Divinity: Original Sin 2 - DOS2 - MP Interest Check

[SpessCaptain]

Any other kiwi into this? I'm on classical mode and I always feel underbalanced and every battle has me cautious but god damn does this game take me back when I was a kid travelling around in Baldurs Gate with no reading comprehension.

At the start I began rolling my eyes at the dumb humour but it's grown with me.

I think Fane is pretty much the best character right now, I got him some restoration magic and some poison wands, so he stands in a puddle of poison and heals others (or uses restoration on the undead to whittle them down.) I can't believe how much dialogue there is or choices and that most characters have their own ambitions which are pretty different to others.

Would any kiwi enjoy playing in an all-kiwi group? I'm a measly level 5 polymorph human and I haven't touched MP, but I suppose I can always remake and start from scratch.

 

[Sable]

I need to install it first, but maybe.

 

[SpessCaptain]

Cool beans. Anyone else playing?

 

[DNJACK]

wtf is it with turn based action?

Isn't that like, boring?

 

[Organic Fapcup]

Good game. Been playing with a friend who doesn't even like turn based games. I'd be down for it if I weren't in a Euro timezone.

 

[Replicant Sasquatch]

I'm actually in your timezone now but the creaky old laptop I brought with me won't play it.

 

[Sable]

You guys know how Lone Wolf interacts with multiplayer? Is it the same as if you had NPC's with you?

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

 

[Sable]

Am I the only one that finds Teleport really useful?

It's super fun to teleport enemies on the open of a fight, or just to keep them the hell away.

 

[Cactus Wings]

You guys know how Lone Wolf interacts with multiplayer? Is it the same as if you had NPC's with you?

Exact same; party limit 2. It's easy-mode and more or less "ruins" the game if you seek the full experience, and not just doing your 8th run with your 4th friend since launch.

Buying the game I expected it to be a glorified D&D engine with an attached test-campaign. That justified a lot of my thoughts throughout the first 10 hours, before I realized it's a 4-act game of upwards +25 hours. Suddenly it started to be less and less enchanting despite the numerous reviews chiming in with "best evah" etc.

Spoiler: Act 1 spoiler

First of all you have absolutely no choice but to abuse teleportation in Fort Joy. I've found 4-5 ways of entering the fort and the only one not requiring teleportation is straight up combat at the front gate. Sure you can get caught and thrown into jail, but that was the most absurd situation I've been in.

You're in a cell with a lockpick and a rat. Pet pal to the rescue right? You lockpick the door and can't do anything; at least not if you're no pet pal for another lockpick. Solution? Punch down the doors. 120 hp doors, of 1-5 dmg hits depending on your stats. This is the genius solution to a game with at-times insane depth and marvelous puzzles. I expected some cool stealth section but nah, punch doors. One leads to a waypoint, another into a cave full of creatures that are pretty damn strong for early game.

No full custom party? "We want you to experience the Origins characters", oh okay.

Spoiler: Act 2 spoiler

You can respec and buy mercenaries infinitely after act 2, for free, for ever. Only gender and race is locked and you can just keep buying mercenaries til you get what you want. So much for in-depth story and personal quests for Origins. That's not to say Origins aren't the best experience, but still. Wat.

The armor system is nuts and forces you to go all-in on either physical or magical. Sure some enemies have more armor or magic armor than others, but the way stat investments work you're better off going all physical/magic, unless you wanna 4-man roleplay and all.

Two major patches later and most quests in the log don't update. I've completed quests and killed the involved characters and even then, not concluded. This sucks when it's act-based and you wanna wrap up before leaving. Quick-save/loading also takes upwards of several minutes after a few hours of play, which makes the harder difficulties unbearable when one move gets you killed.

It's a great game and all but nowhere near GotY, just a very, very successful semi-indie game with a nice story to the company's name.

 

[K. V. Bones]

I love this game, it'd be fun to do a full playthrough with kiwis instead of trolling pubs.

 

[Endu]

I finished this game with two other friends a couple months back. Reaper's Coast turned into such a slog that it really killed my interest

Spoiler: Final boss semi-spoilers

And the second phase of the final boss was straight fucking trash, even at nearly-max level and the whole party being at relatively full health

but I'd definitely recommend this game to anyone looking for a creative turn-based rpg

 

[Ihavetinyweewee]

I finished this game with two other friends a couple months back. Reaper's Coast turned into such a slog that it really killed my interest

Spoiler: Final boss semi-spoilers

And the second phase of the final boss was straight fucking trash, even at nearly-max level and the whole party being at relatively full health

but I'd definitely recommend this game to anyone looking for a creative turn-based rpg

Yeah, I got halfway and just couldn't finish it. The combat was very good. But, the world itself was utterly boring. The game just became a chore...

 

[johnjolley]

Good game. Been playing with a friend who doesn't even like turn based games. I'd be down for it if I weren't in a Euro timezone.

Im playing through right now too, think I'm maybe 2/3s through? Just had a spectacular fight in a certain fields area. The story has been getting more and more interesting as well. This game just keeps impressing me, glad I picked it up!

 

[ADN_VIII]

I would absolutely be down for an all kiwi run

 

[ADN_VIII]

Speaking of this, if anyone is interested in an all kiwi run on sundays PST time, shoot me a message.