An honest review from a non fanboy

[Lock]

My favorite game, or RPG, of all time is Baldur's Gate 2. Nothing has ever come close to surpassing its excellence in storytelling, immersion, sound and overall design. I've played every CRPG that came out since, and although many people might disagree with this, the only games that ever came close for me were The Witcher 2 and (yes) Skyrim. I kind of liked Dragon Age: Origins, but it just didn't grip me. I even liked Dragon Age 2, but again, it didn't grip me enough. I liked Fallout 3, and Fallout: New Vegas, but after playing Oblivion, they just felt like more of the same. Mass Effect 1,2 and even 3 were great, but they were not RPG's in the same way The Walking Dead is not an RPG. I've played Diablo 2 & 3, and they were fun hack&slash games, but nothing more. I've played Avernum and Abadon, but even though they came out a decade later, they felt older than the Baldur's Gate series and so I couldn't enjoy them as much. I've played many more game, but nothing ever came close.

Now as a Belgian myself (sorry about last night US people), I remember being all hyped up when Larian released Divine Divinty more than a decade ago. I bought it, played it, and... I didn't like it. It lacked all the good qualities the Baldur's Gate series had. An epic story with personal stakes, excellent companions with their own personal stories, and quests which would take you all over the world and would take weeks to complete. Divine Divinty was "meh". It tried, it did it's best, but it never came close to the brilliance that Baldur's Gate (or even Fallout) was. I remember Larian promoting it as if they combined Diablo 2 with Infinity Engine games. This was simply not true. It wasn't a bad game, not at all, it just wasn't great. The misplaced "humor" and unepicness caused me to not finish the game and simply to forget about it after 20 hours or so.

Almost a decade later, Larian released Divinity 2. It had exactly the same problems as Divine Divinity, and this time I didn't like it at all. The story made no sense, there were literally no interesting characters and moving from a topdown RPG to a 3rd person action adventure was completely the wrong way to go. Next came Dragon Commander, not an RPG, but again, they promoted it as a hybrid between an RPG and an RTS. I didn't like it at all, it had the exact same problems.

I have no clue as to why, but when Larian announced Divinity: Original Sin, I got real excited. A promise to go back to the days of the old infinity games. An epic story! Memorable companions! Top down perspective! Turn based combat! New graphics! This was almost to good to be true. I'm not for the whole Kickstarter, Steam Early Access, idea. In my opinion it doesn't work and I still have to see the first game that gets released through these mediums which is actually good. Against my better knowledge I decided to buy it anyway. This couldn't go wrong right? They promised all the right things...

And here we are, and after 15 hours in, I can safely say that Larian did it again. Once again they made a mediocre RPG which promises to capture the same feeling the old infinity games did, but fails in the execution. It's quite easy to pinpoint where this went wrong: the writing. Again; a dull story which nobody will remember in a few weeks. Bland characters you don't really care about. And a journey that will take you through 4 kind of the same maps with not that much to do. Where is our epic villain? Who doesn't remember Jon Irenicus? What about Minsc and Boo? Did Cyseal have a serial killer who escapes you but turns up 30 hours later in a different city? Divinity Original Sin doesn't have any of that. It's a pretty nice dungeon crawler with a sort of decent combat system and filled with forgettable characters and quests. I'm 100% positive that if they hired the right writers, this could have been a game of epic proportions. But once again they failed to attract the right talent and what we are left with is a game filled with "funny" dialogue where your actions have no consequences and your companions are the stereotypical "imma gud fiter" or "Im a very intelligent wizard". After all this negativity it might sound like I hate Original Sin, I don't. It's a good RPG, and I will finish it in the following weeks, but it is by no means the revelation it was supposed, or could, have been.

If you want a true successor to the old CRPGS, I suggest you watch Obsidian's Pillars of Eternity, that looks like the game (I for one) have been waiting for all these years. But still, congrats on a nice game Larian, I hope it sells well and that it brings enough money to the table for you to hire a decent writing team for your next game.

