nonadventurer
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Yeah, Wasteland 2 is alright, but the UI is just terrible. Especially the character creation - those skill and attribute icons just need to go, they're awful.
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Divinity: Original Sin |OT| Sandbox RPG. Co-Op friendly. Bread.
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Yeah, Wasteland 2 is alright, but the UI is just terrible. Especially the character creation - those skill and attribute icons just need to go, they're awful.
The Tiger Gamecom release is scheduled for Q4 of 2015.
Nothing is more fun than hearing my GF say "babe, i think I need help" teleporting back to her into town and immediately entering combat with 20+ guards because she "wanted to try out if you can kill and cook a chicken". (you can)
btw this game does not mess around. My character died from walking into fire/lava on the ground and then burned to death (he turned into a pile of ash too). My GF immediately used a revive scroll on me but it revives you ON THE SPOT. So my guys body gets put back together, he returns to life and....immediately fries to a crisp again XD
btw this game does not mess around. My character died from walking into fire/lava on the ground and then burned to death (he turned into a pile of ash too). My GF immediately used a revive scroll on me but it revives you ON THE SPOT. So my guys body gets put back together, he returns to life and....immediately fries to a crisp again XD
Gully State
Member
I did my part. I bought it on the first day of Steam sales. Played it for an hour and put it down. In the span of an hour the mechanics did enough to convince me that this'll be a good game. I can't wait to dive deep into the game once it officially releases.
The thread is pretty much already his
Dammit, I want to be first place.
Your saves will 100% NOT be compatible. You CAN NOT use your saves from this betaAT ALL in the release.
LurkerPrime
Member
Alright, I think it is time for a big, red warning at the top of the op:
**WARNING: DIVINITY: ORIGINAL SIN BETA SAVES ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE DIVINITY: ORIGINAL SIN FULL RELEASE.**
No chance.
(It's actually very smart of them to make abundantly clear from the start that saves will not be compatible during the beta. That allows them to change stuff which needs changing a lot more easily, and not worry about maintaining compatibility -- which could be a huge extra workload)
(It's actually very smart of them to make abundantly clear from the start that saves will not be compatible during the beta. That allows them to change stuff which needs changing a lot more easily, and not worry about maintaining compatibility -- which could be a huge extra workload)
ForceStrategyGaming did a vid on this game a few days ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDaYWfqJD3g
Talks about how much dense the game has, so much to do and interact in just the town alone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDaYWfqJD3g
Talks about how much dense the game has, so much to do and interact in just the town alone.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
Because the beta saves don't work, I'm waiting for the full release to finally play it.
davidsaurus
Member
Just to clarify. If I download and start playing now my progress will be reset in 7 days? 
Well they already have the subtitle for it.
Reluctant-Hero
Member
Yeah, I'm waiting on the full version too. Backers are definitely getting new keys through the Larian Vault for the full release.
Also, do we know if kickstarter backers can still order the physical Kickstarter Limited Edition? I'd really like to have that.
Also, do we know if kickstarter backers can still order the physical Kickstarter Limited Edition? I'd really like to have that.
I can only advise you to at least play the tutorial dungeon at the start cause you can actually skip it if you want to in the release.
Playing around with the classes/talents before release is good fun and helps with your character creation
Reluctant-Hero
Member
Just to clarify. If I download and start playing now my progress will be reset in 7 days?
This is correct.
UrAvgGuy
Member
Just to clarify. If I download and start playing now my progress will be reset in 7 days?
Yeah. No saves will be carried over.
This can not be overstated,it is a fantastic talent and adds so much to the game I would almost call it mandatory.
LurkerPrime
Member
The wait is destroying us all, one question at a time.
RPG_Fanatic
Member
Played this back when the early access became available on steam. Really enjoyed what I saw. Can't wait for the full game to be available.
Wait, what can you actually accomplish with Pet Pal? Talking to some chicken doesn't sound too useful. Also, is there ANYWHERE a list of all the skills / spells / traits and what they do?
If you only tried it when the EA became available you'll be surprised at the amount of polish Larian did to the game.
Wait, what can you actually accomplish with Pet Pal? Talking to some chicken doesn't sound too useful. Also, is there ANYWHERE a list of all the skills / spells / traits and what they do?
