My friend got the German Version and applied the English fix.... so we've both had a chance to play (some) of it..... it's been uninstalled, with the intention of never installing it again.
Divine Divinity was one of the best RPG's I've ever played... the sheer amount of interaction was up there with any great RPG, and I'm thinking of the Infinity Engine games, which is very high praise indeed.. the setting and humour were FUN... and the music was sublime. Beyond was a bit of a let down in design terms.. but it was obviously an extension of the same game...... Now we come to D2.. WTF???
If you remove the names Aleroth and Rivellion this game has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with the Divinity franchise.. it could have been called anything..... What I don't understand is the thought processes behind the person who said "Oh yeah.. those who like the first games are gonna love playing as a Dragon in a world populated only by humans"... sorry, WHAT now?
Gone is most of the overlying humour, in favour of 'supposedly' humourous asides.. which when playing just feels like tacked on attempts at humour... the questing seemed no where near as indepth or interesting.. music is generic but 'ok'.. (and just being 'ok' is kinda sad, considering the original game's soundtrack is still on my playlist)... and combat is PITIFUL!!!!!!!!!!
It all looks pretty enough.... but if I was the type of player who demanded 'pretty', then I probably wouldn't have been such an avid player of the original... so WHO exactly is this game aimed at.. certainly not the fans of the previous games.
Had the game bore an even PASSING RESEMBLANCE to the original franchise I would have bought it hand's down the first day the UK version was released.. but why the heck would I want this?... It's simply not 'Divinity' at all.
Larian... you have traded upon your fans' fervour for the original game to draw them to a completely unrelated product, all the while designing a game suited to the lowest common denominator in gaming hoping to maximise sales to people quite happy to play other genres. YOU FAIL.
Needless to say I have no intention of buying ANY further products from you unless a demo has been released...and this is sad.. because I had considered you a trust worthy developer of the type of games I enjoy.
