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Divinity: Original Sin 2 Definitive Edition |OT| Divinitive Edition
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Could be a combination of the OT not existing at launch, and crpgs are a but niche on console I imagine.
ERA (and GAF before it) never really had a big population of Western CRPG players, especially on consoles. Thankfully the game itself has sold well, the forum just doesn't house that niche for whatever reason.
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Found out that the answer to my own question from the other thread is that the same GOG copy of the game can't play multiplayer with itself, even if you use the non-Galaxy download.
So my girlfriend will have to try the game out when she's at my place to see if she gels with it or not, as I don't want her to spend £30 on it without knowing if she's going to enjoy it. I'm sure she probably will, but it's still a bit too much to risk.
There's been little media coverage for the Definitive Edition which is a damn shame, Original Sin 2 is up there as one of the best RPGs in quite some time.
Bandai Namco's incredibly restrictive media policy has done them no good here, it's baffling to me why they don't want more folks talking about their games.
I'm playing it on my Xbox and I love it, ime exclusively a console player these days so I've got no choice, they've done a great job on it.
Uh, so after you escape Fort Joy, the three party members in your party when you depart are the only "origins" characters I'll get to use the rest of the game? That's kind of a bummer since I wanted more of their backstory. I'm missing The Red Prince and Sibelle D:
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Unfortunately you can take use them all in one run, on the bright side that gives a good reason for a second one!
This game is so damn good. Me and a few buddies have been playing it on PS4 and it's simply wonderful. Haven't had this much fun with a co-op game in a long time. Playing single player feels a little overwhelming at times cause theres so much to take in to account. But man what a game. I really hope it did well. Cause it's pretty special
I'm not one for multiplayer myself, but I think it's amazing how Larian made a hardcore crpg, of all genres, the perfect co-op experience.
Looks good but i cant even get myself to beat the first one. Also too many other games.
I'm on story mode and the achievements are all popping up fine.
Are you sure? Couldn't try it myself but it should work with the LAN or Direct Connection option.
so i have a bit of a quandary. i was like 80 hours into my first run and still on chapter 2 - i'd just got to bloodmoon island. haven't played for a while, so now the definitive edition has come out with its balancing etc, im tempted to pick it up again, but really loath to have to start a new run. so, should i continue the original run without the definitive edition changes, or just restart?
Guys, I am almost done with Act 1, I think I am before the last fight on the island. I have gone all game with Fane (my char), Lohse, Ifan and the Beast. I never had the Red Prince with me or Sebille, because I didn't like them and their stories as much as the other guys.
However, I don't want to miss out on content. Is there any point in going through their stuff now, before I finish Act 1? It feels a bit tedious, and I don't imagine that is what the devs intended. Also, I don't look forward to doing that on every Act, and I guess the following ones are going to be even larger. I just want to experience everything in one playthrough, and it seems all stories are heavily interconnected with interesting dilemmas/conundrums. Are players supposed to juggle chars around? Will this become easier later in the game?
Also, more importantly. Is there something I should avoid, that would lock me out of these chars later in the game?
However, I don't want to miss out on content. Is there any point in going through their stuff now, before I finish Act 1? It feels a bit tedious, and I don't imagine that is what the devs intended. Also, I don't look forward to doing that on every Act, and I guess the following ones are going to be even larger. I just want to experience everything in one playthrough, and it seems all stories are heavily interconnected with interesting dilemmas/conundrums. Are players supposed to juggle chars around? Will this become easier later in the game?
Also, more importantly. Is there something I should avoid, that would lock me out of these chars later in the game?
We don't live together yet, so we can't use the LAN options.
Maybe you could try a "virtual" LAN thing like Hamachi. This can work over the internet, but I am not sure if it is legal exactly..
I'm on Reaper's Coast, somewhat overwhelmed with things to do. I've been loosely following the main quest and doing some of the side missions as they arise. I'm stuck on the mission of the captain of the Peacemaker. I found the ship and her compass, but she doesn't react to it.
The possibilities DRM-free games have sure are a slippery slope but as long as you're not openly handing copies out to strangers everywhere, or worse, selling them it should be okay. What you do in private with the stuff you bought is your business after all.
did she told where the ship is or you just found it?
but more importantly, you have unlocked source vision?
In my original save, in Classic, I avoided the Blackpits. I have now, in Definitive, reached the Blackpits.
It's the nightmare I feared.
DOS2's campaign is designed for replayability over completionism, basically.
It's the nightmare I feared.
Due to story reasons, that wouldn't work without modding the game. The origin characters you're using are set in stone after Act 1, and their stories continue in the other acts. And further, you get a much more detailed view of their story when you play the origin yourself so it's moot to begin with.
DOS2's campaign is designed for replayability over completionism, basically.
I'll tell you now that was never going to happen and it's worse from here. This is a lateral game by pretty much every measure. Even most of the quests you've done so far have different ways of finishing them. The characters have when you finish the act will be the character's you'll have for the rest of the game you won't be able to experience their stories beyond it.
The typical play completionist playthorough would I'd sag probably generously experience at most a third to a quarter of the games content (this isn't really true since you'd still miss a fair bit but you get the point.)
To put it into perspective as a undead elf custom character you will get voiced recognition of such by a major character.
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OK, I apologize in advance for going a bit off-topic and maybe it's already been answered. I have yet played the first game so do you recommend playing the regular version or the definitive (I plan to play solo, not co-op), and with Origin Sin 2 is the definitive different than the regular version as well and if so which version is best for solo play?
Nah you only get starter stuff with the other characters in cat one. Nothing meaningful beyond lore. Act 2, 3 and 4 is where the origin quests come into their own.
There's no reason to start the game in the base version once you have the definitive one in either game.
