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Article #720483Re: Divinity Original Sin was Re: RPGCodex top 70 CRPG's
From: MetalGuru
Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 18:46
Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 18:46
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On 5/16/2014 4:45 PM, Werner Punz wrote: > Am 15.05.14 23:06, schrieb MetalGuru: > >> There's something about that perspective that doesn't agree with my >> brain - it's not really isometric, it looks similar to that but the >> angle of vision is different. I think it's called oblique or something. >> DD made it even worse because of the horrid color palette - everything >> looks brown, green and grey and I couldn't tell what the f was what. >> >> Aside from that I don't see much in common between the two games, even >> though I did not finished either one. I liked the sequel better, >> Divinity 2, a very good game that no one played due to a poorly timed >> release - the first Dragon Age came out within a very short time IIRC. >> > Actually I have just started with the beta of Divinity Original Sin and > so far I like it a lot. It definitely has nothing to do with Divine > Divinity, it feels more like an Ultima with turn based combat and a lot > of environmental interaction. Party with turn based combat, that's interesting - beginning to sound a bit like Baldur's Gate which is a very good thing good in my book. Having to pay $40 to beta test a game however is just not gonna happen - not now, not ever. I'm your typical patient gamer, always a few months sometimes years behind the curve. So I sit and wait, it'll be $4.99 on steam before the end of the year :) Ditto for the new Jagged Alliance Flashback - no way, no how, no deal.
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