Divine Divinity

A 2002 game that takes up to 2 minutes to load on the PCIe 3 x4 SSD and lags on interface switching. Seriously? This is impossible to play.

I've enjoyed many games of similar vintage but these first two Divinity games are really nothing special. The game's setting, Rivellon, is entirely derivative of fantasy worlds you've seen many times before. It seems to be aware of this and makes attempts to play it for humor but without much success. I found myself laughing at it more than I laughed with it. The control scheme is dreadful, as well. To compensate they added a modifier key that auto-targets the nearest enemy. Combat is simply click-till-they-die but calling it Diablo-like would be absurd. None of the quest I experienced (I admit I couldn't bear to play DD to completion) were anything out of the ordinary for games in this genre. You can certainly choose which ones you want to do but the choices you make in performing them and their outcomes are not though provoking. This is a game that sits comfortably within conventions. How it has been elevated beyond that seems a matter of nostalgia for a time when gamer's options were more limited.

This game is not epic but it is also not clunky. It is average. And therefore, a very enjoyable distraction for any RPG fan; what you see is what you get. Lets put it this way; if I had some hours to kill and did not already own this game, I would get it. (But do not expect greatness.)

I CANNOT DROP THE BALLS INTO THIER PROPER HOLDERS IN THE HALL OF THE SEVEN. I'VE REPAIRED, REINSTALLED AND TRIED TO INSTALL PATCH V 1,34. AND NOTHING WORKS, SO I CANNOT FINISH GAME THANKS GOG AND LARIAN STUDIOS. I HAVE COMPLETED MOST OF THE SIDE MISSIONS AND A FEW HAD FAILED, I CANNOT DO ANYMORE UNTIL I PASS THE HALL OF SEVEN. EVERY TIME I DROP THE BALL THE GAME DROPS THE BALL......FOR FECK SAKES GUYS FIX YOUR SHITE EH OR REMASTER THE FECKIN THING....DOESN'T LARIAN STUDIOS BELIEVE THIS GAME IS NOT WORTH ANYMORE TIME TO PROPERLY WORK AND ADD EXTRA ENHANCEMENTS ...FOR SHAME.... YOU OWE ME FOR MY PURCHASE EH... I'LL PUT THAT MONEY ON BALDER'S GATE 3... I BELIEVE COMPLETION OF THAT GAME AND WORKINGS WILL BE SATISFACTORILY REALIZED ....I THINK....i think....sob.

Game is another sloppy mess from gog that won't even launch; buyer beware.