Divine Divinity - Retrospective Review (2023)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 พ.ค. 2024
- Talking a bit of the original Divinity title that went on to the great heights of Divinity: Original Sin 2!
Story Supercut: • The Full Story Of Divi...
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:24 History & Overview
03:13 Story Set Up & Thoughts
05:05 Technical Issues
06:50 Difficulty and Character Select
08:16 Progression Systems
09:59 Gameplay & the World
14:06 Combat
16:05 Steam Deck Compatibility
16:51 Positives/Negatives
18:16 Conclusion
19:06 Wrap Up
Intro Music By Juan Andrés Matos, www.juanmatosmusic.com/
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There's one scene I remember from this game. It's in the first dungeon. There are two skeletons there talking about skeletons. They realize how impossible it's for skeletons to exist so they both fall apart after this realization. I don't know why, but I found that extremely funny and had to reload the game few times to see that scene again.
Seems the creators were monty python fans
In Divinity 2 ego draconis there is something very similar 😊.
This is the kind of high fantasy humor I enjoy from the Divinity series.
I recall one complains about all the "excess existentialism" in the discussion before * poof * and they crumble.
@@tw751 Maxos temple it is...Somehow they also reused the joke in divinity OS 1 as well xD
The intro music never gets old.
I remember releasing a bunch of scorpion traps with the trap skill nearly maxed and was getting a ton of exp even after an hour had passed as these scorpions were going full terminator extinction of life mode across the entire map.
The only way to play this game - buy 200 scorpion traps. Release all in the ork camp.
I believe a remake of DivDiv should be on Larian's table after Baldur's Gate 3 because this is such a fantastic game that was so ambitious for the time and even today it has some great things.
Actually, no.
Theyd change it to what OS was and that would ruin the game, mainly bc of the change from real time to turn based combat.
I just want Divinity Original Sin 3
Why not just make a new game, why does everything need to be remade!
I love this game. Not only was it my introduction to CRPG's but I legit love this game. The visuals are timeless, it's a gorgeous game and the story and gameplay atleast for me still hold up. I still play this game from time to time. It's a fantastic rpg.
In terms of writing and world building this game is still the best thing Larian has done. Also it might have the best soundtrack of all time.
Morrowind has the best soundtrack of all time, sir.
@@xYoungDeezYxWitcher 1 would like a word.
I loved this dark and dirty world setting so much. Not a world where you wanted to live. Duke Janus was such an evil character, i don't think there are much more evil characters in games like him. It's also the most buyed game i have. First time i buyed the usual version. Second time i buyed the magazine version and then i buyed the double pack including Beyond Divinity. Then again i downloaded it from a sharing site, because i couldn't get the cd versions to run anymore and then it came out on GOG and of course there i buyed it again. :)
It's always a treat when you cover a game I haven't played, and when you cover the older titles in the genre.
I think above all influences, even Diablo, Divine Divinity was most inspired by Ultima VII, which was the clearest and most direct inspiration for both its open world design and how interactable the environment is. It even uses similar controls for manipulating objects in the environment.
Exactly! Sadly, not many people remembers the Ultima series nowadays
Insanely underrated game, love the frost weapons that make you autowin once you find one
One little thing I loved about this one is the comical descriptions of your attributes that change depending on the value of the attribute.
Still have the game box at arm's length though I'm not sure if the disc is still inside. 😆
This game was incredibly atmospheric in my opinion.
Hell yes, if you are looking for a new game oozing with atmosphere, Witcher 1 will overdeliver
My first Divinty game played all the way back in 2015. Great game!
I remember figuring out to kill the Knight at the starting town and taking his Named sword, because once you get a weapon with the FROST stat on it... well that's gg lol! Nothing can stop you. I also figured out how to steal items from shops via grabbing and chucking the item out as far as possible and then the NPC wont bust you lol, I stole so many powerful items from stores like that.
