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Posted By: Lynn German coverage: update - 03/08/09 01:23 PM
Recommending div2 warmly to every RPG fan, there's an extensive video review to be found at Sevengames.de Even if you don't speak German, it should give you a good overview of what you can expect.

Looki.de , rating it 82%, stated that "Without a question, Divinity II: Ego Draconis is a good RPG that's fun."

Gamestar who awarded the game 83% also offers some extensive video coverage, highlighting many areas of the game.

Krawall.de awarded the game 81%, saying that "Divinity 2 is a good and beautiful RPG that I enjoyed playing very much"

Many German fans have also uploaded footage on Youtube. If you're not afraid of some spoilers, try searching YouTube with "Divinity II Ego Draconis."

Posted By: DivineGamer Re: German coverage: update - 03/08/09 01:33 PM
Thanks for the update.
Most I already knew though wink
I'm very happy for Larian as there game is being recieved well by reviewers and fans. cheer
Totally check Youtube for Divinity 2 Gameplay videos theres lots. opa

Posted By: madpaddy Re: German coverage: update - 03/08/09 05:09 PM
Originally Posted by lynn
Recommending div2 warmly to every RPG fan, there's an extensive video review to be found at Sevengames.de Even if you don't speak German, it should give you a good overview of what you can expect.

Looki.de , rating it 82%, stated that "Without a question, Divinity II: Ego Draconis is a good RPG that's fun."

Gamestar who awarded the game 83% also offers some extensive video coverage, highlighting many areas of the game.

Krawall.de awarded the game 81%, saying that "Divinity 2 is a good and beautiful RPG that I enjoyed playing very much"

Many German fans have also uploaded footage on Youtube. If you're not afraid of some spoilers, try searching YouTube with "Divinity II Ego Draconis."



Yeh i really do hope your game sells well,i can tell you now you have around another 15-23 sales from my RPG friends who have watched me playing laugh.
Posted By: Koen Re: German coverage: update - 03/08/09 07:13 PM
gogo madpaddy laugh
Posted By: DimSum Re: German coverage: update - 03/08/09 08:16 PM
Thanks madpaddy, your reaction is like a sweet breeze for us who spent so many countless hours on making this game =)
Posted By: madpaddy Re: German coverage: update - 03/08/09 08:35 PM
Hay np i have a big group of friends who all love playing games and RPG's ,i had around 6-7 come over at the weekend and after a few cold ones wink they all loved what they see so word has gone round to there friends etc,so me buying the german version has hopefully got you some more sales of the uk version when its out laugh.Just dont let me down by making a FPS lol keep them rpg's coming smile.
Posted By: madpaddy Re: German coverage: update - 03/08/09 08:37 PM
Originally Posted by DimSum
Thanks madpaddy, your reaction is like a sweet breeze for us who spent so many countless hours on making this game =)


Ps my wife is from thailand if you like dimsum try some thai noodles in spicey sauce Mmmm laugh.
Posted By: madpaddy Re: German coverage: update - 03/08/09 08:41 PM
@Koen just like to say i love the art style aswell sort a greek/medieval/fantasy good work laugh.
Posted By: Cyberblitzbirne Re: German coverage: update - 03/08/09 08:46 PM
Here's another german review:

- 4players surprisingly gave 82% ('surprisingly' because this online mag is known to usually give roundabout 10% less than other mags do laugh Great result...)
Posted By: Koen Re: German coverage: update - 03/08/09 09:41 PM
@madpaddy, thanks for the support, glad you like the art style smile
Posted By: DimSum Re: German coverage: update - 03/08/09 11:02 PM
Yes Yes noodles, sates, hot dimsums are all yummy ! smile

I think we all here *really* wish we had more hours in a day to do all the stuff we want to put into the game...but we are only human !
Posted By: RyuRanX Re: German coverage: update - 04/08/09 02:34 AM
I bet the game will receive even better scores for the international version, since it probably won't have the annoyng skippy animations. Judging by the gameplay videos so far, Divinity II has some awesome NPC interactions, details, interesting quests and music. I can hardly wait to play it. wink
Posted By: DivineGamer Re: German coverage: update - 04/08/09 08:10 AM
Originally Posted by RyuRanX
I bet the game will receive even better scores for the international version, since it probably won't have the annoyng skippy animations. Judging by the gameplay videos so far, Divinity II has some awesome NPC interactions, details, interesting quests and music. I can hardly wait to play it. wink


I doubt it would get higher scores.
It'll probably get around 7-8's.
Posted By: Lynn Re: German coverage: update - 04/08/09 08:33 AM
Originally Posted by Cyberblitzbirne
Here's another german review:

- 4players surprisingly gave 82% ('surprisingly' because this online mag is known to usually give roundabout 10% less than other mags do laugh Great result...)


