Is this game going to be unplayablly hard?

[Bitten-Once-Shy]

Seriously, I never got far in the first Divinity game because it was mindboggling difficult. It was like every single encounter was a puzzle that needed to be dealth with in ways I just never understood. I get it, people can like this kind of thing but I'd rather not deal with difficulty that high. That being said, I enjoy games like Dark Souls 1, 2 & 3, these are not difficult games though.

Will I struggle if I couldn't get far in the first?

[Wubbinz]

In my opinion from my nearly 2 hours playing this game is much harder than the first. Not that that's a bad thing challenge is good

[Tenath]

The first game was only hard for the first few hours in early Act 1, before you figured out the necessary elemental and skill combos (oil+fire, rain+electricity, poison+fire, blowing up/carrying barrels etc). It wasn't all that challenging beyond that point. I've only played the basic game, not EE, so can't comment on that one.

The encounters in the second game seem to be somewhat harder from the get-go, but again, it seems like you have to find an optimal sequence of actions to level up a bit before tackling the harder ones. It doesn't help that you can't customize the starting skills at the moment. Some of the new skills seem to have a much greater friendly-fire potential as well.

I'm playing on Classic difficulty btw, Explorer should be easier..

[paifjes]

As Tenath says, you can play it on a lower difficulty.

I understand your position, as I've struggled with playing Pillars of Eternity on a higher difficulty, it's not really fun when it's too hard. However, I'm sure once you'll understand the mechanics of how the combat-element works, it won't be too hard anymore. At least this is what I experienced with games I found really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hard (like PoE and Baldurs Gate, etc).

If you prefer the hack-and-slash-genre, hate reading and prefer not to think while you game, I guess DOS isn't made for you.

[Peridot]

... D:OS was never hard enough for me..
Even on the hardest difficulty me and my partner would breeze through places. Of course we died. Of course we wiped. But dying, and repositioning ourselves and finding a strategy that works better was part of the fun!

That being said, D:OS has more difficulties, if this type of tactic ain't your cup of tea, I'd go on a more casual difficulty to just enjoy the rpg elements and so on.

D:OS2 only has 2 difficulties, featuring the same names from D:OS1. which is basicly:
- Easiest - Explorer
- Easy - Classic


Oh! I realize that maybe I sound a little condesending. I don't mean to! Let me clarify: D:OS is a lot easier to play if you had elemental magic. Once you got a good setup: a fire mage and a geomancer mage. a knockdown character. etc. You could blow up most enemies with breeze. You could stun someone down so much they would never, ever, touch you.

In my opinion, people who enjoyed being thieves or fighter classes would have a harder time in the beginning (while late game they were overpowered as ***)

D:OS2 is featuring a new feature that D:OS1 does not have:
a magic shield. and a meleeshield.

On top of your regular hp, all characters has an magic shield that will soak up magic dmg. Basicly adding an extra defence against magic. It feels more balanced that way, and harder for me as a mage lover.

These shields arn't a skill that gets cast or something, they're just an extra bar ontop of your hp bar that you need to break through.

[GepardenK]

Just want to point out that just because you die a lot dosen't necessarily mean the game is hard or that you are struggeling. Some games just naturally have deaths as a more frequent part of the gameplay loop, for Original Sin this is true in the early game until you get some level ups.

If you do struggle to progress there is always 'explorer mode' difficulty which should be easy enough for most people.

[Woland]

If anyone is interested, I did ask in the global chat and one of the Larian folks said that tactician mode is indeed coming back at a later time - along with the perma death.

As for difficulty, yeah, it's kinda difficult at some places in classic mode, I hope it remains the same way (although I'm only using two characters, which could very well be the source of tougher fights).
Personally I'm really looking forward to tactician mode and hope the game will remain hard in the later parts too. I played DOS:EE with a friend of mine and our biggest issue was that once you got past Cyseal in Tactician, pretty much everything became a joke. We could just destroy entire groups of mobs in tactician difficulty in one or two turns tops, which made it a rather dull experience after our initial playthrough.

[peacesFGC twitch.tv]

these games are for masters of the old pc rpgs. you're gonna have a very hard time if you're not a master.

[Wubbinz]

Originally posted by peaces4efnet:

these games are for masters of the old pc rpgs. you're gonna have a very hard time if you're not a master.

Shut up hahaha!

[Gel214th]

Tubby, here's hoping that they do vary the difficulty a bit. If the mods work the way they should, that is drop in and drop out mods during gameplay, you should be able to find mods to suit your playstyle soon after release.

Remember, its you and the game...enjoy it how you like. Bump that difficulty down , there's no shame in it ^_^ Better than wasting 60 bucks ha ha!

[Rabid Urko]

So many gamers want games too easy nowadays :(

[peacesFGC twitch.tv]

there are plenty of games for noobs these days. this isn't one of them.

[Wubbinz]

This game is for masters of the old rpgs, that sounds like the nerdiest crap ever and not only that but it's WAY overstating this games difficulty.

[peacesFGC twitch.tv]

real pc rpgs are for nerds. go play madden.

[Wubbinz]

Originally posted by peaces4efnet:

real pc rpgs are for nerds. go play madden.

I played baldurs gate, early fallout and divinity: original sin. I also have a girlfriend and stay in shape at the gym. Come at me.

[peacesFGC twitch.tv]

that's more than i can say for most people