Divinity: Original Sin II - Definitive Edition

 PlayStation 4
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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 512 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 400 out of 512
  2. Mixed: 37 out of 512
  3. Negative: 75 out of 512
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  1. kurokki
    Jun 25, 2020
    2
    Terrible controls, meh graphics and story. Don't get why people like this.
  2. azir001100
    Oct 5, 2018
    0
    sin gracia , no es por ser malo pero agregan muchas cinemáticas al juego que de todas ellas sacas una pelicula de 3 horas , tengo que saltarlas por que me importan un carajo , en si no es malo pero estar viendo cortos cada 10 minutos de juego es estresante
  3. paddystudmuffin
    Sep 24, 2018
    0
    Why doesn't anyone mention the camera zooming out ever single time you talk to someone? Makes the game really annoying to play. Ive just traded in as for me it's unplayable ((
  4. Gamemonster
    Oct 28, 2018
    3
    This game could have been a masterpiece but the 30fps just doesn't cut it in 2018. Even diablo on 360/ps3 targeted 60fps. After playing diablo 3, Path of exile, Victor vran in 60fps this is a stuttering and unresponsive experience.
  5. night4
    Sep 11, 2018
    2
    Everything bad is still there. EVERYTHING. The annoying camera. The fact that every little item gluts your bar. The armor system that no one likes. The modes are unexplained. The fact that every fight ends up with the screen completely covered in different effects and it's almost impossible to tell exactly where the edges of those effects are. I can mouseover a point, it says "water", thenEverything bad is still there. EVERYTHING. The annoying camera. The fact that every little item gluts your bar. The armor system that no one likes. The modes are unexplained. The fact that every fight ends up with the screen completely covered in different effects and it's almost impossible to tell exactly where the edges of those effects are. I can mouseover a point, it says "water", then cast a totem there, in that exact spot, yet it gives a wood totem. Enemies still suicide themselves by moving every turn, even when they should know that they'll provoke attacks of opportunity and die horribly. Players still become far too powerful too quickly, regardless of difficulty level, without much more to look forward to in terms of new abilities for half the game.

    And I still can't easily make my own group to start with. Why not spend .01% of the dev time to make that happen?

    There's literally ONE good change, and that's the new quest log, which, while still buggy, is an improvement.

    TL:DR - There are no useful changes to the game.    … Expand
  6. Steyraus
    May 22, 2021
    1
    More crap bolstered bt games media, because its full of woke ideals and propoganda.
    Boring monotenous trash. Fun for a few hours then becomes a slow redious grind. That fact this game has high scores either means theirs alot of people that quit early or have no lives and meatloaf for brains. Watching paint dry is more stimulating than this " game"
  7. farrokhi
    May 30, 2021
    2
    Terrible controls, mediocre story, annoying camera. Stopped playing after two hours. I had very high expectation after reading the reviews, but I am disappointed and regret buying this.
  8. Druner
    Nov 1, 2020
    0
    Unbalanced. Unfair. Unpolished. Bad game design overhall.

    Every defeat you stand there. Unsure of what you have done wrong. You are then graced with a long loading screen and more unfair challenges.
    Waste of code. Waste of time.
  9. Lestatman
    Sep 17, 2018
    3
    Released with bugs and no patch which no one mentions. If this was Bethesda or anyone else they would be criticised. Quest cant complete, spells dont work the way they should. Act 3 and Act 4 rushed till the point I actually hate the game and its stupid mechanics. The problem is fanboys who accept this when there are far better games out just now and even older games are way better than this.
  10. ghettie
    Jun 4, 2019
    1
    I dont get how this game is being rated so high. This game is buggy right from the start, unplayable for me, sorry.
  11. CrimsonRevolver
    Nov 26, 2020
    0
    Trash. More broken than the first one. Figured I'd give Larian one more chance, but never buying another title from them again. I was looking forward to Baldur's Gate too. But DOS2 on consoles is so broken it's almost unplayable. Anywhere from the awful battle controls on controller to bartering; i.e. be very careful when trying to talk to an NPC in a city or something lest you highlightTrash. More broken than the first one. Figured I'd give Larian one more chance, but never buying another title from them again. I was looking forward to Baldur's Gate too. But DOS2 on consoles is so broken it's almost unplayable. Anywhere from the awful battle controls on controller to bartering; i.e. be very careful when trying to talk to an NPC in a city or something lest you highlight the wrong thing with these garbage console controls and accidentally steal something. You would think Larien would put some kind of failsafe mechanic for this sort of thing, but alas they're just another garbage dev.… Expand
  12. DevilSurvivor
    Nov 18, 2021
    2
    A massive disappointment. Don't believe in the hype. This game is a failure of RPGs, only the gameplay can be fun, and even then, only with friends and it's worse than that of the first game.