Thank you for doing my work, Cyberblitzbirne hehe

I'll just add the following post and quote:

4Players reviewed Divinity II as well and was positively surprised by it. It's in German, but the reviewer (who rated it 82%) stated more than once that he never expected the game to be that much fun.

"Wow - I never expected Divinity II - Ego Draconis to be so much fun. The relatively simple game concept is so addictive that it just sucks you in. You really want to continue playing to become, step by step, an important dragon knight, a cause for which you'll destroy hordes of monsters."

Posted By: ArisEiswind Re: German coverage: update - 04/08/09 08:40 AM
welcome http://www.larian.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=366240#Post366240
with many more gameratings and awards wink
Posted By: Lynn Re: German coverage: update - 04/08/09 08:42 AM
Thank you, ArisEiswind up

Posted By: katar Re: German coverage: update - 04/08/09 09:24 AM
i'm still thinking out a cunning plan how i'm going to buy Ego Draconis while i'm in China. It'd be nice to see it lying there on the table when i get back, smiling and whispering: "Hey, .. hey, you there. Yes you, install me and play me, i know you to ..."
Posted By: Adomingues Re: German coverage: update - 04/08/09 09:33 AM
I'm a little disapointed on the reviews so far on the game i have to say with sadness. Most average 80-83, and i was honestly expecting on the range of 85-89% for more international coverage.

It seems most reviews point out the same problems, i was wondering if larian is patching something to work-around this issues in time for the international version, because it would be a shame that international big sites would review the game low based on this unsolved issues.

We all know the animation problems, but it seems from the ppl i've talked to that the feature that works worst is the targeting mode, especialy in ranged situations. Some fights that have more than a couple targets are somewhat confusing since the auto-target mode doesnt give us all that much freedom.
Speaking of the targeting mode, even for chests / crates / etc, the system simply doesnt "feel" fast nor efective.

Best of luck with the reviews larian, especialy the international ones, heard its a war out there in the US review sites!

Posted By: swordscythe Re: German coverage: update - 04/08/09 12:00 PM
yeah, I've noticed they tend to be skimpy on points concerning non-american games, and favor the commercial backing of big names.
Posted By: Farflame Re: German coverage: update - 05/08/09 07:01 PM
I think that 80+ is great score. horsey
Its not overhyped game like Call of Duty, Prince of Persia or Diablo which (will) get 90+ score after 30 mins (!) of playing.

Posted By: MuhCow Re: German coverage: update - 06/08/09 06:21 PM
Hey smile a personal report of mine, who i love Diablo and real RGP's as well:

this game simply rocks! smile You will enjoy it in every moment, it deserves not only 80%, it deserves somewhere over 88% smile

with all the patches comming (better graphics, some other improvements, balancing fixes), and with Divinity 3, the last part of the triology comming, this game was just huge!
Posted By: Lynn German review at Gbase.ch: 85% - 12/08/09 12:15 PM
Swiss gaming site GBASE reviewed the German version of div2 and came to the conclusion that they liked it a lot, rating it 85% and saying in their conclusion:

"Zusammen mit den sehr gut gemachten Zwischensequenzen ergibt sich hier eines der besten Rollenspiele, die das Jahr 2009 bislang in der Statistik verbuchen kann."

or translated:

"Together with the really well done cut-scenes, this is an RPG that will go down the annals as one of the best RPGs of 2009."

Great! smile

Full review article

Posted By: Adomingues Re: German review at Gbase.ch: 85% - 12/08/09 12:34 PM
Originally Posted by lynn
Swiss gaming site GBASE reviewed the German version of div2 and came to the conclusion that they liked it a lot, rating it 85% and saying in their conclusion:

"Zusammen mit den sehr gut gemachten Zwischensequenzen ergibt sich hier eines der besten Rollenspiele, die das Jahr 2009 bislang in der Statistik verbuchen kann."

or translated:

"Together with the really well done cut-scenes, this is an RPG that will go down the annals as one of the best RPGs of 2009."

Great! smile

Full review article



Nice score. I still think if you guys can patch it up before the english version, its 90% value material on the US review sites and that would boost you up marvelously.


The same problems keep poping up on most reviews i read so it seems clear that the issues should be clearly defined by larian already, and you have a golden oportunity to fix it since the english version is still not out.


- jerky animations
- Theft without consequences
- Extreme AI weaknesses

Good luck guys, hope you can be a storm overseas!
Posted By: DivineGamer Re: German review at Gbase.ch: 85% - 12/08/09 04:11 PM
US Reviewers won't give the game 90%.
There bias to big name companies and the games that get all the hype.
The game will be getting 7 & 8's.
I would be suprised If it got 9's and above.
Posted By: AlrikFassbauer Re: German review at Gbase.ch: 85% - 12/08/09 07:07 PM
Gorath posted on RPGWatch a link to a review by Yiya: http://yiya.de/reviews/d/divd0201.shtml
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