Divinity Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition

[Zeriel]

You'll see some C&C here too, but it's much less global, so to speak. Save a talking seashell, sell the talking seashell, help a thief get away with a stolen fish, have him arrested and thrown to jail, let a crazy elf kill a sentient bookish orc, or have him arrested or killed (or arrested AND killed), that sort of thing. Flavour, largely, something where you get to have your PC characters interact with each other. Pretty neat if you're playing with someone else.

Otherwise, I'd say it should more or less match up to your expectations as long as you don't overhype it for yourself.

Oh yeah, and the writing is typical Larian writing, so it's light-hearted (most of the time), and not at all very srs.

Ok, the main problem here is that i'm going to play Divinity after Wasteland 2 (my personal GOTY at the moment), so i hope it doesn't dissapoint me with all the good reviews i've seen on the Codex.

You should like it, I suspect. Personal preferences and all being different, but it's a solid game, and if you liked Fallout 2's sometimes nonsensical dialogues and situations, OS should work fine. I liked both WL2 and OS quite a bit, though in different ways.

Speaking of post-apoc, I'd like to see more magical post-apoc settings. I know there are some, but usually, when it comes to games, the "apoc" part is barely noticeable. It's got such a huge potential, too, man...

Muh Age of Decadence.

Really I thought people weren't that into magical post-apoc, I like the idea but I thought it was pretty old hat at this point.

 

[Zeriel]

I hope for the day when Larian learns to balance their systems on top of making them interesting. Replaying DD made me realize how little Larian have learned over all these years. As such, their games are little more than sandboxes for cool stuff to happen ("hey, what other skills break the game, I wonder...") just like DA are romance novels in game format. Neither Bioware nor Larian are moving in the right direction RPG-dev wise.

"Let's make balancing the primary goal of development" is one of the surest ways to kill any sense of fun or uncertainty in your game. Just ask Sawyer how it worked out on Pillars of Eternity, and notice how happy the backers are on the Obsidian forums.

There's room to avoid excessively stupid things (yeah maybe blood pools from your own wounds healing you for your entire health bar every turn wasn't the smartest idea) but I'd rather developers focused on pushing the envelope than "balancing", whatever the fuck that means.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

magical post-apoc, I like the idea but I thought it was pretty old hat at this point.

Not been many of those rpgs since (perhaps) Dark Sun, have there?

 

[Zeriel]

magical post-apoc, I like the idea but I thought it was pretty old hat at this point.

Not been many of those rpgs since (perhaps) Dark Sun, have there?

I suppose it depends on what exactly people mean by "post apoc". There's a lot of fantasy settings that had some magical apocalypse in the past, but I guess post apoc as misery porn where the apocalypse was either recent or so devastating that the ruins are still everywhere narrows the list. Age of Decadence kind of qualifies there, but kind of doesn't. (The ruins are still there, but it clearly happened a long time ago.)

I've always thought it would be cool to see a post-apoc game that is closer to the event (i.e only a few months or so into the aftermath, rather than decades of centuries later as in the case of Fallout). I suppose Dead State will be something like that, but I hate zombies, so there's that.

 

[Infinitron]

D:OS is Gamespot's PC GOTY. Yes, you heard right: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/divinity-original-sin-pc-game-of-the-year/1100-6423910/

 

[Athelas]

That isometric perspective? A party of four? They recall the good-old days of Planescape: Torment and Baldur's Gate II.

No wonder their reviews are so bad, they are practically blind.

 

[Infinitron]

Swen Vincke @LarAtLarian · 6m6 minutes ago
Holy shit!

Swen Vincke @LarAtLarian · 5m5 minutes ago
I can't believe it

 

[SausageInYourFace]

How the fuck did they win against DA:I!? Holy shit! This makes me a happy Sausage.

 

[Infinitron]

How the fuck did they win against DA:I!? Holy shit! This makes me a happy Sausage.

Well, it's PC GOTY, not everything GOTY: http://www.gamespot.com/game-of-the-year/

Seems like Dragon Age can still win that(?)

 

[Zeriel]

Swen Vincke @LarAtLarian · 6m6 minutes ago
Holy shit!

Swen Vincke @LarAtLarian · 5m5 minutes ago
I can't believe it

I love the cynicism radiating from this tweet.

