Divinity: Original Sin 2

Have you played the previous Divinity games?

Larian got a whole shit-PILE better at the story telling aspects of the game with D:OS. Divine Divinity was basically nonsensical -- but fun. Their first Divinity was like an UO rip. They had a RTS-ish recently that I think the only point was to mock SJWs. The studio has had a real steady progression in getting better at making them. Which is pretty neat. They've been doing this for a while.

I'll give 'em a pledge, then promptly forget about this shit for 2 years. It'll probably wind up taking them about that long.

Iannis_sl said:

I'll give 'em a pledge, then promptly forget about this shit for 2 years. It'll probably wind up taking them about that long.

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Well it says in the KS Dec of 2016. I imagine this one will come out quicker than the original since it should just use the tools and engine they already wrote and designed for D:OS.

Pyros_sl said:

Don't you need to buy the new version for that though?

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Wasteland 2: Enhanced Edition_sl said:

Wasteland 2 Game of the Year Edition is a free upgrade to all owners of the game on PC, Mac and Linux, developer inXile has announced.

Wasteland 2 Game of the Year Edition is an enhanced and expanded version of inXile's Kickstarted old-school post-apocalyptic role-playing game, and is due out late summer.

The visuals benefit from a switch to the Unity 5 game engine, with improved textures, character models and lighting. Thousands of lines of new voice-over have been recorded.

Meanwhile, new Perks & Quirks have been added, as well as the new Precision Strike system, which lets players target individual body parts on enemies to inflict debilitating effects.

InXile also promised overhauled game balance, item drops and reworked combat encounters.

"We wanted to re-affirm our gratitude to our backers and our dedication to RPG fans, as we have been most fortunate to return to our roots," said inXile boss Brian Fargo.

"We plan to continue our proud tradition with Bard's Tale 4, which we'll crowdfund later this year."

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Nope. According to them, if you own the current version of Wasteland 2, you get the Unity 5/enhanced edition for free when it comes out in October.

You have to buy it on the PS4/XBone/etc.

Zaphid_sl said:

Oh yeah, Divinity 2 was fun but very much off the rails, doubly so the enhanced edition. I'll never forget the lightning tree that killed everybody who came close because nobody tried to actually ask it to stop

OS was about on par with that I'd say.

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yeah. Larian definitely has a house style in terms of writing. They take epic stories, then make them a bit silly. Take nothing to seriously.
The games themselves are a bit all over the place in terms of genres. They clearly like to experiment, take risks, and frankly over reach their means.

2002 Divine Divinity. Was originally intended to be the first "Ultima" style rpg. however, at the time Diablo 2 was in full swing. (2000) the publisher demanded they make it an ARPG.
2004 Beyond Divinity. Sequal/expac.

It shouild be noted Larian LOVES to rerelease... 2004. Beyond Divinity: Deluxe edition. 2009 Remaster Divine Divinity.

Divinity 2 is their biggest hit prior to OS.
2009 Divinity 2:Ego Draconis. game was incomplete. 3d fable/morrowind/etc type gameplay. Very easy to cheese. worth playing if only for the writing.
2010 Divinity 2:flames of Vengeance. part 2
2011 rerelease (divinity 2:the dragon knight saga) Full game finally.
2012 re-rerelease. divinity 2:developers cut.

2013. Dragon commander. Dragon commander is kindof a mess. An attempt to blend rpg, Rts, and risk/4x...
Failed miserably. Notable mostly exclusively for the character designs and writing.
no re-release to fix the game yet.

2014 Divinity:OS. Obvs super well received. Probably the most complete at launch. Although they did still keep updating it. Companions. 4 player parties, etc.
2015 Enchanced Edition.

They've got a hands on pvp arena at Pax and it's pretty damn slick. Playing with a controller is miserable, but otherwise the combat seems great. Nothing really playable in terms of story so who knows there.

Backed, enjoy the first one very much.

Chris_sl said:

Did they ever get around to finishing the first game? I heard there was a patch recently.

It had a super polished complex first act but each act after had less and less to do.

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Enchanced Edition is due in October on all systems/pc.

sukik_sl said:

Chris Avellone joined the writing team at Larian for Divinity: Original Sin 2

Larian Studios on Twitter:

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From what I was just reading on their kickstarter update he is on board to write 'at least one' of the playable origin stories.

Shame it doesn't look like that 2M goal will be hit. I wanted to dungeon keeper some fools.

Caliane_sl said:

Enchanced Edition is due in October on all systems/pc.

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This was an impressive video I thought. Really sweet console split screen seems better than it has ever been done if it works like they said.

Avalone, guys. Remember Planescape? Remember Fallout? Remember New Vegas?

I hope the furreners treat him right. I want to see Larian systems + Avalone story. It will be glorious!

Iannis_sl said:

Avalone, guys. Remember Planescape? Remember Fallout? Remember New Vegas?

I hope the furreners treat him right. I want to see Larian systems + Avalone story. It will be glorious!

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He did work on PoE also. I was really surprised that was never a larger selling point for most people.

ps, he means Pillars.

I actually felt the dialogue and narrative in PO:E to be average, certainly nowhere near Planescape in quality. Now Wasteland II, that had dialogue/narrative closer to Planescape quality.