Looks horrible. How desensitized do you have to be to enjoy something like that?
Divinity - Cinematic Announcement Trailer
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Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 9 hours ago
inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
It’s fiction, not reality. I agree its a lot, I looked away a bit, but ya don’t have to be judgemental when no one was ACTUALLY hurt.
Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 9 hours ago
Or maybe people have different tastes, preferences, and sensitivities. If you don’t enjoy it yourself that’s fine but it doesn’t mean someone has to be desensitized in order to not think it’s horrible.
Greenbeard@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
After all the things I did in Divinity Original Sin II I think I’m pretty desensitized by now
Tattorack@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Desensitised… Or fucked up? :)
Rusty@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
It looks like a homage to “The Wicker Man” (1973)
Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 hours ago
What did that guy do to end up inside a burning man effigy?
What the fuck just grew from his blood?
What the fuck was that billowing from his back boil?
Did those pigs eat that orc’s vomit?
Tattorack@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
He looks to be wearing some sort of symbols that refer to Braccus Rex, a tyrant king. Maybe this is a whickerman situation where the locals celebrate the death of Braccus Rex with a love sacrifice dressed as one?
A kind of flower, cant remember the name… Blood rose? But it’s a demonic type of flower that only grows in soil that has been tainted with extreme suffering. Might have something to do with the Void…?
Probably some sort of Void curroption, I would recon. DOSII literally had people and creatures boiling, then exploding, into Void creatures.
Yes.
Novamdomum@fedia.io 1 day ago
Visually stunning? check
Meaningless? check
About as relevant to the actual game as that Witcher 4 Unreal Engine tech demo? check checkety check.Zahille7@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s kinda how announcement trailers usually go though?
Novamdomum@fedia.io 1 day ago
Sadly that is the trend, but not always (thank goodness). I do think people are getting wise to this smoke and mirrors garbage though. Anyone can make a sexy looking rendered scene. Without a hint of what the actual gameplay will look like, it's just pointless.
victorz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Always someone chiming in with this fallacy. “This is how everyone does it!” That doesn’t mean it’s a good thing. 😕
MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Well that was horrifying, a bit much.
alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
That’s one hell of a trailer… hopefully the game’s good as well
Greenbeard@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
I have high hopes for Larian after delivering two of the greatest RPGs I’ve played one after the other.
jownz@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
First time? Lol! Larian is seriously the best. The game will be better than good. I’ll bet you anything! 😉
LostWanderer@fedia.io 1 day ago
That was an incredible opening for a game! Makes me excited for what is to come from Larian Studios.
Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
No idea what the game is but it sure was creepy!
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I am currently playing Divinity 2, and the game’s humour and lore is indeed dark.
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It‘s not even remotely as gory as that cinematic trailer and the humor only has gotten darker with the Original Sin games later. Even then they didn‘t have remotely as much gore at any point. I‘m honestly kind if baffled.
Zahille7@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Ego Draconis or Original Sin 2? I’m not a diehard fan or anything, but I know some people online like to make the distinction known.
I’ve only really played Ego Draconis (Divinity 2), but I’ve played the tutorial of Original Sin 2.
atro_city@fedia.io 1 day ago
Requires a login. Is it available anywhere without a google account?
AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social 1 day ago
atro_city@fedia.io 1 day ago
Thank you!
seat6@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Whatever larian makes I’m sure we’ll be great; but this did seem a bit too graphic. Im still really looking forward to it though!
Krompus@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It would be completely fine as a cutscene in an 18+ rated game, but it was a bit much for a trailer revealed at an (all ages?) event with no warning at all. Extremely detailed melting flesh and interspecies copulation was not on my bingo card.
Wishlisted, looking forward to more info.
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Divinity Original Sin 2 is one of my favorite games of all times but this looks too gory for me. Actually it doesn‘t feel like Divinity at all.
ark3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I have only played D:OS 2 too but afaik the first Divinity games are pretty hardcore when it comes to gore (?).
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Not really. The games started out rather tame in terms of parental guidance labels. Only the last two got much grittier but still it didn‘t bathe in flesh and vomit. Baldur‘s Gate 3 was already much more hardcore than Original Sin 2 and it looks like they still try to top that for whatever reason.
LuigiMaoFrance@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
I had that same exact reaction. Like, I loved DOS2 and know it had horror elements in it, but the overall tone was much more humorous and more cartoony. Seeing this trailer lean so heavily into edginess and shock value was a little disheartening. There’s enough awful shit out there in the real world, so I really cherish the few RPG series that reject cynicism, postmodernist storytelling and grimdark aesthetics for a more positive and hopeful feel. At least we still have Dragon Quest and Xenoblade I guess…
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
I‘m in the same boat. OS2 had a very good balance for me. BG3 already took it a little too far for my liking BUT you could often choose not to, so it was okay. Playing BG3 and hearing the announcement about a new Divinity game got me giga hyped but I will temper my expectations after this cinematic trailer. I don‘t like the tone of it at all, unfortunately.
lath@piefed.social 1 day ago
Gore porn, yay!
This trailer could be interpreted as a fundamentalist vegan ad. “Beware the sin of flesh in all its forms, for it shall bring forth the wrath of the elder gods!! Yield and repent! Return to Floral and partake in their flowering seeds!”Tattorack@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You don’t know a thing about Divinity or Larian if that’s your takeaway. XD
lath@piefed.social 1 day ago
What, you didn’t see the pretty flower at the end?
zecg@lemmy.world 1 day ago
“cinematic announcement”
Wow, it’s fucking nothing
Greenbeard@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
I can’t wait to know more about this game