Divinity: Original Sin 2 Pre-Release Thread

[Athelas]

A day/night cycle is one of those things that sounds like it's important, but which you don't even notice the lack of when you actually play the game.

 

[Mazisky]

Ofc for the majority it is just a matter of personal taste, but i cannot imagine a fantasy setting without nights, i don't feel involved without them....expecially whit undeads or night-lore related stuff.

Even if no cycle, i would be satisfied enough if they would do fixed night zones as the game progresses (like Diablo 3 where the 1st zone is at night, 2nd at dawn and 3rd daylight. But this works only on a linear game or a game with no backtracking.

 

[Athelas]

Why would that be a problem? It can still be dark...in the tombs where those undead are. Nobody has ever said 'this game completely immersed me with its atmosphere...until I realized there was no day/night cycle'.

 

[Roguey]

When you fought undead in the outdoor areas of Cyseal it was dark and stormy.

 

[Athelas]

I know, but I didn't use that as an example, because I actually thought it was very silly how it started raining as soon as you got close to those undead.

 

[Mazisky]

When you fought undead in the outdoor areas of Cyseal it was dark and stormy.

Yeah but it looked artificial, more artificial than a cosmethic cycle with no schedules. Suddenly all became dark with that area like there is an invisible trigger. Not the best choice, i would preferred a fixed zone entirely at night

 

[Roguey]

You sim-people sure get pedantic over things most people don't care about.

 

[Mazisky]

You sim-people sure get pedantic over things most people don't care about.

Luckily a lot of developers cares about it and features day night cycle in their games.

 

[mindx2]

i remember watching a larian stream on twitch.
there was something like codex vs watch fight, i remember one side was dumb looking and other was smt like a cripple/amputee. Chat couldn't stop shitposting during the whole thing.
anyone remember who the users were and which side was codex?

 

[Lacrymas]

It's not even pedantic, it's some kind of idée fixe. Not being able to "feel involved" if there isn't a day/night cycle sounds like a psychological problem. Seek help.

 

[HiddenX]

It was fun

 

[Mustawd]

It's not even pedantic, it's some kind of idée fixe. Not being able to "feel involved" if there isn't a day/night cycle sounds like a psychological problem. Seek help.

Kind of reeks of the whole "RPGs must have romance" argument. Please god no.

 

[Mazisky]

It's not even pedantic, it's some kind of idée fixe. Not being able to "feel involved" if there isn't a day/night cycle sounds like a psychological problem. Seek help.

psychiatrist just said me it is because almost every other Rpg since 1992 had that feature, so my brain is over-elaborating that lack

and is such a useless and ignorable feature that it was in the highest stretch goals, maybe they though it was important before laziness

 

[Efe]

good to know codex was victorious , i guess there wont be any codex vs watch fight this time around right?
they could ignore npcs 'realistic life' and just add day/night cycles that affected spells somewhat (like day > better blessing/buff, night more dmg).
they already have weather effects that change on trigger so that much wouldnt be hard.

did codex make any ds mods? or any plans for ds2 mods?

Have some respect, lah.

u wot?

 

[Lacrymas]

Kirill also didn't get an orchestra, so stretch goals are ultimately not a good indicator for anything. At least Larian (Swen?) knows when to cut features if they are going to negatively impact the whole. *cough* PoE *cough*
Cutting the orchestra was a more major blow, since at least Kirill knows how to use it, but ultimately it isn't a priority for a game. They could've gotten a chamber group of some kind maybe, oh well.

 

[Zombra]

and is such a useless and ignorable feature that it was in the highest stretch goals, maybe they though it was important before laziness

Or maybe they decided the first game was fine without it and saw no reason to bother mentioning it at all this time.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Kirill knew how to use it,

 

[LESS T_T]

Huh.

(He was an editor of GameSpot and even wrote a favorable review of D:OS. He turned into game writer last year.)

 

[HoboForEternity]

wut, kevin vanord write videogames now? well he's one of the very few decent writer on gamespot, but i dunno if he could write fiction let alone games.

any record of his work other than GS stuff?

 

[LESS T_T]

According to his twitter profile: EarthNight, Atlas Reactor, Devilian

 

[HoboForEternity]

i see. that's why i never saw him on GS again (and around the time gamespot becomes irredemable trash)

 

[Endemic]

Could just be for secondary (eg item) descriptions, and/or lore etc.

 

[m_s0]

It's already a year.

Fuck me, does time fly:

 

[HoboForEternity]

 

[Infinitron]

D:OS 2 will not be at E3: http://larian.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=582631