While it doesn’t boast the most robust creator in terms of appearances, Divinity has a dizzying amount of variety when it comes to classes, skills, and specialisations. One thing it does better than most is character generation. Elves and orcs and magic and swords are commonplace in fantasy adventure games and Divinity: Original Sin has no intention of rocking any boats. It’s pretty standard action-RPG fare, never really straying from established tropes and rarely thinking outside of the box. The narrative follows your duo of Hunters and their various companions as they attempt to thwart the nefarious plans of a cult of Sorcerers called the Immaculates. It can seem a little fiddly at first, but once you know your way around, it’s a refreshingly uncluttered menu system.ĭivinity is set in a world where a dangerous strain of magic called the Source must be sought-out and eradicated by elite warriors called Source Hunters. While not an obvious choice for a console port, Larian have done a great job re-purposing their sprawling dungeon-crawler to fit consoles, not least in re-mapping a keyboard interface onto the controller in a way that feels intuitive for the most part. A few weeks ago InXile’s incredible Wasteland 2 hit consoles with the Director’s Cut edition, and this week we’ve got Divinity: Original Sin, a huge fantasy adventure from Larian Studios to sink our teeth into. You wait forever to see one on PS4, and then rather inexplicably, two turn up at once. Elemental combos, environmental combos, and creative use of telekinesis all add a unique twist to the game, though you can generally only access those if you're willing to make a mage-heavy party with the right combination of specific skill foci.It would appear that deep, complex tactical RPGs are something like busses. I think the turn-based tactical combat is it's strongest point. Having to click randomly until you find a hidden object is just a time sink. Personally, I don't find that to be a 'fun' mechanic. Some of the puzzles rely on using the camera angles to conceal interactive objects, like switches and buttons. Why bother solving riddles or puzzles for a comparatively paltry amount of gold and experience points, when you can just slaughter the enemies for a much larger amount of loot and experience points? Unfortunately, this is a common issue in many RPGs. Non-combat solutions are often presented for quests, but in many cases the combat solution simply provides a better reward. The decision to have a static world also leads to an increasingly empty world over time, as characters and monsters are killed. The art style is a bit exaggerated in general, which I don't really mind, but I did often find the neon blobs of elemental energy very distracting.įrom a gameplay standpoint, I didn't much care for the decision to use a randomized loot system in a game with a fixed number of static encounters (too much reliance on luck to get the loot you need). The art style can also take a bit of getting used to, since it's markedly more colorful than most games, though I suppose that fits the exaggerated style of humor. Humor is very subjective, and for me I felt it was just too heavy-handed.

Personally, I found the 'in your face' style of humor to be a bit off-putting. I can't ignore a popular role-playing game.ĭ:OS is okay. Jozape wrote:Also, is D:OS good enough to play for someone that hates settings like Bard's Tale and Forgotten Realms? I originally wasn't going to play D:OS, but I'm in curiosity mode now.

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