What is the different between DOS 2 Classic vs Definitive Edition?

[Big Bang Attack]

I have just finished download the game, and when i hit play, there are 2 choices, Classic or definitive. What is the different, and should I play the classic first?

[Inner Sight]

Going by what someone told me when they showed me the game the Defninitive Edition is the one to pick. The classic is a version they have upgraded from but did not want to delete because of people still having saved games.

[Big Bang Attack]

So it's better to start the game with the definitive right?

[Heinz234]

Yes it is.

[Kzc]

That's what I did. Did not regret it, since I hadn't played for a while (1/2 ~1 year) and felt like, let's just start over. My last game was like +-150 hours, almost finished in Driftwood. Currently in my new game I'm 100 hours further and just passed my previous run and it's worthwhile imo. They did a lot of changes, not major and significant changes, but still, for me enough to start all over.

You can check following link to read all the changes, described in the change log:
https://www.neoseeker.com/divinity-original-sin-ii/guides/Definitive_Edition_Differences

Edit:
To clarify, didn't read your question well apparently: If you need to start from the beginning and need to choose between classic or DE, don't hesitate, just pick DE!

[Solid Snack]

Definitive caps your skills to 10 though (before gear). So if you are doing a lone wolf playthrough, and want to focus on one or two skills, it's actually a bit of a nerf. I found that the hard way play with a friend.

[Damashi The Kaotic]

Definitive Edition has better balancing, new quests, more dialouge and dialouge options, new story beats, has better performance and optimization, and other tweaks for a better experince.

[Chaoslink]

Originally posted by volkier:

Definitive caps your skills to 10 though (before gear). So if you are doing a lone wolf playthrough, and want to focus on one or two skills, it's actually a bit of a nerf. I found that the hard way play with a friend.

A big and well deserved nerf. Lone Wolf was broken OP back in the classic version.

[Bleachor]

There is a huge difference in skills between the two.
If you want to try out the insnanely OP builds allready created, then classic is for you.
If you want o try a well diversed balanced game, the definitive is for you.

There are plenty of differences.
Lone wolf as mentioned is nerfed a lot. Skills cap at lvl 10. Stats cap at 40 etc... so you will have pretty much every skill in end game.
Blood storm has had its size reduced, due to being to owerpowerfull.
and more....

[Gullis]

But classic have more Ada Laird quotes

[Ukdesigner]

but the clothes are completely broken and cut through all the characters, example Fanes cloak cuts him in half and hangs down in front of him like a mini skirt...
We can't start the game for this reason as the physics are just TOO broked. Sad but the people I talked into buying the game don't want to start with it this broke either and may all refund.

[Gullis]

Originally posted by ukdesigner:

but the clothes are completely broken and cut through all the characters, example Fanes cloak cuts him in half and hangs down in front of him like a mini skirt...
We can't start the game for this reason as the physics are just TOO broked. Sad but the people I talked into buying the game don't want to start with it this broke either and may all refund.

Its mostly only for the early stuff in fort joy, like the chainmail and mage skirts. Later armors won't have this to such a noticable dedgree,

[Dexter]

2 years later... nice necro