I'm a filthy casual who rarely plays these kind of games. However about 5 years ago I bought the gog version for less than a dollar I think and it got me hooked until I finished it. I didn't have to use hex editors and although I don't remember any game breaking bugs, I did use several save slots if something didn't triggered properly. 100% percent recommended 👍
This game has really introduced my to isometric view RPGs. In terms of roleplay and interaction with the world, I found it really revolutionary when I played it in 2004. I just couldn't comprehend how much did it offer to you when you really went out to explore, rather than telling you everything in the journal.
Loved the little quests such as the one in the starting location where you find two graves, one of which having words written on it 'NO FLOWERS, ESPECIALLY FROM MY WIFE'. When you move the flowers from the other grave onto the first one, a grumpy zombie crawls out of the grave to punish you for what you did :D. As a child I just couldn't comprehend the game would react in such a way to what I do in it. And there was so much more.
Divine Divinity was also kind of a personal asylum for me at that time. Moved with my family to a new place, did not know anyone there and found myself being bullied at the new school. Only had a pretty old crappy laptop to play on, because my PC was destroyed in transportation to the new house. DD could luckily run on it and damn.. it helped me so much to get through that difficult time. One of the games that will always have a place in my heart.
Now I'm a 30 year old dude with own family and still continue to find some asylum in Divine Divinity from time to time after a hard day at work. Thanks to Larian for the amazing adventure they have created.
Surprisingly, I have never ever experienced a single bug in this game having played it more than 5 times and on many different computers over the years. Maybe I'm just extremely lucky. Or the 7 gods love me back
I bought this game in steam when they finally put it up. They had a funny video/modern trailer that had a mock intervention type thing where the fans were addicted and were begging the devs not to put it on steam because they would relapse. They took it down because obviously its a little distasteful but at the same time it was really silly and light hearted. That video basically said it was skyrim before skyrim and i had played diablo 3 and elder scrolls series before so I bought right in and loved it. I would love to see another open world rpg like this with diablo style combat. I know we have sacred but that feels like a single player mmo where DD feels like a true sandbox due to the item placements, item movements, teleports, container UI etc. there’s nothing like DD and I absolutely love(d) it.
Divine Divinity looks like the type of game I would really want to play but won't bother to because of the technical issues and the need to use a Hex editor. Too bad, let's hope it will get a remake someday.
I remember playing this game back in the 2003ish. Never manged to get far into the game as our family computer had problems running it and it crashed very often. I overall really liked it despite those problems. Maybe I need to get the game again.
Genius game for its time, and I finished it three times back then.. ô;ó
This was my first PC game I bought, and I have never finished it for one reason or another. I've recently started playing it again and so far it's running great on my Surface Book 2. I have always chosen the Female Survivor, as I am female and I just liked the survivor's intro more compared to the others. But I had always liked the ability to choose whichever skills I wanted. This time I plan to finish it though!
My favourite game of all time. So many awesome secrets like the nasty ass tea that Buadrim made, which ist so rancid that it melted dragon scales AS well as a bunch of unfortunate imps. Some say you can still find some of it in the big cities if you look for it 😉
I still totally love the engine used for this Game.
Wish there would have been made more with it.
Also miss the Ultima like way how you handle your inventory in this one.
Thew only other game that has this is Anvil of Dawn i think.
Somehow this feels heavily immersive to me
This game is so incredible.
I have this game on my PC thanks to GOG and it runs very smoothly. I havent devoted myself to this game quite yet but I have quite the collection of classic crpgs so it's always nice to take a trip "back in time" every so often
Saved Penumbra, then retrieved her dagger. After some time discovered the brothel and turns out Penumbra works there! Signed up for "Special Treatment" lost quarter of my HP. Best game ever...
I played this back in the day in between Morrowind and Diablo 2. It feels like playing the later Ultima games if they were developed by Blizzard. From a design perspective, a lot of European games (Sacred, Sacred 2, Divine Divinity) around that time took A LOT of inspiration from the Ultima series.
