I mean, the $50 pledge, which gives you both games (was hoping they had a tier for people who don't have the first game).
But yes, after contacting them, they will send the code when the Enhanced Edition is released.
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Kickstarter: Divinity: Original Sin 2 [Over, $2 million funded]
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I mean, the $50 pledge, which gives you both games (was hoping they had a tier for people who don't have the first game).
But yes, after contacting them, they will send the code when the Enhanced Edition is released.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
Larian is a great dev with their heart in the right place but i can't back this. Not after some of the bullshit that Divinity OS put me through.
A lot of little things really hurt the experience for me and a friend, but it was a slow burn. It all culminated with one of the shittiest final bosses.
The encounter right before the finale was brilliant but the actually finale was just awful. At first we appreciated the cheese strats because let's be honest cheesing things is fun but after they started feeling mandatory unless you wanted to over prepare for things.
Things like using the teleport pyramids felt more abusive than actually intended game mechanics. Especially that one area where they are basically required. You could do some serious bullshit with them that kinda took away the satisfaction of completing things, like feather drop a guy across the room have him throw his pyramid as hard as possible, warp to it, pick it up, send it to their inventory and then have them warp to you.
Like okay? I guess that's a puzzle.
I don't know how intentional it was but the whole game felt like one massive parade of abusing AI and game mechanics.
Having one guy entering a fight solo but not ending your turn to keep your turn while the rest of your party sits outside combat and fully buffs and then teleports in.
Using boxes and objects to fuck with boss pathing and keeping minions from ever being an actual problem.
Abusing feather drop
Abusing blood letting as a heal
Abusing rain
Abusing lone wolf as a tank character
Hell there were certain quests that just dropped off but were still required if you screwed them up like the one in the 2nd town's church with the quiz thing.
Also fuck that stealth mission through the mines.
Granted a lot of these can be attributed to the game offering you tons of creative solutions but when they start to feel like abuse it doesn't feel quite as wholesome i guess? I mean I appreciated the true freedom but Larians vision of freedom just felt so exploity and not really encouraging real creativity.
That being said it was still a fantastic game but there was a lot that heavily frustrated me, I know I'm in the minority here too.
I will probably buy it because the first was still one of the best co-op adventures in years but I won't back this after all of that.
A lot of little things really hurt the experience for me and a friend, but it was a slow burn. It all culminated with one of the shittiest final bosses.
The encounter right before the finale was brilliant but the actually finale was just awful. At first we appreciated the cheese strats because let's be honest cheesing things is fun but after they started feeling mandatory unless you wanted to over prepare for things.
Things like using the teleport pyramids felt more abusive than actually intended game mechanics. Especially that one area where they are basically required. You could do some serious bullshit with them that kinda took away the satisfaction of completing things, like feather drop a guy across the room have him throw his pyramid as hard as possible, warp to it, pick it up, send it to their inventory and then have them warp to you.
Like okay? I guess that's a puzzle.
I don't know how intentional it was but the whole game felt like one massive parade of abusing AI and game mechanics.
Having one guy entering a fight solo but not ending your turn to keep your turn while the rest of your party sits outside combat and fully buffs and then teleports in.
Using boxes and objects to fuck with boss pathing and keeping minions from ever being an actual problem.
Abusing feather drop
Abusing blood letting as a heal
Abusing rain
Abusing lone wolf as a tank character
Hell there were certain quests that just dropped off but were still required if you screwed them up like the one in the 2nd town's church with the quiz thing.
Also fuck that stealth mission through the mines.
Granted a lot of these can be attributed to the game offering you tons of creative solutions but when they start to feel like abuse it doesn't feel quite as wholesome i guess? I mean I appreciated the true freedom but Larians vision of freedom just felt so exploity and not really encouraging real creativity.
That being said it was still a fantastic game but there was a lot that heavily frustrated me, I know I'm in the minority here too.
I will probably buy it because the first was still one of the best co-op adventures in years but I won't back this after all of that.
^ Agree here, game was very cheese-able. I solved that by just not doing cheese things when I could help it but there it is.
First one had a really cool battle system. I hope they actually write a story for this one. First one was stock-standard fantasy babble for the entire 40-odd hours I played before losing interest.
First one had a really cool battle system. I hope they actually write a story for this one. First one was stock-standard fantasy babble for the entire 40-odd hours I played before losing interest.
MrFortyFive
Member
Backed for $25 so fast. It's going to completely wreck that $500k goal. Here's hoping we get some good stretch goals soon.
superseohyun
Member
backed. first one is great but i never managed to finish it. waiting for that enhanced edition. Great dev btw.
I am also. On one hand I want to support the team and I also like the stein + artbook.
On the other hand, I'm going on vacation at the end of September and need to save money. Also I have a ton of "junk" in my place already...
Manipulating the games systems to break it in half was a huge part of the fun for me. I love doing crazy nonsense like that.
Coriolanus
Banned
Nearly every single Larian game revolves around abusing the rules for shits and giggles. Goes all the way back to Divine Divinity.
At this point, it's expected and welcomed.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Backed with the power of 100000000000 suns.
More_Badass
Member
400k! Forget being funded in a day, this is going to be funded within 12 hours
Elaugaufein
Member
I'm a little disappointed at the death of digital collector's stuff. I'd throw some extra cash at this for a Digital Lorebook / Artbook / etc but I'm for $25.
LurkerPrime
Member
There's a lot that I like and a lot that I don't like about the KS. The expanded gameplay and roleplaying sound great, but I don't know how well the new, grimdark writing and origin characters will be. The controller support out of the gate is also a bit of a bummer, because we all know the UI will suffer for this. I guess it just seems like a lot of mass-market, reactionary compromises for the sake of crowdfunding right now.
