Anime Divinity: Original Sins - 47 bugs remain, update coming this Friday

[RK47]

Hi guise, we're back in Cyseal.
Despite my apparent meltdown in Co-op I'm still interested in doing this LP.
Cyseal, to me - is probably the best part of the game. It is quite apparent Larian spent a chunk of development time making sure the starting area started smoothly - it's not perfect there are hitches here and there, but I enjoyed clearing it.

And here we are at the healer's shop - about to experience the first massive plot derailment.

Larian has done this before, giving the player to choose which sick patient to save - in Divine Divinity you can use a magic mirror and duplicate both lifestones. Not in this one. You have to choose between a young sickly man or a dying elderly.

Some choice huh?

Of course each choice has trait shifts.

Pragmatic ones would pick the younger one.
Romantic one would favor the elderly father.

I'm okay with that, but I'm not ok with this.

Welcome to the epitome of plot derailment. Where the player barely got into this 'Source Hunter' business and the game suddenly announces you ARE SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT. I'll save the word by word transcript for you - but the summary is this: The world is ending, and somehow you are connected to its fate. Are you ready to answer the call?

No. I think not.
End of LP.
LP ends here.

 

[abnaxus]

I wonder how many reviewers played past tutorial Cyseal?

Larian are starting to learn the game. Divine Divinity and Divinity 2 opening areas were horrible.

 

[MicoSelva]

I never did really bother about crafting and just finished the game last night. Still poured 70+ hours into it...

Haha, I'm 45 hours in and still in the first area.

No wonder I never have time for anything.

 

[ironyuri]

1. • ironyuri:
     http://rpgcodex.net/forums/index.ph...-coming-this-friday.93081/page-2#post-3402294
   • ironyuri:
     when u finish this lah?
   • RK47:
     And I'm gonna NTR your lollies while you sleep.
   • RK47:
     Yeah wait lah.
   • RK47:
     It'll be finished after Wasteland 2 LP.

 

[RK47]

Meh. It's GOTY after all.
Might as well.

 

[abnaxus]

 

[RK47]

 

[RK47]

Told you it's Friday.

Spoiler

Let's get this show on the road.
Looks like this is gonna be our first case, investigating the death of Counselor Jake.
Source Hunters don't normally conduct crime investigations but signs point towards the Source playing a part in this murder.
Upon arrival on the coasts of Cyseal, we're already greeted by the evidence of dumbfuckery and lame attempts at humor.

So let's just move on.
More disturbing signs ahead as we run across a bunch of robed individuals who seem to recognize us as Source Hunters and a threat to whatever they're trying to achieve.

Two of the three fled. The last one summoned three undead minions in an effort to delay us.

We got to work quickly, smashing through this accursed Sourcery.

Unfortunately, not fast enough. The robed figures were nowhere to be found.

Our only lead is the ruins they just escaped from and something about a stone.
We venture inside to find out more.

And were greeted with more undead.

Although this undead appears intelligent, any attempts to reason with him was futile.
But we did gain new information on the 'Blood Stone' that was stolen from this ruin.

We were forced to put him down.

The undead lord returned for a second bout in his ghostly form.

But we smash him all the same.

We prevailed with minor injury and found a rear exit point that would lead us to Cyseal.

End of report.

 

[RK47]

More delays.

Spoiler

Even the local guards are drunk on duty and dared to offer us an escort.
We declined, yet they persisted. Conflict is inevitable.

Agent yuri promotes restraint, I shushed that bitch up and drew my sword.
We're not about to be lead around by a bunch of drunkards.

Two dead guards later and I started to show signs of remorse.

If only to give me +3% to critical hit chance.

More signs of Sourcery as we encounter a talking clam.

Return you to your domain of dark sourcery? I rather profit off your misery, you hellspawn!

Whatever rewards that talking clam offered at that point is nothing compared to the sum of gold we can raise from selling his entire body.
As we approach Cyseal we can hear the sound of fighting nearby. We pick up our pace, not wanting to miss the fight.

As we dashed towards the battlefield, a fresh orc reinforcements arrive on the coast.

I have to make a choice here between taking on the larger number or regroup with Cyseal's guards.
I chose the most badass-looking option.

As the guards try their best to finish off the single orc, the Shaman I just knocked down rose and swore at me in its gibberish, savage tongue. I silenced his raving with a giant fist to the head.

Elsewhere, Agent Yuri exercised Aeromancy to drop a barrel of oil on top of the two orcs before igniting the surface with a mere candle.

By the time an orc got to me I was already done with his little shaman friend.

He was crispy as fuck by the time I stab his spine one final time.
By then, the guards finally finished stabbing the lone orc and rushed into my aid.

And ironyuri finally popped her mole.

With the Spider biting the third orc's to death.

The lone human archer is what worries me, though.

He's not a tough one. But it's odd to see a human working together with an orc. Especially in such an invasion.
Something foul is afoot.

The battle ends and the guards take their tally of the casualties.
End of report.

 

[RK47]

On-site Requisition

Spoiler

Picked up a slightly rare herb. Might be of use later.

