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What's the general /v/ opinion on this series and Larian Studios in general?
Any anticipation for Original Sin 2? Will Borislav Slavov do a good job with the OST?
OST is god tier.
D:OS was great, Larian finally got out of mediocrity since both Dragon Commander and Divinity 2 got boring after a while.
Having some high hopes for D:OS2. Would be nice if it managed to gather a modding community this time.
>>336230247
I got kinda bored playing it solo a couple of hours in but that was before enhanced edition. CO-OP seems nice but more players would be better which i heard they are introducing in original sin 2.
>>336230247
>Having some high hopes for D:OS2
Me too, kinda, though I thought the original was disappointing in the writing department. It had neither good story nor good humor. I only briefly tried enhanced edition, but I thought the dialogue was still really overwrought.
>OST is god tier.
Shame this won't be the case anymore.
>>336230247
They have great female orcs
Great game
Needed more variety in aesthetics between items, too many items with different colours
Also they need to tone down the sillyness in 2, it's one thing for sidequets but event he main quest was filled of lolsorandumb moments
Is there a mod/cheat for the enhanced edition that lets you learn all the spells? The original game let you do it when you maxed out a magic school, and I really miss having all the options available.
>>336230247
Game was great, except the writing was kinda bad. The tongue-in-cheek style got boring before I even got to finish doing basic quests in the first town. Though the main plot seemed interesting, I never actually finished the game.
Fucked myself over by respeccing twice, didn't realize you lose every spell after doing so. I did enjoy it to that point tho. Never tried EE, but I'll probably play it if I find someone to Co-op it.
Can't say excited for OS2, but I'll definitely check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW0zU5dOl_8
>>336231774
This is my favorite one. I consider it the theme song of D:OS.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzcnCF8yoRI
>>336230842
Also they need to sort the inventory management, it's the number 1 reason that stops me from starting another game
its fucking garbage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbPDZsYcC5Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbPDZsYcC5Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbPDZsYcC5Y
>>336232147
I prefer this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StLLp4Jgw2o
They absolutely nailed the combat. Turn-based battles with area conditions is pretty much revolutionary to the genre. Why doesn't the game have a competitive multiplayer?
It's pretty fucking great, one of the few games in recent years I've played that I couldn't put down. Great combat, lots of fun environmental manipulations to fuck with enemies, Discworld style humor, thief class is OP as fuck though.
If you're trying to decide between it and Pillars of Eternity, Original Sin is much better. Can't wait for the sequel.
So what's the point of the dual conversation system? I haven't been playing long but its kinda dumb to have to choose my partner's dialog choices too. Will I miss out on anything if I turn it off?
>game is still 40 yuro coins
I kinda want it but not for more than 20-25 at most.
>>336233071
>So what's the point of the dual conversation system?
Multiplayer
>>336233071
I know in Original Sin 2 it can be used for multiplayer. Maybe it does that in the first one? I didn't really mind it, I just thought it added to the role-playing aspect.
That being said, the rock-paper-scissors minigame for speech checks was fucking stupid. That's probably my one complaint with the game.
>>336233156
think that's due to them taking that year to do the Enhanced Edition. I seem to recall Wasteland 2 was getting cheaper and then had a price bump back out when they released their EE, too
>>336233071
It's more for co-op, though it also lets you roleplay your characters. They get bonuses if their decisions are consistent.
>>336232434
that nigga got it damn right
>>336233387
>I know in Original Sin 2 it can be used for multiplayer
It's in the Enhanced Edition for the first game.
As for RPS, just get the mod to remove it.
>>336230247
>What's the general /v/ opinion on this series and Larian Studios in general?
Last remaining hope for the RPG genre.
>>336234125
But OS had combat and exploration as the best, they had close to zero story and character development
>>336230247
Writing and atmosphere were too childish for my taste
>>336234183
That's what they'll be improving in the sequel. Remember the golden age of vidya when a sequel was improvement not just more rehashed shit?
>>336233071
>So what's the point of the dual conversation system?
It's great for us people with schizophrenia.
>>336234183
Which is why they've invested a lot in the writing team for Original Sin 2. They even got Chris Avellone.
Also, the average gamer is typically idiotic. Larian shouldn't listen to them, but they do because they're nice guys.
>>336234183
That's why i loved it. With combat and exploration being as good as it is, the game could get away with the story.
>>336234447
>They even got Chris Avellone.
Stop hyping up that has been. He's only doing one character just so that they can put his name in the credits.
>>336234441
>real time with pause getting that many votes
>turn based with less than 50% of the votes
>>336234696
Well they should let him do everything.
>>336234748
Good thing he's too lazy to work.
>>336234441
>real time with pause and realtime over 50%
>>336234243
>>336234696
That's the most retarded chart legend I've seen.
>>336231774
>wanting a serious story every time
Fuck off you greasy haired mushrooms. Divinity games have always had a light-hearted and fun tone, which keeps the series refreshing amongst all the melodramatic garbage that gets churned out within this genre. Give me Original Sin's story over anything neo-Bioware make.
