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Divinity: Original Sin |OT| Sandbox RPG. Co-Op friendly. Bread.
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The sublime joy of companionship?
The benefit is playing together with someone else
But seriously, you shouldn't think of it like MP in ARPGs. It's more like (a much better version of) the MP in Infinity Engine RPGs. It's really meant for people to play through the entire game together.
It's really more meant to play a full game with the same partner. I don't think you get anything out of it if you play with a stranger for a few hours, other than fun.
It honestly leaves me to wonder who the fuck are the people who keep voting for the community deals. The sci-fi one won out over the turn-based games, but I don't think FTL got that high in the sales charts, whereas most of the dailies are on sale right now and Divinity soared to the top. Was it just a bunch of stupid lemming fans who didn't stop and think about the fact they already had the game and maybe something on the other side is more interesting or practical to get?
EDIT: Actually, maybe they really should in the future consider blocking off a choice if you already own it, unless you own literally everything offered (or just decreasing the value of all votes from people who owned the game they voted for, whichever.) Might've worked better for the last few sales, but it'd be interesting to see how things turned out then.
The list is revenue-based rather than amount of copies sold, so essentially one sale makes up for about six copies of just about everything else, haha. Still, it's a great performance, especially if word of mouth remains as good as it has been up to now after it's released. If it does, it should make a killing when it eventually goes 50/66%, and hopefully there'll be an expansion pack announced by then. I'm a little surprised by Dark Souls II, though. Looks like Namco was wise not to put it up as a daily for now!
Holy crap it's number one now.
It only got to 7th place or so when it was a daily.
Fuck yeah!
BigWeather
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I have a physical version coming soon -- what are the deployment options? I recall a Steam and a no-DRM one? I'm guessing I'll opt for no-DRM so that I can install it even if Steam goes away, and cash in my digital copy on Steam -- anyone else doing that?
Edit: Ack, looks like I'm too late to make that choice. Oh well.
Edit: Ack, looks like I'm too late to make that choice. Oh well.
Daaaaaamn, so happy for Larian, it must be selling really well today:
good taste
Also, for those who like to plan ahead, some data:
The soft level cap is 20 (it's what's expected to reach by the end when doing everything)
Ability Points: 44 by level 20 (levels 2-5: 1 point; levels 6-10: 2 points; 10+: 3 points)
New Talents: every other level, so a total of 11 including the 2 you get when creating your character.
The soft level cap is 20 (it's what's expected to reach by the end when doing everything)
Ability Points: 44 by level 20 (levels 2-5: 1 point; levels 6-10: 2 points; 10+: 3 points)
New Talents: every other level, so a total of 11 including the 2 you get when creating your character.
Daaaaaamn, so happy for Larian, it must be selling really well today:
That's a top three list I can support.
While this is a good point I still think that if those games were really, REALLY that high in demand they'd soar higher, whereas Divinity is up against many other popular games, pricey games and STILL came out ahead. Of course it literally is out tomorrow which is an advantage it lacked even as a community vote.
And honestly I wouldn't be surprised that if Namco DID go with a DSII deal we'd get some lame 10% as the standard deal then 33% as the daily. Bethesda may've been willing to cut deep for Wolfenstein, but I think with DSII's cult status Namco would want more, and Watch Dogs is only a bit younger and had a 20% discount.
Yeah, it's why it's baffling to see games like that or, say, KotOR1 win. Games that were on sale multiple times or even in multiple humble bundles, yet coming out ahead for some fucking reason. I even had a spare FTL key that I dug out and gave away when I saw it won the community vote!
That's some useful information to have, thanks!
It's better than both.
Sir Garbageman
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Quick question, I Kickstarted this at the $65 tier which included Dragon Commander. Does anyone know if that includes the DLC?
Kickstarter:
This also includes: Kickstarter Potion + Divinity Original Sin Digital Copy + Soundtrack Digital Download + Developer's Cut Digital (Documents and Videos)
Sourcehunter DLC
The Golden Grail DLC, Divinity Original Sin: Zandalor's Trunks DLC, Divinity: Original Sin Design Documents and Art Pack, and Soundtrack. (DLC will only be made available on release.)
