Which one do you think is better? For me, it has to be Divine Divinity and I shall list the reasons why below:
- Bigger world. I'm only past 10 hours in Divine Divinity but already I can see how bigger the world is, it also feels more alive because you have birds flying about, rabbits running about, orcs hunting boars, cats chasing rats and soldiers fighting orcs in battle.
- More strategic combat. Divine Divinity is very difficulty, even on easy it is difficult, you have to plan your movements, make the right choices with equipment and know how to defeat certain enemies, I have to use the freeze spell with certain enemies to attack them without them getting any damage on me and other times, I summon 8 skeletons to battle certain creatures immune to the freeze spell while I cast fireballs in the distance, other enemies like skeletons just require me to let them gather around me and then use my whirlwind ability to kill them all, basically, you also have to know the weaknesses of certain enemies to prevail.
- More rewarding. After defeating certain challenging enemies who are really tough, you feel truly rewarded when they drop a powerful weapon and give you 11,000 EXP.
- More freedom. You can go to any point of the world you want, I still haven't even visited to The Dwarfen Bread Inn to continue with the main quest, I'm just exploring, killing orcs, looting caves, completing a few sub quests and even killing innocent people (you can even kill children!).
- More atmospheric in story. War is in the story and you actually see burnt down villages and soldiers fighting against orcs, this is what I wanted to see in Divinity 2 - soldiers fighting against the blackring and then destroyed villages, I didn't know Divine Divinity already had this done and it actually gives you a sense of what you're up against.
I will have to say that Divinity 2 has better armor and weapons though.
