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D:OS Reviews coming in :) #507824 04/07/14 05:26 AM
Joined: Nov 2010 G Garod OP member
OP Garod member G Joined: Nov 2010	Well seems the first Reviews are coming in and they are positive. Can tell that by D:OS Also being Top Seller on Steam again for a while. Here Kotaku Review: http://kotaku.com/im-glad-theyre-still-making-games-like-divinity-origin-1600013660 French Site: 80/100 http://www.millenium.org/divinity-o...al-sin-larian-studios-kickstarter-111444 WeresheepVampire of Original Sin WoOS - https://weresheep.net/doku.php

Re: D:OS Reviews coming in :) Garod #507828 04/07/14 05:30 AM
Joined: Jun 2014 L lolwut77 journeyman
lolwut77 journeyman L Joined: Jun 2014	If this game gets mediocre reviews, I'm going to be so pissed. It deserves nothing less than a 10/10, IMHO. Edit: that French review was terrible. Last edited by lolwut77; 04/07/14 05:33 AM.

Re: D:OS Reviews coming in :) Garod #507829 04/07/14 05:35 AM
Joined: Nov 2010 G Garod OP member
OP Garod member G Joined: Nov 2010	I'm kind of glad also that Larian is one of the first of the "revivalist" fantasy CRPG's. We have quite a few ones coming along going forward with Project Eternity, Torment Tides of Numenas (2015 Q3/4) etc.. so looking forward to those as well. WeresheepVampire of Original Sin WoOS - https://weresheep.net/doku.php

Re: D:OS Reviews coming in :) Garod #507845 04/07/14 06:17 AM
Joined: Jan 2014 Gyson veteran
Gyson veteran Joined: Jan 2014	I'm not excited about going back to 2D backgrounds that lack perspective, no matter how many lighting techniques they use to modernize the concept. So, Project Eternity and Torment Tides of Numenas are on my pass list. I'm glad Larian decided to make the backgrounds in Divinity : OS 3D instead. Same goes for Wasteland 2 (although Divinity beats it easily graphically). I really want Larian to be able to report over a million copies sold. Last edited by Gyson; 04/07/14 06:18 AM.

Re: D:OS Reviews coming in :) Garod #507850 04/07/14 06:23 AM
Joined: Nov 2010 G Garod OP member
OP Garod member G Joined: Nov 2010	We are all rooting for Larian not just because that will mean they will support the game more going forward but also because they are a great bunch of guys who deserve a hit seller. I just hope that they report the 1m copies sold before the price drops too dramatically 1m sold at 5$ vs 1m copies sold at 19-40$ is such a big difference.. WeresheepVampire of Original Sin WoOS - https://weresheep.net/doku.php

Re: D:OS Reviews coming in :) Garod #507851 04/07/14 06:24 AM
Joined: Jan 2011 Horrorscope old hand
Horrorscope old hand Joined: Jan 2011	Watching Angry Joe Livestream, that is why if you play like he is and you think the game is hard, you just need to play the game a LOT MORE. He's playing at about 5% efficiency. That said, they had fun coop'ing, most likely going at it tomorrow evening. Had 2000 watching, not sure how many he sold playing like that. Last edited by Horrorscope; 04/07/14 07:01 AM.

Re: D:OS Reviews coming in :) Garod #507874 04/07/14 06:53 AM
Joined: Nov 2010 G Garod OP member
OP Garod member G Joined: Nov 2010	Ohhh didn't know he was live streaming it. I remember the kick we all got when he also started backing D:OS, saw the backers figures increase right away as well. Hope he's enjoying it too! btw Metacritic out now as well: http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/divinity-original-sin and it's looking good with a 9.2 at this point in time with 1 review in and lots of good user rating WeresheepVampire of Original Sin WoOS - https://weresheep.net/doku.php

