Can you skip Divinity Orginal sin 1 onto this one?

[Bro2x]

Really wanting this game and wanting to skip the first one saves money and time just think this game looks awesome

[Lestragson]

Feel free, there's some references to the first game here and there but overall it's not necessary to play the first one. That game is still awesome though and you should try it out sometime in the future.

[Bro2x]

Originally posted by Crash On Crate:

Feel free, there's some references to the first game here and there but overall it's not necessary to play the first one. That game is still awesome though and you should try it out sometime in the future.

If I love it enough I most likely will thanks man

[Mikoto]

I'm in the same boat as you tc, at least this sequel is set roughly 1000 years in the future. I really wish I didn't put off finishing the first game, it really is good.

[Chaos12Legion]

I found the first game to spike very uneaven in difficulty and be pretty rough around its edges. Also not very friendly to players beyond experienced crpg players that have played many games within the genre. Looking forward to the sequel though so go for game 2 first you wont miss anything to bigg and Im hoping this game is a little less I need to look outside the game for tips to progress at certain difficulty spikes sort of thing. :)

[Luke S]

Originally posted by Bro2x:

Really wanting this game and wanting to skip the first one saves money and time just think this game looks awesome

I asked this very same question but ended up buying the first one anyway yesterday, I have absolutely no regrets its just as good as this one.

[Ceredh]

You don't need to play the first game to have fun with the second. I bought DOS some years ago but was not very caught by it and let it be after a short time. DOS2 got me however, after a rough start. I don't feel intensed in any way to play the first one. Part two takes place 1,000 years after the first, there are some references to important persons from the first game, so it is fun to know about, but it is not necessary to know.

[Greywolf]

Originally posted by Bro2x:

Really wanting this game and wanting to skip the first one saves money and time just think this game looks awesome

Yeah, game is played from the perspective of different characters than the first game, there might be a few references to events and characters from the first game but the way I see it the character you are playing as in this game probably wasn't a witness to those events and never met those characters so as a player taking control of them you will be on the same page

Also if we are speaking from a gameplay mechanic point of view there has been quite a few changes, like how resistances against negative status effects work, how a lot of abilities work and what skill they fall under as well as a lot of general aditions so while knowledge of the previous game's mechanics may be helpful a lot of it wont be applicable, besides I think they just added a tutorial section to the game or there will be one at launch.



That said I would still recommend getting the first game if only for the fact that it is a really good game, of course Original Sin 2 does look like it is shaping up to be the superior of the 2 with all of it's improvements and new features but the first game is still a great game in it's own right.