Connorrrr Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 So is anyone playing Original Sin? I bought it once I started seeing just how good the reaction was, and I've been kinda enjoying it.. I mean, not overly or anything, but I do really admire it for what it is going for. The old school, strictly PC RPG with tons of reading and intimidating skill and character sheets and the like. I've not put enough hours into it to really know whether or not I love it as much as everyone else does. I'm curious to hear other peoples opinions on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 I think Goh has been playing it, and going nuts over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 According to Steam, him, Saturnine and Vecha are playing it. It's in my list (and my wishlist!), I've "tried a demo" of it and i could lose myself in it. Just busy and looking for easier games right now. The two main character thing, is cool... I've always wanted to create multiple characters in Baldur's Gate (and I did, using the multiplayer mode), but then everyone is devoid of personality. I'm not a fan of controlling dialogue for both of the characters, so I may end up selecting an AI for the 2nd character. I just can't imagine myself roleplaying two characters. It's like playing a scenario with dolls Legos. I realize though that that's probably for co-op. But I've read people actually enjoy controlling both character's dialogue. I don't know yet. I've sunk in maybe around 45 mins on the intro. I said it's on my list but really I've no idea if I would ever get around to getting and playing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connorrrr Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Controlling two characters dialogue is weird... You can use their answers to influence their stats sometimes, but then you run the risk of having the MC's disagree with one another which then leads to some luck of the draw games of Rock Paper Scissors with an AI. If you lose then you don't get whatever you were arguing for/against... I missed out on an easy quest because I had my MC's disagree with one another as to whether to take it or not.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 That sounds badass... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 I like it a lot, although my early enthusiasm has been tempered. First, there are only two companions (aside from generic hirelings) in the game. there's talk that Larian will be adding a number of fleshed-out companions in an August patch, but I'm enjoying the game too much to put off playing it to wait. Second, there are not a whole lot of different enemy types, at least in the early game. It's not as bad as, say, Dragon Age 2, but it's noticeable. Other than that, I find that the game is great fun and a welcome throwback to old-school RPG design. I thought I would not like controlling both main characters' dialogue options, but it's actually very cool. Rather than shape a single Shepard or Hawke-type protagonist, you get to define two protagonists and their relationship to each other. Mine are opposed on a number of issues, which makes one of the companions quite critical of the protagonists. The lack of quest markers or obvious quest paths takes a bit to get used to, but I've adjusted just fine after a few hours of play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connorrrr Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 That's encouraging... I'm gonna play some more maybe tonight or tomorrow? (I'm off work sick at the minute so got some time to lounge around, feeling sorry for myself and playing video games) and I want to try and really sink my teeth into it.. It feels like one of those games that you need to play just enough for it to really click with you and then you'll probably love it... I had a similar relationship with Spelunky. Hopefully I can get used to its little old school shenanigans like no quest markers and the like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 45 hours in and it's great. Not perfect by any means, but great. There definitely should have been more than two recruitable characters (with personality—you can recruit template characters). Could have been better, but the amount of freedom and writing both please me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 Word on the street is that there will be more recruitable characters with the major August patch. I'm kinda putting the game on hiatus until then, because I'm tired of the two current NPC companions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laviniya Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 I have to say that Divinity: Original sin is rather boring imo, no exciting story to make me wanna continue to play it. The two character thing I find to be very poor, seeing that Baldur's Gate and such games already had characters talk in conversation and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/larianstudios/divinity-original-sin/posts/1229909?ref=backer_project_update So it's now coming out to consoles and getting an "Enhanced Edition" patch for existing D:OS owners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Didn't they swear this game would never come to consoles? Or am I thinking of another game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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