Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition

 PlayStation 4
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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 599 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 66 out of 599
  3. Negative: 74 out of 599
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  1. matim2137
    Sep 16, 2017
    5
    I feel bad but score must be low, this game is really boring at most of point. I wanted to play it all before review here but i can't. But i played long enough to have an opinion (got into second location, luculla forest or something like that), plot is awful, most of the game is turn based fight and moving through the city (and hunting for good spells), bosses are a challenge but nothingI feel bad but score must be low, this game is really boring at most of point. I wanted to play it all before review here but i can't. But i played long enough to have an opinion (got into second location, luculla forest or something like that), plot is awful, most of the game is turn based fight and moving through the city (and hunting for good spells), bosses are a challenge but nothing interesting at all (and sometimes they are hard enough to be frustrating so a lot of players use "terrain cheat" like blocking enemy with barrels. IMO game is overhyped but i'll increase my note because of some pearl quests and amazing idea name for "pontius pirate" (it's so great name for paper RPG character), if u are new in this type of games, better try planescape torment baldur's gate both EE or tyranny/pillars of eternity expedition vikings if prefer newer games.… Expand
  2. Daelus
    Nov 9, 2015
    7
    Firstly, I am an old-school D&D fan, so the turn-based combat has a decided appeal (in an RPG the skill should be in the stats of the character, not in my skill with a controller). On the whole this is a pretty good game that will appeal to a niche market (jRPG fans should take note as this is a step up), but will unlikely find a wider audience given its mechanics and lack of polish.Firstly, I am an old-school D&D fan, so the turn-based combat has a decided appeal (in an RPG the skill should be in the stats of the character, not in my skill with a controller). On the whole this is a pretty good game that will appeal to a niche market (jRPG fans should take note as this is a step up), but will unlikely find a wider audience given its mechanics and lack of polish.

    Pros:
    Turn-based combat that depends on every stat of the character, which is controllable/ determined by you...from who attacks first, who attacks most, through damage, defense, etc. Very satisfying...but takes a while to get back into coming off of the action style games of today.

    Character customization for the above reasons; allows vastly different approaches to the game.

    Crafting is strong; again, only if you are into the time it takes to appreciate it. This is another niche appreciation.

    Story is ok and although the physical footprint is not large, the combination of the above and the planing involved with approaching combat, so as not to be 1-shotted, the game takes 40+ hours to complete (maybe on easy mode it would take less, not sure).

    While I don't play co-op, that you can fully lay the game co-op is a fantastic feature.

    Cons:
    This game was clearly made on a PC budget, from visuals to voice acting this is very obviously not a AAA product (again, much like a jRPG)

    Combat, at times, can be very unfair. It is far too easy to be 1-shot killed (not just "you", your whole party!!!!!) and, in a game with a true ironman mode, that is unconscionable.

    Rock-paper-scissors is a ridiculous concept to resolving disputes...and I mean ridiculous.

    Like too many games over the past few years, the games become more complex, but the tutorials do not, so your early enjoyment of the game is much less than it should be...and you lose a lot of people that are borderline RPG fans.

    Camera angles (top down)/ screen colors are not great and it is fairly easy not to be able to see enemies during combat as they blend into the environment (not purposely)

    Enemies/ creatures do not re-spawn, so there are only a set amount of xp in this game...once you are "done" a section, it is barren (except for the corpses) for the rest of the game...huge disappointment.    … Expand
  3. drlowdon
    Mar 12, 2016
    6
    Divinity is a game that, for better or worse, simply refuses to really help the player out at all. If you put your stats into the wrong places at the beginning you'll be unable to progress past the first few hours and even after that the its never quite clear where you are supposed to be going half the time with the game quite happy to let you to run headlong into enemies that are far tooDivinity is a game that, for better or worse, simply refuses to really help the player out at all. If you put your stats into the wrong places at the beginning you'll be unable to progress past the first few hours and even after that the its never quite clear where you are supposed to be going half the time with the game quite happy to let you to run headlong into enemies that are far too high a level for you to beat.

    If you can get past these frustrations, and my brother and I did for a good 20 or so hours, you'll find a deep and rewarding RPG underneath with the added bonus that you can play the whole thing co-op either online or offline.

    In the end the cycle of getting lost, dying and then making a small bit of progress simply became too tedious for us and spoilt what could have been a very enjoyable experience.    … Expand
  4. ZacFry
    Dec 22, 2017
    7
    Reminiscent of Dragon Age Origins, but with very well crafted turn-based mechanics. I would like more RPG elements, like a competent story and more character development. Despite being a sprawling RPG, there is so much attention to detail that it's easy to get lost in this world.
  5. sylvioros
    Nov 19, 2015
    6
    Wow! This game is overestimated! I love isometric RPG and I missed them a lot, specially because I'm a console gamer now, but Divinity gave me more frustration than fun.

