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I'm happy with the new name also.



I admit I was speculating there in that statement but I was under the influence. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

What does seem obvious is that they did feel bad about the feedback with the new name and all. So maybe they just sat back to see what everyone had to say and then they made the announcement.

Either way, they are still pushing forward and we will have a new game soon. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" />

i agree with mslynx that we being the insiders still refer to it as RRR instead of BD. we're so used to RRR for so long. maybe we call it RRR:BD?

yes, name-wise it won't be a prob for us as we know the game will rock. still, bad name(s) can keep potential gamers/buyers away. please be wary of that, larians.

Divinity....and Beyond, the final frontier <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/alien.gif" alt="" />

Please change the <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/riftrunner.gif" alt="" /> logo guys... otherwise I will have to keep on typing Beyond <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" />... not cool

tssss... get a grip for once and a while...which publisher didn't agree this time with the name?

But well, marketing rulezzz isn't it? And if it helps you to sell more copies of the game I can live with it.

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beyond.gif" alt="" /> there's a new one

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/alien.gif" alt="" />Oh, s.c.r.e.w. that (pardon my language), I thought all of you read what Lynn's motto is; you seem to forget, guys (and gurls), that it was not the name, that addicted us (and addicts some of us still), but the Game behind it. And no matter what, there are almost 2000 of active members here, WE are the most influential marketing source, not the companies, or publishers, or developers. I already told and 'advertised' the game around somewhat 150 people. Most of them didn't give a s.h.i... about the title(well,maybe because some of them don't speak that good english;P), as long as they were able to play the most innovative Game of a kind. Plain numbers here show what is in our hearts about the game- looking just at some active posters, one may see that 60% have their own DD related sites. When I put the name "DD" in rambler or yandex (most popular russian search-engines), TONS of addresses pop out. I personally await BD with the same heart-thump as RRR, maybe because I realise, nothing apart from the name changed...
(All three of us have the same opinion as for the name)

1st game divine <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" />
2nd game <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beyond.gif" alt="" />

This means that because it's beyond that it is better then the first one. Ok this I understand but what will happen to divine <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" /> 2. Since Beyond is better than divine you can not call it divine <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" /> 2 any more. It need to be better than beyond. It needs to be perfect. So in my opinion divine <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" /> 2 should be renamed to ultimate <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" /> . By doing this you have a nice cascading trilogy where one part always surpasses the previous part.

Is this just my impression or did I put way to much time in this thesis. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/stupid.gif" alt="" />

Ultimate is not good - what about Lar dreaming about Div 3 then? Nope, has to be a comparative adjective IMO
Kiya

That was also a problem I had. Here's what I came up with as a sollution.

4th game : Beyond Divine <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" />
6th game : Beyond Ultimate <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" />
7th game : Ultimate Divine <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" />
8th game : Ultimate <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beyond.gif" alt="" />

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />

Ok so laugh a bit with it. But when you look at it from a distance it's kind of funny in a strange way. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

btw: This has Easter egg possibilities written all over it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />

OK so I really hadnt been paying attention to this part of the forum but what in the Hell...btw in response to...someone, the larians know that names can be killer I am guessing this was more of an "Executive" decision....What about changeing Divinity 2 to: "The Divine one: Return to Rivellion"

LOL, I think we all are going to drive everyone at Larian studios a little crazy. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />

Here is my view on the whole matter. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />

Everyone likes the name Divinity, so this was the first step in creating the Divinity Universe. In the same aspect this is what is creating the Divinity series. All the games will be one game, they are the Divinity games.

It might be hard for some people to see this after knowing about Riftrunner for so long. In everyone's eyes it is 20 years later and a whole new game, when in fact it is still Divinity.

Now we have <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beyond.gif" alt="" /> and it is 20 years later still being a whole new game, when in fact it is still Divinity.

I can see people wanting to say, if it's 20 years later and you are Beyond that, then there is no way it can be Divinity. I have to reply to that by saying it is still Divinity, it is all part of the Divinity Universe.

What we are truly Beyond is being past the point of Divine Divinity now. It is 20 years later and Divine is gone. I am not saying that the divine one is gone, I am just saying we are past the point of the first game.

I am looking at it as, there will not be a Divine Divinity 2 game. We are past that point and there will simply be another Divinity game. They are all part of the Divinity Universe creating the Divinity series.

I'm not saying that I am right, I am just saying this is how I look at it.

People might want to say there is suppose to be a Divinity 2 game and then a Divinity 3 game. Sure, that is fine and it is all up to Larian in what they wish to do. The way I am looking at it is, they are not going to be Divine Divinity 2 and then Divine Divinity 3.

The divine part in the title is gone, we are beyond that now.

Well, that's how I see it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/stupid.gif" alt="" />

How about

'Beyond Divinity: The Riftrunner'
or just
'Beyond Divinity: Riftrunner'

...and personally I never ever did like the name of the first game, so it's hard to add in the word Divinity to a working and decent sounding title.

Still I'm sure the game'll be great...long as I know what it's called when released so I can buy it I dont care!

Calm down, guys.

As Buzz Lightyear said, TO DIVINITY AND BEYOND!

No, really, I like the new name.

And i like Buzz Lightyear. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

I guess it's the week of ambivalent news for me. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />
Well it's not the title gets the name on top of popularity lists. Then again I know games killed by their names, hope that does not happen... And if the game is good I'm going to buy it no matter the name (even if the title is going to be an enlargement of the publishers ego: The Divniest of Divine Divinity Divination or something like that). <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />

PS. Just found out who is publishing it in Poland and I am a bit ambivalent. The guys are professional and they (unlike the Polish publisher of DD) pay attention to marketing but if they stick to their tradition and translate everything into Polish I'm going to... *mumbles silently for a minute or two*.

Okay, this may sound stupid, but who is publishing <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beyond.gif" alt="" /> in Poland?

Mslynx, I wonder why do You want to know and will the name tell You anything <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />, but since you asked: the publisher in Polad is called CD-Projekt.

Undying was a great name for a horror game and it also had Clive Barker's name pushing it. For whatever reason that game got over looked and everyone is loving it now.

Then you have a game like Serious Sam that seemed to do good. That just goes to show you how stupid we are in the US. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />

I still like Divinity and I am pretty sure I see what Larian is doing. After all we are roleplayers and have an imaginition. Personally I don't see a reason why things have to be abc and 123 even though these are the first things we learned in life.

Next year if a friend was to ask what game I was playing, I would simply say I am playing one of the <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" /> games. It's the second one in the series and it's called <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beyond.gif" alt="" />.

Then I would add I can't wait for the third one in the series. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

Then again, if people are still having a problem with it.

They might just end up calling the 3rd game Divinity 2. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

To answer your question. I am a member of this PIF (Powerfully Insane Fanbase).
I want to know everything there is to know about my favorite games. Even if those publishers have nothing to do with me... I am a member of the D.J. forum for example. They publish in the U.K.,and they are really nice people. When they do their advertising for <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beyond.gif" alt="" />, I most likely will never see any of it in print. I will see what they have on their webspace, and it looks great so far. I want to see our Larians succeed! They are very talented and quite kind to their fans...(even though we are insane! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" /> )You say that CD-Projekt is very good at promotion. That is very good news! Knowing of Lar, he probebly picked them himself. Promotion IMHO is what cost our Larians in sales with <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" /> . They deserve better! Excuse me...The Best!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />