Larian Studios Forums Divinity II The Dragon Knight Saga / Flames of Vengeance (English) Divinity II - The Dragon Knight Saga Phailed game, or not?

I just got this game from Steam wihtout knowing anything about it beforehand, so initially i can say i was quite objective when judging this game. After playing it for some time though, i have made up my mind considering my feelings for this game.

The first thing that strikes me after starting up a fresh story is that the landscape has been rendered quite good actually and i believe the game will be a positive experience... however, the facial rendering and the voice acting seriously puts me back just momenst later. Well, i didn`t actually think too much about the facial rendering, just had to put it out there nonetheless. Also after exploring a little bit it also strikes me as a little bit hillarious most of the furnishing scaling. I`m actually considering uninstalling the game and just move on to something a little more interesting, but i`m thinking i paid for this game i should give it a chance to prevent a total money loss.

At first an hour passes and i gain a few levels and more insight to the game, each level i gain intrigues me more and more because of the feel of power gain, you actually become more powerful for each talent point spent. An another hour passes and i`m completely lost in the story, just like reading an exciting book. Forgotten is the disappointment for the facial rendering, the lame voice acting and the impossible scaling issues. The issues i started out having has actually become part of the charm that is the game and i find myself unable to leave the game for extended periods of time. When i actually managed to leave the game and go to bed my dreams were actually filled with dragons and evil magicians, so the game actually followed me to my sleep! No less than an hour ago i finished the Flames of Vengance and i find myself here looking for even more expansion packs and addons, so i can definetely say that in my opinion, Divinity, is far from a phailed game. The only thing i don`t like about the game is that i`m already finished! With normal difficulty i managed to finish Ego Draconis and Flames of Vengance in one go in no less than 43 hours, all side quests for all regions included. And in my book 43 hours is a long time to finish games these days, so thumbs up for Larian studios for this game, and i hope i`ll see more of your works in the near future!

How different playing styles are !

Me, I don't play RPGs for "the feeling of power", but rather to "live" a story.
Story-oriented play is very different from the playing style that's normal in Action-RPGs.


From the action-oriented point of view I guess/assume that Divinity 2 is quite good. In FOV, the story aspect seems to be a bit bigger, then.

I`m actually comparing it a bit to Oblivion, which i think has a great story. But what Bethesda did wrong there was that they made the mobs scale in level and difficulty along with the player. In that regard i didn`t see any point in gaining levels and should isntead just have gotten new skills. But with DKS which i also think has a good story, you actually do get stronger and you can feel it for every skill point spent. I agree with you that the game wouldn`t have been the same if you couldn`t "live" the story as you say, i think the story is the main factor in RPG`s, but the feel of power is a welcome bonus;)

The similar character models have been brought up before (I never really noticed), but the voice acting has generally been considered good.

With D2:ED I took my time, explored everywhere and did all the quests, taking 75 hours. DKS is easier on normal that D2:ED, but when the Xbox version is out here I plan on starting a character on nightmare difficulty, so I hopefully shouldn't finish dramatically faster.

There are no more announced (or expected) add-ons. There is a little bit of info on what Larian is working on now, though; see Lar's post here, and there were some earlier comments in the older topic Status update.


Welcome to the forum.

O, taking my time to play I defenitely play much more hours, at least above 100 hours!!

I almost can't understand how some people can RUN (in a record tempo!) through a RPG ... that is so beautiful !!

Is it a race? A competition? A kind of impatience? Or ... ?

That the voice actin was lame was actually just my initial reaction, however, the more i played the more i got to enjoy it. As i stated earlier, the things i initially reacted to as flaws i now view as some of the charm the game has to offer;)

And thanks for the links Raze, i will certainly pay attention to what Larian will provide us with in the future, also thanks for the welcome:)

Actually i didn`t race thru the game, i talked with every character, defeated every flying fortress, explored every nook and cranny and did every subquest. I would probably have to spend more time if i upped the difficulty setting, which i had at normal. Or maybe it`s just that i`m such an experienced RPG player, hehe;) I`ll let you know how much time i spent after finishing Nightmare difficulty.

Yes... exploration is a great experience in rpgs when no one is hand-holding us.

And i don't mind voice acting,it was a bit off sometimes but it's not big problem. Strange movies of some npcs in dialogs are my complain.

My only "complaint" with this game is that i've finished it and I don't know if the story will be continued. I heard NOTHING about this game, and I only bought it because i saw it on steam and thought well doesn't look to bad maybe it will pass the time. couple hours into the game and I was seriously hooked and when I realized i had started into the expansion part of FoV and I was starting to worry that game would be over soon lol.

Huge Fan of this sleeping giant, well written, well made and very much enjoyed. I am so glad I had a chance to play this game.

Totally agree, the MQ of Oblivion can be finished at level 2 with level 45(?)in Acrobatics.

I actually agree with the complains about the English voice dialog. The issues aren't the individual lines but how dialog selection and subsequent chain of speech is disproportionally variant. The characters can be speaking in one tone in one moment and in a completely different tone 10 seconds later. There is no ramp up in inclination and none of the dialog choices presents a completely fluid listening experience. It appears the ADR work was simply done 1-shot off a dry script. And even if it wasn't, the presentation makes it seem that way. That said, I do recognize a few popular name in the industry so the English cast is fairly good.

There are ways to actually blend dialog without multiple full ADR sessions. However, D2 appears much more focused on game, than tech so I don't expect any of those techniques to be employed.

I find the voice acting very good and sometimes also very funny !

It's an amazing game. The English voice acting is awesome.

Actually the voice acting in itself is good, the main thing that put me off at first was that i didn`t think that the voices suited the characters they were linked to. I mean, when you approach a badass 10th generation warrior captain, you don`t expect him to sound like a computer nerd (no offense to nerds, i`m one myself hehe;). Luckily my impressions changed after a little gameplay, this game aint supposed to be 100% serious, it`s dependent on comedy as well. I ended up loving the game as it is, even though my initial impressions weren`t that great, they are so now:)

Yeah, a "first impression" is NOT always the best one ...

Exactly Joram, luckily first impressions can be replaced by second, third, fourth, etc impressions;)

Correct and I've always respect and admiration for people who has the courage to admit their first (and maybe folowed after the first) opinion was "not okay" (or whatever). Most of the time this kind of people has an "open mind" and that's very nice .