Divinity Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition

[Gay-Lussac]

Maybe find some other genre to play and it will hold your attention better. Speaking to lots of NPCs ,some of which won't be really interesting, is to be expected in complex cRPGs.
If you prefer you can just play something like Skyrim where NPCs just say hello and keep on moving to not confuse you

The only RPG i recall having lots of random NPCs with boring ass shit to tell was Shadowrun Hong Kong, that game was a fucking chore to play because of the filler NPCs.
Also Pillars of Eternity with the backers NPCs.

Shit, this is the exact reason why I hate Shadowrun games. And the backer NPCs in PoE were at least clearly tagged so I could stay the fuck away from them.

After giving up on D:OS 1, I bought 2 because it's supposedly an improvement and I'm curious about what I can expect from BG 3.

First impression:

• nasally ass Disney witch ass voiced NPC starts chatting me up with inane dialogue
• all dialogue options are descriptions of what you'll say in between asterisks (why on earth?)
  
• screen looks cluttered because of all the 3d elements
• randomly picking up all sorts of shit from the floor and in 3 minutes I'm already reminded of the inventory nightmare D:OS 1

Combat in 1 was competent, not much more than that. I doubt 2 is significantly better. After reading this comparisons to Hong Kong and having to wade through waves of boring NPCs with mountains of dialogue, think I'll just take my refund before I can't anymore.

Poor Baldur's Gate series is about to get the Larian rod

EDIT: Does rusty_shackleford tag all posts he disagrees with as "butthurt" or do I have a fan? Editing this in so he can't do it again on a new post. This is what I call a PRO move - GOTCHA BITCH

 

[Terra]

There's nothing in D:OS2 even remotely comparable to the endless pace-breaking diatribes & soliloquies of POE's backer NPCs or Hong Kong's hub NPCs.

 

[AwesomeButton]

I've said numerous times that if the whole game was the starting island, it would have been a great game. All the designers are doing beyond that is just repeating the same tricks.

 

[V_K]

Speaking of bloat mods, is there any reason to pick reduced bloat over minimal bloat? Or even the one that removes vitality gain altogether?

I've said numerous times that if the whole game was the starting island, it would have been a great game. All the designers are doing beyond that is just repeating the same tricks.

So same as the first one?

 

[AwesomeButton]

So same as the first one?

Good point though I never played the first one beyond Cyseal. So I guess I stopped where I should have. I watched my wife's playthrough, she finished the EE, but didn't see anything that would grab my interest.

 

[Haba]

I really loved DOS (not EE) but I have to say I am having massive trouble getting into DOS2 (DE). The fact that everyone is a named, fully voice-acted character is a curse, since you never know when someone is a shallow NPC or if they have quest importance.

When the reality is that everyone is a walking bag of XP.

I liked the fact that the "bad guys" have different motivations, but the downside of that is that it makes wanton slaughter not so appealing. So you have to research each guy beforehand and only then decide if you can safely kill them or not.

And the combat is fucked up. You still play the elemental cheese game, 'cept now every enemy plays it too. In combat every random thug knows that my char is in fact undead and proceeds to heal them. Just... how? They were just talking to him as <fellow human> minutes ago!

I is sad.

 

[Russia is over. The end.]

I'm giving DOS2 another try.

But the voice I picked is too shit. Can I change it with some savegame editor or any other way? There was no button to listen to the voice more than once, only change it back and forth, which was retarded.

 

[PulsatingBrain]

There's a mirror on the ship you can access pretty early that allows recustomisation. I assume that includes voice.

only change it back and forth, which was retarded.

You couldn't switch back and forth to hear more dialogue?

 

[Russia is over. The end.]

There's a mirror on the ship

I don't have any ship. I'm assuming I'll get one soon or you mean the starting area?

 

[PulsatingBrain]

I don't have any ship. I'm assuming I'll get one soon or you mean the starting area?

The Lady Vengeance from the start of the game becomes kind of a home base with storage etc.

 

[Ismaul]

There's a mirror on the ship

I don't have any ship. I'm assuming I'll get one soon or you mean the starting area?

There's a mod that adds a mirror in the first act before you get the ship.

 

[Russia is over. The end.]

How to heal my skellington companion? If he eats, he gets damaged. There's no "rest" button.

 

[Strange Fellow]

Skellingtons are healed by poison. Didn't you play the first game? There are also bedrolls which fully heal your party instantly if you're out of combat.

 

[PulsatingBrain]

Yeah, poison potions will heal him rather than healing potions. Healing spells will hurt undead too, and poison spells will heal them. You get an item at some point which can transform healing potions into poison and vice versa.

 

[Russia is over. The end.]

Can you respec companions later in game? I picked their classes not in the way I would've liked.

 

[catfood]

You can respecc starting with chapter 2.

 

[PulsatingBrain]

Can you respec companions later in game? I picked their classes not in the way I would've liked.

Yes, the mirror does that just like with main character, just take control of them and use mirror

 

[AwesomeButton]

Bester, why do you bother with this shit?

 

[Russia is over. The end.]

Bester, why do you bother with this shit?

I'm curious about how BG3 will play, since it's basically DOS3 I've been told.

 

[AwesomeButton]

I don't know which is worse, if it turns out to be basically DOS3, or if it turns out to be an action RPG.

 

[V_K]

I don't know which is worse, if it turns out to be basically DOS3, or if it turns out to be an action RPG.

Why not both? It can easily turn out like the original DivDiv.

 

[AwesomeButton]

I don't know which is worse, if it turns out to be basically DOS3, or if it turns out to be an action RPG.

Why not both? It can easily turn out like the original DivDiv.

Then why call it "Baldur's Gate"? I know the answer, yes. But then why even follow that game?

 

[V_K]

For maximum butthurt of course.

 

[Lacrymas]

I don't know which is worse, if it turns out to be basically DOS3, or if it turns out to be an action RPG.

DOS3 is better :p

 

[AwesomeButton]

I don't know which is worse, if it turns out to be basically DOS3, or if it turns out to be an action RPG.

DOS3 is better :p

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