Divinity: Original Sin II - Definitive Edition

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  1. Vagrantglass
    Sep 8, 2023
    9
    Divinity: Original Sin 2 - PS5
    Co-op playthrough Graphics: 8
    Story: 10
    Sound: 9
    Music: 10
    Gameplay: 9

    Final Score: 9.2

    First time actually finishing a CRPG in a Coop playthrough. The game was great, it was fun to explore and learn the many stories. Highly recommended
  2. bergcamp1001
    Aug 27, 2023
    10
    Absolute eternal masterpiece. Very long, but super satisfying game with huge variety of mechanics, tactics etc. Just a perfect match in a genre.
  3. Filip1992
    Aug 20, 2023
    9
    Realy good game from really good developers ...I hope they will make divinity 3 after buldur's gate 3 if not it's oke I will buy ther nexst game for sure
  4. Casjamin
    Feb 25, 2023
    10
    An upgraded version of the first game which was already incredible. This game is a masterpiece
  5. TheCroWolf
    Oct 25, 2022
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Its really good game fun and all that ...butt you cant really exsplore where you want bcz enemies are level locked so you have to play almost the same way every time yea you have choices and that is cool ...butt this is not tipe off game exaplore where you want… Expand
  6. bananabrainok
    Mar 20, 2022
    9
    Larian.. keep being you.

    Clearly the result of a passion project. Just pure fun.
  7. Nebroo
    Mar 1, 2022
    10
    This game amazing! 12/10
    A big and beautiful world, excellent work on the world, charismatic characters, I really like that there are characters with a history that you empathize with, this is very lacking in the modern game industry, you can talk about the Original sin series endlessly, but it’s better to play and preferably in a cooperative!
  8. briansb
    Feb 28, 2022
    9
    An absolutely riveting game that lives up to everything a RPG should aspire to be. The freedom of choice and direction in this game is staggering. The scope is staggering as well, and it was consistently jaw-dropping how much freedom and expansiveness the game offered to you. My only small negative was the balance near the end of the game felt off. I felt immensely overpowered with myAn absolutely riveting game that lives up to everything a RPG should aspire to be. The freedom of choice and direction in this game is staggering. The scope is staggering as well, and it was consistently jaw-dropping how much freedom and expansiveness the game offered to you. My only small negative was the balance near the end of the game felt off. I felt immensely overpowered with my characters, and made the last few areas and encounters trivial. The strategic gameplay of the majority of the game wasn't present -- I felt as though better scaling could have been implemented. Overall however, there is no reason for any RPG fan not to check this out. It's not only one of the best RPGs ever made, but one of the best gaming experiences I've had the pleasure to enjoy.… Expand
  9. RatchetClank111
    Jan 13, 2022
    9
    This is one of the best games I've played; however, I still think that at least for the PS4/PS5 a few flaws and annoying things hamper this from being best game ever.

    First, although combat is great in this game, with a wide variety of abilities, it relies WAY too much on environmental statuses like fire, water, electric, etc., and it gets annoying when enemies sometimes can just    This is one of the best games I've played; however, I still think that at least for the PS4/PS5 a few flaws and annoying things hamper this from being best game ever.

    First, although combat is great in this game, with a wide variety of abilities, it relies WAY too much on environmental statuses like fire, water, electric, etc., and it gets annoying when enemies sometimes can just permastun you for it, and just also becomes hard to see as well. Also, I didn't like that basically you get almost all the best spells by act2, and there's four acts total. Another issue is that the game also does rely way too much on character level and gaining XP, so if you go into a fight a few levels below the enemy you have almost no chance of winning. This becomes an issue in the beginning of Act2 and Act4. Also, it's very easy to misclick and thus wasting your action points...

    And some fights are total bs, and sometimes way too high armor/magic resistance number

    Story for the most part is great, although some fatigue sets in Act4 as this game is like75+hours of gameplay. Music is great, voice acting is amazing. Sound effects are very good when you cast spells. The narrator/narration is also very well done, almost like a DM in DND explaining and narrating your adventure. Always fun to use different spells and abilities.

