Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition

I’m sad to give one star, but this is the first RPG which I uninstalled in frustration after around a day. There were a few contributing aspects and in no particular order those were: * Complex mechanics: One needs a PhD just to create a character. To be fair, this is common in RPGs (especially DnD-based), but just keep in mind that if you’re not into having to understand interactions between dozens of spells and skills, this game will make you do that. * Difficulty to navigate: The environments are picturesque but their complexity makes the map hard to navigate. Due to high elements (buildings, cliffs etc.), one has to rotate the view but that makes it much harder to recognise previously visited places and understand layout of the map. * Slow combat: Combat is turned-based so leisure pace is expected, but this came out in 2017, we should be expecting better than having to watch the same animation for the hundredths time. I’ve found myself reloading a save as soon as combat started just because I realised just how much time enemy turn will take. * Too much combat: What broke camel’s back was an ambush when I wanted to get things done and reach another objective. Naïvely I just click on the destination hoping my party will reach it. Obviously, a combat soon started (which I previously avoided by going around it). If the combat wasn’t so slow, I’d just go through the fight; if navigating the map was simple I would just manually go around the ambush; alas, that’s not this game and I left quitting and uninstalling. As for the story—which should be the main point of an RPG—I have nothing to say. For one, I haven’t beaten the game but also half-way through I just stopped carrying to be honest. Overall, if you like games like BG or NWN, you’ll probably enjoy D:OS2, but if you’re not looking for a slow-paced strategy game, you might have thought time going through this one.

Last time i played i could start right away. Now all of a sudden i need a Larian account to play? No thank you. Keep the money, there are enough other great Rpgs.

Seeing so many good reviews I thought it would be a nearly perfect game, but unfortunately it is so far from that. The only part I enjoyed is the combat and that because I played co-op. There are so many things I didn't like I don't know where to begin. Basically I didn't like anything else. I find the story confusing and uninteresting, the quests are even more confusing and the journal doesn't help at all. I hated the camera work from the beginning and 100 hours later my opinion hasn't improved. I feel like everything is just a mess with only a few good points. There are so many details I hate I cannot remember them all. And the portraits of the characters are just so bad! Of course this is a minor thing but still. The game left me with a bad taste, it didn't make me feel excited to play.

Gog forced me to write now or later a review without opt out possibility.

Thank god for quick save because there are so many great thing to explore or die trying,