Larian Studios Forums Divinity - Original Sin Divinity - Original Sin - Enhanced Edition WTF is this rock, paper, scissors BS?

I don't like this design decision either. It does not fit for single player, as Chrest pointed out; I don't like losing control in these situations either. But sometimes it's a good idea to follow the game instead of getting annoyed that it does not follow your rules in all aspects. This devil-eyed thing emerges as a roleplaying joy if you affirmate the experience the game offers: situations that develop different than expected, keeping back experience, success or what else. I'm always near re-loading saves to get the best result of every situation, but I hold and accept it as a part of the game, looking forward to the consequences and a second playthrough which offers me another result and another experience. Again: Rock Paper scissors will definitely not make history (therefore, I think, it won't be in D:OS 2) but it's definitely something to arrange with.

I also agree with you when you say there is more 'bad design', in some cases I would allow me even to say 'crap' as well, secretely, (balancing!, repeating voice lines!) but I don't agree with the attitude and tone of you speaking about these things, as if the game was crap in total when some things (for what good or bad, necessary or not necessary reasons ever) obviously could have been done better or decided different. And if some things don't apply to your personal preferences, play of style, approaches or what else it's not fair to blame the developers for that.

But to agree, contentual, to another point you made: The endless repetitions of dialogs and voiced text is really a thing that should not be in an Enhanced Edition. But instead of complaining about it, I have reworked all character scripts of Divinity Original Sin, reduced frequency of repetition and even scripted some new actions to add some more live to the game - I have never done that before, but I learned by myself how to do that. And my aim was not to destroy the brilliance of many aspects of the game with my critics, but to improve the game where it is necessary. Although this is called a 'Divinity' game nobody can expect from a game developer studio (and we are always talking about limited ressources, a quite good reason why every game only approximates to it's possible best, and Larian Studios is REALLY trying to do its best), so nobody can expect from them (or anyone) to be Gods and damn them if they are not. They have created a fantastic game, and to let them not forget what is good and what is bad - in our more or less founded opinions - it's the best way to tell them in a constructive way. Maybe future games become (even) better from that.

If you want to give the game the chance it deserves, but want to have some improvements or changes that apply more to you, try out some Mods. There's a good balancing and combat enhancing Mod from Baardvark on Nexus, and my Mod to solve the chattering problem.

Edit: Obviously, some things already been said while I was writing.