Never played it myself, but I would like to if and when they ever do an enhanced/revised edition that fixes the bugs and the resolution issues, and I would be willing to pay a decent amount, say ~$20 ish , for such an edition. Thanks for the retrospective review. I actually enjoy your reviews of older games as much or more than your reviews of modern games.
I also played this in 2022. On the surface the game looks so dull with its bland brown/gray/dark green color scheme. Add in the fact that it is less than a dollar on sale, and imagine my shock at how robust it is! The story is well done and a lot of the dialogue is superb. I have to say I didn't do any of the fancy stuff you mentioned and played and beat the game just fine. I do recommend saving constantly as it did crash on rare occasion but I don't want anyone to shy away from this game because of it.
Over the many years, I've finished two runs in DD. I only recall getting stuck in the area behind a wall once, and had to reload a previous save. Plus a random crash resulting in same. But for all the hours I put into it, I could finish it without hex editing. I do think it's more difficult to click on things when playing it on modern resolutions, items and monsters being smaller on the screen, compared to back in the day when I was probably running around 800x600.
I still like Divinity: Original Sin (1) better than D:OS2. I think it's just because the game feels more "free" to me vs going through a storyline.
I still can't wrap my head around 2002 being 20 years ago. I was 21, for goodness sake!
I just started this game after seeing a number of your videos mentioning it, and wow, it really is a gem. Playing Diablo 1 again recently I was thinking that there was a really good dungeon crawl quality to it that seemed to be lost a bit in the sequels. I always wondered what a sequel to Diablo 1 would have been like if it expanded on the dungeon crawl elements more than the power fantasy, and well I no longer have to wonder cause Divine Divinity is that game! It's a must play for anyone who has fond memories of the first Diablo game.
I remember playing it in the mid 2000's. I liked it a lot!
And lightning spell had a stupid range. During first village, I could zap orcs who were just outside of the baricade. I would duplicate mana potions and just spam lightning even without moving. I felt like Palpatine...
Love this game. I first saw this game when I was 6 years old and my dad was playing it. When I play this game I return back in time and I still think this is the best game I have ever played. New games cannot create such atmosphere like this one. Reading these comments really makes me happy, that lot of people still love this game. Thank you for this great video.
Yo, you forgot to mention the incredible ost. RIP Kirill Pokrovsky
Nice! I was just looking through your content for a review the other day. Lol
I played this game a long time ago and was so happy to see this retrospective. It shows how far we have come in regards to graphics and sound systems in games and yet the power of a good story is ageless. A modern remake world be a nice gift from Larian but it's obvious they are very busy with BG3.
I am sure someone out there is running a very old 486 PC or early Pentium with an archive of old games just for us oldies to reminisce (I am now 60). I also have a book called "1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die"! I have only play a fraction of them.
Another beautiful game reviewed, Mort!
I played this game a few years back. Pretty good.
so great to see you talking about one of my old favourites
I do love this game, it's on my list to finally finish it this year
I got this from a gaming magazine in 2005 and loved it. Sadly never finished it and someone borrowed the DVD and never gave it back.
@@click9914 bough it on gog at least 10 years ago but I never play games from gog for some reason :D
I've gotten it to run on the steam deck, I've even streamed it from the steam deck. That being said it basically depends on which way the wind is blowing whether it will run in desktop or game mode or if works at all
Still up there as one of my favourite games
Hope they will remake this
This game was great back in the day. Beyond Divinity had me question my life choices.
Game's sort like 2d Skyrim, just not generic and with actual personality. Game can be brutal at some points, especially starting out for some classes, but if someone can power through a rough start it's a long and very satisfying experience. The level design sometimes is lacking especially the sewers part and some dungeons are samey. It is a hidden gem/underrated classic aprg. It's sad it's not brought up as one of the best ones of its genre.
