is that too much to ask?

They don't have to do everything, just do a few things well.

I would say Dragonfall exells at everything it attempts, it just has a rather narrow focus that leaves certain traditional RPG aspects behind (e.g. loot/inventory management). Grimrock 2 is another such tightly focused game, that does few things well and just cuts all other things out. DOS on the other hand is terribly ambitious, so it's inevitable that some of its aspects turned out to be shit. I wouldn't say it makes it a better or worse game than those two though.

 

[jaydee2k]

Of course not. What are you nigger smoking?