Divine Divinity

You will quit your job, it will consume you.

The original Divinity is better than the modern interpretations of the game. Divine Divinity is one of the deepest, most detailed RPGs of the 1990s.

Snagging this game on sale was well worth what I spent and much more. I didn't have a ton of experience in isometrics RPGs (I guess I still don't, really) and this game piqued my interest, so I picked this game up on sale. And wow! It is an absolute gem! I'd even say this is one of my top 15-20 games I've played or seen. But as with any other game, there are some flaws. The game could do a better job of explaining some of the mechanics to you. A couple of quests were a bit obtuse to figure out, and one boss in particular was unnecessarily difficult to beat. In a few areas the soundtrack was too repetitive, particularly the one that plays in most areas of Dark Forest (the soundtrack as a whole is very good, though). A few of the skills are also pretty useless or I could not get a good chance to use them. Rest assured, however, as the positives greatly outweigh the negatives. First off, this game is insanely fun to play. With limited time to play video games, Divine Divinity sucked me right in. Most of my 53+ hours to date were played in the span of a month. What makes it so fun? There is a lot of content to explore and find, from loot to side quests to enemies to locations, etc. There is a lot of freedom in how to approach improving your character. Graphically it is fairly pleasing to look at, for the most part. Lots of the skills are also great fun to use. The voice acting is pretty good (although at some points it strangely seemed to not work, such as my main character's voice not being triggered). And the story, while not necessarily unique, was engaging throughout. And the atmosphere of the setting was well-done. There is still some content that I want to explore, and I do plan to go back to the game some time to wrap some of that up. It isn't often that a game makes me want to do that. It is well worth the money you will spend on it normally and more. This truly is a Good Old Game, one worthy of the amount of time you'll spend on it.

This is one of the most fun games I've ever played. I'd pick it up and some quite a while on single playthrough. The graphics still hold up, thanks to a good art directions and the music is pleasent to listen to. The gameplay is Diablo-like, and you get three different skill trees in which you can invest points into (you can also multiclass if that's your preference). The story of the game is solid, although at time predictable. The dialogue and the side-quests are where the game shines though. I could probably describe every single side-quest to you, if you asked me about it now. Honestly, the game goes for about $1 on sale. Do yourself a favor, try it out.

I have been playing this for a while now and must say I'm really enjoing it! To be sure it does laga bit for me, however it's by no means unplayable. As far as the game content, it's a standard fantsy rpg, but it's very addictive and I have had a hard time putting it down.