Nice relationship emulator.
>>336237062
Mah niggah. Tryhard bullshit like PoE makes me puke.
>>336237720
I bet you also read comic books instead of fine literature, you manchild.
>>336238028
>>336230247
DOS was good don't get me wrong but the wall of text quantity over quality is not what anyone wants. Poor inventory management. Weapons and armor are all the same look once you get to the highest crafting level. Balancing issues.
Overall a good game that needed refining badly.
>tfw Dragon Commander was so close to being great
I want them to make an RPG where you play as a dragon, desu.
>>336238570
I'm still mad.
>>336238813
I didn't know about that.
Please excuse me for a moment.
>>336230247
It was alright. Really good even. The story was bit meh and the forced coop mechanics were fucking dogshit. Also hated that you got punished for solving things non-combat way. Otherwise great.
Really looking forward to 2.
Amazing game for real players, bring back the glory of old, deep games for actual videogame players.
And the co-op its beyond fun.
I cant wait for the 2nd game.
>>336230501
>OST is god tier
Reminder that Larian's in-house composer is ded.;_;
>>336239069
I still enjoyed DiVOS and I am hyped for 2 but some things can never be forgotten. Or forgiven.
>>336239183
Wait what? I know he was sick during D:OS development, but he actually died?
>>336239326
Yeah, early June last year, iirc.
https://youtu.be/BoCELpXTumA
>>336239326
Yeah, last year
>>336239287
Maybe we'll get Dragon Commander 2 one day.
Maybe.
It was a commercial success, after all.
>>336239326
Kiril is kill.
https://youtu.be/DsmjKEFwUms
>>336230247
they fug?
>>336239608
They're siblings, you sick bastard!
>>336239668
Are they? I don't remember that
>>336238813
I'm conflicted as hell. On one hand, I fucking loved OS. On the other hand, DC was a big disappointment to me.
I don't know what to feel.
Pros
>good combat system
>tons of different builds and viable playstyles
>fun loot system
>quests usually allow multiple solutions and are usually somewhat interesting
>tons of content (almost too much Tbh)
Cons
>Way too long
>Quests are much too convoluted
>literally impossible to figure out what arbitrary, ass backwards bullshit the games want you to do to proceed without checking the wikia
>finding where NPCs are at or where a merchant who sells a particular item is at are a massive pain especially with no map markers
>missing one tiny little item or detail can completely fuck you up and cause you to lose a ton of time
>inventory system is clunky as all hell
>crafting and smithing are horribly explained and very convoluted with the obscure item combinations in conjunction with clunky inventory, it's likely you'd reach the end of the game without even having upgraded any of your weapons and armor or crafted any useful items
>writing is passable at best, which is really disappointing for a CRPG. I just started skipping dialogue halfway through
Overall 7.5/10 (which is still a pretty great score) but could have been a lot better if they hadn't purposely obfuscated so many mechanics and quests. Unfortunately, you're literally required to do a huge portion of these quests in order to level up and to get enough bloodstones to beat the game. Combat is a high point, but the utterly mediocre writing weighs it down a great deal.
>>336240413
>fun loot system
was it?
>>336240413
>>literally impossible to figure out what arbitrary, ass backwards bullshit the games want you to do to proceed without checking the wikia
>>336240413
>>literally impossible to figure out what arbitrary, ass backwards bullshit the games want you to do to proceed without checking the wikia
>>finding where NPCs are at or where a merchant who sells a particular item is at are a massive pain especially with no map markers
>>I just started skipping dialogue halfway through
Found your problem, champ.
>>336240575
Yeah, the game logic is inconsistent and seems to have been going too old school and completely missed the point and lacks many modern QoL features of strategy games today. It would be nice and would mesh well if quests and game design were more open ended, but they aren't really, so having only one obscure solution isn't the best method IMO, especially since combat is the clear strong suit of the game and quests are basically required for leveling.
Don't care to read that image, but I beat the game in Honour mode and don't really give a shit about your opinions as I'm more skilled at the game than anyone ITT.
I play this game co-op with my girlfriend
>>336230247
Playing it right now with a friend. It's pretty good. The way elements mix in combat is pretty interesting. The speech check minigame is dumb but I like how you have to play it against your teammate if you disagree.
>>336240652
I have simply no interest in carefully paying attention and jotting down details of thousands of lines of infantile, dull drivel (my journal should do that, but most of the time the info in it is worthless). Either put the relevant information in my journal or mark the location on my map. The combat is the strong point, and the dialogue and writing is a very weak point, almost purposely as they went with childish writing and potty humor rather than deep, mature themes.
Fortunately DOS2 seems to be rectifying that issue and will hopefully have much better writing.
>>336230247
Great game but they really need to work on fleshing out characters and itemization for OS2. I hate the shitty diablo style loot they have.