    You can definitely do more than one playthrough, and I do recommend this as you'll probably miss a lot of quests/encounters.    … Expand
  10. Catharsiuse
    Jan 6, 2022
    10
    This is not only great game but also, a great story! It is deep and exciting without "fedex' quests. That' is something that for example
  11. DangerDave1409
    Dec 21, 2021
    6
    A friend bought it online during a sale and we wanted to play it in couch coop. We started and it was boring as hell. The graphics were bad and the start / tutorial did not pull us in. After 30 minutes we quit the game.
  12. Pascal1602
    Nov 27, 2021
    10
    Loved it. Not as much as the first one but it remains a great concept. A refreshing battle system even though I preferred the one from the first game. However the playable characters are so much better. Each of them has background story which kept me really invested.
  13. 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
  14. GaborKiaz
    Oct 25, 2021
    5
    I love RPG and i bought this game because of the overwhelmingly positive reviews. I am now around 50 hours in the game and decided to leave it.
    The game is a huge time black whole, i spent around 50% of my time in the inventory, equipment and skills menus, the game is just too much overloaded with items I spent around 10% figuring out what are the quests and what to do exactly, the igame    I love RPG and i bought this game because of the overwhelmingly positive reviews. I am now around 50 hours in the game and decided to leave it.
    The game is a huge time black whole, i spent around 50% of my time in the inventory, equipment and skills menus, the game is just too much overloaded with items I spent around 10% figuring out what are the quests and what to do exactly, the igame gives so many quests that you cannot continue because the enemies you face are just too much advanced and then you try to figure out which quests you can actually do. Quests most of the cases dont show on the map where you you need to do something so you spent a LOT of time wandering around. One quest i got, the NPC was telling i should look for an excavation site which is very near. it turned out to be in a totally different region, after looking for help on forums. And yes, i found that i was spending a LOT of time seaeching on forums what to actually do in the quests, because you have no clue and you have an overlod of quests
    The the rest of the time is spent on the turned based battles which can easily take more than an hour each! And of course if you cant win you need to start again or SAVE after each turn which just kills the fun!
    Then there are so many conversation, it is like a JRPG, the message of the NPC could be two dialogue items, but it tells you in 20! Way too much to listen/ read, at this point i have no idea what is the main story.
    I give 5 points because:
    It could have been a great game, it has an amazing soundtrack, its landscapes are beautiful and enjoyable to discover! You also havethe feeling that the people behind it really loved this project!
    But honestly i feel that so many hours of my life went into something where in most of the case i was either thumbling in inventory menues or just trying to figure out what to do. Not enough joy for me to continue with this game    … Expand
  15. Dibalin
    Oct 24, 2021
    0
    Не плохая игра. 0 за отсутствие полной русской локализации!
  16. Nandah
    Jul 14, 2021
    10
    It's the best RPG I've played in this generation. I acquired it initially thinking only at the local coop system, but I've discovered that this is just a plus, the game is really awesome. The art, the music, the combat system, the progress, the choices, the classes, everything was made with lots of real efford of the developers. You can see that they have payed attentioon to the detais,It's the best RPG I've played in this generation. I acquired it initially thinking only at the local coop system, but I've discovered that this is just a plus, the game is really awesome. The art, the music, the combat system, the progress, the choices, the classes, everything was made with lots of real efford of the developers. You can see that they have payed attentioon to the detais, and they made a masterpiece. Congratulations Larian Studios for this work, It brought me lots of joy and fun.… Expand
  17. Rsantoss97
    Dec 17, 2020
    10
    Amazing gameplay and world, liberty of choices like a D&D
    A cool creation mode too
  18. Yagoda123
    Jun 2, 2021
    10
    Моя любимая рпгшка. Единственное что не понравлилось это некоторые баги такие как квест с тортиком
  19. ManuuuSie
    Jun 1, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Simply a masterpiece for the RPG games of this gen. With some things that could be polished, but in the end it doesnt even matter.
    Waiting anxiously for Divinity 3, home they even surpass this game.



