Divinity: Original Sin 2 Review | KeenGamer

Divinity: Original Sin 2 is here! A highly-anticipated sequel that absolutely wrecked it's Kickstarter goals to deliver an unparalleled role playing experience that will have you calling in sick to work just to play it. It's just that good.

[Yohshida]

Only hearing good things about it, gotta give it a try soon. Good Review!

[chris235]

i also only heard good things about the first one. couldn't get into it. i played these kind of games enough in the pasr. another hommage like this franchise is not for me.

kickstarter games always seem to fill a gap in gamer's hearts. but they almost always are falling flat on the nose. tides of numerana, anyone? i was so pumped to play a spiritual successor of planescape torment and they emphasized all the wrong things. what a letdown. seems to be a kickstarter curse.

[Testfire]

Do you play solo? Because this type of game shines with co-op, I really wouldn't want to play it otherwise.

[Jaypi03]

I think it depends mostly on opinion. Please don't discourage people from playing this solo as there's benefits to playing alone. Mostly not having to depend on others to enjoy the game mostly and being able to build your characters as you like without someone else trying to disrupt that.

The game has the benefit of being amazing alone and with friends.

[Testfire]

@ J-pi3, fair enough but I was merely suggesting that he try another way of playing before giving up on an awesome game.

[gangsta_red]

"tides of numerana, anyone?"

I tried to like Tides, I really did but it was terrible. I'm pretty positive out of the 6+ hours I played I actually only fought twice. The rest was reading, reading and reading. I just came off of Divinity and also wanted a Baldur's game to fill the void and I thought Tides would do it....negative.

Pillars of Eternity is not bad though, give that a shot. It's no Divinity but it does things right and definitely better than Tides.

[C4rnos]

If you haven't tried Tyranny, it's a bit more interesting than Pillars of Eternity, and builds on some of the original systems a bit more, i think it might be closer to what you're looking for while also having a story where it's not so bad to be bad.

Divinity 2 is incredible though, i'd say the pacing is far better in that most encounters you're likely to be able to take on as you go through rather than realising you just can't go somewhere early on- plus the characters are just a joy.

[EatCrow]

I tried the first one but felt it was lacking severly in some area so I couldnt finish it.
I loved and still love Baldurs Gate...if it harkens back to that vibe I may give it a go.

[Jaypi03]

I would if I were you, I loved the first one and thought it couldn't get any better, but this one improves upon it in even bigger ways.

[oIITSBIIo]

I played 15 hours so far, loving it.

[gangsta_red]

This needs to hurry up and come to consoles!

[Last_Boss]

I need to snag the first one.

[That_Guy244]

So fare has been simply an amazing game will deffently be spending a coouple hundred hours on this one.

[Fist4achin]

Cool! I hope this comes to consoles as well.

[Many-hat5]

I know by making this comment, I'm likely setting myself up for ridicule, but am I the only one that finds Divinity too hard? I'm only about 6hrs in, and the recipe for me is battle, die, reload, repeat. For me, this creates a fragmented non- immersive game.I know from the first one that if I persist, I will get past this phase once my characters are stronger, but can I be bothered? Personally, I see this as another dev who doesn't quite crasp the line between challenge and frustration. Objectively though, this is an awesome game! IF, you would rather spend your time calculating battle stratergies, than adventuring and having fun. 7/10