Re: D:OS Reviews coming in :) Garod #508130 04/07/14 12:34 PM
Joined: Apr 2013 Location: Germany LordCrash veteran
LordCrash veteran Joined: Apr 2013 Location: Germany	Gamersglobal (German): http://www.gamersglobal.de/test/divinity-original-sin Score: 9/10 I'm just surprised that they criticised the soundtrack. Come on, the music is great and so atmospheric. If you don't like the music you must be a very tasteless sucker...(kidding_)... More German early impressions: Gamestar: http://www.gamestar.de/spiele/divinity-original-sin/artikel/divinity_origial_sin,48271,3057510.html PC Games: http://www.pcgames.de/Divinity-Original-Sin-PC-244409/Tests/Divinity-Original-Sin-im-Test-1127492/ Last edited by LordCrash; 04/07/14 12:41 PM. WOOS

Re: D:OS Reviews coming in :) Garod #508138 04/07/14 12:49 PM
Joined: Feb 2011 D droidZ stranger
droidZ stranger D Joined: Feb 2011	I'm rooting for Larian too! I hope they make a ton of money so that they can continue making great games for us. I bought the game last night and I'm enjoying it very much.

Re: D:OS Reviews coming in :) Garod #508168 04/07/14 01:21 PM
Joined: Jul 2014 CWagner stranger
CWagner stranger Joined: Jul 2014	The German mags all seem to hate the German translation. Maybe Larian should crowdsource it? I'd help proof reading it (no way anyone is going to make me actually play it in German though shudder). edit: Also Quote Auch wenn Divinity: Original Sin im strikten Sinne kein Open-World-Spiel ist, gibt es jede Menge Gelegenheiten? rought translation Quote Even though D:OS is not open world in the strict sense of the word How is it not open world? I'd say it's even more open world than Skyrim as you can do what you want and the game doesn't bend over backwards to help you but the world stays as it is (aka no stupid scaling). Last edited by CWagner; 04/07/14 01:26 PM.

Re: D:OS Reviews coming in :) Garod #508201 04/07/14 01:47 PM
Joined: Jul 2014 S Songbird enthusiast
Songbird enthusiast S Joined: Jul 2014	It's sad when a game has to get good reviews to be successful, we all know this game is fun without validation from some stranger you've never met

Re: D:OS Reviews coming in :) Songbird #508206 04/07/14 01:56 PM
Joined: Sep 2009 Location: Portugal KnightPT enthusiast
KnightPT enthusiast Joined: Sep 2009 Location: Portugal	Originally Posted by Songbird It's sad when a game has to get good reviews to be successful, we all know this game is fun without validation from some stranger you've never met Well, we could be selfish and think "i am having fun so i don't care about what others think", but i believe most people here are fans and realy want the game to do well finantialy, and that (as you say) needs a lot of famous-strangers to validate that fun in reviews, so that publicity makes the game a sucess in sales. I do believe that most PC gamming reviewers will rate the game in the 85ish range, probably a few in the 90s but those probably will be the more RPG-hardcore oriented. Expecting a few reviews under 80 because some reviewers just can't be bothered to do a very in-depth exploration and are probably the wrong person to do an CRPG review, but that is unavoidable and expectable in all game-genres. All in all, we will probably end up with metacritic 84-86 and user metacritic of 86-89. This are my predictions lol