    -SPOILER-
    RIP my character, who died at the end of the game.    … Expand
  20. 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.
  21. 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"
  22. miggity106
    May 14, 2021
    10
    This is by far the very best RPG I've ever played in my entire life. No bugs great gameplay and graphics. Good story too.
  23. ashleighjos
    Apr 15, 2021
    10
    Fantastic game. I played this with my boyfriend as my first introduction to turn-based combat, and it was such a good introduction. I was hooked on this game within hours of playing it. Very easy to pick up if you're new to this genre (although I did look up guides for the best builds) and just a very enjoyable game. Great soundtrack and voice acting, and the side quests are just asFantastic game. I played this with my boyfriend as my first introduction to turn-based combat, and it was such a good introduction. I was hooked on this game within hours of playing it. Very easy to pick up if you're new to this genre (although I did look up guides for the best builds) and just a very enjoyable game. Great soundtrack and voice acting, and the side quests are just as interesting as the main story. I'm always recommending this game and I think it is a must play.… Expand
  24. Da3_who_knows
    Apr 5, 2021
    8
    I have spend 90+ hours playing this game and i definitely will not want to play it again and this is why. I have played Divinity original sin 1, and i was more or less happy with it. I gave it 8/10 and closed my eyes to all the disadvantages the game had, and god knows there were plenty. I give this one 7/10 even though second part is better than the first one in every way possible. TheI have spend 90+ hours playing this game and i definitely will not want to play it again and this is why. I have played Divinity original sin 1, and i was more or less happy with it. I gave it 8/10 and closed my eyes to all the disadvantages the game had, and god knows there were plenty. I give this one 7/10 even though second part is better than the first one in every way possible. The music is simply amazing. I do not remember the game which had better music and i have played quite many games tbh. The story is soooooo much better than it was in the first part it is simply impossible to compare the two. Characters are much much much better. In all seven available you will definitely find at least one that you will love i guarantee that. The gameplay became even better compared to the first part. I loved the idea of different types of damages and all that came with it. I think it was a great addition to the strategic part of the game and that was really awesome, like you have to develop different builds for your characters so all can do different kind of damage. I really like this. I also liked the fact that you can change your stats in any moment, which was a great issue in the previous part cause many people just ruined the game in the first few hours and were never able to advance further in the game. This was not an issue with the second part, but that definitely does not mean that this game was flawless, god knows it wasn't.

    To begin with, flipping loading time for everything was like 5-7 minutes I **** you not. In the beginning you think it will get better and after you have played more than 50 hours in this game you almost loose your temper every time you make a mistake and have to get back to previous save or when something lags or if there was a bug in a location and the game will simply shut down and you have to load this **** again and that means more time waisted on just waiting for the game to load. Believe me this is supper annoying. Also in my game there was a bug when the game will just close itself whenever i will try to open this bloody cake on the dwarf wedding, which is super annoying cause you need this cake for a mission, i only avoided this problem cause i had Louse in my team, otherwise i don't know what i would have done. I have completed every single side quest that was in the game and i can defiantly say that the second part is harder than the first one, and i think that is where the main issue is. It is not simply harder in the strategical aspect, like you have to think more and stuff, this was actually cool it made me love this game, it was hard in the most boring way. You will just never be good enough for this game, just never. You think you had it all in the previous location you come to the next one and everyone is 2 levels higher than you and you can't do anything with it. You have to find the quests that you think you can do you go half way though it and realise you are just not good enough, your enemies are just better in every way possible, there is nothing you can do. And yeah, you die and have to load the game and wait for the loading for 7 minutes just to realise you need a different saving slot and you have to wait again. And that happened thorough out all 90+ hours of this game. It was unbearable. In the end you somehow complete all the quests, get your best build for your character, spend your last money on the equipment, you feel ready for the final battle... and you are not, You are just not. The final battle was a bloody joke. There was no strategy in it, at all, you just have to somehow survive and pray to be lucky with how your enemies will act, and god knows whatever they do you will not benefit from it. I read all the guides I could find and that did not make live easier. I spend all day for a final battle, just to find out that i do not like any of the endings. ANY OF THEM. Maybe this is just my problem, but if i knew the ending would be such a disappointment, I would have simply watched on YouTube and spend the day doing something else. I liked that this game was not easy, but i think the final battle just ruins all the magic the game had, cause you just want it to end and be over with it. Thinking back, second part is so much better than the first in every way possible except for one, first part got kinda boring in the end, second just became unbearable. I would not recommend it to anyone who didn't play the first part, or who is not the fan of RPG.

