What act are you on in BD?
Well, when I wrote that, I was at the end of act 1. Of course, the beginning of act 2 includes some of the very things that I was missing so much. Still, though, I stand by my basic point. I don't really like the idea of spending an entire act (mostly) in a gray-walled dungeon. I like spending some time in dungeons, but spending an entire act there makes the game seem too much like a "generic, nothing special RPG" to me.
As others have said, the world of Divine Divinity felt more like a real world to me. The Beyond Divinity world seems a bit too much like it was contrived just for me to enjoy hacking and slashing. I like the hacking and slashing, but I prefer for it to be integrated into a world that seems alive and real. As others have suggested on these boards, the idea of a 50-50 mix between Ultima/Morrowind and Diablo 2 seems like a dream come true game. Divine Divinity was almost there, but BD seems to move in the opposite direction.
Again, I want to stress that I'm really enjoying Beyond Divinity. It's just that Divine Divinity was a game that makes me drool and pant for more; Beyond Divinity seems like just another good game.
