Whether that purely fits within the prologue, or is a longer-lasting part of the finished product, remains to be seen, but it's a nice change of pace and one that fans may well appreciate - depending on how far this different tone is pushed.
DIVINITY ORIGINAL SIN 2 PS4 PREVIEW SERIES
There are still the same quirky moments that long-term fans of the series will approve of, with the fun and witty dialogue options to choose with NPCs a particular standout, but nonetheless there is a more brooding tone here. That's not to say that Divinity: Original Sin 2 is purely a bleak fantasy story, however. It's certainly a different approach to the themes of previous games, and effectively puts the player character on the other side of the fence to Divinity: Original Sin. The start of this early access version of Divinity: Original Sin 2, however, puts the player in a rather bleak position: a survivor of a shipwreck, now trapped upon a desolate island that acts as an internment camp for Source users. Indeed, the Divinity series is often known for its wacky humor and more vibrant world the series has at times almost felt like a living, breathing reflection of the silly Dungeons & Dragons campaigns that young fans came up with in their youth.
From the get go, it's this tonal shift that is the most obvious change between the two, with Divinity: Original Sin 2 sitting in a gloomier position than its weird and wonderful precursors. However, it's clear that Larian Studios has decided to tinker with the Divinity formula a little when it comes to both the gameplay and the tone of the title. So far, so much the same for fans of the series. Again, Larian Studios took to Kickstarter to fund the game, wanting to once more give fans options when it came to what features were in Divinity: Original Sin 2. This second Kickstarter campaign was a huge success, reaching its Kickstarter goal in 12 hours.
The title's development certainly shares a similarity with its predecessor. As such, it was no surprise that the prequel was receiving a sequel of its own, in the form of Divinity: Original Sin 2. The brand new game fitted in well with the themes and world of the original series, and earned itself strong sales and award nominations in the process. Divinity: Original Sin, a prequel to the original game, received release due to the partial funding of Kickstarter backers, and long-term fans of the series who invested in the project were not disappointed. It’s the kind of change that you can’t imagine why it didn’t make it into the base game originally.With RPG sequel Divinity: Original Sin 2 receiving an early access demo, Game Rant sits down with the title to get a low down on what gamers can expect from the project.Īlthough the Divinity franchise has long had a strong following of players, stemming from the success of 2002's Divine Divinity, the series saw a triumphant return in 2014. It’s a small detail but one that makes sense to change as it could get tiring keep track of which character picked up what item. Opening the inventory menu will show you all of your party members at once making it easy to see who has what and who needs that potion you just picked up. The one new menu I did enjoy was the side by side character inventory. I understand the need to rework the systems going from keyboard to controller, but I’m sure there could have been a simpler set up. Swapping between the various attacks and abilities on the character bar felt awkward and not intuitive. It isn’t so terribly layered as to be impossible to navigate, but the controls for the menus – and the combat in particular – feel off. Selecting a party member, inventory, the journal, everything breaks down into menus that need to continually be manipulated. This means instead of having lesser used menus hotkeyed or being able to simply stroke a key for whatever you needed, everything has now been condensed into menus. It isn’t for lack of story or objectives to complete, Divinity is loaded with plenty of that, but as I said the game is built for PC.
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