    The game is very hard, even in the easiest mode. I don't pay crybabe here, but the game offers you no help to deal with it. You should Google if you have any doubt about the mechanics. The quest log isn't helpful, the    Wow! This game is overestimated! I love isometric RPG and I missed them a lot, specially because I'm a console gamer now, but Divinity gave me more frustration than fun.

    The game is very hard, even in the easiest mode. I don't pay crybabe here, but the game offers you no help to deal with it. You should Google if you have any doubt about the mechanics. The quest log isn't helpful, the inventory management is painful, and you MUST have at least one mage in your team if you wanna be successful. The game starts really slow (I think I've played about 12 hours before the real adventure began).

    I like challenging games. I played all Dark Souls, Dragon Age and The Witcher in the hardest modes, but Divinity Original Sin doesn't involve you enough to make you care about the story and your team. Everything is so hard. I used to spent so much time healing my team and managing inventories that I was missing all fun. Why play a game like that?    … Expand
  6. Molec_man
    Oct 29, 2015
    7
    Divinity:OS for PS4 is a huge disappointment. I played it on the PC when it first came out non-stop. And loved it. But this is a terrible port. Absolutely horrid. It's a great story and the character building and developing is above average. But the management of characters, inventory, parties, skills, etc is so poorly done, that it ruins a great game. I much prefer the inventory characterDivinity:OS for PS4 is a huge disappointment. I played it on the PC when it first came out non-stop. And loved it. But this is a terrible port. Absolutely horrid. It's a great story and the character building and developing is above average. But the management of characters, inventory, parties, skills, etc is so poorly done, that it ruins a great game. I much prefer the inventory character management of wastelands 2 to this. They made it way too time consuming. And it leaves me severely regretting buying this game that I loved so much.… Expand
  7. guiletheguiles
    Oct 13, 2019
    5
    Well, this game is really really bad. I'll start with the good things though.
    The battle system is crazy good. The amount of things you can do and ways that you can approach a quest or a fight is incredible. Also, the graphics look sharp.
    As for the bad things, there are a lot. There are plenty of game breaking bugs throughout the game. The story is toothless. The game is aimless and    Well, this game is really really bad. I'll start with the good things though.
    The battle system is crazy good. The amount of things you can do and ways that you can approach a quest or a fight is incredible. Also, the graphics look sharp.
    As for the bad things, there are a lot.
    There are plenty of game breaking bugs throughout the game. The story is toothless. The game is aimless and focus TOO MUCH on TOO MANY useless boring puzzles. The difficult spikes are unbalanced and terribly unfair. Sometimes, if you want to do something specific to progess on a quest, you'll need to have a certain skill or an item. They won't warn you about that and if you don't have it, you won't get through. Oh, and if you don't have a mage, you basically won't beat the game. This game won't help you at all and objectives are never clear enough.
    This game had everything to be the next Baldur's Gate, but has too many wrongs to do right.
    I don't recommend this game at all.    … Expand
  8. illphil
    Nov 3, 2016
    7
    This game is a real headache. Complex, loads of reading and really deep systems involved. I got it on the back of absolutely loving Wasteland 2 and Xcom 2 and was hungry for more strategy RPG type games. This one is nowhere near as accessible as the afore-mentioned games and has driven me a bit mad. Takes hours of reading unless you want to get destroyed or end up with the wrong buildsThis game is a real headache. Complex, loads of reading and really deep systems involved. I got it on the back of absolutely loving Wasteland 2 and Xcom 2 and was hungry for more strategy RPG type games. This one is nowhere near as accessible as the afore-mentioned games and has driven me a bit mad. Takes hours of reading unless you want to get destroyed or end up with the wrong builds and skills. It's still a good RPG but a bridge too far for me- I played ten hours and then had had enough. I will get back into it someday as it looks good in a lot of ways- locations, exploration looting etc but be warned- its not for the casual.… Expand
  9. SplitMind
    Jun 27, 2018
    7
    If you're a hardcore player then this could be one of the best games you'll ever play.

    I am not, so take this review as subjective as all reviews are. What I didn't like about this game was the unbalanced difficulty, especially in the early hours of playing, where enemies range from easy to impossible much too quickly, and reviving fainted characters was far too cumbersome. Also,    If you're a hardcore player then this could be one of the best games you'll ever play.

    I am not, so take this review as subjective as all reviews are.

    What I didn't like about this game was the unbalanced difficulty, especially in the early hours of playing, where enemies range from easy to impossible much too quickly, and reviving fainted characters was far too cumbersome.

    Also, a selling point of this game is its lack of hand-holding when it comes to figuring out quests and where to go etc., and whilst this may please some, it massively irritated me as they have taken this a bit too far and it can cause you to waste a lot of time wandering around aimlessly. I also wonder if this gameplay element is responsible for people buying the strategy guide or going online, in which case it makes the concept irrelevant if people are just going to look up guides anyway.

    Having said that, there are some fantastic game mechanics in here. The characters are interesting and the combat is intriguing, like all good RPGs.

    If you've got the time and energy, I'd fully recommend it. If you're more casual and prefer to breeze through games, then avoid.    … Expand
  10. ElemWiz
    Jun 15, 2020
    6
    Given all the rave reviews, I really tried to like it. The combat system is good, the graphics remaster is decent, the music is good, and the back story was interesting. Unfortunately the interface is really clunky, having to click through too many things/menus that make it seem like it wasn't really meant for console. I bailed after 30 minutes or so. I might give it another try on PC atGiven all the rave reviews, I really tried to like it. The combat system is good, the graphics remaster is decent, the music is good, and the back story was interesting. Unfortunately the interface is really clunky, having to click through too many things/menus that make it seem like it wasn't really meant for console. I bailed after 30 minutes or so. I might give it another try on PC at some point.… Expand
  11. MaxPayneIsGod
    May 23, 2022
    7
    D:OS is a great turn-based isometric RPG on the PS4.
    It was crowd funded and a couple of years later a sequel was released which s lauded as one of the greatest RPGs of all time.
    I've personally put around 80 hours into the campaign and I really enjoyed it. Full disclosure, I haven't completed it, but I am in the last stages of the game. D:OS is really well written, its smart, the    D:OS is a great turn-based isometric RPG on the PS4.
    It was crowd funded and a couple of years later a sequel was released which s lauded as one of the greatest RPGs of all time.
    I've personally put around 80 hours into the campaign and I really enjoyed it. Full disclosure, I haven't completed it, but I am in the last stages of the game.
    D:OS is really well written, its smart, the characters are unique and have personality. The actual story is a bit naff, I've played better, I've played worse.
    The reason I haven't finished it is that the gameplay is too slow for the world to be as big as it is, also, there are well documented issues with the quest system.
    Gameplay-wise, combat is pretty difficult, I've played 79 of my 80 hours on "Normal" and have just lowered it to "Explorer" to hopefully help me finish the it. Now, normal wasn't too hard, it was just too slow, the turn-based combat just took far, far too long.
    The quest system, it doesn't hold your hand, the game leaves it up to the player to read the quest notes and figure out what to do next. This still works, but you'll find yourself frequently scrolling through the quest list, reading and re-reading notes to try and figure out where to go or what to do. Its not very intuitive and doesn't really benefit the player at all.
    D:OS is great, it is, its just massive, slow and complex, I want to finish it, I want to see the story's outcome, but man its a big ask, especially because I want to play the sequel.    … Expand
  12. Wweald
    Jun 29, 2020
    7
    I played this one after the 2nd game, it's still a good game but definitely worse. The story was interesting at first but after awhile I kinda just wanted to get through it and stopped caring. The gameplay isn't as well done as the 2nd but it's still fun, it gets stale faster though. And I dislike the way the systems for things like skill customization work compared to the 2nd.
  13. seriousboris
    Aug 13, 2021
    7
    Прошел уже после того, как прошел и даже перепрошел вторую часть. Должен отметить, что первая дивинити куда более душная часть, чем вторая, и по ней очень четко видно насколько большая работа над ошибками была проведена во второй части. Огромному количеству игроков игра может показаться скучной и неинтересной, ну а если оценивать объективно, то это 7 баллов из 10.Прошел уже после того, как прошел и даже перепрошел вторую часть. Должен отметить, что первая дивинити куда более душная часть, чем вторая, и по ней очень четко видно насколько большая работа над ошибками была проведена во второй части. Огромному количеству игроков игра может показаться скучной и неинтересной, ну а если оценивать объективно, то это 7 баллов из 10.

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#9 Best PS4 Game of 2015
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#45 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2015
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#17 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2015

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88

Generally favorable reviews - based on 39 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 39 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 39
  3. Negative: 0 out of 39
  1. RPG Fan
    Jan 14, 2016
    92
    Brings the incredibly fun PC-style RPG experience to your console: co-op, physics, and bugs intact.
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  2. CD-Action
    Jan 12, 2016
    90
    A real feast for RPG-loving console owners and one of the best games to play in co-op. [13/2015, p.47]
  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Dec 16, 2015
    80
    One of the most exciting PC RPGs of recent years effortlessly makes the transition to PlayStation without losing a drop of its tactical depth in the process. [Christmas 2015, p.82]
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