Oh, I know. I did my first playthrough last year (started my second because of Definitive Edition) and for Blackpits literally EVERYTHING was on fire for the entire duration of the fight. My character, my companions, enemies, the ground. Everything.
Anyway, I'm currently doing my second playthrough, this time with my main character being Lohse + Fane, Ifan and Beast. Still in Act 1 so haven't really seen that many changes, but I'm looking forward to later acts.
OK, thanks. I hate myself for not playing either one yet, I need to free up some time.
The only thing I don't like about the DE is the fact that for some reason they took out the option to point click move with a controller on the pc version (not sure about consoles). What I mean by that is that before DE, you could click in with the left stick to get a selection cursor, and then move that cursor around the map. Once you got to where you wanted to go, you could hit A to move there automatically. This was especially helpful when using a controller to observe the environment and travel long distances. You can still do it with the mouse so I'm not sure why you can't with a controller now.
Too expensive
Also... this forum had high praises for D:OS and after playing it i just don't get it. Was highly disappointed with it. Still had fun, but nowhere as good as people claimed it to be. So i'm waiting for a good sale for D:OS2
What kind of parties are you guys running right now? I haven't taken advantage of the ability to respec yet, but I think I'll do that tonight. The armor thing makes me want to specialize in either physical or magic rather than the scattershot way I've spent points on so far.
I was thinking:
- one warfare with some necro/polymorph
- one scoundrel with some necro/polymorph (or maybe aero? Teleport is really helpful)
- one huntsman with geo
- one summoner with hydro/aero for support
I was thinking:
- one warfare with some necro/polymorph
- one scoundrel with some necro/polymorph (or maybe aero? Teleport is really helpful)
- one huntsman with geo
- one summoner with hydro/aero for support
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So had a friend come over yesterday to try the game split-screen. He loved it! We had a blast playing, and he's planning on buying it next month once he's saved up a bit.
Until then we're going to meet up and keep going on the current save file lol.
Not sure that your scoundrel would need aero if you're putting it on your summoner, though I personally wouldn't split a character with three main skills (summoner, hydro, aero). Though that's just me, I like to specialise :p
Until then we're going to meet up and keep going on the current save file lol.
Yeah the game can be at it's hardest at fort joy because you are incredibly undergeared. This is doubly so if you're not going with the lone wolf perk and thus have to spread out the meager gear across four bodies.
That looks pretty balanced!
Not sure that your scoundrel would need aero if you're putting it on your summoner, though I personally wouldn't split a character with three main skills (summoner, hydro, aero). Though that's just me, I like to specialise :p
Honestly, I'm not a huge fan of the first original sin either. OS2 is miles better.
They took it out on consoles too..
I don't know why they took this decision, I need a real explanation from them on why they've removed this option which was very helpful and worked excellent with the first Divinity Original Sins game.
I used to play 80% of the time with this option.
Good to know then, might bump the priority from "good sale" to just "sale"
The framework for an excellent game was there but the first game just failed to tick the boxes for me.
I didn't know that they took it out on consoles too. I wonder what the reason was because it was very helpful
Finally finally done with act 1 after 30-ish hours, hahahah. It took some time for me to get into it but I'm hooked now. Ultimately, I just had to figure out what playstyle works for me because there are so many choices. Polymorph and Necromancer skills have made my party so much fun - both deal physical damage but are way more interesting than Warfare alone.
I didn't realize that on top of respecing after act 1, you can change the appearance of all your party members. Gave Beast a spiffy new hairdo and The Red Prince now has the beadiest eyes possible.
I didn't realize that on top of respecing after act 1, you can change the appearance of all your party members. Gave Beast a spiffy new hairdo and The Red Prince now has the beadiest eyes possible.
Bloodmoon Island... kinda makes me want to play Settlers 4 again. Cursed lands are so eerie.
Origin characters look to the left, and player-made ones look to the right. It's something along those lines.
Be warned: respeccing an origin party member will change their portrait, and AFAIK you can never get it back the way it was. That little thing has stopped me from respeccing them entirely...
Origin characters look to the left, and player-made ones look to the right. It's something along those lines.
Writing is a LOT better in D:OS 2. They even got Chris Avellone on to write Fane, one of the best companions in the game. I love Original Sin 2 and this is coming from someone who dropped Original Sin 1 because I couldn't stand the cringeworthy dialogue that is shoved in your face every 5 seconds, the characters were crap and uninteresting and the first area was so boring. In all aspects 2 is miles better than 1, can confirm.
Beware about wikis and theorycrafting on the web, a lot of things are outdated.
But it doesn't matter.
Outside combat mechanisms that are important to understand (and so, party composition) it's really a game to blindly explore.
But it doesn't matter.
Outside combat mechanisms that are important to understand (and so, party composition) it's really a game to blindly explore.
out of OS1 EE + OS2 DE which would you say is the easiest on the lowest difficulty? i tried playing OS1 EE on lowest setting but kept dying and getting frustrated ...i really suck at these kind of games but i want to get into them.
at least for me personally I grabbed it during early access on XB1 but I wanted to beat the first game first
I was playing through the first one this summer (got to the second act I think?) before I got distracted by other stuff and now there's the deluge of other games coming out (Spider-Man on PS4 for example) so Divinity has gotten pushed to the back burner until I have a lull
I played the first game on the normal difficulty and I'm currently playing through II on normal and I'm finding II easier. I feel like they give you more options and better gear in the beginning of the game which makes it easier to manage. I'm about 40 hours in now and while it's definitely challenging at times, it's been going a lot smoother for me compared to the first game. Having played the first game probably helps though since I'm more familiar with how the game works this time around. There's also a Story difficulty mode in II which is apparently the easiest difficulty and for players who just want to experience the story.
the core mechanisms are the same, are they not? i'm not finding drastic differences
and i'm not reading 45 pages of changelog lol