![]() ![]() The story focuses on two main characters who are equal in every way. The seamless split-screen opens up the possibilities in an already player-driven world, allowing couples to join forces or separate to do their own thing as much as they want. One can be in the middle of a lengthy dialogue session with a dangerous cult leader while the other can get into a battle with mutated plant life outside of town. One character can distract a guard while another sneaks past. Just want to head into a dungeon and find some sweet loot? Now we’re talking! These things have all been done before, and done well, but Divinity: Original Sin puts a unique cooperative spin on everything. Want to pick a lock and steal from someone’s home? Go for it! Want to murder everyone in sight? You can certainly try. Divinity: Original Sin is a huge, dense, lengthy RPG that refuses to ever hold your hand. Until then we’d enjoyed quicker, easy-to-digest co-op games like Diablo 3 and the entire Borderlands series. I was unsure it would be a good fit for us. It would be several years before we finally caught up with modern consoles and I considered giving it a replay, this time cooperatively with my partner It takes its open-world cues from the even older Ultima series and adds gameplay functionality that’s closer to actual tabletop Dungeons & Dragons than anything else.Ī year later, in 2015, it released on consoles with an Enhanced Edition upgrade. While it definitely fits the mold of a classic cRPG, Divinity goes beyond what I expected. As a fan of classic PC RPGs like Fallout 1-2, Baldur’s Gate, and Planescape: Torment I immediately devoured it. Two of my favorites.ĭivinity’s campaign was a big success, releasing in 2014 on PC. ![]() Indie developers wanted to bring back niches genres that weren’t popular with major publishers, such as point and click adventures, and tactical computer role-playing games. The common thread through most of these campaigns was nostalgia. Divinity: Original Sin was part of the new wave of Kickstarter indie games back in 2013, riding the explosion of successful multi-million dollar campaigns like Project Eternity, Wasteland 2, and the Double Fine Adventure. ![]()
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