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Article #720484Re: Divinity Original Sin was Re: RPGCodex top 70 CRPG's
From: Werner Punz
Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 21:49
Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 21:49
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Am 18.05.14 20:46, schrieb MetalGuru: > 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. > > Actually Divinity Original Sin will be released on the 20th of June, I am 5 hours into the game so far, and it is very good, my positive early impression still stands. Anyway I gotta stop playing now, because since it is beta there is a chance that the saves still are wiped, and I do not want to replay to much of the game again.
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