Divinity Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition

[Old Hans]

So after a few playthroughs of BG3, I decided to give DOS2 a go, and holy fucking shit what is this armor system. I can't do anything to enemies without doing damage to basically half their effective health. I also can't have mixed physical damage and magic damage dealers in my party. Wtf were they thinking?

What repulses me is the very structure and responsiveness of the world. There's something similar in BG3, but in Divinity everything works worse.

yea their worlds feel very static, which is a problem with most rpgs. walking through a theme park full of animatronic puppets that have one specific role to play. "alright these 2 npcs will spend all of eternity talking about a missing redcap that escaped the circus"

 

[La vie sexuelle]

So after a few playthroughs of BG3, I decided to give DOS2 a go, and holy fucking shit what is this armor system. I can't do anything to enemies without doing damage to basically half their effective health. I also can't have mixed physical damage and magic damage dealers in my party. Wtf were they thinking?

What repulses me is the very structure and responsiveness of the world. There's something similar in BG3, but in Divinity everything works worse.

yea their worlds feel very static, which is a problem with most rpgs. walking through a theme park full of animatronic puppets that have one specific role to play. "alright these 2 npcs will spend all of eternity talking about a missing redcap that escaped the circus"

Yes, however, there are always a few that have a different one after the initial animation and you didn't know how to tell them apart others (like the character from Fort Joy who is being held at gunpoint and is not subject to the law of static).

 

[PorkyThePaladin]

To quote Kaiser Soze in The Usual Suspects, the greatest trick Larian ever pulled was convincing the masses their games are good.

 

[Axel_am]

The Mordus fight is designed to be cheesed by going in/out of combat with your rogue, right?

 

[Axel_am]

The Clay Sentinels were a fun fight. I liked how the size of the room played to the strengths and weaknesses of both parties but in different ways. I couldn't run away from them and they were so packed together that they couldn't get away from the fire in time.

 

[Axel_am]

Didn't get to play that much Divinity 2 the last months, but I was able to play some hours the last two days.

Finally was able to beat the Oil Field battle. No screenshots this time as I didn't think I was going to make it. Used the hell out of grenades for this one.
I've also been using scrolls, potions and food non-stop in my last two sessions and resources are starting to thin out. It's pretty cool I can't recall other games forcing me to use that many consumables and not making it feel lame or boring.

I'm still not a big fan of the writing but some scenarios are starting to pan out that look interesting - everything about the Red Prince, Ryker and his spider, that one demon guy in the Meadows.

Anyway, game feels fun when my spells are comboing and the combat is going smoothly or if things start getting too chaotic.

 

[Max Damage]

This is possibly the worst turn-based game I ever played, fights take forever (slow ass animations + retarded armor system), and every encounter is a clusterfuck of status/elemental effects. I didn't like 2nd half of first game either, but it's unreal how Larian fucked up every single good thing from first game and fixed none of its flaws.

 

[HoboForEternity]

Dos 2 is an inferior experience compared to dos 1 in almost all aspects mainly due to the system and number bloat

 

[AwesomeButton]

The audience here is middle aged people who need to click abilities with their morning coffee, not players who actually inspect how the rules work.

 

[Grunker]

The audience here is middle aged people who need to click abilities with their morning coffee, not players who actually inspect how the rules work.

Read any new player codexer post about the Pillars rule system and that much becomes blatantly obvious

 

[AwesomeButton]

The audience here is middle aged people who need to click abilities with their morning coffee, not players who actually inspect how the rules work.

Read any new player codexer post about the Pillars rule system and that much becomes blatantly obvious

Curious fact. Combat in Age of Decadence is more visceral and makes the heart pump faster, than combat in Call of Duty.

 

[IDtenT]

FPS games have relatively low gameplay risk, and certainty of death.

 

[Desiderius]

The audience here is middle aged people who need to click abilities with their morning coffee, not players who actually inspect how the rules work.

Read any new player codexer post about the Pillars rule system and that much becomes blatantly obvious

Curious fact. Combat in Age of Decadence is more visceral and makes the heart pump faster, than combat in Call of Duty.

Hey man, we’ve got medications to prevent that sort of thing.

 

[Mr. Magniloquent]

I have attempted to get started on DOS2 twice, but I scarcely got off the beach before walking away. I really enjoyed DOS1, so I don't know why this one hasn't been doing it for me. I feel like I'm not giving it a fair shake, but there is a cartoonish quality that I find pulpy, rather than endearing. It's very high on my backlog, but I keep having newer entries cut in front of the line.

 

[Grunker]

I made it half-way through before dropping it. And I have suffered through some heinous fucking games to finish them when I already got that far. DoS2 actively disgusted me

 

[Iluvcheezcake]

Tried DoS 1 and 2.

The wackiness got me every time, never managed more than 1/3 of either game

 

[Major_Blackhart]

Some of the wackiness is what makes the game fun for me.

 

[Iluvcheezcake]

Good for you m8

 

[lukaszek]

you guyz were late to experience fun of going beyond 100% fire and poison resistance early a2, while putting everything on fire. Swen had to patch it out

 

[Desiderius]

I have attempted to get started on DOS2 twice, but I scarcely got off the beach before walking away. I really enjoyed DOS1, so I don't know why this one hasn't been doing it for me. I feel like I'm not giving it a fair shake, but there is a cartoonish quality that I find pulpy, rather than endearing. It's very high on my backlog, but I keep having newer entries cut in front of the line.

Why do all three start on a beach? Some kind of Planet of the Apes clapback?

 

[Desiderius]

I made it half-way through before dropping it. And I have suffered through some heinous fucking games to finish them when I already got that far. DoS2 actively disgusted me

Skill/ability progression worse than an MMO mid to endgame. Giant FU to grognards.

 

[lukaszek]

Why do all three start on a beach? Some kind of Planet of the Apes clapback?

why elder scrolls start in prison?

 

[Heroic Liberator]

Why do all three start on a beach? Some kind of Planet of the Apes clapback?

why elder scrolls start in prison?

So that Todd can set you free.

 

[Desiderius]

Why do all three start on a beach? Some kind of Planet of the Apes clapback?

why elder scrolls start in prison?

Best part of Oblivion. Skyrim doesn’t really count.

 

[Grunker]

I made it half-way through before dropping it. And I have suffered through some heinous fucking games to finish them when I already got that far. DoS2 actively disgusted me

Skill/ability progression worse than an MMO mid to endgame. Giant FU to grognards.

This was true in the first game as well, but at least the first half of that had some hella good encounter design and some kind of itemization.

I remember the moment I dropped DOS2 well: I was at some mines or oil fields and something and I had just picked up a blue item one or two levels higher than the uber legendary boss drop I had from a boss moments ago. The blue item was strictly better.

I shut down the game and didn’t look back.