Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition

I'm still quite early in the game so my opinion might change, but so far it's very good. - The graphics are a bit cartoon-like but it's nice. The overall visuals are cool. The only thing I miss is the day/night cycle and weather, even older games have these. - The controls are good, easy to get used to it. - Combat is interesting and tactical, as it should be in such games. - I like the character development system. It is a classless system and you can develop whatever you like, but being a jack of all trades is not recommended. - I like the quests so far, they're interesting just like the world itself. - Music and voice acting are good. - The game has a nice humour. I recommend it for people who like CRPGs. I also recommend to watch a few tutorials on youtube if needed, there are things that are useful to know right when you start the game (which skills go well together, which talents are useful/useless etc).

This is one of the few times I regret buying a game. For as much good publicity as this game gets I have never been engaged enough by it to get past the tutorial island that is act I. I decided I wouldn't buy any Larian games as a result of it. Fallowing the launch of BG3 I decided to give this game a 5th or 6th try. This game is just not for me. There are two kinds of RPG players, the story kind that gravitate to RPGs because they tend to be the games with the best stories and the mechanical kind that like TTRPG mechanics and would be content with skipping all the story. I'm a story guy. I buy RPGs because that's where the best stories can be found - at least when it comes to video games. I don't mind mechanics, but you have to give me a reason to engage with them since I'm not there for them. The story of DOS is bad, to put it mildly. And while some people can't stop gashing over the mechanics I find them tedious and SLOW. For me, this game couldn't be worse. A story not worth remembering and an incredibly tedious and slow combat system. The idea behind the system is great and was I not an owner of this game already I'd probably be extremely exited hearing it described, but yeah... NO. The fights in this CRPG are just way, way too boring for my taste. I avoid JRPGs because of the slow turn based combat. Putting them in a CRPG won't change my mind on them. I understand why some people might like the depth the combat system provides but for me it's a snore fest and a waste of time. Honestly, if you intend to buy this game or to try out a game you've owned for years but never played because of some new release, please ask yourself just this one question: do you like turn based combat or not? It doesn't matter how in depth the combat system can go, if you don't like turn based combat you will not like this game.

The game is good, but some of the design decisions are stupid. After pressing alt + tab, the game does not silence. And the sentences of the characters keep repeating. Also, the game does not pause when entering the menu. So if I want peace, I have to quit the game every time. It cannot be left running in the background.

Beautiful gane, challenging and masterful, thanks.

Divinity 1 and 2 are two of the finest CRPGs ever created by humans. Larian Studios is the Gold Standard, with my youth's D&D Gold Box and Ultima series, including the original Baldur's Gate series. They deserve all the praise and awards. If you love Computer Roleplaying Games and you have not played them... FLY YOU FOOL!!!