Re: D:OS Reviews coming in :) KnightPT #508224 04/07/14 02:17 PM
Joined: Jul 2014 S Songbird enthusiast
Songbird enthusiast S Joined: Jul 2014	Originally Posted by KnightPT Originally Posted by Songbird It's sad when a game has to get good reviews to be successful, we all know this game is fun without validation from some stranger you've never met Well, we could be selfish and think "i am having fun so i don't care about what others think", but i believe most people here are fans and realy want the game to do well finantialy, and that (as you say) needs a lot of famous-strangers to validate that fun in reviews, so that publicity makes the game a sucess in sales. I do believe that most PC gamming reviewers will rate the game in the 85ish range, probably a few in the 90s but those probably will be the more RPG-hardcore oriented. Expecting a few reviews under 80 because some reviewers just can't be bothered to do a very in-depth exploration and are probably the wrong person to do an CRPG review, but that is unavoidable and expectable in all game-genres. All in all, we will probably end up with metacritic 84-86 and user metacritic of 86-89. This are my predictions lol I want the game to do well, so why not contribute to positive user reviews than relying on "official" reviews to validate your enjoyment of this game? like you said, sometimes the wrong reviewer gets assigned to this game and that's leads to subpar reviews being churned out. I certainly wouldn't a twitch gamer to review this game positively. I personally don't expect one magic number to properly quantify the entire quality of a game Last edited by Songbird; 04/07/14 02:19 PM.

Re: D:OS Reviews coming in :) Garod #508246 04/07/14 02:42 PM
Joined: Dec 2013 M mbrown3 apprentice
mbrown3 apprentice M Joined: Dec 2013	Originally Posted by Garod Well seems the first Reviews are coming in and they are positive. Can tell that by D:OS Also being Top Seller on Steam again for a while. Here Kotaku Review: http://kotaku.com/im-glad-theyre-still-making-games-like-divinity-origin-1600013660 French Site: 80/100 http://www.millenium.org/divinity-o...al-sin-larian-studios-kickstarter-111444 Bonus points to the Kotaku reviewer for calling out Scotty Lynch and the Gentleman Bastard series.

Re: D:OS Reviews coming in :) Garod #508253 04/07/14 02:47 PM
Joined: Apr 2013 Location: Germany LordCrash veteran
LordCrash veteran Joined: Apr 2013 Location: Germany	WE don't need positive/good reviews. We already know that the game is fun. But Larian need them for a bigger commercial success. WOOS

Re: D:OS Reviews coming in :) Garod #508255 04/07/14 02:49 PM
Joined: May 2004 Fireblade member
Fireblade member Joined: May 2004	Not just Larian either, success of this game will encourage other developers to start making similar games again.

Re: D:OS Reviews coming in :) Fireblade #508281 04/07/14 03:17 PM
Joined: Sep 2009 Location: Portugal KnightPT enthusiast
KnightPT enthusiast Joined: Sep 2009 Location: Portugal	Originally Posted by Fireblade Not just Larian either, success of this game will encourage other developers to start making similar games again. Agree. This is very important indeed. The market is realy dependant on good reviews (and good revenue) from games like D:OS that try to do things diferently from the mainstream. The more success this kind of games are, the more risks bigger companies are willing to take to make stuff outside the box. At least, i hope so.

Re: D:OS Reviews coming in :) Garod #508381 04/07/14 04:27 PM
Joined: Apr 2013 Jito463 addict
Jito463 addict Joined: Apr 2013	Originally Posted by Gyson Torment Tides of Numenas Originally Posted by Garod Torment Tides of Numenas Psst, it's actually Numenera.

Re: D:OS Reviews coming in :) Jito463 #508386 04/07/14 04:29 PM
Joined: Sep 2009 Location: Portugal KnightPT enthusiast
KnightPT enthusiast Joined: Sep 2009 Location: Portugal	Originally Posted by Jito463 Originally Posted by Gyson Torment Tides of Numenas Originally Posted by Garod Torment Tides of Numenas Psst, it's actually Numenera. Dammit, i swear to god, i don't even ... i can't... i never... Numene... Nume... dammit!

Re: D:OS Reviews coming in :) CWagner #508540 04/07/14 06:50 PM
Joined: Jul 2009 Location: Germany K Knallfix apprentice
Knallfix apprentice K Joined: Jul 2009 Location: Germany	Originally Posted by CWagner The German mags all seem to hate the German translation. Maybe Larian should crowdsource it? I'd help proof reading it (no way anyone is going to make me actually play it in German though shudder). ... German translation is fine and well writen. Only needs complition

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