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Divinity Original Sins 2: An unbelievably awesome game (lemmy.world)

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Recently I've discovered the joy of CRPGs, having previously only dabbled in them without spending any significant time on the genre.

With Baldur's Gate 2 just around the corner, which I'm sure many of us are hyped for, I wanted to try a similar CRPG to get a feel for whether I'm going to want to play it. Enter DOS2; this game is made by Larian Studios, the same studio making BG2, and is an absolutely incredible game.

From the graphics, which are stunning even 6 years on from release, to the combat which makes you think about your moves in a manner similar to how you might do in a game like chess, and best of all stories which are for the most part genuinely interesting. I frequently found myself surprised at events / characters / quests I found throughout the world, even small things like hearing someone screaming nearby then discovering they had been torn to pieces by voidwoken.

I recently just finished Act I and just started Act II but wanted to share a bit of love for this game as it is an absolute masterpiece with a well deserved 95% positive rating with 144k reviews on steam.

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Please share your experience with DOS2 and whether or not you have fully completed the game!

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[-] 5in1k@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

3 friends and I played this. They all liked it I did not. It felt like a shopping simulator.

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[-] solidstate@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I love CRPGs and was excited when I got recommended this game - it got a lot of praise. Unfortunately, I found it to be tedious and overall uninteresting. That wouldn't be worth mentioning if this game wasn't on every top-rpgs-of-all-time list... I honestly don't get it and I am confused.

[-] Taliesin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Personal taste is always a factor. I'm curious, though - which CRPGs do you consider less tedious/more interesting?

[-] Extrems@mastodon.social 1 points 1 year ago

@Taliesin @solidstate Legend of Grimrock has its moments.

[-] Taliesin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Grimrock and Grimrock II were awesome! Not really CRPGs, though. Dungeon crawlers in the tradition of Eye of the Beholder (apparently the sub-genre is called "blobbers," I am amused to have just learned. On account of the party moving around as a blob).

[-] Extrems@mastodon.social 1 points 1 year ago

@Taliesin You are right, is not really a CRPG, but when I played for first time LoG, that was my déjà vu, hehe.

[-] solidstate@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

I enjoyed both Baldur's Gates, Planescape Torment, Pillars of Eternity, Arcanum, Gothic, I don't know, pretty much RPGs across the board I think.

[-] Taliesin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That's a solid list, though I'm surprised to see Pillars up there. Gave both 1 and 2 really serious tries, tens of hours each, and just couldn't get through them. Flat characters and uninspired world, I felt. I even like Critical Role but found their performance in PoE2 phoned in.

[-] solidstate@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Yes I put it there to point out that I enjoyed even more mediocre games like Pillars more than Divinity. Thus my confusion.

[-] johntash@eviltoast.org 0 points 1 year ago

How far into the game did you get? I know it took me a couple tries to actually get hooked, but that involved doing a good portion of the tutorial island multiple times

[-] solidstate@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Steam says I got roughly 25 hours in. I remember that I really wanted to enjoy it, but it didn't come, so I put it away.

[-] crius@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

This is a game for which the developers said "you have to cheese it, we made it that way intentionally".

You have to do fights trying to cheese it as much as possible, guess the correct order based on your level as well and often end up in situations that are impossible to resolve unless you do something that doesn't make sense.

And let's not forget the "kill everything that moves to get the most xp possible" because that's the way it's intended to be played.

If it was just a straight up "combat - cutscene - combat" I would agree with the "great game" opinion because the game only shines for the combat system.

Everything else is below average when not straight out broken.

[-] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

This is a game for which the developers said “you have to cheese it, we made it that way intentionally”.

This is a rumor, the game is perfectly playable without cheese, it´s just harder then.

[-] Ketram@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

I still think DOS2 is one of the best games I have ever played, and I played it on release when 80% of the 4th act just broke for me. It gives a ton of freedom, interestingly written characters, and once you get the hang of the combat system it's easy to dominate even with weird builds.

I understand why people aren't it's biggest fans, but giving this one a chance is worth it. Overall, I would say BG3 (played a ton in early access) might be the more accessible game. It's less weird, more cinematic etc. Though, I would expect it to be exceedingly buggy on release so keep that in mind.