Posted on: November 17, 2015

JTQuincy

Jeux: 234 Avis: 1

Excellent update, voice acting misses

I own and completed the original Divinity: Original Sin and enjoyed it very much. However there were several aspects of the game which were time consuming, confusing or just plain took away from the overall experience. Most of these are fixed in the Enhanced Edition. There's a new crafting system. Say goodbye to remembering what a mushroom turns into; you can now remember recipies. No more drag-and-drop to craft; use the new interface. More information on mouse overs. 360 degree rotation. Richer quests. Overall, a much improved experience. However, while I love the new character voice snippets ("Must have gotten in my line of fire!", for example) I think the new voices in Cyseal (as far as I've gotten in EE) lack the character of the original. The fish monger complaining about "Lousy, rotten, stinking sea-garbage!" sounds too cultured, the cheese vendor sounds almost bored and don't get me started on Victoria the Orc...

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Posted on: September 4, 2023

johnb4467

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As fun as D:OS2...and holds up GREAT!

I had played through D:OS 2 on Steam...and ended up with 127.8 hours. It was one of the best RPG's I had played. A week or two before BG3 released, I decided I should play through D:OS 1 (which I already owned on GOG) before considering BG3. 127 hours and 55 minutes later -- I just finished D:OS 1 EE tonight. It was every bit as fun as 2, and I thought the game held up remarkably well: Art style is great, music is FANTASTIC, and the story I enjoyed. If you're wondering if this game is as good as the second... ...overall I enjoyed myself every bit as much -- and got almost EXACTLY the same amount of playtime out of the two! Definitely enjoy this one. :)

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Posted on: November 27, 2023

escapist23

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good Gog!

I tried several newer rpgs, Pillars of Eternity, Pathfinder, I liked none of them. I kind of like this one better. It looks pretty on my Imac, it's turn based combat, none of that dumb press pause every 3 seconds thing. The tutorials are numerous. The other two games either had not enough tutorials, or the combat was the crap pause thing. Pillars had no humour whatsoever. This game has none of these faults. However some things about it are stupid, this has been mentioned by others, for example the Jake thing. They refer as a 'councillor' named Jake. Ahru the wizard, and Jake the councillor? Lol. And Jake who? Oh, THAT Jake, the guy who lived down the street. However the rest of the game seems well made, the music is beautiful, the humour is there but not overdone. One other thing I don't like is that the characters never shut up, even when you read what you say faster than they say it, they still voice the whole thing word by word. But all in all it seems a good game. That's all I can say about it, I only played it for 10 minutes.

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Posted on: November 7, 2020

Time4Tea

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Good game, but not a classic

This is the first Larian game I have played, although I have played many other isometric CRPGs. I think the game is good and worth playing, but imo it falls short of the genre greats. It seems like a good example of the difference between a game engine and the game that is made on the engine. I think the engine is absolutely fantastic. The graphics are great and I love the turn-based combat, which is tactical and interesting. I also really like the interactivity with the game world, which is similar to Ultima 7 or Elder Scrolls in the sense that you can pick up every cup and candlestick, if you want to. The game also has an interesting and extensive crafting system - with a high enough crafting skill, you can craft pretty much any usable item. Character progression is also very well done and flexible. It is probably the closest thing to a tabletop RPG that I have seen in a video game. However, I think the game they have built on the engine is 'ok', but leaves quite a bit to be desired. Shortcomings in my opinion are: - The writing is not particularly strong. The plot isn't very imaginative or inspiring and the character development tends to be a bit shallow, with few truly memorable characters. I am also not a big fan of the overall tone of the game, which is full of cheap gags and silly, over-the-top characters. - There is a huge over-abundance of magic loot, to the extent that you will spend a significant amount of time managing your inventory and struggling to offload piles of magic items you will never use. This somewhat cheapens magic equipment and makes the crafting system pointless for magic weapons and armor. - The game world is very generic and not very open. The player is steered quite strongly along a path that is not easy to deviate from. Overall, it is a fun experience with room for improvement. The game itself is a bit on the mediocre side and doesn't fulfill the potential of the awesome engine.

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Posted on: October 8, 2023

icesquish

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Lots of Flaws, but Great Combat

This is the first CRPG I finished, after 93 hours. Overall I enjoyed it, but it has many flaws. I'd still recommend it, but go in with realistic expectations, as it's far from perfect. The Good: * Combat. Especially if you have casters in your party, you can do a lot of fun things, so combat isn't simply "hit enemy until it dies". * Character progression. I was under-leveled for certain parts of the game, but by the end I felt over-powered. It was satisfying to see how my characters had grown. * Build variety. I barely scratched the surface here, playing with 2 melee characters (one tanky, one DPS) and two casters (buffs/debuffs, elemental magic). Since the game doesn't lock you into classes, there are plenty of interesting builds you can go for. * The magic system. I love that the spells in this game aren't "per rest", and only the strongest ones are "per encounter". This made it fun to actually use magic, rather than saving casts for the next tough encounter. This freedom is balanced by most spells being fairly weak damage-wise. You have to get creative to be effective as a caster, and IMO that's a good thing. The Bad: * Inventory management. You can sort by type, but everything is still contained in a single messy window. * The plot. I had heard praise for the ending, but it felt underwhelming. * The tone. Practically no characters in the game take things seriously. Instead they crack jokes, speak in alliteration, sound like they're auditioning for a play, etc. * The quest log. Having no quest markers can be a good thing, but sometimes I had no idea where to go next. * The puzzles. They're either way too easy, or way too obtuse. It almost never felt satisfying to "solve" one. Half the time, I couldn't tell whether I was solving them as intended, or if I had exploited a bug. * Crafting is a mess, and not clearly explained. * Companion plots are extremely lackluster. I finished one's quest without ever having him in my party. * Choices barely matter.

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