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Predict sales/critical response for D:OS 2

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  • Huge failure R.I.P. Larian

    Votes: 8 3.8%

  • Worse than D:OS

    Votes: 34 16.2%

  • About the same

    Votes: 39 18.6%

  • Better than D:OS

    Votes: 80 38.1%

  • Overwhelming success! <3

    Votes: 49 23.3%
  • Total voters
    210
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AwesomeButton, If you have two computers and use the catechistic and One True Platform (GOG) you can play over LAN, no need for controllers. And if you have the steam version, you can always sail the Seven Seas to get the real one.
 
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No way to have 2 desktop machines and even if I had them, nowhere to put them side by side. The controller is so much cheaper too.
 
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I have a theory.
Swen's hair is a physical manifestation of decline. Just think about it. How many notable video games was Swen making when he had a full thick head of hair? That's right. How about now? Exactly. You could make a graph with Swen's hair on the x axis and his good video games on the y axis and see a very linear inverse correlation between the two. As Swen loses his hair, his power increases.
 
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Valky said:
I have a theory.
Swen's hair is a physical manifestation of decline. Just think about it. How many notable video games was Swen making when he had a full thick head of hair? That's right. How about now? Exactly. You could make a graph with Swen's hair on the x axis and his good video games on the y axis and see a very linear inverse correlation between the two. As Swen loses his hair, his power increases.
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Where did you get this idea from?
 
Valky

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Iznaliu said:
Valky said:
I have a theory.
Swen's hair is a physical manifestation of decline. Just think about it. How many notable video games was Swen making when he had a full thick head of hair? That's right. How about now? Exactly. You could make a graph with Swen's hair on the x axis and his good video games on the y axis and see a very linear inverse correlation between the two. As Swen loses his hair, his power increases.
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Where did you get this idea from?
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It came from the depths of my mind.
 
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I guess the press will give it better reviews for better writing and story (there is already more story in the first act, than in all of Part 1), but I also think it will sell more because:

- The origins and races. Expands the replayability and the Red Prince already got more positive reception than ... any character from D:OS 1 ^^.

- Game Master Mode, for people who loved NWN or D&D, but don't have the time for GMing anymore or who want to get in the experience, but don't care to read 400 pages of rules or buy books fo 200$.

- Even more possibilities for MP. Even if people didn't like the story, everyone I have talked about the game loved the MP-Aspects and is fond of it. And with 4 persons and more races to play, it should be a good game for parties (see Game Master). We really shouldn't underestimate the social aspect.

- Already more coverage than the first game.

- No big RPG like Dragon Age or the new Pillars coming out this year, so maybe fans of those games will give it a try?

- They play to your weird fetishes (bestiality, necrophilia, cannibalism, broody guys and posessed women)?

I guess it will sell at least two millions, if the gods of gaming don't hate them. If we can believe steamspy, it sold over 1.3 Millions on steam and did good on GOG and on consoles as well.
 
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Harry Easter said:
- Even more possibilities for MP. Even if people didn't like the story, everyone I have talked about the game loved the MP-Aspects and is fond of it. And with 4 persons and more races to play, it should be a good game for parties (see Game Master). We really shouldn't underestimate the social aspect.
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I can't wait for the normative Codex D:OS 2 let's play. :lol:

Harry Easter said:
fetishes .. posessed women
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Is posessed women a fetish? You mean there are other kinds?
 
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Its a sequel of more of the same. I couldnt even finish the grind in part 1.
Dont know if Im ready for more already and I pirated Early Access when it came out.
It looked prettier and questier but people dont buy that way.
 

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between 2/3 and 3/4 of what the first one sold, same with poe2
 
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I don't think race is a deal-maker/breaker for that many people.
 
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I think it will almost certainly sell less than D:OS. Whether it gets better reviews or not really (imo) depends less on the campaign/story (since most reviewers won't finish it anyway) and more on how the competitive co-op multiplayer and/or DM aspects work out, since that seems to be what so much of the pre-release media discourse has been about.
 
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santino27 said:
since that seems to be what so much of the pre-release media discourse has been about
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Because the first is a feature that distinguishes from other RPGs, and the second is the same but is also a new feature.
 
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Iznaliu said:
santino27 said:
since that seems to be what so much of the pre-release media discourse has been about
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Because the first is a feature that distinguishes from other RPGs, and the second is the same but is also a new feature.
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Yep! I'm not questioning why those areas are being focused on... just saying that I expect the same people who write the previews will do the reviews and they'll likely therefore focus heavily on the same pieces.
 
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