Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition

I have been so frustrated with RPGs over the last decade. They are all FPS/RPG hybrids are realtime Diablo type dungeon crawlers. Those are fine, but sometimes slower is better. I havent even looked at RPGs lately and hadnt even heard on this one. However, GoG was having a sale and it caught my eye. I got this game on sale for $13 and it had good reviews. So I took the plunge and it was totally worth it. Honestly, it is probably worth the full price. I am having a blast playing this game. Oldschool cRPGs are having a comeback in recent years with remakes/remasters the last few years. So far, this game is on par with Wasteland 3 and Torment: Tides of Numenera in design and execution. Thats a major compliment, as those are some of the best games Ive played in years.

In short: Its good. Unlike most RPGs this one feels more dynamic. You can often solve things in a myriad of ways. You can teleport wich makes a huuuge difference in exploring. Its good, no doubt, The bad part? There are a few 1) The clutter. A million scrolls, grenades, skills etc, and all gets jammed into a skillbar that easily gets messy and is clunky to rearange. You also get new gear ALL the time. It felt more diablo than Baldurs Gate. You there was a constant hunt for gear, and I felt it would have been better with "static" gear like Baldurs, rather than this procedural stuff. Just HOPE the merchant has restocked a chestpiece that is good for your archer... 2) The need to grind. You CAN find the way to leave the first act quite quickly, but you NEED the exp, so I felt you need to do ALL the ways. Same with the objective for the next act. You can get what you need quite quick , but you need to find the other places for the exp. 3) The combat. The combat is good, but I felt it worked better in Original Sin 1. In that game I used 2 phyiscal damagedealer and 2 mages. Here you need to break their physical or magical armour to inflict statuses. So it was better to focus on one. There were lone exceptions but overall this made it a bit boring. 4) Slow ass tempo. This was the kicker that made me uninstall today. I played for a few hours each day. But it started to feel more and more like a slog. It wasnt a joy and/or a chance to get a leg up to explore the map anymore, it was a chore. 5) ALMOST a good story. I wanted to find out more of the story, but the slow ass tempo made it loose steam every time tl;dr, pretty good, but flawed. For people with more energy and/or time it might work better.

Great in every possible way but kinda suffers now because the sequel is even better + tactical turn based combat that encourages you to think in creative ways + story and characters are ok + writing and humour + high replayability. You can go through whole game with completely missing some amazing encounters and situations + looks nice + sound and soundtrack are good - progression and game mechanics are poorly explained which can result in you completely messing up your build and making your game impossibly difficult Overall 9/10 almost perfect..sequel is perfect however. Play both

In my opinion, this game is a real masterpiece of modern cRPG genera. It does not only give you a very good story with great (Pratchettian style) world but also have deep and satysfing mechanics. I am really impressed by the level of world interactions that give you a handful set of options during the turn-based combat - like freezing the flor to make enemies slip or crating mist cover by adding fireball to a puddle - but also is rich on the level of real-time world exploration - e.g. you can make one of your party members speak with NPC, while you take control over another one to loot the chest in the back of the house(!!!). For me, the only real cons of Original Sin is the occasional feeling of the story oversaturation, that makes me stop progressing the game for a few days. Still, overall I give Divinity Original Sin place next to the Gothic and KOTOR , on the top of my cRPG ranking.

This game isn't perfect. But it is damn fun. The tactical combat reminds me of a better, more polished version of Ogre or FFTactics. It's hard, and it's meant to be hard. You have to build your characters right in order to succeed. If you like that kind of game, then this is something to really sink your teeth into. If you don't... if you want something more casual, then maybe not. Even the easiest difficulties of this game can offer a challenge. And the hardest difficulties feel like the computer's cheating, unless you know exactly what you're doing. The world is absolutely delightful. It's like someone blended the high fantasy elements of Tolkien with the goofy whimsy of a JRPG. The overacting is endearing. The humor is surrealist and enjoyable. And the quest lines often include fun little asides or sub quests to flesh out the world. That being said, it really isn't perfect. The inventory system sucks. The crafting system feels largely pointless, or kinda broken. And the story loses steam toward the end, But despite these rough edges, it's really quite an enjoyable game.