7/10

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This Troll thread started by the Baldurs Gate Fanboy worked to perfection. 10 pages, going on 500 responses. Although half the responses are by Lockmort himself so he only gets 5 out of 10 stars.

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[Lock]

引用自 soge99：

This Troll thread started by the Baldurs Gate Fanboy worked to perfection. 10 pages, going on 500 responses. Although half the responses are by Lockmort himself so he only gets 5 out of 10 stars.

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I'm going to give you a little tip: If you want this thread to be gone, don't reply to it anymore. Every time you do, it gets bumped up. No thanks needed, I saw you needed help.

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引用自 Lockmort：

引用自 soge99：

This Troll thread started by the Baldurs Gate Fanboy worked to perfection. 10 pages, going on 500 responses. Although half the responses are by Lockmort himself so he only gets 5 out of 10 stars.

Next

I'm going to give you a little tip: If you want this thread to be gone, don't reply to it anymore. Every time you do, it gets bumped up. No thanks needed, I saw you needed help.

I'll have 2 cheeseburgers, fry and small coke. Sound familiar? LOKL

[Lock]

引用自 soge99：

引用自 Lockmort：

I'm going to give you a little tip: If you want this thread to be gone, don't reply to it anymore. Every time you do, it gets bumped up. No thanks needed, I saw you needed help.

I'll have 2 cheeseburgers, fry and small coke. Sound familiar? LOKL

Thanks for bumping it once again. Someday you'll get it, someday. And if you want to act like a 12 year old, at least spell "LOL" right. it's only three letters.

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U Mad Brah?

[Lock]

引用自 soge99：

U Mad Brah?

http://i.imgur.com/lx3oCiZ.jpg Looks familiar?

[Ps_TresTres]

Not much of a review guy. One paragraph bad mouthing the writers.

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Lockmort claims to be a BG 2 fanboy. That game was released when? Ancient times? No wonder Lockmort so bitter, the guys pushing 70 years old. Reminds me of my grandpappy when he used to come with the stories of "when I was young....."

My bad gramps, respect to the elders Lockmort!

[Lock]

引用自 soge99：

Lockmort claims to be a BG 2 fanboy. That game was released when? Ancient times? No wonder Lockmort so bitter, the guys pushing 70 years old. Reminds me of my grandpappy when he used to come with the stories of "when I was young....."

My bad gramps, respect to the elders Lockmort!

2001...ancient times.
I'm 29 years old, you act like a 2 year old so yeah, technically I could be your grandpa.
http://i.imgur.com/lx3oCiZ.jpg

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引用自 Lockmort：

引用自 soge99：

Lockmort claims to be a BG 2 fanboy. That game was released when? Ancient times? No wonder Lockmort so bitter, the guys pushing 70 years old. Reminds me of my grandpappy when he used to come with the stories of "when I was young....."

My bad gramps, respect to the elders Lockmort!

2001...ancient times.
I'm 29 years old, you act like a 2 year old so yeah, technically I could be your grandpa.
http://i.imgur.com/lx3oCiZ.jpg

why you mad granny?

[Lock]

引用自 soge99：

引用自 Lockmort：

2001...ancient times.
I'm 29 years old, you act like a 2 year old so yeah, technically I could be your grandpa.
http://i.imgur.com/lx3oCiZ.jpg

why you mad granny?

Oh I'm not mad, you keep bumping my thread, so thanks kid :).
Keep going

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引用自 Lockmort：

引用自 soge99：

why you mad granny?

Oh I'm not mad, you keep bumping my thread, so thanks kid :).
Keep going

dood, relax man was only a joke. Don't want you croaking on the internetz

[PanthenEye]

While it might not have brilliant followers for the solo player, the whole package is great in my opinion. Co-op is where it`s at, figuring stuff together from quests to fighting strategy and arguing in-game is the best co-op experience I`ve had in years. Definitely will buy the next game from Larian.

EDIT: While your review is not from D:OS fanboy point of view, it definitely is from a BG2 fanboy who expected BG3 from D:OS. Wrong expectations.

[50 Cal]

I bought it cause I want to see what the coop is about