Game News Divinity: Original Sin Kickstarter Update #67: Enhanced Edition Officially Announced

[m_s0]

Good.

 

[ghostdog]

This whole deal just cements the notion that release is the new beta and that you have to wait for about 6 months to a year for the full release. Thankfully I haven't yet touched D:OS and while I was contemplating on starting POE, i won't. I'm pretty sure that Obsidian will also spit out an EE edition of sorts when they'll release the expansion.

 

[Kirkpatrick]

Nothing wrong with DOS on release day.

 

[Gangrelrumbler]

I doubt that Obsidian will release enchanced edition of PoE. Sven is known for trying to fix their games if he's not satisfied, fargo needed some buzz for the console release but Obsidian has no reasons to make a fixed version of PoE. Especially since according to them game is fine as it is.

 

[ROARRR]

This whole deal just cements the notion that release is the new beta and that you have to wait for about 6 months to a year for the full release. Thankfully I haven't yet touched D:OS and while I was contemplating on starting POE, i won't. I'm pretty sure that Obsidian will also spit out an EE edition of sorts when they'll release the expansion.

That is an aspect worth considering when stuff like EE actually are just a big update.
For the consumer and for the companies it will be a hard time to tell when it could be an update and when not.
And for D:OS I am relieved that it is for free! Anything else would have made me

 

[Infinitron]

I doubt that Obsidian will release enchanced edition of PoE. Sven is known for trying to fix their games if he's not satisfied, fargo needed some buzz for the console release but Obsidian has no reasons to make a fixed version of PoE. Especially since according to them game is fine as it is.

They're releasing (at least) two expansions. Games with expansions usually get a complete edition containing all expansions at some point. Expansions usually include fixes (which can be ported to the non-expansion base game too of course), especially expansions for games designed by a certain balance-minded individual. So there's your EE.

 

[Gangrelrumbler]

I doubt that Obsidian will release enchanced edition of PoE. Sven is known for trying to fix their games if he's not satisfied, fargo needed some buzz for the console release but Obsidian has no reasons to make a fixed version of PoE. Especially since according to them game is fine as it is.

They're releasing (at least) two expansions. Games with expansions usually get a complete edition containing all expansions at some point. Expansions usually include fixes (which can be ported to the non-expansion base game too of course), especially expansions for games designed by a certain balance-minded individual. So there's your EE.

That's not an EE that would justify not playing the game after release.

 

[Infinitron]

Well, if you put it like that, it almost sounds like a good thing.

 

[Ulrox]

I doubt that Obsidian will release enchanced edition of PoE. Sven is known for trying to fix their games if he's not satisfied, fargo needed some buzz for the console release but Obsidian has no reasons to make a fixed version of PoE. Especially since according to them game is fine as it is.

They're releasing (at least) two expansions. Games with expansions usually get a complete edition containing all expansions at some point. Expansions usually include fixes (which can be ported to the non-expansion base game too of course), especially expansions for games designed by a certain balance-minded individual. So there's your EE.

I find it quite hilarious how PoE slowly creeps itself into every, single, thread, on the codex. The Codex has become a giant PoE Disappointment support group. Where people come to learn how to deal with Obsidian not living up to the hype.

Buttom line - I'm not the only one who has mental problems on the codex it would seem.

 

[Roguey]

I find it quite hilarious how PoE slowly creeps itself into every, single, thread, on the codex. The Codex has become a giant PoE Disappointment support group. Where people come to learn how to deal with Obsidian not living up to the hype.

Buttom line - I'm not the only one who has mental problems on the codex it would seem.

It's an after-effect of how I used to turn every thread into a discussion about Josh Sawyer.

Additionally he's already said it's very unlikely they'll be changing the encounters in the base game for the expansion. You'll just have to hope it's a Dragonfall-level quality xpac.

 

[Xenich]

I'm more worried about the "new UI that makes playing with a controller just as intuitive and fun as playing with mouse and keyboard"

Agreed.

 

[Lios]

as a european-thirdworldian, i have the utmost respect for Swen's economical gamble and so-far success even though they're Belgians
plus I would like to see Larian grow and become the equivalent of Bethesda for example, "Oh they totally fucked up after D:OS 2, they lost their soul" but at least they have money.
Yeah I loved D:OS THAT MUCH alpha-protocol style

That being said I imagine that the console UI is gonna be absolute shit and that by itself is a huge turn-off.
Voice-overs? I don't care at all.
Rewritten story with new ending? 95% gonna be the same shit or have shit alternatives.

New content story wise and character wise, I'll just wait and see of course.
Plus new music- if it's the same colors of awesome then I'm sold.

 

[DeepOcean]

This whole deal just cements the notion that release is the new beta and that you have to wait for about 6 months to a year for the full release. Thankfully I haven't yet touched D:OS and while I was contemplating on starting POE, i won't. I'm pretty sure that Obsidian will also spit out an EE edition of sorts when they'll release the expansion.

If you already made the mistake of buying PoE, you should play it, RTwP games don't work on consoles.

 

[made]

Will this add the promised NPC schedules or were those axed altogether in favor of more essential features like AAA voice acting?

 

[catfood]

Yes

 

[Konjad]

Damn, I just replayed DOS last two weeks. Now I'll have to replay it again!

 

[Konjad]

AAA voice-actors, really?

They should just rehire the Divinity 2 ones, they were good enough.

I really loved DOS voice over, especially of the main characters. I hope they hired the same people for them.

 

[SniperHF]

I really loved DOS voice over, especially of the main characters. I hope they hired the same people for them.

Some of them were also in Dragon Commander so that's definitely possible.

 

[Hatred]

This whole deal just cements the notion that release is the new beta and that you have to wait for about 6 months to a year for the full release. Thankfully I haven't yet touched D:OS and while I was contemplating on starting POE, i won't. I'm pretty sure that Obsidian will also spit out an EE edition of sorts when they'll release the expansion.

This is a good plan but for the wrong reasons. PoE probably won't get an EE. They seem to be just patching out the items and abilities people like the most and squashing bugs. They have already said they will be releasing a totally not DLC expansion which will comprise of two separate DLC's. A free rework would be a strange decision for them to make after having already promised an expansion 2 DLC's

 

[Mangoose]

Will this add the promised NPC schedules or were those axed altogether in favor of more essential features like AAA voice acting?

I guess that's a maybe. What they said in the interview is that NPC/day-nigh schedules would be in general a great thing to see in modern video games. Which may just mean he'd like to see it in any other game by any other developer. Or maybe they'll do it in their next game.

But it's still possible since it was on the plate, and they seem to want to try to make good on the KS promises.

 

[Mangoose]

as a european-thirdworldian, i have the utmost respect for Swen's economical gamble and so-far success even though they're Belgians
plus I would like to see Larian grow and become the equivalent of Bethesda for example, "Oh they totally fucked up after D:OS 2, they lost their soul" but at least they have money.
Yeah I loved D:OS THAT MUCH alpha-protocol style

That being said I imagine that the console UI is gonna be absolute shit and that by itself is a huge turn-off.
Voice-overs? I don't care at all.
Rewritten story with new ending? 95% gonna be the same shit or have shit alternatives.

New content story wise and character wise, I'll just wait and see of course.
Plus new music- if it's the same colors of awesome then I'm sold.

I'm just waiting for the reworked economy. And any possible other gameplay (NOT UI) changes.

 

[Mangoose]

Nothing wrong with Cyseal on release day.

And I wouldn't say that the rest of the game is bad. I'd say mediocre, deteriorating, and disappointing. Still found a good amount of secrets, puzzles, and the like on my second playthrough.

 

[Roguey]

What they said in the interview is that NPC/day-nigh schedules would be in general a great thing to see in modern video games. Which may just mean he'd like to see it in any other game by any other developer.

Bethesda games and the Witchers both do this so, uh...?

 

[Mangoose]

What they said in the interview is that NPC/day-nigh schedules would be in general a great thing to see in modern video games. Which may just mean he'd like to see it in any other game by any other developer.

Bethesda games and the Witchers both do this so, uh...?

Compare those implementations to something like Gothic 1/2.

 

[DawnrazorDCLXVI]

Who cares? The original barely ran on my above-system-requirements rig, even with streaming textures turned off. Diablo 3, shitty as it may be, runs perfectly; while only being a shred below it visually to my eyes. They should have optimized what they had. On a laptop that supports the requirements, the game should serve as more than a 40 gig paperweight, with 35+ minute load times. No game is more top-heavy, especially with those simple graphics. Even Bioshit ran better, and the big deal about environmental interaction started there, not with Original Sin, so perhaps when I can play past the first 30 minutes--which I've approximately put 12.5 hours into--I might revise my opinion.

After they revise their engine.

 

[Delterius]

If any of this pays off then Larian will have done the impossible: monetizing Cleveologic levels of reiteration.

 

[Kz3r0]

Buttom line - I'm not the only one who has mental problems on the codex it would seem.

Sorry to disappoint you, by being on meds for mental issues is quite common around here.