Divinity: Original Sin Pre-Release Thread

[Smashing Axe]

Does anyone know how old Swen Vincke actually is? He's got that ageless sort of look. Even his hair looks like it he could be platinum blonde as opposed to grey.

 

[Jaesun]

Looking forward to not playing bullshit action games with peudo rpg elements for many years to come.

No fucking shit. It's utterly amazing that we now can ignore all those fucking shit "action games" labeled as RPG's and finally play actual cRPG's.

 

[Stabbey]

Forktong, if you're around, got a question from SA:

I'm still a bit confused about the henchmen. Are there going to be henchman in the world aside from the ones you can hire at the Mercenaries guild, or do they all come from there? Do the backer-created henchmen get personalities at $800k, or would only henchmen created by Larian get them?

Only reason I'm asking is because I'm seriously considering the $200 tier.

He basically wants to know what the Design a Henchman means.

 

[Gord]

I think it was answered yesterday in Reddit.
Henchman and companions are different, but the game will feature both.
While the latter have personalities and associated quests, the former have not.
So you design a henchman with name and looks (?), I guess, but that's it.

At least that's how I understood it.
Of course the Companions goal probably make henchmen somewhat less attractive.

 

[Stabwound]

Future sequels using Original Sin engine =

 

[Arkeus]

My understanding is that Henchmen have the barebones of background/personalities, while companions are full-fledged companions with their own quests.
EDIT:

Future sequels using Original Sin engine =

Yeah, that update was pretty freaking great. I have HIGH hopes for this editor.

 

[Jaesun]

This is awesome! So in that new Udate #28:

- They will be making newer games using the toolset that comes with DOS. Updates (from building a new game with this) to the toolset and assets will be available to the people using the DOS editor. FUCK YES!
- Someone at Larian spent just 1 week and re-created the first areas of Divine Divinity (just to show what you can do with the editor). I hope somebody does this, be it fan or Larian. If Larian did it as say an Expansion or something, that would mean more professional art assets. That would be a good thing. But again, they said they are not doing that, at this time (but who knows).

 

[Jaesun]

Future sequels using Original Sin engine =

Re-watch that again. Swen said specifically they are NOT doing that at this time. It was to show what is possible in the toolset.

I would love it if they did though.

 

[Arkeus]

Re-watch that again. Swen said specifically they are NOT doing that at this time. It was to show what is possible in the toolset.

I would love it if they did though.

They said they are not doing Divine Divinity with it, they said they ARE going to do other games with the engine (with no precisions on what those games would be, but there are good odds they will be in the same IP).

 

[felipepepe]

Yeah, I understood the same as Gord, the 800k doesn't upogrades henchmen; instead it adds the companions, that are different characters with backgrounds and all that.

BTW ForkTong, any chance those new companions will be very... distinct? Maybe even from other races?

 

[evdk]

Future sequels using Original Sin engine =

Re-watch that again. Swen said specifically they are NOT doing that at this time. It was to show what is possible in the toolset.

I would love it if they did though.

Erm, he only said that they are not making a complete DD remake in the OS engine. They will actually make more games using it.

 

[a bear named spigot]

Future sequels using Original Sin engine =

Re-watch that again. Swen said specifically they are NOT doing that at this time. It was to show what is possible in the toolset.

I would love it if they did though.

"We will be doing more RPGs based on the same engine."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dpGvBZD0q4A#t=55s

 

[Stabwound]

Nah, in the first 1-2 mins he definitely says that the engine was created for Original Sin and they plan on making more games in the same engine. I just assumed that would mean sequels, since they don't really do anything outside of the Divinity world.

 

[Jaesun]

Yeah one would assume it would be a New Divinity game. I just hope after the KS Swen takes a moment to crunch the numbers and see if they could afford for a small team at Larian to do Divine Divinity with this engine though. That would be fucking sweet. <3

 

[Kirkpatrick]

Fans will be more than welcome to try it thou...

StromIV - Mangy Weresheepdog of Sin less than a minute ago
@ Larian (if you are still browsing)
How feasible is it for a group of modders to actually remake DD with your tools?


Creator Larian Studios LLC 1 minute ago
@StromIV: Very feasible

 

[Gwyndion]

I wonder what the odds are of them offering Divine Divinity made with the D:OS as an add-on in the kickstarter for their next game assuming they do a kickstarter for their next game as well. While I love the original DD and it certainly pulls off the realtime a lot better than B did I'd still love to see it with updated mechanics, graphics etc.

 

[AstroZombie]

What engine is Dragon Commander using?

 

[evdk]

Fans will be more than welcome to try it thou...

StromIV - Mangy Weresheepdog of Sin less than a minute ago
@ Larian (if you are still browsing)
How feasible is it for a group of modders to actually remake DD with your tools?


Creator Larian Studios LLC 1 minute ago
@StromIV: Very feasible

Added bonus: modder drama

 

[Jestai]

Canceled my pledge so I could back this:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1869987317/wish-i-was-here-1

 

[a bear named spigot]

What engine is Dragon Commander using?

Same as D:OS.

 

[Arkeus]

What engine is Dragon Commander using?

Iirc, it was shown to be the same one in one of the updates, but i am not 100% sure.

 

[Tolknaz]

Imagine Divine Divinity with a party, even more interactive environments, npc schedules AND turnbased combat.

 

[AstroZombie]

Same as D:OS.

Neat.

Canceled my pledge so I could back this:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1869987317/wish-i-was-here-1

I blame Veronica Mars' fans.

 

[tuluse]

Canceled my pledge so I could back this:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1869987317/wish-i-was-here-1

Hipters gonna hipster, but honestly this is good for the kickstarter ecosystem. The more big names and credibility the better.

nb4 these movie projects fail horribly because movie producers are actually good at cutting out all the shit

 

[Stabbey]

I wonder what the odds are of them offering Divine Divinity made with the D:OS as an add-on in the kickstarter for their next game assuming they do a kickstarter for their next game as well. While I love the original DD and it certainly pulls off the realtime a lot better than B did I'd still love to see it with updated mechanics, graphics etc.

Pretty low, honestly. Divine Divinity is big and it would probably take at least half as long to re-make it for the OS engine as it would to make a brand new game.