    came back to this review and decided that i was wrong. the game is amazing, at least 8/10    … Expand
  25. bskierys
    Mar 17, 2021
    10
    The game has its flaws and solo play deserves 9/10 at most and can be comparable to the level of the first Pillars of Eternity game. But the addition of the local split screen coop in a full RPG game for 160 hours is worth noting and deserves a +1 to the score. If you have someone to play with don't hesitate as this is one of the best coop games I ever played. I was not a fan of the firstThe game has its flaws and solo play deserves 9/10 at most and can be comparable to the level of the first Pillars of Eternity game. But the addition of the local split screen coop in a full RPG game for 160 hours is worth noting and deserves a +1 to the score. If you have someone to play with don't hesitate as this is one of the best coop games I ever played. I was not a fan of the first game (mostly because of poor story and music) but I fell in love with this one.

    Pros:
    + Tactical fights are so much better than the ones in Pillars of Eternity. You plan your tactics and cooperate to achieve the best outcome.
    + Leveling system is clear and rewarding. You are embracing each new level with excitement.
    + A lot of branching paths and ways to solve the conflicts. You are creating the story. This is the closest to TTRPG I've ever seen.
    + Amazing music.
    + Local coop – I found it the best way to experience this game.
    + The story presented in the game with all the conflicts presented between characters is so much better than in the first game. it is still sometimes hard to follow with all the side stories but i was curious what will happen next.
    + Crafting and consumables that I actually used, which is not common when I usually play the games.
    + Companions with the arcs related to the main story is a great way to engage the player.

    Cons:
    – You start all the fights with full health and refreshed abilities. this makes most of the encounters very similar (you always start with the same combination of moves).
    – Story is still a secondary thing. It is not the level of storytelling that Witcher or Pillars of Eternity has.
    – The setting is not super interesting PoE wins this round.
    – Fights are tailored to a specific level. If you go to the place you are not supposed to go, you don't stand a chance.
    – The world feels condensed and thus very small. That affects the story that is told like a grand adventure.
    – Too much elemental surfaces. Almost every fight were infested with permanent fire. The world burned all the time.
    – There are a lot of bugs for a 3 year old game (I played it in late 2020).    … Expand
  26. sotetelme
    Feb 7, 2021
    6
    This game could be great but is held back by its many issues thanks to poor design/ execution.
    At first, the combat was a bit challenging but once I figured it out I had a ton of fun with it. The other strongest point of the game is the soundtrack, which is absolutely brilliant.
    While I did like some of the characters and party members, I did not feel truly attached to any of them (which    This game could be great but is held back by its many issues thanks to poor design/ execution.
    At first, the combat was a bit challenging but once I figured it out I had a ton of fun with it. The other strongest point of the game is the soundtrack, which is absolutely brilliant.
    While I did like some of the characters and party members, I did not feel truly attached to any of them (which is kind of weird considering I spent 150 hours with them). As for the story, it isn't anything spectacular but it has to be said that the replayability is strong with different builds and characters.

