Hey all!
I have just started playing Beyond Divinity in the last few weeks, and I really love the game. Lots of depth, cool graphics, and I really like the music.
I do have one major complaint, though. What is up with all the "known problems" I see as I read the forums? Now I realize that many of these issues have been fixed with recent patches, but there are still glitches (I just discovered the annoying little "black fog returns to cover all of my mini-map and auto-map" problem). Granted, it's not that big of a deal, but it shouldn't happen, should it?
As I read back on some of the old forums, I see issues about skills not working, NPC's disappearing, quest items not showing up, or disappearing, game crashes, problems requiring changing computer settings halfway through the game, and so on.
So after all these patches, there are still some glitches; and I have to ask myself: What did this game look like when it first came out?!?!? Who at Larian Studios let this game out the door with all these problems? Seems to me like Larian needs to fire their QA team before they try to release their next game. I don't play tons of computer games, but when I do, I always look for the latest patches. I've seen 1.01, even as high as 1.08, but 1.47?!? And there are still glitches?!?!? Did BD just need a few more months of work? Such a great game deserved to have a bit more time in programming, I think.
I read a number of reviews on this game and all of the reviewers said that they liked the game, that it had a lot going for it, but that it had a lot of glitches. Maybe that's why I never heard of this game before seeing it on the pre-played section of my local game store. BD could have been noteworthy, had more popularity, could have been a name that people instantly recognize (think Diablo), but instead it was released seemingly only 85% finished, and only the die-hard fans know of BD, instead.
Now, I realize that I am new to this game, new to Larian games, so please, if there is something I don't know, or a situation I am not familiar with, let me know. I like BD enough, that I will probably go for Larian's new game whenever it comes out, and probably even go looking for a copy of DD, but as a new gamer to this genre, this is my first impression.
Any comments?