Like humans, some animals are just not very smart, but other have seen things or can do things that humans can't!
Wait, what can you actually accomplish with Pet Pal? Talking to some chicken doesn't sound too useful. Also, is there ANYWHERE a list of all the skills / spells / traits and what they do?
Well it lets you talk to animals. They can give you insights that humans sometimes can't. They can also give you/help you with quests. My GF talked to a rat in a cave and the rat told her where the hidden button for a huge stone door was.
@Tain You have autosaves, you can quicksave/load with F5/F9 and you can create normal saves. I am not 100% if you can save in combat, but I would guess you can.
This game... I might be inclined to go for some non-combat traits in this game. I usually never do that.
How useful is blacksmithing? I want to use it just for the sharpening feature that enhances weapon damage - is lvl 1 enough for all weapons or does it scale with item level?
Also, Spears / Halberds 1h or 2h?
I haven't tried it, but for what I understand saving works exactly the same as single player, but just the host has the save games. The game has autosaves, and it will automatically rotate between 5 to 25 autosaves and 5 to 25 quicksaves. You can even make your single player playthrough into a multiplayer game.
MisterShine
Member
Someone never played Neverwinter Nights as a druid, clearly!
Animals are around and notice things quite a bit, but people rarely notice them in return. You can get an awful lot of useful info from sources like that...
Also, is there ANYWHERE a list of all the skills / spells / traits and what they do?
We probably wont see anything like that compiled until well after release. Sorry mate, we're headed into unknown territory here.
Just an FYI - I've had a few crashes on my Mac already without going more than 5 minutes into the game.
Three crashes in under 10 minutes.
1. Straight back to desktop.
2. Sound completely cut out.
3. Text and Graphics fucked up to the point that I couldn't see anything in game.
I think I'll wait until next week for the full release.
Three crashes in under 10 minutes.
1. Straight back to desktop.
2. Sound completely cut out.
3. Text and Graphics fucked up to the point that I couldn't see anything in game.
I think I'll wait until next week for the full release.
I played for four hours with a friend in co-op. Most surprising thing was that, at this point, the game is not combat heavy. We've been running around the first city/town talking to people, getting quests and exploring.
We didn't experience any bugs.
We discovered the ol' distraction technique.
Experienced the thrill of convincing an NPC via the debate mechanic, no round lost.
Blew ourselves up.
Stole from a cat, which proceeded to electrocute us in a pool of our blood.
The blood on the ground from our battle was used as a catalyst to electrocute us.
WHERE HAS THIS GAME BEEN MY ENTIRE LIFE!? AHHHHHHH!
We didn't experience any bugs.
We discovered the ol' distraction technique.
Experienced the thrill of convincing an NPC via the debate mechanic, no round lost.
Blew ourselves up.
Stole from a cat, which proceeded to electrocute us in a pool of our blood.
The blood on the ground from our battle was used as a catalyst to electrocute us.
WHERE HAS THIS GAME BEEN MY ENTIRE LIFE!? AHHHHHHH!
It certainly sounds like the kind of craziness this games elemental interaction system would produce.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
I'm in a bit of a though decision situation now, guys. I played a bit of NWN2 with my brother a couple of months ago, and it was a great time, fun enough that now I'm thinking of not playing this game until he can play with me. But at the moment I don't know when that will be possible. Should I just play by myself or is Co-Op much more rewarding?
Co-Op is awesome but it is also a completely different beast compared to Sp because you are not 100% in control anymore. Your brother could mess up things for you, he could completely change the way that you approach and finish a quest compared to doing it by yourself.
i'd say if you have the patience, wait for co-op, but otherwise play the game by yourself and then replay it with him and watch the awesome replayability with suddenly not being in control anymore
Just tested it, it doesn't work. Maybe there was still poison in the ground that they didn't see and that's why they believed that?
awww yeah probably something like that! would have been hilarious though!
The haste spell grants the target the "warm" status, so... dangerous things can happen...
Wait, what can you actually accomplish with Pet Pal? Talking to some chicken doesn't sound too useful. Also, is there ANYWHERE a list of all the skills / spells / traits and what they do?
One of the bulls in the harbour is an accomplished clairvoyant, if that doesn't convince you I don't know what can.
UrAvgGuy
Member
LOL this game continues to deliver.