From what I have experienced, there are no intentional philosophical aspects of Divine Divinity. This is because you are right in that the majority of gamers do NOT want to be bogged down with philosophy when they are playing a game. Still, one can philosophise over games which contain no intentional philosophies (as I did), because ultimately our games are produced by the minds of men and often they reflect either the circumstances they find themselves in or how they are feeling at the time of the game design. I saw a "behind the scenes" feature about Halo 2 in which one of the designers tells the camera that the Master Chief being shoved down a shaft with a bomb strapped to his chest by a female colleague-cum-traitor was evidence of a particularly nasty breakup the lead designer was going through during the development of Halo (please correct me if I am wrong, I have not got far enough in Halo to confirm whether this is part of the first or second game).
So although gamers may not want philosophy in their games, it is still there because games are human expressions, modern works of art, whether they be expressing a desire to do something, be something, say something. Think about it - what does Duke Nukem do? He kicks everybody's [nocando] and has chicks digging him all over the planet... could that be any more of a subdued-geek fantasy? Granted, that was just one example but I am pretty sure you can all come up with your own and draw your own parallels between our human fantasies and desires and the games we play, and the underlying motivations for all of them. Even insanely violent games are expressions of the feeling of repression a lot of people experience on a daily basis, it's an outlet for all their frustrations. Plus, it caters for the fantasy of just going postal without suffering any consequences. I believe our entertainment is our pressure release valve, and without it we'd be a whole lot worse off than we are today, which is in itself a scary thought.
Anyway, this is just something else to ponder. Or skip, whatever, the choice is always yours.
Cheers