    Without going through spoilers, the developers tried to make this world where everyone is "morally gray" and you have the choice to do anything you want, yet all it culminated in was "everyone    A massive disappointment. Don't believe in the hype. This game is a failure of RPGs, only the gameplay can be fun, and even then, only with friends and it's worse than that of the first game.

    Without going through spoilers, the developers tried to make this world where everyone is "morally gray" and you have the choice to do anything you want, yet all it culminated in was "everyone feels evil and uninteresting, so kill kill kill, loot loot loot, yippity hoppity to the next quest". There is nothing that is immersive, you can see the plot twists coming from the tutorial mission, all the characters are the tumblresque "snarky and quirky but ill totally kill you if you cross me!!!" type of personality. The game is so poorly done, one character's quest involves killing a lot of important NPCs, and when you do that, your other companions just get their quest "progressed" and just tell you to go to the next part of it. It's so laughably created that I had to force myself, twice, to finish the game with my brother.

    We finished it on the third difficulty, Classic, which is basically Medium/Hard. The most fun aspect of the gameplay in 1 was being able to increase your starting AP and your max AP, to be able to spam more and more abilities. What do they do in 2? Max AP is 6, can't increase starting AP without 2 turn buffs, and Source points. Yeah, those really cool and big abilities you could use more often in 1? Now they cost source points, something you only have a max of 3 of and which requires either draining a corpse to regain ONE point, or going to specific places in the world to do it.

    The only thing this game does well, and this is already a stretch: You can basically kill almost anyone you want, and, kudos to the developers, there will almost always be an alternative way to finish the quest. That's it. Go play an actual RPG, this game is trash. If the 1st one was a 7/10, this is an embarrassment, especially after how hyped up it was from all those paid youtube shills.    … Expand
  13. Dibalin
    Oct 24, 2021
    0
    Не плохая игра. 0 за отсутствие полной русской локализации!

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#3 Best PS4 Game of 2018
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#33 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2018
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#33 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2018

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Metascore
92

Universal acclaim - based on 46 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 46 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 46
  3. Negative: 0 out of 46
  1. GameCritics
    Nov 30, 2018
    85
    Divinity 2: Original Sin is an excellent RPG that’s packed full of excellent writing, great characters and lengthy adventure filled with inventive and quirky twists on the genre. The combat can be a bit of a slog, there are a few bugs, and the console interface isn’t perfect, but it’s still an absolutely cracking title that will suck up an obscene amount of hours from those who get stuck in. As mentioned at the start of this review, Larian Studios have been making great role-playing games for years and years, and this one stands as one of their very best.
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  2. Worth Playing
    Oct 10, 2018
    90
    Overall, Divinity: Original Sin II is still an excellent RPG experience that uses intuitive mechanics and player choice to an incredible degree to make every encounter challenging and interesting. Divinity II is a beast of an RPG that does many different things incredibly well. It's not perfect from a technical standpoint, and fights and leveling can be frustrating at times, but these are minor quibbles when compared to all of the good stuff that's in the game and works well. If you're in the market for a new RPG with interesting storytelling and an appropriate amount of freedom, make Divinity II your next adventure.
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  3. Gaming Nexus
    Oct 5, 2018
    88
    Original Sin 2 shakes your hand a little too hard when you first meet. It needs to relax until you get to know it better. It's endlessly surprising, with characters that lose their stiffness over time, in dialogues and battle logs that piece together a dangerous, thoughtful world. It's tough. But the reward is that you get tougher, too. It still needs to clean up some of its tactical sloppiness, though. Having a ton of options in battle is only good if its rules are fair and make sense.
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