The OS2 elves have caused a certain degree of controversy, though if anything, Sebille's artwork and in-game appearances have probably converged compared to what they were. The original Divine Divinity elves looked more kind of classically, well, elfy, at least as much as you could tell from the rather more pixel-bound graphics, but they seem to have decided to go for a particular look here. Mixed feelings, personally: I think it's kinda cool that they decided to buck the trend for the "slender, attractive but vaguely alien human" stereotype, though I admit I'm not hugely enthusiastic about the aesthetic. But it's what it is.
(And 30 years? Newbie.

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