As soon as the gameplay (assumedly) begins, the game crashes. Not surprised, the beginning was glitchy and freezing already and there was absolutely nothing happening.
I was really hoping to like this. The first game had a decent idea that was royally screwed up at every turn. I had heard good things about this one, and while it fixes many of the issues I had with Runner 1, it creates even more ridiculous issues along the way. The awkward camera slants, things that jump out at you to block your view, and random slowdowns all make this an extremely frustrating experience. What's more, the framerate issues of the last game persist here. I gave it a shot, but was left pretty disappointed. It's a real shame, because I still find the idea to have had a lot of potential.
Text doesn't show up, controls don't seem to be working without multiple presses, and you can't even understand what the aliens are saying because the sound is so bad. This should not be sold for 10 bucks, it should be free.
There aren't many good things you can say about this game. I think it should have been free, if I'm being completely honest. Here are my gripes: - The music is annoying an repetitive. - The music throws you off completely at certain points because it is very poorly plotted. - Buttons don't register sometimes, which is the most crucial thing they needed to get right. - Backgrounds blend too much with objects, gives eye strain. - Framerate issues. Unacceptable for such low quality graphics. I suppose the idea is decent, but when the delivery screws up pretty much everything it needed to get right, you're left with an objectively bad game.
If I had to try and put into a nutshell the things that come to mind in regards to this game, I would say it's clunky, boring, slow, frustrating, and badly designed, Divine Divinity is a complete Diablo rip-off that offers nothing new or even the slightest bit creative to the genre. I cannot say even one good thing about this game. I am trying so hard, but simply can't. It runs extremely poorly on new computers, despite how old the bloody thing is. It's choppy, and I have had to quit a restart a bunch of times because my character got stuck in a wall. I only played about 3 hours total, and it happened more than once. The voice acting is awful beyond words (though that isn't out of the ordinary for the time it came out), the dialogue is lazy, and the options aren't any better written. It feels like a 12 year old wrote it. The graphics, like all Diablo clones, are repetitive as can be, and I can only imagine it gets worse with bigger dungeons you encounter further in. This was an absolute travesty to play. It is a stupid game meant for stupid people who like watching their character walking around doing nothing. I cannot envy any soul who somehow managed any enjoyment out of this POS. Life is too short to play Divine Divinity.
I was hesitant to try this because I'd heard some bad things about it over the years, and I love Raiden I and II. After putting it off and putting it off, I finally sat down and played. I was not at all disappointed. I don't know why I've heard so many things about the slow ship control, because to me it seemed to be just the same as the previous games. It handles exceptionally well, and it truly feels like a Raiden game. Raiden remains my favorite SHMUP series to date, and I can't wait to give 4 a try before the upcoming PC version of 5 comes out!
There have been a lot of bad things said about this compilation, as it's a bit buggy. I'm using a pretty new gaming PC, so the issues I've run into have been fairly minimal. The only lag I'm experiencing is at the title screen/main menu, which is a little annoying but it's fine since I'm not experiencing any problems during gameplay. I love Raiden 1 and 2, and these Fighters games fit in pretty nicely with the series on a number of levels. Love the first entry of Fighters just about as much as the original games, in fact. Fighters 2 and Jet are a little busy for my tastes though. A lot of the time you'll be left wondering what it was that hit you, because it's impossible to see the bullets behind all the fires and explosions. Still fun games though, and feel very in line with what's to be expected. In my opinion, it's good purchase. Shame it doesn't include Raiden II as well, but hopefully they'll add that somewhere down the line.