Loved this when it originaly came out!
and to add some flavor at the top. barrelmancy was almost done on this game. rember to stash all closed chest, cuz on the future may get key
I hope they will remake this good one soon :)
I recently discovered and played Dark Sun: Shattered Lands, a 90s DnD game that seems to have inspired Baldur's Gate. It might well be worth a review on its own. Very interesting game.
I had a major bug in my save for Dark Sun that meant I couldn't progress (I couldn't get out of the starter prison/arena area despite doing everything I needed to do). I don't know whether I was unlucky but I've not returned to it since with a fresh start to see if it'll now work.
Never let a company called CVD software name your game, they're obviously challenged in that regard
My very first RPG i've ever played. It left a very lasting impression, and build a lifelong passion.
Is there a possibility of another story summary series (for any game) or are you done with that and totally committed to reviews and gaming news?
Because i came to your channel for your vids about PF:WotR but binged through your entire Divinity Lore Playlist and have to say, you did an amazing job with those.
They are an insane amount of work, so I only do them for stuff I'm really passionate about, next planned one is Wrath but I'm waiting for them to stop updating it.
@@MortismalGaming Yeah, i can only imagine how long research and scriptwriting takes. Especially with Pathfinder where lore is loads broader than what we encounter in game.
Onward to 200k. All glory to the algorithm.
I really liked the open worldish aspect of the game. And while it was mostly stactic you had allied camps in many places where you could kite higher level enemies and have bigger fights. I really loved that. Since some games to this day have npcs that don't react to enemies.
How did you like Eco Dragonis?
It was pretty good, I did a story series on it
I remember getting retail release and trying version from some gaming mag, back then when they added full games to their issues. Both played once, then nasty DRM (StarForce?) spammed BSoD and did not let me continue. This is why I'm hostile towards DRMs like Denuvo - don't need it as a legit customers, it's just another nonsense which raises the chance to cause some potential problems... don't remember using hex editor to finish it.
Then got the game on GOG for peanuts, finished it the same month. Enjoyed it a lot more than Diablo2 borrowed from my old friend. Some difficulty spikes were pretty nasty though, like one boss (Josephine or what was her face) that almost caused me to drop the game. Clearing the ork's war camp didn't felt like a slog because combat was amazing.
There were some other games made like this but none of them were as good as DivDiv - Beyond Divinity was mediocre and Inquisitor was absurdly hard, obscure and not for everyone. Still finished as Priest with Bows. Some dungeons were brutal.
Beyond Divinity is one of the single worst games I've played to be honest.
Ah, Inquisitor... a game I always wanted to finish but never did. The combat was atrocious and some other bits were a bit odd but I liked the concept. I'll try and dive back into one day.
Yoooo my man going back to the origins!
I remember i arrived at that weird endgame temple in the second part of the game with the warrior stacking as much buffing auras on him as possible but i never finished the game 😢 i lost the save file unfortunately but i have very good memories of this game ❤
This Larian Game Studio seems like it can go really far one day!
Excellent in-depth review
It’s very funny that I played it at this time. I lost interests with PC Games for quite a time and now with BG3 I found out there is a connection 😂🙈
Like to play it now again, it was a great game.
Man, I remember being like 11 and booting this thing up on my grandparents old cabinet pc. So nostalgic.
Good show sir!
My girlfriend and I both played this when it first came out and really liked it a lot. I vote for this game as the "best game with the worst title".
I’ve had this in my library for a long time. I think I will start playing this. What should I bring doing to maximise my fun?
Wish they would make a remaster of this, Upscaled UI and resolution, and debugging and make it new systemes friendly.
Came to this review after enjoying a break from Baldurs Gate 3. And realizing, my childhood was the best ever! Played all the games!
The world you go to with bees and wasps after talking to the imp council member is horribly bugged according to the forums. Never make saves inside it your only ones because you can easily get stuck.
That's probably the most broken part of the game, off the top of my head I know at least two others way it can break - npc despawning, and the teleport out not working.
