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Personally, I'm sticking to the rule I once read :

In one kind of RPGs you are defined by what you have (items)

in another kind oof RPGs you are defined by what you are (talents.

This evening I learned a third variant :

In another kind of RPGs you are defined by what the NPCs see in you.

If ED will be and RPG thats fine with me. I like DD and games like Baldurs Gate so no problem.
What's a NPC?

Alrik - who your character is as a person is more important than items or talents. The best description of an RPG I ever heard was 'freeform acting'. That about sums it up

an NPC is a Non-Playable Character
like Shops, ppl that hand out Quests, Contacts, etc; ...

Hello everyone, been a long while but i will be around more now with the announcement of Divine Divinity 2. I hope everyone is well.

About Divine Divinity 2:
I really look forward to the game since DD1 was one of the best RPG's i have played to this day.
One thing does concern my though, the game looks pretty amazing and i'm 99% sure my system won't be able to handle it but still i got to ask. Have any system requirements been made public yet? Anyone have any idea what requirements we would be looking at?

Thanks in advance.

Hello, Freaker98, good to see you again!

Lar has made a comment about the system requirements and here it is:

Ah as i suspected the game won't be for me when it gets released, i will probally play it a few years after release when i have a new computer. Oh well what can you expect with a system of this age.

I still remember playing DD1 for the first time, my system at that time could barely handle it.
Personally i would have settled for alot less graphical sweetness, for me graphics is the least important aspect of a game.

Welcome back too!

It's not Divine Divinity 2 it is Divinity 2

Thanks



All i can think is why change it from Divine Divinity to Divinity 2?
It has to have a reason? You are not Divine anymore ?

Great, now we'll never distinguish between D2 and D2. The first one is an action RPG in a fantasy setting, and the second is... oh, wait...

I will alwys call it DED :p

All i can think is why change it from Divine Divinity to Divinity 2?

Divine Divinity was originally called Divinity: Sword of Lies, but the publisher changed the name to the slightly repetitive name it is now known by. If people have any opinion of the name, I think it is generally considered to be somewhere between a bit silly to just dumb (made a couple 'worst name' lists for games), and a lot of the reviewer I recall seeing started off with a comment on the name.


It has to have a reason? You are not Divine anymore

Well the main character is no longer the Divine One, anyway.

The name has not really bothered me but now that i think of it Divinity: Sword of Lies would of been a much better name. It just sounds more appealing and probally the sales would of been better too.



I hope they give more attention to being evil this time because in Divine Divinity being evil was really not meant to be a part of the game. It was not rewarding at all.
When a game can be played Good or Evil it adds alot of replayability for me, it like doubles it.


I also have a question about the engine in D2. Is it a pimped Oblivion engine or the default one?
If it is pimped this means that the system requirements went up?

Another question, will Divinity 2 be based upon Beyond Divinity? Because i only played Divine Divinity so i don't want to miss out on anything for not playing Beyond.

Thanks in advance

I've been calling it D2:ED

Every time I read D2 here, I must think of Blizzard ...

Time to put on the wintter heatting, Alrik?

No, the storm heating.

Another question, will Divinity 2 be based upon Beyond Divinity? Because i only played Divine Divinity so i don't want to miss out on anything for not playing Beyond.

AFAIK ED will be based on DD. BD was more of an aside than a direct continuation of the plot. Also, since Larian is presumably hoping to expand their sales, I doubt there will be anything critical requiring that either of the previous games have been played (though there will probably be references to various characters, places and events).

PS, go play BD anyway.

You know BD never captured me the way DD did...I dont know what it was but I couldnt get into it. Anyone know if there are any plans for a more open beta...either mailing discs or a DL...I would go visit the studio but its a reaaaly long drive...like wait for the next ice age.

Don't make any judgments about your pc handling it until you try the demo. I'm sure you'll be able to tone down the graphical features. Larian showed the highest quality screen shots for the game players that constantly update their systems with the latest hardware. It can be 6-12 months before a demo even comes out (and will be worth the wait).