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.