Divinity 2: Ego Draconis Catch-All

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Well, it was teased a couple years ago, but we're going to learn more at Leipzig in a couple weeks. Divine Divinity, despite the silly name, was an excellent RPG for its time. Kind of a mix of Diablo, Ultima and Sacred. Just try and resist this old timey isometric view of the original game.

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CVG has some new shots and info, including the name for the game: Divinity 2 - Ego Draconis. Thank god they didn't pick something stupid again.

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I think I may reinstall the original on my laptop. Just stay away from Beyond Divinity, it was terrible.

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.

Now with extra redundant redundancy!

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

Divine Divinity Dudes

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.

I'd go with Divinity Trinity

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

Elysium wrote:

I'd go with Divinity Trinity

I'd love for a certain UK board game developer to pick that one up. Then it would be Infinity's Divinity Trinity.

I wonder what vicinity you'd purchase Infinity's Divinity Trinity?

And at what point did I become Dr. Seuss?

Elysium wrote:

I'd go with Divinity Trinity

Wouldn't that be Divine Ditrinity?

Or, they could go with D3vin3 Divinity...

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.

I really enjoyed the first game, but only made it about 1/3rd of the way in. My computer at the time couldn't handle it very well. My upcoming laptop should have none of the same issues, knock on linoleum.

I checked my big folder of cd's and the game is still in there! Yay!

Chumpy_McChump wrote:
Elysium wrote:

I'd go with Divinity Trinity

Wouldn't that be Divine Ditrinity?

Or Divin3 Trivinity.

Now with extra redundant redundancy!

doubtingthomas396 wrote:

Infinity's Divinity Trinity.

Betting is closed, we have a winner.

Loved the original as well, despite only finishing about 75% of it. Got stuck at a point where I just wasn't powerful enough to get past, but there was nothing left (that I could find) to grind.

It gripped me much more than Diablo 2 ever did....it was like D2, but with a good story and massive freedom!

I remember I was deep into Mafia as well as Divine Divinity at the time - that was a special time in gaming for me

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...

I enjoyed DD, but unfortunately it didnt make the trip back from Iraq with me.

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!

Just reinstalled and tried it at 1280 x 1024, 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?

doubtingthomas396 wrote:
Elysium wrote:

I'd go with Divinity Trinity

I'd love for a certain UK board game developer to pick that one up. Then it would be Infinity's Divinity Trinity.

I wonder what vicinity you'd purchase Infinity's Divinity Trinity?

And at what point did I become Dr. Seuss?

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.

I had picked up Beyond Divinity back when I saw it packaged with Divine Divinity. Never played through them. maybe they will keep me company at work today.

stevenmack wrote:

Just reinstalled and tried it at 1280 x 1024, looks pretty good.

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

Nah i'm sure you can set it higher, thats just the max my monitor goes to. (You just edit the .div file mentioned above and put in whatever values you want).

Running Man wrote:
stevenmack wrote:

Just reinstalled and tried it at 1280 x 1024, looks pretty good.

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

I got it running at 1680 X 1050

One possible caveat - it seems to have screwed up the full-screen map / journal section for me now. I only see the map and all the buttons are blacked out. Plus ocassionally I get a CTD when I try to access it.

Need to reset and test it to be 100% certain it's not just some random problem that would have happened anyway but it only seemed to start once I upped the resolution.

stevenmack wrote:

One possible caveat - it seems to have screwed up the full-screen map / journal section for me now. I only see the map and all the buttons are blacked out. Plus ocassionally I get a CTD when I try to access it.

Need to reset and test it to be 100% certain it's not just some random problem that would have happened anyway but it only seemed to start once I upped the resolution.

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

Arovin wrote:

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

Nope, looks like the issue goes with hacking a widescreen resolution.

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com...

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.

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