Divinity: Original Sin Beta Release Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO THE NEW THREAD]

[Angthoron]

But can you put a barrel over someone's head, blocking their line of sight and subsequently rob them blind on the spot?

That will be the true test of the game's freeform mechanics.

They're apt to protest if you move stuff around, so maybe not.

Saw some guy complaining on the Steam forums about how it was brutally unfair/buggy that he got attacked after being warned several times by the NPC not to move the NPC's shit. Feature? Nope, broken!

Well, to be fair, nu-RPG fans rarely see something like that happen - and MOVING stuff is such a rare gameplay element that their unprepared minds probably explode in process of it. Can't notice some silly warnings while your mind is blown.

I was playing the beta with a friend, and had said friend get attacked and killed by the NPCs for stealing. I then introduced the concept and lead 'em to dig up a grave in front of the healer house, because "Dead won't mind if you steal their stuff".

 

[Branm]

So whats the release date on this? Any solid dates yet?

 

[Infinitron]

So whats the release date on this? Any solid dates yet?

Cannot into news? http://www.rpgcodex.net/article.php?id=9436

 

[ERYFKRAD]

So whats the release date on this? Any solid dates yet?

Friday.

 

[Branm]

So whats the release date on this? Any solid dates yet?

Cannot into news? http://www.rpgcodex.net/article.php?id=9436

So whats the release date on this? Any solid dates yet?

Friday.

Sweet, thanks, much appreciated! And meh I backed the game but too many updates so I stopped to really check.

 

[t]

So whats the release date on this? Any solid dates yet?

So anus_pounder 's brofists actually mean lulz?

 

[Perkel]

more like rimming

 

[pakoito]

I'm weak

 

[pakoito]

This game is evil, there are 1HKO traps in the tutorial and autosave is not in place. Papa like.

 

[St Antony of Padua]

There are autosaves in predetermined areas in the game.

 

[pakoito]

There are autosaves in predetermined areas in the game.

If it was up to me I'd do them in area changes, despite the lack of loading times. Or maybe every several minutes like in DS mods.

 

[Perkel]

Fuck i want to play this game but i don't want to spoil fun of playing properly proper release version.

 

[pakoito]

It has been massively improved since I last played in November. The combat system is fun and challenging so far, very challenging, much savescumming wow. Every level up counts and you need every single encounter the designers throw at you.

 

[SophosTheWise]

I played the alpha when it first came out. Just for a few hours, to get a glimpse of the game. Now, with every new trailer it's just getting worse. I want to play this game so bad.

 

[nikolokolus]

Fuck i want to play this game but i don't want to spoil fun of playing properly proper release version.

I consider it the height of restraint and personal discipline that I've only managed to log about 16 hours so far.

Luckily, hardly any of the actual game has been spoiled because Larian has had the forethought to invalidate saves across updates - not sarcasm btw.

 

[MicoSelva]

My resolve is strong and supported by general lack of time, so I've only played 2 hours maybe?

But I am really, really happy that it is going to be released in a month, because those blue balls are killing me.

 

[Gord]

Playing the Beta has definitely been a mixed bag for me.
On the one hand it's great to see the progress, get a early go at playing the game and even contributing a little bit to the development through bug reports and such.
On the other hand one can only play Cyseal so many times before it starts to feel a bit tedious, so I won't get as much enjoyment out of it in the final version ...

 

[Zeriel]

Playing the Beta has definitely been a mixed bag for me.
On the one hand it's great to see the progress, get a early go at playing the game and even contributing a little bit to the development through bug reports and such.
On the other hand one can only play Cyseal so many times before it starts to feel a bit tedious, so I won't get as much enjoyment out of it in the final version ...

This is why I've saved my e-virginity for June 20th.

 

[Angthoron]

Playing the Beta has definitely been a mixed bag for me.
On the one hand it's great to see the progress, get a early go at playing the game and even contributing a little bit to the development through bug reports and such.
On the other hand one can only play Cyseal so many times before it starts to feel a bit tedious, so I won't get as much enjoyment out of it in the final version ...

This is why I've saved my e-virginity for June 20th.

Come on, it's just the tip...

 

[MicoSelva]

This is why I've saved my e-virginity for June 20th.

I don't want to undermine anyone's faith in Larian, but modern games ususally require up to three months of patching to reach the final final version.

It did happen with Dragon Commander last year.

 

[pakoito]

I can see those three extra months needed. There is a general feeling of needing a couple more tweaks everywhere, not big things buuut. For example, mouse targeting is a very special person, mouse speed is meh, mouse camera panning is bad coming from Dota, and the camera has a couple of zooming/obstruction glitches easily reproducible, music sometime stops for too long between tracks. Framerate is on the eh side. Gamewise everything has checked up okay for me so far and that's good but I guess the full game will have a couple of booboos.

 

[Perkel]

That is why i played only like 4h and most of it was just first city and first few quests.

 

[Zeriel]

This is why I've saved my e-virginity for June 20th.

I don't want to undermine anyone's faith in Larian, but modern games ususally require up to three months of patching to reach the final final version.

It did happen with Dragon Commander last year.

I am more anxious to dick around with the editor than play the campaign, so either way it's fine with me.

 

[Zep Zepo]

I pledged $200 (50 here, 150 on KS) to get early access to the editor. Still kinda pissed they reneged on that deal.

Zep--

 

[Nihiliste]

I'm pretty stoked that this is coming up soon. Haven't been playing the beta to keep it fresh