    My main issue was the map, which is the **** design I've ever seen in a videogame and the fact that I had to look up on the internet which areas had quests appropriate for my level because I didn't want to get absolutely destroyed by enemies 2 levels above me. That was really immersion breaking.
    I actually think enemy AI and ally AI is a bit different because enemies seem at least capable of using tactics, while ally AI is the worst kind of garbage there is. That became clear to me during a quest where you have to protect an npc ( who is eager to join the battle by any means, I mean ANY means) and after 2 tries I finally managed to keep him out of battle until the very end where he ran into necrofire and gradually killed himself from full health. All that without a purpose, he didn't attack a single enemy, he just climbed up a ladder and burned to death. I don't even know if that actually counts as a bad thing because it was hilarious.
    Also, the game wastes so much of your time: the fact that skills have a cooldown outside of combat is extremely annoying, as well as having no sprint button when you have to backtrack and explore so much ( fast travel points are sometimes far away from your objective).
    The game froze 3 times during my playthrough (nothing wrong with ps hardware, I played RDR2 just before this game without any issues) when I started looting stuff. Oh yeah, that reminds me: the inventory is also a mess, it gets so clogged up, there should be a way to better categorize items.

    That's my experience in a nutshell. I'd still recommend picking up this game if you like turn based rpg-s, maybe you'll have a better time with it than I did.    … Expand
  27. Gamed2long
    Feb 5, 2021
    6
    I played this game following Divinity: Original Sin 1, so I sort of knew what to expect. Played the game anyway. Larion studios throws their own style and creativity and silliness onto the classic baldur's gate 2 style gameplay. Improved from the first one. For those used to sword and sorcery RPGS like Skyrim, Neverwinter Nights and the Dragon Age games, the world has a bit of a scaledI played this game following Divinity: Original Sin 1, so I sort of knew what to expect. Played the game anyway. Larion studios throws their own style and creativity and silliness onto the classic baldur's gate 2 style gameplay. Improved from the first one. For those used to sword and sorcery RPGS like Skyrim, Neverwinter Nights and the Dragon Age games, the world has a bit of a scaled down "cartoony" feel. It is strategic turn based combat. You control a team of 4. And though you can do it solo (with added challenge, and the right perks) team of 4 is the intended way to play. There are a lot of things about the game like that. Firstly, the enemy AI is much improved from the first game. There is a damage boost/penalty from high places creatively scattered throughout the map. Proper team positioning can make or break you. Causing/avoiding environmental effects or damage is of primary importance throughout the experience. The game offers a lot of freedom, in terms of what you do and how, but there are certain systems designed to reward some combos and punish others. Magic has the most AOE attacks and the most powerful too. But friendly fire is a thing in this game. I went a little fire heavy in the beginning only to be mid-battle with the entire map on fire and half my team burning to death quicker than the enemy. A better strategy throughout was to stun/freeze/petrify/charm/knockdown as many enemies as you can, causing them to lose their turn or help you, and gang up on the rest. When successful, this feels a bit cheesy. Then again, right before the final battle a lever got pulled and the game turned my team into helpless cows for 2 turns. Oh yeah, your team can be similarly disabled. If it happens to all of them the game plays itself for a while, you're probably going to lose, and you might not get a next turn. So the cheese goes both ways.
    Overall I found the combat fun and challenging at the best of times, and frustrating to the point of feeling rigged against me at the worst of times. And definitely addicting. Not always in a good way. On normal difficulty success is not guaranteed, and nothing more annoying than sinking 45 min into a battle only to realize a mistake you made at the beginning, or lucky break by the enemy AI was going to doom you, and the only way to win the fight meant going back and trying again from an earlier save. Save often if you do get the game.
    Then there is the layout/plot. While artfully crafted the game hides key plot important stuff in easy to miss ways. Items that trigger or are for side quests are easy to miss. There are also an number of puzzles you must solve to progress. Those range from stupid easy, to very difficult entirely due to lack of instructions. They intend exploration, and want you "try it until you figure it out." But if, like me, you recoil at spending over 100 hrs on a PC game, well several game guides are available to consult, to get the most out of one play through. I honestly could not imagine playing the game without consulting them, and think that's a level design flaw. Too easy is one thing, but a lot of stuff was too obscure because of the user interface. Leading to unexciting wasted time revisiting places to chase down the thing I missed. Without a game guide, one would get stuck and give up.
    The game is mainly split into 4 areas. And while its easy to think the prison isle is a short "tutorial" level, it is actually the first 1/4 of everything. You're weak and under-geared, but so is the enemy then. The second act was the biggest, but I also found to be a bit of a slog. Enemy difficulty varied greatly, you could walk from an easy fight, 20 paces away to a fight that was bordering on impossible without a few more levels under your belt. Difficulty spikes throughout. Act 3 was the best one for me. Best in terms of esthetic and balance of combat. Whereas the final act, every level you got lead to massive gear improvements, but some boss fights felt like a steep difficulty jump my team was not ready or prepared for.
    If this sounds like your jazz, play on. But for needing to rely on outside info to get through, and the combat frustration, I give it a 6/10    … Expand
  28. angelknives
    Jan 14, 2021
    10
    This game is everything I want from an rpg. i thoroughly enjoyed exploring every little nook and cranny in this game to find every bit of content I could. The game looks gorgeous, and there is a lot to explore. You always feel rewarded for exploring more.
    The story isn't anything especially original, but it is told with a lot of charm. The companion quests are also enjoyable and there are    This game is everything I want from an rpg. i thoroughly enjoyed exploring every little nook and cranny in this game to find every bit of content I could. The game looks gorgeous, and there is a lot to explore. You always feel rewarded for exploring more.
    The story isn't anything especially original, but it is told with a lot of charm. The companion quests are also enjoyable and there are plenty of interesting side quests. Actually, this is one of the few games where I replay all the side quests during every play through.
    All in all this is absolutely one of my favourite games of all time and I can't wait to start another play through.    … Expand
  29. skella
    Dec 20, 2020
    10
    Rekindled my love for turn based RPGs and RPGs in general.
    Some of the best/consistent voice acting I've ever heard. So many different ways to do things with different outcomes. I hope this becomes a continued set of games that come out every few years.
  30. LunaresArienal
    Dec 12, 2020
    7
    I bought the game expecting an old fashioned RPG game. I was not disappointed.

