Western games like Mass Effect and The Witcher 3 are well known for their expansive stories where choice plays a central role. That, and its brutal difficulty of course (if you play it as intended). The team at Larian Studios have managed to capture this feeling perfectly: Divinity: Original Sin 2 is synonymous with choice and that's what makes it such a wonderful and special game. It's all about playing the game you want to play, with the subgenre being clearly inspired by pen and paper campaigns. This is Divinity: Original Sin 2.ĭivinity is a tactical RPG in the same vein as classic 'cRPGs,' which are the RPGs you might have played on your computer if you grew up in the nineties. 'So that's how this is going to go,' I think. 'Poor idiot,' the skeleton says as he appears beside me, 'rewards appear out of nowhere?' I'll admit to being a bit offended. We're a greedy group and quickly make our way to it and throw it open only to have it explode in our faces, nearly killing the elf. As a reward, an ornate chest spawns in the middle. It's tough, but we manage to use our tactics to wipe the floor with him and his copies in the end. As we enter an open room, three copies of the skeleton spawn and we do battle. The dungeon we're currently exploring is an ancient cave guarded by some kind of jester skeleton who has no problem making fun of me. We're a rugged group to be sure, but our talents have been precisely mapped to ensure we're ready to crush any oncoming foes with devastating force and arrows. Comments My party is made up of hearty adventurers: an elf who was formerly enslaved, a washed out mercenary, a royal prince who's also a lizard and a dwarven pirate who might also have some claim to a throne.

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