>>336241107
>rather than deep, mature themes.
Nobody cares about your shitty blog you fat neckbeard.
>tried to play it
>make my 2 waifus
>one of them is designated as front bitch that's sole purpose is to absorb damage
>find a mute that I don't like
>find a wizard demon whatever that I don't like
>find an old woman that I don't like
>find a barbarian girl that I don't like
Where are the good party members?
>>336242205
Should've used mod to make all 4 characters from the beginning.
>>336242205
>Madora
>old woman
>>336242205
In the Hall of Heroes room at the End of Time, you'll find the guy you can hire companions from.
Turns out the new backer chose class will beSummon Master.
>>336230247
Thought the story was boring with far too much text and the combat was too easy to exploit.
Had a lot of fun looting and stealing everything I could though. The interactivity of your abilities on the world was neat.
>use the pyramid thing
>teleport into a chick in a bath
>she wants to rock paper scissors
>she wins 7 at a time
>i win 1 at a time
Am I supposed to save scum for this? I've done it about 200 times and the most common occurrence is I 7 or 8 wins in a row then she wins twice and wins the match.
>>336243460
Or you can just lose, it's not a big deal
>>336243604
I'm a winner, not a cuck.
>>336243632
No you aren't, in fact you got cucked 200 times
>>336243460
Never lost one rock paper and scissors since every game is just a pattern you can get after 3 goes.
i've been playing divine divinity a bit, it's great. im more tempted to buy that third person dragon rpg than original sin though
As someone who hasn't made it past the first town, how? I keep getting to town and i get bored. How do i drive my interest? Maybe i just haven't fully figured out the combat to appreciate it, but generally speaking the towns folk were boring to talk to, so i quit playing. Eh.
>>336244420
This. Even though I finished the game.
Walking around for 4 hours in a town is fuckin unacceptable design. They did it on purpose to show off the town but that's just bad design.
>>336244538
Should I give it another try? is it worth it?
>>336244420
>>336244538
You don't have to explore everything on your first go.
Go through a few of the houses, then go out west and kill some zombies. Do a few more houses, go north, go back to town, and so on.
>>336244941
Whats the most noob friendly classes to talk if i'm solo playing
>>336234696
>>336234837
Aren't 53% of gamers women?
>>336245098
Just do one melee guy and one magic guy and pick the abilities you like
>>336245098
A high HP Warrior to absorb damage and a Mage with a stack of crowd control skills
>>336245454
95% of them only play farmville and solitaire.
>>336245729
>>336245723
alright i'll start over and give it a try later today.
>>336239085
>Also hated that you got punished for solving things non-combat way.
What's this even based on?
Did you even get up to Hunter's Edge? If you try to solve that with combat right away, you get your ass beaten so fucking hard it's not even funny.
>>336246626
I mean that every quest that has a diplomatic solution gives you less xp for using it that for slaughtering everyone. You literally get punished for putting points in things like persuasion and actually have to try to lose the rock-paper-scissors games.
>Did you even get up to Hunter's Edge?
Yes, I finished the game
>you get your ass beaten so fucking hard it's not even funny
Nah, at least on normal the game gets really easy in the later stages to the point where you can oneshot pretty much anything.
But I meant more quest resolutions in general, if you try to kill everything in hunter's edge straight away you miss a lot of quests.
Combat gets kinda eh after awhile in OS.
Not sure if they could ever remedy that with a sequel.
>>336247370
That's because you're a peasant who can only can only play ARPGs.
>>336247718
Me and a friend are co-oping our second playthrough right now, beat it in 46? hours the first time. So fuck you.
Its just kinda auto-pilot around level 15 when you get Master level skills, and even before that abusing poor AI and the lack of skills the AI have really make combat boring. Ontop of that there really isn't alot of good encounters not apart of the main story.
>>336240575
>Recolour text if it's stealing
Isn't your hand red if you try to steal something?
>>336243030
I'm pissed. I wanted bards for buffs and their non combat gameplay features and everyone keeps polling for the worst options when we already have tons of summons.
>>336248657
Yeah. I guess it's possible that was added later though
>>336248021
is there any way to make vendors restock their inventory in coop? I would kill to get my hand on some summoning skills
>>336239468
>>336239576
F
>>336240575
>I'm trying to convert Madora into a rogue
Fucking what?
>>336239183
RIP, this guy was a legend
just give me a proper fucking divine divinity 2
I mean DKS and OS are nice but I miss the eastern european atmosphere and zandalor when he wasn't a gigantic pussy or walking meme
>>336252320
>eastern european
what
>>336252413
Maybe the wrong way to describe it but DD had a very comfy atmosphere that feels lost to me in OS's typical "quirky brit" setting
>>336240413
Is this bait?
>>336252770
>that feels lost to me in OS's typical "quirky brit" setting
Trust an American to come up with such a retarded headcannon.
>>336253016
I'm British mate
