Today’s game is Divinity Original Sin. I’ve had this in my library for a while and decided to try it while I wait for my BG3 Group to get back together. I’ve heard it’s similar so I wanted to try it.
My first thoughts are I don’t really care for the male character design. This is definitely a personal thing, but I’ve never been a fan of the big broad male design. I will say though it gave me the urge to play Darksiders and I have that downloading now.
Besides that though I like it. I know it’s a lot more than this, but it feels like a very “diet” Baldur’s Gate 3. Mechanically I felt like I could easily flow between how the game’s work.
Anyways, When I got to the port city I pissed off this guy who’s boat was on fire by spraying it with water. He got pissed and threatened to call the guards. After though he thanked me. I have to assume the game bugged out. Besides that, I liked the aspect of the world capable of being interacted with like that.
I found this talking Clam too which I thought was funny. That’s kind of all. I think it’s a reference but I’m not sure to what.
I ended off the day by up breaking into a house I found and climbing into the basement. There’s a whole ass dungeon in here. I crawled my way through the floors and found my way in this cave. I saw an enemy down there though and decided that’s a later thing because I’m not sure I’m near the end.
Overall I’m liking it. I’m not sure it’s the “next” game I’m going to pick up though. Especially because I found out it’s like 60 Hours to complete. I might set this down and come back later because that’s not a level of dedication I expected.
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Original Sin is great but it pales in comparison to its sequel.
Original Sin 2 is one of if not the best CRPG to date.
MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I had a friend that played through the series after playing BG3 and he says the same thing. How different is it?
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Very. They improved a lot of their systems from D:OS to D:OS2.
DOS2 has a revamped armor system that makes combat a lot more engaging instead of it being straight damage and saves vs resistance, so strategizing becomes that much more important since you can’t just tank everything. Mages also are now limited by their spell “Memory” so they have to plan what spells to prepare. So combat has a lot more strategic elements to it making it a much better, more engaging experience overall.
Character creation is just so much more expansive. It adds the character origin options during creation that allow for intriguing and unique story beats, personal quests, and encounters based on what you choose. Then there are the additional playable races that were added.
Skill progression between combat and utility/social skills are now two separate progress trees. Now you don’t have to feel like you’re sacrificing one to be good in the other and can have a more well rounded character.
DOS2 also adds enemy visibility cones. Which is such a QoL improvement for those who wish to do stealth.
Then there is the overall tone and story are just so much more polished and has a lot of narrative implications by being from the perspective of a Sourcerer instead of a Source Hunter. It breaks away from being just another generic fantasy story of “good guys fight bad guys”.