Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition

Excellent game, even with some bugs that will probably be addressed in patches. I expect modders to improve this game even more. 120 hours, fun game, kept me coming back for more. Pros 1. Good story 2. great locations 3. good characters 4. Fun battle system Cons 1. some quests not clear about objectives, or outright broken 2. Too much googling needed to find out what's wrong, only to see it's a bug 3. last act in Arx is not as good as first two acts. A great experience and will replay.

This is the first 'turn base' combat game that I really enjoyed, in consequence I took the time to explore everything it offered. The result was a very interesting experience, conflictual, but worth it. The 'narrator' concept is brilliantly implemented, I really didn't feel the need for animations while interactig with the world's characters. It was the hook that kept me going while I started playing. It just 'works', I don't remember any other rpg game that implemented it like this... The story is complex and interesting. Maybe it gets a little too twisted at times, but the 'script' is very well written so it's a pleasure. The combat system gives such an immense freedom that you can only applaud it's creators. The drawback, at least for me, was the difficulty and the time invested in each battle. I don't have a lot of free time...and if you make mistakes (which you will) and you have to re-battle, well, it can take up to 1h+ , in some cases, for one battle. This was the conflictual part - oh, and the fact that sometimes I just don't see some darn levers, that are too blended in the environment ..really frustrating- As a side note, I found it to be more ballenced if I play in 'explorer' mode and fight with levels greater than mine (up to 2 points), otherwise it's too easy. It's just tad easier than 'classic' mode while fighting with the same level. (throughout the game I constantly changed difficulty in order to find a ballanced combat enjoyable for me) So get it, try it, enjoy it!

Divinity 2 is an excellent RPG. Plenty of ways to customize your character, plenty of ways to customize your party, large game length, plenty of interesting quests and locations and NPCs to meet. You might be a little overwhelmed at the start by the options and history/ lore but rest assured you don't need to of played Divinity 1 or any of the other games- the game stands on it's own and things will fall into place later in the game. The game also has excellent replay ability and has improved on a number of things since the first game. Larine has improved on a number of things since the games initial release with free add-ons.

Is this the best RPG of all time? (November 202) Perhaps so. In many ways this is an old fashioned RPG, its pretty much isometric and is pretty hard. However it doesnt have the clunky UI of old RPG. It looks and sounds really nice. The voice acting and script are very good, some of the best. The combat system can be tiresome but is very flexible with lots of character building choices, the best thing is the turn based combat which instantly makes the game feel like Pen and Paper RPG. Some encounters are very difficult especially if you have a sub-optimal characters and you will need to reload and retry encounters with different strats. Quests are mostly well written and sometimes with surprising outcomes. If you choose to do all the side quests (you kind of need to to gain enough XP and good gear) there are many hours of gameplay in a single play through, I'd guess 70+ hours. Multiple playthroughs with different character builds are well worth it. As is the cooperative multiplayer which is good fun.

I'm in 3rd act in my first playthrough (classic diff) with red prince. Almost 60 hours for me to get to this moment, game is hard and demands concentration all the time, but obviously its a nice challenge. Buy it if you have lots of time and strong will