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    Divinity: Original Sin

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by hovercraftdriver, May 29, 2012.

  1. hovercraftdriver

    hovercraftdriver Notebook Deity

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    Pretty neat looking, turn based, party, single player with co-op option game from Larian Studios, the makers of Divine Divinity and Divinity 2: Ego Draconis. A lot of old school elements (Swen Vinck wants to get his Ultima VII on :D ), and the story is supposedly the prequel to the original Divinity story

    Check out this developer walkthrough video: Divinity - Original Sin

    A little newsbit from RPGWatch:
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    And a special preview from RPGWatch:
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    I dug the first two games...well, 2 out of 3 because Beyond Divinity was less than stellar. Anyway, hope someone enjoys.
     
    hovercraftdriver, May 29, 2012
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  2. mtrein

    mtrein Notebook Consultant

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    Looks good. Are the original Divine Divinity worth playing now?
     
    mtrein, May 30, 2012
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  3. hovercraftdriver

    hovercraftdriver Notebook Deity

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    Obviously dated graphics, but very Diablo 1&2-esque in game play and feel, but less linear, just not quite as dark. Gameworld is much larger and story is MUCH better in my opinion. Many side-quests ,and some fairly good light-hearted dialogue.

    I crank it up still about once a year.
     
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  4. mtrein

    mtrein Notebook Consultant

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    Might be worth checking, even though I'm much more a fan of turn based deep RPGs than Diablo-like simple mostly action frantic-clicking games (I do enjoy them too, though).
     
    mtrein, May 30, 2012
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    moviemarketing Milk Drinker

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    Despite some intro cut scenes that were way too long IMO, I liked Divinity 2 at first, but after playing for several hours, I noticed I was spending too much time standing around waiting to heal. There is no wait or sleep function in the game and you heal very slowly outside of combat, so you end up standing around doing nothing quite a lot in that game.

    I'm not really a fan of turn based combat in RPGs, or games like Diablo/Torchlight/etc., so I'm not sure what to think about this new project. I would be willing to try a demo I suppose.
     
    moviemarketing, May 30, 2012
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