Jakk wrote:Well, I got this game the other day, hoping to suppress my RPG urges. Sadly (though I'm only an hour or so in) it's not doing so well. At first glance you realize that the graphics wouldn't even compare favorably to alot of the PS2s titles. Everything in the game (and the cinematics) just looks flat and lifeless. The airship in the beginning is one of the most uninspired things I've ever seen and just comes across as poorly done. The same with the environment. I look at trees and leaves and I feel like I'm looking at a 2D scene from Wolfenstein 3D
This is actually an improvement As far as the game itself, well it feels really glitchy and almost incomplete. Now, my laptop is more than capable of playing this game, even at it's highest settings, but I've got them turned to medium and my character still skips steps, or walks through a wall or a tree almost as if I'm lagging. The enemies get stuck walking across an empty field to attack me and once that happens it's just like their AI just shuts down leaving them open to whatever attack you feel like delivering.
The voice acting is hit and miss, but it misses alot more than it hits and when it misses it misses like a blind lady throwing a baseball.
Atleast Helen Keller could talk with her hips Some of the voices sound genuinely funny or scared, but most fall horribly short of a bollywood movie.
The story itself isn't so bad. It's not much different than alot of the ones we've seen before, but it does enough things differently to atleast try and keep you interested. Sadly, mixed with all of the other problems this game has, it's mediocre story just isn't enough for me to really be able to enjoy it. I'll finish it just for the sake of saying so, but it'll feel like a chore more than anything else.
I agree with you on many, many aspects since I also bought this game. Especially, on the performance issue; I exceeded the minimum PC requirements (fell short of the recommended by .1 GHz, and I had an 8200 NVidia GeForce card [which my computer's manufacturers stupidly integrated into my motherboard; I'll have to replace it if I want to upgrade my graphics card].) Game was incredibly laggy (irritatingly so when you don't have the latest drivers).
As for the content of the game, unless they're making a big deal out of summoning spirits/demons (which some of the mage abilities let you do), dragons, and magic in general, Divinity 2: Ego Draconis does
NOT deserve the "M" Rating. For it's rating, it is incredibly childish, even when compared to Neverwinter Nights 1 & 2, and especially so if you were to directly compare this game with Dragon Age: Origins. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring for the PC had more blood in it than this game (thus far, as I am still at the beginning just about; just made it to level 2).
Conversation system: NPC's make bizzare arm/hand gestures and look like they're dancing when they're trying to engage in serious conversation (at least, this is the case with the illusionist), which further enhances the feeling that you're playing a child's game rather than a game that's supposed to be geared towards adults.
The game plays like a console-based RPG (and one of those cheap crappy ones at that), playing the main character makes me feel like a god-moding noob. Both combat and story are shallow; there's no real sense of urgency, thus I play the game casually. Where Dragon Age was nightmarishly difficult at certain points on normal setting, this game is too easy in comparison as far as the actual combat is concerned. The hardest part about developing your character is trying to level them up because it's a grind even at the first level.
In short, unless you're a fan of the series, and/or are just looking for something to pass time with, this game would be an okay choice.