There are so much aspect of this game that I would like to see other studios or even Larian followed after this but sadly it never really happened. The way this game blends arpg gamestyle with crpg is really something I would love to see or the way this games handles inventory and crafting. I loved the crafting, it is so much more fun and immersive than just open a boring menü and click on the craft button.
I'm honestly much more prefer a game like this from larian where they blend the arpg and crpg elements together than seeing an DOS3, but it's never gonna happen sadly.
And now we come full circle! I wonder if we will ever get DOS3?
Absolutely fantastic game! Lots and lots of great memories...
I would like to see this remastered too and I wonder how well I might be able to get it playing on a full Linux desktop just using wine
What is the sound byte you use at the beginning of your videos?? I know it from somewhere and it is literally driving me insane lol
It was made for the channel, meant to sound like Pillars of Eternity though
I loved this game when it came out, the first 2/3 of the game great story and baldur's gate like, then the last 1/3 all hack and slash Diablo Style... Sadly I can't get it to run more then 5 minutes at a time due to crashing now days
Ive tried going back and replaying some of these, but my newer PC just doesnt seem to rrun some of them. Like KOTOR, I couldnt get a proper resolution. Inrefuse to fix them though.
This was one my og pc games on disk.
I was never able to finish the game. Some kind of glitch. But it was fun. Maybe I will try playing it again sometime.
Definitely save often & backup those saves. I got through the first act only to lose multiple save files taking me back to the first dungeon. I wish this game would get some kind of sourceport like Diablo & warcraft.
Thank you for going back through these old games so we don't have to :D
Even when it came out it felt a bit janky (especially at the start of the game), but the immersiveness and personality of this game made me fall in love with it. The story almost became a parody of Diablo, and it was kind of funny at points. I'm not even sure if there were a lot if any Diablo like games at the time that boasted an imersive open world. The other that came later was Sacred, which added other polished features and rideable horses. The other Divinity games had issues, and the newer ones went for the Balder's Gate micromanagement mechanic, which did nothing for me.
I used to launch this game just to listen to the music :)
I just wanted to say I have tried to play the game but every time I get massive frame dips idk what I could do to fix that issue
It's like isometric Morrowind. Also Divinity 2 (not Original Sin, the other Divinity 2) is pretty good game, sadly overlooked.
This game is soooo slept on its rediculous. I love this game so much. I find it way better than any Diablo. I was so immersed. I’m playing divinity original sin now, but I’m thinking of playing it again after so I can play the story from original Timeline. One of my top favorites
I’m playing through this game for the first time I’m really hoping I don’t run into any game breaking bugs I’m 8 hours in and I’m having a really good time.
ngl when i was a kid the name "divine divinity" sounded so cool and it made me want the game. never got it tho :(
Just finished it, and there were a couple crashes and a couple freezes, but not stoppers. I was playing the GOG version.
Loved it 🥰
one of the best RPGs I have ever played.
Nothing to do with the video but curious what system youre running for all these and upcoming games? GPU/CPU? Thanks
Check the about section of the channel page
this game is one of my favorite crpg , i wish a remake
really wish this came out during the steam sale when it was 60cents
Any chance you might review more JRPGish games, like Chained Echos and Trails in the Sky? (both have great PC versions).
No current plans, busy with other stuff
I liked the game but i did struggle with it back in the day. I remember the freeze spell which usually resulted in my warriors death most of the time. But i did play it like diablo so my build was really bad.
If I remember well, I played this game and once I noticed how OP the iron scorpions were, the game got far, but faaaaar to easy.
This Game is on my "have to play" list and installed, but i haven't got warm with it yet.
Also because everything is sooo small... I think i will try to upscale it with Lossless Scaling and a smaller Resolution.
I am sure i will have fun with it, when i am in the mood, i had much fun with Divinity 2 and its Humor/Story.
Grande clássico!!!
My favourite RPG!!!