Finally made contact with Arhu, the local mage.

Our suspicious of the Source being involved in the murder seems to have merit. Arhu recommends we visit the scene of the crime. But I'll need the permission of the Legion's Captain before doing so.

There are a lot of things assailing Cyseal of late: undead, orcs on top of Jake's murder. Arhu did right by contacting us.
We'll get the job done.

We even lent a hand to a bunch of dock workers by wasting a magical scroll of Rain to put out the fire.

In return, we're going to seize any resources in Cyseal that isn't nailed down.

Like this mysterious chest that is unreachable due to a rope barrier around it.
Either I jump over it or fucking use Air magic to lift it over.

I also bartered plenty of junk for useful supplies like Shield Scrolls.

These enchantments will help in any tough fight ahead.
Agent Yuri says she finally has all the necessary components to craft an equipment.
First she grinds the Orc tusk into fine bonedust...

And combines both dust together to form a magical Pixie Dust.

A bundle of thread later...

She sprinkes the pixie dust on a human skull...

And wears it like a necklace.

This is some African voodoo shit right there.
Moving on into the Legion warehouse, I encounter another retarded situation.

Apparently a guard was fortunate enough to charm an orc woman into loving him.
Go ahead ride the orc. See if I care.

More mysteriously placed chest ahead.

Tsk. Taking a point on earth magic to exploit this spell felt kinda cheap. I think I'll pass.
I found an abandoned forge, which is a perfect place to practice some smithing.
Using the forge I melted down my old sword and forged an axe out of it for yuri to chop some wood.

We also tried some cooking recipes as substitutes for our meager healing supplies early on in our adventures.

With all the supplying operations completed, we move on deeper into Cyseal.

 

[RK47]

Body count

Spoiler

We stumbled upon the undertaker's ledger while exploring his shop.

A cursory glance finds that Jake's body is missing. Yet he never reported it to the authorities. Why?
We confronted him with this information.

He has his list of the bodysnatching suspects: the mayor, the Captain himself, the apothecary's assistant and Jake's wife, Esmeralda.
I questioned him on each one of them but the one that stood out the most was Evelyn, the apothecary's assistant.

Stranger still. We make our way to the cemetery to investigate this matter further.
And ran across into a rather agitated old man who wish to seek our assistance.

When questioned further, he sets up a meeting at the Inn. We agree and continued on towards the cemetery.

Our investigation on Jake's death does not mean other graves are not above suspicion. With a shovel we acquired, I dug every grave.

Only to stumble upon more evidence of dark sourcery at play.

Undead rising from their burial mounds. This one has a bomb attached to it. I took no chance and told Yuri to cast this one a fair distance away from us.

Safe. More dug up graves later and we finally arrive upon Jake's. His faithful dog paces about frantically, as if looking for his master.

We shooed it away before digging.

The undertaker seems to have replaced Jake's body with a sheep. What a moron.
There's no other things of note and we continued to dig another grave.

This one's proving to be a tough undead.
At first the fight went well, with me slamming a fist to floor the fiend. Jake's dog and a nearby mourner jumped in to assist.

We rained blow after blow to it, to no avail. Its bones seem to be made of titanium steel.

And when it finally rose, it killed the mourner with a single swing.

Another swing, and Jake's dog is no more.

I quickly instructed Yuri to relocate the fiend away from us and begin a tactical retreat - we need reinforcements.

Fortunately, Cyseal's gate guards are willing to lend a hand.

With numbers on our side, we prevailed over the undead.
Alas, pity about the dog and that civilian casualty.

End of report.

 

[RK47]

More undead

Spoiler

Yet another grave with a risen dead, this time it's more manageable.

Last hole to dig. It's a big one...

And it has a passage leading down below? What?

A few figures lurk in the shadows to the west. Upon approach we realized they were undead.

It's hammer time.

The undead mage cast fire mage, burning me and its nearby comrade.

No problem.

I ate dinner and moved on.

Yet more undead. This is worrying.

This one seems particularly nasty with its fire.
Tried the classic knockdown...but scored none.

Brute force it is.

Divide and conquer.

I decided to bombard this fiend from a distance. Leaving it to the summoned spider to finish the job.

My caution pays off, the creature burst into flames at the moment of its death.

Further north I can see light and several coins scattered around the floor. And figure darting back and forth, bending over occasionally to pocket a few coins.

The individual changed his tone the moment we identified ourselves as source hunters.

This poor mute seems intent on joining us, pity we don't accept outsiders.

We left the man behind and climbed out, emerging atop a well just outside Cyseal.

No point in venturing outside at the moment, let's make a quick return through the North-western Gates...

Ah, en garde.

The big skeleton seems to be harder to knock down. Oh well. Divide and conquer.

The zombie's wound bleeds toxic spew. I can feel the venom hurting me. I must finish this fight quickly.
Yuri as usual dumped the bigger threat away from us.

While both her pet and I deal with the smaller fries.

Quaffed a healing potion.

No sweat.

End of report.