Kickstarter:
This also includes: Kickstarter Potion + Divinity Original Sin Digital Copy + Soundtrack Digital Download + Developer's Cut Digital (Documents and Videos)
Sourcehunter DLC
The Golden Grail DLC, Divinity Original Sin: Zandalor's Trunks DLC, Divinity: Original Sin Design Documents and Art Pack, and Soundtrack. (DLC will only be made available on release.)
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
I wonder how big of a download moving from the beta to the full game is going to be. Do you think it's the entire game all over again?
It probably is, isn't it.
It probably is, isn't it.
Probably. Also the Early Access only includes like a quarter of the actual game world.
Lame. May as well not have bothered. Hopefully there will be a good difficulty mod.
Nice to see Divinity at #2 on the best seller list. Hopefully it is wracking up some excellent numbers for Larian.
Why haven't I bought this yet?
Now is a good time to rectify that!
Hellsing321
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Question. I'm going to be out of town next week for the holiday and I'll only have my 2009 Macbook Pro with me to play games. Will this even be able to run on my shitty laptop and if so how compromised are we talking?
What's going on here?
So good it shows up twice
The hype is real.
I wonder if the second page is the collector's edition and it just isn't showing up properly...
Probably something like that, but even the mouse-over information was exactly the same.
I don't know but I like it. ^^
I'm really happy for Larian though, they absolutely deserve it and I hope that the reviews will be equally enthusiastic.
Some questions I have, are there dungeons? Is the baddie placement "procedural"? Is there a definitive story with bosses?
What worries me about the magic system talk is that, theres usually that one way to do things thats kinda cheap and sometimes you really just end up doing that over and over, because doing anything else is just for "fun" ie just stupid really and makes the game longer than it needs to be. Am I correct in the assumption about the magic system or is it better than that? Do you find yourself going into ever battle and just constantly teleporting dudes away from you and then using magic to snipe them?
What killed the fun for me in Dragon Age was the fact that it started to break down into ever cluster of enemies there was 2 melee guys and 1 mage so I'd snipe the mage from affair, like just in his rage, then just kill the melees.
Does the cooking stuff add up to anything? Someone mentioned the word "sandbox" which to many is a great thing but to me is kinda offputting.
Just to make it clear I'm not attacking anyone or anything these are just some concerns I have before I make the purchase.
What worries me about the magic system talk is that, theres usually that one way to do things thats kinda cheap and sometimes you really just end up doing that over and over, because doing anything else is just for "fun" ie just stupid really and makes the game longer than it needs to be. Am I correct in the assumption about the magic system or is it better than that? Do you find yourself going into ever battle and just constantly teleporting dudes away from you and then using magic to snipe them?
What killed the fun for me in Dragon Age was the fact that it started to break down into ever cluster of enemies there was 2 melee guys and 1 mage so I'd snipe the mage from affair, like just in his rage, then just kill the melees.
Does the cooking stuff add up to anything? Someone mentioned the word "sandbox" which to many is a great thing but to me is kinda offputting.
Just to make it clear I'm not attacking anyone or anything these are just some concerns I have before I make the purchase.
Moff
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yes there are dungeons, yes there are bosses
the one way tactic kinda worked in the beta, I basically used only flare (the starter fire damage spell), but during the beta they gave that spell a cooldown, so I was forced to use other spells.
there are also many immunities and other effects that force variety.
a burning skeleton mini boss was actually healed by my fire spells, and I noticed too late that my staff also did fire damage and I wondered what healed him all the time.
Yes. Including one particularly big superdungeon.
No, as far as I know they are placed by hand.
Yes.
Thank you for your feedback, all those words excite me, I loved Icewind Dale and Plansecape Torment, I know this isn't THOSE games but I think it'll be money well spent.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
The fire wizard I've been using in the beta doesn't even have a teleport spell. You make your own character, so the build and how you use the tools are up to you.