From lonely farmhouses through pitched battles with gods in far-flung dimensions, Divinity: Original Sin II is one of the most captivating role-playing games ever made. Its immaculately conceived and emotion-wrought fantasy world, topped by brilliant tactical combat, make it one of the finest games of the year thus far, and it has to be regarded as an instant classic in the pantheon of RPG greats.
Confusing journal makes it hard to keep track of individual quests and the plot
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Honestly, I feel like we're being blessed with a golden age of handheld ports. By all stretches of the imagination, this should never have worked. Have you seen this game in action? Divinity: Original Sin 2 has always been a gorgeous game, not to...
Editor's note: The Nintendo Switch version of Divinity: Original Sin II Definitive Edition seems as if it shouldn't work on the hybrid console, and yet it does wonderfully. Larian's acclaimed RPG makes the transition to Switch intact (except for couch...
I'm going to be honest with you: If I'd written this review even a week earlier, its score would've been lower. All because of a misunderstanding between me and the difficulty levels. Of course I want to start a game on its intended difficulty. Of...
Divinity: Original Sin 2 Definitive Edition is a new way to play one of the absolute best RPGs in years. And whether you're diving back in on PC, or booting it up on the console for the first time, it's flexibility, personality, and charm make for an...
Travelling through giant frog invested dungeons, talking to animals for some advice or ancient chambers filled with the boney dead and constantly reviving your fallen comrades in battle are some of the tastes of exploring the world that Divinity...
Back in 2014, Larian Studios (with an assist from a Kickstarter campaign) released Divinity: Original Sin. The game was something of a critical darling. Whilst I was late to the party, the 80 hours I put in to complete it certainly provided me with some...
There is an overdose of top-notch cRPG content to be found within Divinity: Original Sin 2, with a deep, dense, slightly verbose adventure that almost completely fixes the failings of its predecessor, and has some great features like online and local...
It's hard to find a game with little to no flaws, but Larian Studios proved that, sometimes, it happens. With excellent story and characters, smart writing and masterfully crafted gameplay enhanced by the multiplayer modes, Divinity: Original Sin 2...
No game has captured the nuance of pen-and-paper RPG quite like Divinity: Original Sin 2. Every moment is filled with meaningful choice with real consequences, and every character has a story to tell. In an RPG landscape where dialogue options are...
This isn't because of the setting or Divinity's similar ponderings over morality. It's because I thought it would be many years before I played another RPG that was even close to being that rich with choice and charisma. Original Sin 2 has made me question that belief, and I don't think I could give it a higher accolade.
Divinity: Original Sin 2 may have been designed in the spirit of decades-old RPGs like Baldur's Gate 2, but that legacy serves only as a foundation for the expansive game Larian has built on top of it. Few other RPGs allow such a wide range of...