Oh man, I loved Divine Divinity.... well at least what I played of it. I'm going to have to give it another go before the sequel.

Wasn't there a sequel already? Beyond Divinity?

Therefore, I believe the name should be Divinity 3 - Ego Draconis.

What?

EDIT: Better still, Divinity^3

Yeah, I heard this news and was very excited, especially when it was revealed they have the same composer. Some of the stuff in the first two games surpassed Jeremy Soule's work, I felt.

And yeah, I would highly recommend the first game. It's like a mix between the satisfying combat of Diablo and the open-ended aspects of games like Baldur's Gate or Ultima. In particular, no matter what class you started with, you could level up in any skill in the game you wanted, making a character truly unique to your playstyle instead of through artificial limitations imposed on you. Some of the writing in the game was pretty impressive too, even genuinely clever or funny at times, especially surprising considering it coming from an East European country.

That, and I would argue it was the most detailed 2D game on the PC, ever.

Also, even the developers hated the original name. I recall reading somewhere that the marketing department of the publisher insisted on it. Not that it did much good. In the year of Neverwinter Nights, Icewind Dale II, Morrowind, and Dungeon Siege, a lower budget CRPG from an unknown developer didn't stand a chance.

I was less impressed by the semi-sequel, but I look forward to what they come up with. With this, Dragon Age:Origins and Risen (the new game by the Gothic developers, who say they learned their mistakes on Gothic 3), it looks like I'll be playing more RPGs with high production values on my PC next year then I ever expected.

Now I really need to go back and try to finish the first game again...

On that note, I picked up the original at Target a couple of months back, but a sound glitch on my XP laptop renders it unplayable. Any experience anything similar?

Laptop is no slouch either, I'm playing through Bioshock on it....on high detail no less.

Or Divin3 Trivinity.

Betting is closed, we have a winner.

Given the current obsession with the dark themes, how about Divine Divinity - The Damnation of the Damned? Oh, that's 4 Ds, so better save it for sequel then...

Well, I just reinstalled the original last night. It's aged pretty well, you can even enable widescreen resolutions with a simple edit in the game's RUN directory by opening the config.div file with notepad. I must say, it looks pretty good!

I saw the original in stores a long time ago, but didn't pick it up because I couldn't take a game with a name like that seriously. Was it just a silly translation or is that just the unfortunate name it was given?

You would need a few words that rhyme with Divinity but are made up and fanciful to wear that crown. Fine work none the less.

Is that highest possible resolution? Thats the only thing holding me back from buying it, I need a big resolution.

Did you install the 1.34 patch? That is supposed to fix some map issues.

I am very impressed with how well this game has aged. Playing in higher resolutions really helps. The interface takes a bit of getting used to and the pacing is on the slow side but its worth it. Some of the Dialog is great. Seems very polished and the skills are varied and interesting. Being able to dabble in skills from all 3 classes really adds to making your charter unique.

Cannot wait to try out this skill
Necroshift: Allows you to posses the body of a slain enemy for a short period of time.