Also yeah, every big game being released simultaneously on consoles basically means "PC GOTY" can be safely relegated by smart publications to niche titles. Some will still fall prey to the temptation of making their favorite AAA posterboy GOTY for every platform.

 

[Renevent]

D:OS is Gamespot's PC GOTY. Yes, you heard right: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/divinity-original-sin-pc-game-of-the-year/1100-6423910/

Well deserved!

 

[SausageInYourFace]

How the fuck did they win against DA:I!? Holy shit! This makes me a happy Sausage.

Well, it's PC GOTY, not everything GOTY: http://www.gamespot.com/game-of-the-year/

Seems like Dragon Age can still win that(?)

Ah, okay. A few days ago I saw a voting where D:OS was way behind DA:I in the vote but I don't remember what it was exactly. Some game of the year or RPG of the year thingy. Great job anyway, D:OS is the success story of the year.

 

[Zorba the Hutt]

Greg Martin Enterprises know how to spot a winner.

 

[Bleed the Man]

How the fuck did they win against DA:I!? Holy shit! This makes me a happy Sausage.

Well, it's PC GOTY, not everything GOTY: http://www.gamespot.com/game-of-the-year/

It'll be lovely if Dragon Age gets nothing, though.

Mmm.... a "playable teaser" was considered the August game of the month... kinda of a stretch there.

Anyway, happy for Larian. They certainly deserve the recognition.

 

[Jaesun]

FUCK YEAH! Congrats Larian!

 

[Zeriel]

How the fuck did they win against DA:I!? Holy shit! This makes me a happy Sausage.

Well, it's PC GOTY, not everything GOTY: http://www.gamespot.com/game-of-the-year/

Seems like Dragon Age can still win that(?)

Ah, okay. A few days ago I saw a voting where D:OS was way behind DA:I in the vote but I don't remember what it was exactly. Some game of the year or RPG of the year thingy. Great job anyway, D:OS is the success story of the year.

Gaming publications tend to segregate their chosen GOTY from the voted stuff, which is the readers pick.

 

[Infinitron]

How the fuck did they win against DA:I!? Holy shit! This makes me a happy Sausage.

Well, it's PC GOTY, not everything GOTY: http://www.gamespot.com/game-of-the-year/

Seems like Dragon Age can still win that(?)

Ah, okay. A few days ago I saw a voting where D:OS was way behind DA:I in the vote but I don't remember what it was exactly. Some game of the year or RPG of the year thingy. Great job anyway, D:OS is the success story of the year.

Gaming publications tend to segregate their chosen GOTY from the voted stuff, which is the readers pick.

Yes, DA:I is still winning there. Gamespot is more monocled than its readers: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/pc-game-of-the-year-voting-best-games-of-2014/1100-6424096/

 

[Ninjerk]

Fuck Gamespot

Spoiler

Congrats Larian

 

[Suicidal]

Inb4 mainstream developers and publishers notice the rising popularity of old-school(ish) turn-based isometric RPGs and then proceed to run the genre into the ground creating the second wave of decline

 

[Zeriel]

Yes, DA:I is still winning there. Gamespot is more monocled than its readers: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/pc-game-of-the-year-voting-best-games-of-2014/1100-6424096/

I sometimes disagree with them, but they have a history of pissing off their readership by trying to use more of the rating scale than their competitors, rating "average" games 70's instead of 80's. Still not anywhere near the full rating scale, but it has to count for something.

ETA: I suspect the breakdown of Gamespot's total staff over the matter might actually more closely reflect the user poll. It's just that the one guy that might make up that 20% for D:OS versus the 44% for DA:I is more senior, or the specialist RPG editor, and so makes the decision.

 

[Angthoron]

Aw fuuuuuuck yeah!

Congratulations Larian!

Spoiler

Totally didn't just spam their e-mails

 

[Sykar]

Glad that Dragon Turd: Inquiderp didn't win it.

 

[Infinitron]

Swen Vincke @LarAtLarian · 57s58 seconds ago
@rpgcodex Thx Codex. You had a big part in this.

 

[Minttunator]

Good stuff! Major congratulations to Larian - couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch of devs - and props to GameSpot!
It's rare to see mainstream publications praise good games, so stuff like this really sticks out in my view - they also gave 2013 PC GotY to Path of Exile, so there's hope for them yet!

 

[Perkel]

congratso lariano

Now disrespectful fuckers show us what you have in store for your next game.