    Larian gave us a great tactical RPG game. You can customize your whole team to do as you please (and try again during the game if you're not completely satisfied). You can speedrun it, or just take full on hours exploring the big ass map with tons of secrets everywhere. Is the game perfect ? No. There are    I bought the game expecting an old fashioned RPG game. I was not disappointed.

    Larian gave us a great tactical RPG game. You can customize your whole team to do as you please (and try again during the game if you're not completely satisfied). You can speedrun it, or just take full on hours exploring the big ass map with tons of secrets everywhere.

    Is the game perfect ? No. There are a lot of bugs. Freezes. Camera bugs. Cursor bugs (really sometimes trying to aime for a spell sends the cursor in the hell-hole below the map for no reason). It's confusing as well : combat screens get full-on bonkers and unreadable, and tons of mechanics are never properly explained.
    Is also is not completely consistent as some chapters are much better than others. Should I rank them, I would probably advocate for chapter II as the absolute best since it is so big, so diverse, so challenging and starts to bring a lot of the story to your understanding.
    Finally, the game is very punishing for two reasons. One : a single mistake can really cost you a game over. Two : even if you can save at any moment (which is a great feature), the loading delays are so frigging high that it become a recurring nightmare. On the bright side, each time you misclick your target you can go boil yourself a nice cup of tea while reloading.

    It is still very good. The fights are challenging, the story has tons of layers, which you can't all see in a single game. The effects are very impressive and the combat mechanics are really rich, depending on the team you use. The atmosphere is overall great : writing, music and sounds, dialogues.
    Something interesting to mention is that the difficulty scales pretty roughly yet smartly. At times it can seem frustrating, but it's just the game telling you tha tyou shouldn't be there just yet.

    And hell, how good it feels to actually play roles ? Very.    … Expand
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#3 Best PS4 Game of 2018
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Universal acclaim - based on 46 Critic Reviews

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  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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