Divinity: Original Sin Pre-Release Thread

[The Dude]

The old Jagged Alliance 2 demo is a brilliant example. Just a single disconnected map but showcased the game in a great way. Only horrible thing with that demo was that you had to wait a full year to play the actual game.

 

[hiver]

and they can call it THE BEST OF : ORIGINAL SIN demo.

with HUGE BLAZING GOLD LETTERS set on a frequency that will burn itself into retinas of "game journalist" drones so they wont be able to remove them or stop seeing them for a few days.


...


- also - electric shocks! ... when they play with gamepads! ... - meh, just taze the fuckers the moment they step into the room.

I would volounteer and work free for that.

 

[Gakkone]

The mass market will probably prefer a game that drops you straight into combat.

Not when it's turn-based.

 

[Bubbles]

Worked out well enough for South Park.

 

[catfood]

Yeah, but that's because it's South Park.

 

[Roguey]

That’s why you’re not seeing us release Original Sin yet, and why we keep on postponing it. As long we’re finding bugs – and we still have a long list of bugs to squash – we’re not going to release it. If it’s not ready by spring, we’ll just postpone it. We’re not going to release it early. Not this one. So much love and effort has gone into it, and so much hope on our side, that it would be suicidal to release it.

Probably shouldn't expect it until Larian's nearly out of money then. Even then it might still feel unfinished.

 

[Infinitron]

That’s why you’re not seeing us release Original Sin yet, and why we keep on postponing it. As long we’re finding bugs – and we still have a long list of bugs to squash – we’re not going to release it. If it’s not ready by spring, we’ll just postpone it. We’re not going to release it early. Not this one. So much love and effort has gone into it, and so much hope on our side, that it would be suicidal to release it.

Probably shouldn't expect it until Larian's nearly out of money then. Even then it might still feel unfinished.

Well, well, look who's back. I hope you enjoyed your Roguey-cation as much as we did.

 

[Arkeus]

Retail version available for non-backers is confirmed.

 

[MicoSelva]

Ok, I thought that was obvious?

BTW, fuck you, job, that I have to sit in the office and can't watch the stream. Seriously.

 

[Gangrelrumbler]

The mass market will probably prefer a game that drops you straight into combat.

This is true. I for one can hardly focus on game until I get to the "meat". Meaning that if I play RTS I hardly care about plot or anything before the first mission and I hardly care about RPGs before the first combat (or at least somewhat interactive part). The bad thing is that I have to then go back and read everything properly after that. If devs are going to make me spent an hour making a party or a bunch of characters (I'm usually indecissive about who I want to play), they shouldn't make me wait too long to try them out. Bloodlines did it well. First a short introduction, then an action part, and only after that a long exploration sequence. Persona IV was unbearable with it's long non-interactive, visual-novel like introduction.

 

[Stabbey]

Ok, I thought that was obvious?

BTW, fuck you, job, that I have to sit in the office and can't watch the stream. Seriously.

A consolation prize is that you can watch the recording here:
(Contains mild SPOILERS for some beta content.)

http://www.twitch.tv/larianstudios/b/515942021

 

[MicoSelva]

Thanks, I saw the link on Twitter. Already watching.

 

[Perkel]

so today update to beta ?

 

[krist2]

so today update to beta ?

No, should be the 3rd or 4th of april according to Larian

 

[Perkel]

Oh i am dumb. Today is Age of Wonder 3 release and somewhow i got it mixed

 

[clemens]

Daedalic released a "community interview" (in which we might finally learn something about "source magic"... or not.) :

 

[Arkeus]

Cool about the crossbow.

Edit: and i love asymmetry.