Divinity Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition

[Seethe]

Fane is a piece of shit. It feels like I'm having a 14 year old edgelord in my party. Kicked him asap.

 

[Lacrymas]

I remember when D:OS EE was in the works they said they increased difficulty not by adding more numbers on top, but adding more enemies and giving them more abilities to use. Might be the same for D:OS2 if they had the time to do it alongside all that VO...

 

[Jaedar]

Unless you're a storyfag but since when divinity games are for storyfags?

Who are divinity games for?

It's not like the gameplay has ever been particularly good either.

Larian games tend to be greater than the sum of their parts.

 

[Grunker]

everything is shit

 

[Zarniwoop]

Unless you're a storyfag but since when divinity games are for storyfags?

Who are divinity games for?

It's not like the gameplay has ever been particularly good either.

Larian games tend to be greater than the sum of their parts.

The mechanics are definitely better than the writing.

 

[Kem0sabe]

Fane is a piece of shit. It feels like I'm having a 14 year old edgelord in my party. Kicked him asap.

Yeah, when he starts spouting that he is an eternal, that his people were varied in all shapes, sizes and colors, immortal geniuses and masters of time and space...

Who the fuck writes this shit? i mean, this idiot keeps babbling about how evolved his people were and how backwards everyone else is. I hope it wasn't MCA, because if it was, the guy is just phoning it at this point.

 

[Lacrymas]

Who the fuck writes this shit? i mean, this idiot keeps babbling about how evolved his people were and how backwards everyone else is. I hope it wasn't MCA, because if it was, the guy is just phoning it at this point.

You might be in for a wild ride. Who knows, though? Fane might have hidden depths, like Erritis.

 

[HoboForEternity]

so what does tactician mode entails? some lazy shit like more hp/damage/armor or real difficulty like smarter AI, better equipped, better built and skilled enemies?

 

[Infinitron]

so what does tactician mode entails? some lazy shit like more hp/damage/armor or real difficulty like smarter AI, better equipped, better built and skilled enemies?

Scroll up:

Is there a difficulty with a bonus to AI efficiency?

That's still tactician. While enemies are sturdier there, they also have special abilities unlocked (which they'll lack on the other difficulties). And that will change your combat approach a lot. It's pointless to play on any other difficulty. Unless you're a storyfag but since when divinity games are for storyfags?

 

[Chaotic_Heretic]

Who the fuck writes this shit? i mean, this idiot keeps babbling about how evolved his people were and how backwards everyone else is. I hope it wasn't MCA, because if it was, the guy is just phoning it at this point.

You might be in for a wild ride. Who knows, though? Fane might have hidden depths, like Erritis.

Chris Avellonee has been phoning it for decades. All that brilliance attributed to him is usually the result of George Ziets' contribution.

The reason CA doesn't want to be a lead writer anymore? Because all the talented juniors from whom he could steal credit have already left Obsidian.

 

[Krzysiek]

so what does tactician mode entails? some lazy shit like more hp/damage/armor or real difficulty like smarter AI, better equipped, better built and skilled enemies?

Check what other people who play on tactician think about it:
http://larian.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=611084

 

[GrainWetski]

You can cancel movement with right click in combat. It's incredibly useful. No idea if it's mentioned in the game at any point.

so what does tactician mode entails? some lazy shit like more hp/damage/armor or real difficulty like smarter AI, better equipped, better built and skilled enemies?

Check what other people who play on tactician think about it:
http://larian.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=611084

Tactician hasn't been very hard at all. I'm only level 5 so far, though. Then again, my main Fane is almost pure Wits so I always get to go first and CC shit.

 

[Lacrymas]

So, it's best to wait for patches to fix Tactician stat bloat, too. Good to know.

 

[Cromwell]

If you dont let your companions speak alone with someone does that kill their quests? The elf wanted to talk to the cook alone and since I didnt want to be rude to the people who were in the kitchen by letting her gut him like a pig I talked first, but now I see no option to advance her quest.

 

[Prime Junta]

The dialog system is really annoying. Third-person lines plus a dopey narrator narrating what's right in front of you on the screen. The fuck's up with that?

 

[Quillon]

Third-person lines

Good way to not actually write dialogue.

 

[PrettyDeadman]

The dialog system is really annoying. Third-person lines plus a dopey narrator narrating what's right in front of you on the screen. The fuck's up with that?

Thats premium rpg writing.

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Luckmann]

Is Tactician difficulty harder than it was in the first game? Enemies all seem to have a fuckton of armor and HP so far.

It is harder but not in good way. On tactician they basically give enemies: +50% to Vitality, Physical defense, Magic Defense and more initiative.

Man, sad to hear that. Difficulty-by-bloat is always such a fucking downer.

can you take lone wolf on PC and companion later?

Yes, with Lone Wolf, you simply lose the benefit of the Talent if you have more than 1 companion - but you still can.

The dialog system is really annoying. Third-person lines plus a dopey narrator narrating what's right in front of you on the screen. The fuck's up with that?

Agree - no fucking idea what they were thinking, there. It's extremely jarring, somehow.

 

[Andhaira]

Is the writing more bearable, and by bearable I mean worth reading without taking you out of the game? And are there far, far fewer stupid jokes this time around?

 

[Beggar]

Does anyone talked to the cat? Those motherfuckin fire slimes burned him before I took Pet perk to talk to him

 

[AwesomeButton]

Fane is a piece of shit. It feels like I'm having a 14 year old edgelord in my party. Kicked him asap.

Yeah, when he starts spouting that he is an eternal, that his people were varied in all shapes, sizes and colors, immortal geniuses and masters of time and space...

Who the fuck writes this shit? i mean, this idiot keeps babbling about how evolved his people were and how backwards everyone else is. I hope it wasn't MCA, because if it was, the guy is just phoning it at this point.

Chris Avellone, in the case of Fane.

 

[MWaser]

The dialog system is really annoying. Third-person lines plus a dopey narrator narrating what's right in front of you on the screen. The fuck's up with that?

Agree - no fucking idea what they were thinking, there.

I'm guessing they were going for quirkyness. Classic Larian

 

[Lacrymas]

Like I said previously -

I hypothesized that way of character expression is done so they don't have to write 7 (6 origins + custom) different manners of speech for the characters. You get to imagine how each one speaks and their choice of words. They are trying to have their cake and eat it.

One might wonder what was the point of 7 writers + MCA. Who cares? Not Larian, obviously.

 

[Orma]

If you dont let your companions speak alone with someone does that kill their quests? The elf wanted to talk to the cook alone and since I didnt want to be rude to the people who were in the kitchen by letting her gut him like a pig I talked first, but now I see no option to advance her quest.

Cook just seems bugged, you have to decide and do whatever you want to when you first talk to him.

Spoiler

Otherwise it seems like you can't kill or bribe him if you leave and come back to talk to him again.