If anyone can pull all of this off it's Larian, but man... 1.5 years for all that? Seems unrealistic at best, unless that's just a target for Early Access. (Which also seems... optimistic.)
Anyways, I'm really curious to see what the stretch goals are. It already seems like some huge new stuff is added. I can't imagine what else there could be.
If anyone can pull all of this off it's Larian, but man... 1.5 years for all that? Seems unrealistic at best, unless that's just a target for Early Access. (Which also seems... optimistic.)
Anyways, I'm really curious to see what the stretch goals are. It already seems like some huge new stuff is added. I can't imagine what else there could be.
We do?
Not seeing this at all, looks like a logical and interesting progression from the first game.
2.5 years, D:OS came out in June of 2014, they've been working on it since then.
LurkerPrime
Member
Ah, ok. That makes more sense.
kinaesthete
Member
My only beef with this so far is that it looks like I'll have to find 3 people to play the entire thing with to get the best possible experience, if they can actually pull off all this pie in the sky sounding stuff and keep it interesting past the first third of the game it'll be a more than worthy successor to GOTY 2014.
Based on how controller support has been handled for the EE (completely separate from the M+K UI) I'm not sure that's a concern. If anything it might prevent them from putting in those awful pixel hunt puzzles from the first one.
Based on how controller support has been handled for the EE (completely separate from the M+K UI) I'm not sure that's a concern. If anything it might prevent them from putting in those awful pixel hunt puzzles from the first one.
Pinko Marx
Banned
Of course playing with friends who are all into roleplaying and won't mind being a dick to one another for some competitive rp shenanigans would be the optimal experience. But I feel like with the systems they're implementing this time around random online play is just as viable now. 4 random players with shifting allegiances could make for some interesting situations.
The Illiterati
Member
I didn't back the first one but managed to get it right before it came out last year....one of my better purchases last year. I loved it more than W2 and PoE(both also good) so this deserves my $25.
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Deleted member 13876
Unconfirmed Member
I don't think Larian's going to make it.
Back to making educational CD-ROMs for them!
Gully State
Member
Backed because I loved OS...I'm not sure I want stretch goals as the game is ambitious enough as it is. From the video, I'm worried that they might not deliver what they're proposing properly.
cartoon_soldier
Member
Will be the first KS project I back
kinaesthete
Member
I'd be OK with playing with randos in theory, but it sounds like it's the same deal as D:OS where you play on one save with specific characters? It doesn't sound like what they're doing supports dropping in and out with your own character, so you'd have to somehow get people to stick with you for 60+ hours across a bunch of sessions. Would suck a lot to get halfway through and have one or two people flake.
CrunchyFrog
Member
Ooh neat, originally was in for 25 but upon noticing they had a pack with the original enhanced I upped to 50. I like many it seems got in late to the party and decided to wait on the enhanced edition to dive in. Nice to know then I'll have a good pool of newbie players to coop with when it does release, as stuff like this tends to get to a really sterile min max state when you jump into multiplayer this late and I wanna be able to enjoy the story content at a leisurely pace.
Exact same for me too. Never used KS before but seems like a good way to start.
Haha sorry but to me pretty much everything you describe is the FUN with D:OS!
Just like old RPGs. Free systems that allowed you to do fucked up things. Making you go wowww wtff? There are enough streamlined and sense-making games out there.
LurkerPrime
Member
Alright, I derped previously. Should've just watched the trailer first instead of relying on just the KS text, as it explained things a bit more clearly. Now I think it sounds really good; I'll have to seriously consider backing it.
I'm really interested in what the origins/race/class stuff will be. Has there been any indication? I didn't notice anything specific on the KS page.
I'm really interested in what the origins/race/class stuff will be. Has there been any indication? I didn't notice anything specific on the KS page.
Sweet Ivy
Member
Very excited about this, I backed as soon as the campaign started. It's hard to find such a quality co-op to play with buddies, in all honesty.
I'm sure this game will be great, they will improve on the first and will be pumped by people enthusiasm.
Anyway, they had (still have?) polls on their website about KS goals etc.
I'm sure this game will be great, they will improve on the first and will be pumped by people enthusiasm.
Anyway, they had (still have?) polls on their website about KS goals etc.
They said none of that stuff is fully in place yet so we don't know. They did mention race animosity between party members so there's that at least.
LurkerPrime
Member
I wonder how many projections are being annihilated with this sort of first-day performance.
Lucky Larian.
Man I must be misreading everything today. Bah.
Thanks.
Kinggi of Kings.
Lucky Larian.
Man I must be misreading everything today. Bah.
Thanks.
Kinggi of Kings.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Pledged $25 earlier today to make sure I got it. Original Sin was really good, and the pitch here is basically "more and better." Which is fine by me.
Wonder if those stretch goals that didn't make it into Original Sin (day/night, etc) will get added here, since the game can be designed for them from the ground up.
Wonder if those stretch goals that didn't make it into Original Sin (day/night, etc) will get added here, since the game can be designed for them from the ground up.
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Deleted member 325805
Unconfirmed Member
I've been wanting the first one for ages but it has held its price too well, I love aRPGs and I've never played a turn based one so it would be interesting.
Dsyndrome
Member
Gotta love that extra gore and nudity.
While I don't mind their endeavor to make a more "grounded and serious" campaign, I really hope they don't include this kind of option. It just doesn't fit their style in my opinion.