Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition Reviews

I've played this quite a bit and am just now getting to the review. This is a great game. Rich story, great characters, awesome character creation/customization, all in a beautifully detailed world. The way you can build your character is very in-depth, and that alone offers tons of replay value in itself. Then, there are many ways to play and complete quests, so there is even more replay options. You could replay this game (which will take you 40+ hours on one run) 100 times and still have room for new and exciting things. No night/day cycle is a bit out of character for a classic RPG, but it is what it is. No big deal. Larian had their reasons. All in all, this is a fantastic RPG that everyone should try. I'm giving it a 10. Great job. Thanks Larian.

Great game, even better than the first one. I liked the story, I liked the ending. And I may play it again in the future with different characters, different builds and new decisions along the way.

Гра не виправдала очікувань. Геймплейно - гірше за першу частину, особливо в аспекті левелінгу. Дроч на левел супротивника і твій основний викручено до якогось дебільного рівня. Дропнув у момент, коли мене оточили супротивники на декілька рівнів вищі за мій, і кожен бій закінчувався великою дозою фрустрації та смертю ГГ. І це все - на середній складності. Я боюсь уявити пекло складності "Тактика". Також варто зауважити, що першу частину я пройшов на "Тактиці", а BG3 - двічі на "Honour Mode", і це було складно в хорошому сенсі слова. Тож або я ах*єть який казуал, або з геймдизайном гри щось не так. Сюжет в гри цікавий, але я не збираюсь так собі геймплей терпіти протягом залишку гри.

An incredible co-op RPG experience. Played it with a friend and had a blast — the world is rich, the combat is fun and tactical, and there's a ton of content to explore. If you're into story-driven RPGs with meaningful choices, this one’s a must-play.

This game will be remembered as a classic of the cRPG genre for a long time to come.

Awesome game. This is the game I had enjoy most of all RPGS if you like isometric rpg, this is a must have.

Took me more than 200 hours to finish it (yes im slow). Great combat system which allows you to rethink your strategy for each fight. Good writing and such an amazing voice acting ! I couldn't skip a single dialogue. Goes very cheap during sales and it's as good as BG3.

played the first one and loved it, when i found out this game was out my kids didnt eat for a week. they recovered but i think it was a good trade off. love the turn based combat.

Naturally I came here after Baldurs gate 3, and I'm so happy I did. It feels like the precursor to BG3, and that's great because it holds up today in every way. You're immediately hit with an interesting and different world with it's own mechanics. I was honestly elated that it was different from BG3 in so many ways as it felt like I had an ENTIRELY new world and game to discover but with the same quality I'd come to love! I'm still making my way through but so far I'm loving it!

Wrote this review after completion. I had played this game for the first time after playing Baldurs Gate 3, so they may be some bias. It's relevant for me anyway as I probably wouldn't have touched this game otherwise. It's difficult not to scrutinize unfairly because of this. The main points for me; - Scenery/locations; All locations for each act (enhanced edition) are unique. well made and mostly interesting for exploration. The graphics aren't 10/10 but did at times pause for a moment to check out the areas with "aww" - Characters/world building; the main characters have good backstories and are likeable (can depend on who you chose). Motivations/voice acting are great. I do think good chunk enemies or a few NPC's have either paper thin motivations or very predicable actions. There a plenty of small hints scattered around to help with world building/secret locations when looking for it. - Combat; combat encounters are engaging with plenty of options to choose when fighting. Each class adds unique scenarios and the synergy between the party works really well. I do also like the physical armour and magic armour combination where certain attacks only affect one, it encourages variety of skills/attacks to be used. If comparing to Baldurs Gate 3, I do like you have skill "cooldowns" which reset after X amount of rounds in combat, instead of having to do a camp rest when you've depleted you spell slots. - Character stats; this is one of the games biggest strengths. With many combinations of armour sets/weapons/skills/attributes/runes, it's really well done - Story; a unique story that fits well throughout the whole game. It's made clear from the start on the objective - Puzzles; Some of the puzzles required thought and where actually interesting Some minor cons; - Bugs; **although not many**, I encountered a few game breaking bugs. Not annoyances, ones that actually prevented me from progressing. Only enough to count on one hand but enough where I had to either reload several saves or find some weird obscure work around, which was found whilst searching other forums! Nothing to discourage purchase, but to mention. - Questlines; this may be myself but it wasn't always clear which direction to follow *at times*. Yes, it's open world allowing you to go wherever, but on a few occasions I was following plot points that crossed over with others, which isn't great. Some side content did feel stuck together with glue and not clear. Some of the character personal story lines are built up and seem to be ended abruptly. - Lack of animation/cutscenes; the cutscenes on this game are very sparse and when they do come up, are very "half arsed". The game came out in 2017, but I do think this shouldn't be an excuse, as many games at this time haven't got this issue. Puzzles - Yes, mentioned in pros. There was maybe 2, but ONE definitely at the end of the game which was just straight up ass. No forethought put into it. - The last act; near the end of the last act it feels rather rushed and underwhelming boss fight. It can be tricky, but seems a "certain" way of playing it, is the most successful. I have mentioned baldurs gate 3 at the start, I won't compare directly which is unfair to bring up really due to Baldurs gate 3 releasing year later. The only thing I will say is I feel there is more Replayability with Baldurs gate 3, compared to this game. Now I've completed this game I am not sure if I will pick up again, if I do it won't be for a good while. Although I have got 92 hours of gameplay on this so not complaining. For the most part, I really enjoyed this game and do recommend it. The cons are minimal and as a critique of the game by itself, it is really good. Definitely recommend if you're into this genre. I'd give it 8/10. Can feel a bit dated at times but you will have a blast.