Divinity: Original Sin 2 Pre-Release Thread

[Alienman]

C'mon buzz, that's just shitty. You wouldn't steal a car would you?

You mean download a car?

 

[mindx2]

In all seriousness, those stretch goals aren't very exciting to me at all. Don't care about mod support or the DM stuff and I don't even need to mention the relationship simulator stuff do I?

 

[CryptRat]

Romances, homestead, still no info about full party creation, inb4 RtwP stretch goal and we will really get BG2.

 

[Abu Antar]

I am actually less excited after reading the new stretch goals.

 

[Infinitron]

Folks, we already knew about the romances from Bubbles' report.

 

[CryptRat]

We already knew about the romances from Bubbles' report.

There is still hope. The Stretch goal hasn't been reached yet (of course it will be).

 

[Abu Antar]

Folks, we already knew about the romances from Bubbles' report.

I am always pessimistic. Death to optimism.

 

[Athelas]

There is still hope. The Stretch goal hasn't been reached yet

Giorgi Margishvili 2 minutes ago
Hope we will hit 1.75M goal. I love Romances in RPGS (when they are done right)

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   Kai Pardo 35 minutes ago
   I'm gonna be upgrading my pledge again aren't I? 1.750 goal Romance/Rivalry!!!
   
   
2. 
   Pyrofox 36 minutes ago
   Romance system stretch goal Kreygasm!
3. 
   DarthDavy | Weresheep into a new Sin 44 minutes ago
   oh boy, i really want the 1.75 million stretch goal!

 

[Alienman]

I wonder if the romances is going to be like in BioWare games. Being nice to your crew is only one step from a romantic candlelight dinner.

 

[Bubbles]

I wonder if the romances is going to be like in BioWare games. Being nice to your crew is only one step from a romantic candlelight dinner.

http://www.rpgcodex.net/content.php?id=10045

 

[Infinitron]

Oh, I know. I didn't want to talk about this in the report, since calling the writers "leakers" seemed rather cruel when they'd given us such valuable information. But now that they've confirmed it: yes, it was not planned for romances to be confirmed or discussed in any way during our visit to Ghent. The writers seemed pretty sure that romances would be in - just read their quote about how "Jan is working on a system" - , but I assume Swen is still hedging his bets on the possiblity that they won't be implemented. Or maybe it's more of a controlled release thing, where they don't want to announce romances until they can show that these relationships will be handled in a mature way, instead of letting everybody speculate about waifus and pregnancies.

Nope, they just wanted to save it for a stretch goal.

 

[Fairfax]

Folks, we already knew about the romances from Bubbles' report.

Then they said it wasn't going to be in the game, and it sounded like they (rightfully) decided it was a bad idea, but then it became a stretch goal, which is more absurd than being a feature right off the bat.

 

[Infinitron]

No, they said they weren't going to confirm it. Kind of like how Brian Fargo wouldn't confirm Torment after Roguey discovered the trademark, but we all knew it was coming.

 

[mindx2]

Folks, we already knew about the romances from Bubbles' report.

It's also the other goals that are rather underwhelming.

 

[Mustawd]

ugh....wtf is wrong with people? Romances suck...

 

[Roguey]

They're going to stretch themselves too thin again.

The cheat mask is an odd idea for a stretch goal, but hey it's probably a stealth-we-really-need-more-money-for-DM-mode. :\

As with the original D:OS campaign, I hope they don't reach the final goal.

 

[ArchAngel]

How are romances and DM mode popamole?

How is it not? Larian can barely write characters and story, there is 0 chance these are good written romances.

And DM mode is pure shit in modern age of gaming when MP is the main focus of so many games. D:OS already suffered because of MP because we got that terrible convo system that was in SP as well and now with DM mode I cannot imagine the horrors SP is going to suffer because of it.

 

[Roguey]

So did you miss the part where they added a bunch of new writers for D:OS2 and the stretch goal will increase that number.

How can you judge the quality of work you've never seen.

 

[pakoito]

So did you miss the part where they added a bunch of new writers for D:OS2 and the stretch goal will increase that number.

How can you judge the quality of work you've never seen.

Saving this for posterity. Refreshing to see Roguey fangirling after all the pre-DOS hate.

 

[Roguey]

I am somewhat concerned about their listening to all the dummies who wanted the series to be more serious. There's a chance it'll end up feeling like a Bioware game when it comes to tone.

 

[Bubbles]

Well, in the prototype, "more serious" mostly meant seeing ugly racial slurs like "horse" mixed with a bit of whimsical murder.

 

[Roguey]

Well, in the prototype, "more serious" mostly meant seeing ugly racial slurs like "horse" mixed with a bit of whimsical murder.

Well they've also said things like "no imps" and "maybe no Bellegar."

 

[Nekot-The-Brave]

Well they've also said things like "no imps" and "maybe no Bellegar."

Which doesn't make too much sense. There were like 70 bazillion imps in the desert area at the end of Divine Divinity, and other ones that were story/quest related that were in the game.

It feels like there are going to be a few continuity gaps between this, Divine Divinity, and Beyond Divinity.

 

[Bubbles]

Well they've also said things like "no imps" and "maybe no Bellegar."

I don't recall them outright saying "no imps." Larian's statements should always be interpreted very carefully.

 

[Roguey]

I don't recall them outright saying "no imps." Larian's statements should always be interpreted very carefully.

http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/divinity-original-sin-2-codex-fundraiser.103339/

Due to Divinity: Original Sin 2 being a much more serious and focused game than its first installment, gone are the innumerable references and inside jokes. In fact, the imps, too, seem to be gone. Instead, what we have been offered is one of the two following options: