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Divinity: Original Sin Pre-Release Thread
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Stabbey
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I definitely like the idea a lot about investigating a murder, that sounds like fun.
Yes. I'll understand if this isn't in the alpha, but I definitely want the release version to have the option of choosing different personalities that'll make decisions on their own.
Yes. I'll understand if this isn't in the alpha, but I definitely want the release version to have the option of choosing different personalities that'll make decisions on their own.
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My question is how varied will their decisions be? For example, a compassionate AI might always opt to help and forgive, but you could mix that with a slightly pragmatic aspect that agrees on extreme collar-grabbing decisions every now and then.
What I'd like to know is if it will be very easy to 'game' your companion and guess how they will react, in order to plan ahead and optimize your traits against their traits.
Also, will there be an option for the AI of the companion to make utterly random, completely schizophrenic decisions which make it impossible to guess how they'll decide on stuff?
Chaotic_Heretic
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Valid points bro, or you could control the companion and LARP it anyway.
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Relax, it's being taken care of.
Yeah yeah. Probably, hopefully, we're on it, I think so, etc.
And it was setup by Angthoron originally, wasn't it?
I knew someone outside of regular staff was taking care of it, but I couldn't remember who.
Stabbey
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Yes, if there was no AI personality, you could manually control your companion and play out both sides of all the choices, but I want the AI companion to give the illusion of a personality, and I want the unpredictable and emergent gameplay that could result from losing an argument and having to go along with the consequences. That would not be the same if you were controlling both sides and deciding by rolling a d4.
Visperas
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Yep. Controlling both sides of a conversation, as in the last sven video, is weird but Larian said that you could assign an AI to the main companion for those conversations, right?
Arkeus
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Yeah. Apparently the 'controlling both sides' is only if you wish to control everything, you can assign your partner 'personalities'.
Should work well for schizophrenic.
Good to hear, I'm a sucker for co-op games, so playing Divinity will be twice as fun.
Hopefully, You will share a bit more than that?
AstroZombie
Arcane
I was trying not to be too excited, damn you!
Angthoron
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Naw, it was set up by the staff, but I did end up running/managing it. Looking forward to our alpha keys and the spam I'll be sending to you guys! Spam, delicious spam.
Man, what a way to celebrate my departure from the armed forces.
AstroZombie
Arcane
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