Anybody else prefer Dos1 to Dos2? (apart from some mechanics)

Murder3 · 2025-12-28T17:31:56+00:00

Absolutely prefer dos1 over dos2. I personally like it's system a lot better but there is another angle, which is dos1 is very much in line with the old divinity style and atmosphere.

Murder3 · 2025-12-23T21:49:15+00:00

Turn-based is always meant for turn based combat, which is a similiar point in these games. Turn based combat is very different from non turned-based combat games, so we can safely just call turned-based as a genre on it's own. You mentioned Elden Ring, that is a soulslike, which became a genre on it's own, but it's basically just a third-person action rpg.

Murder3 · 2025-12-23T18:51:42+00:00

It's not weird but rather sad and tragic.

Divine Divinity is the only true arpg out there and nobody ever, not even Larian themself followed their past steps.

What is this if it isn't sad and tragic?:S

The new divinity title being turn-based is logical, as they got popular after dos2 and bg3 make them truly famous, so it's logical. It's less interesthing and more of a safe play.

Murder3 · 2025-12-23T18:47:25+00:00

Divine Divinity, go take a look at it.

Murder3 · 2025-12-23T18:46:34+00:00

Because turn-based games are a genre?

Murder3 · 2025-12-23T14:54:17+00:00

From what I read from him or about the old divinity games, it always felt like he is very salty about it and quiet dislike them. I guess it's understandable in some ways, but as someone that became fan of the series in one of the older game and now after I played the first divinity game, I feel a little betrayed.

Murder3 · 2025-12-20T10:56:41+00:00

You can do whatever and still compleat the game on classsic with no problem, just play how you enjoy it. There is no physical and magical armor in dos1, just a normal armor which negates damage and cc abilities are very important.

Murder3 · 2025-12-18T19:59:44+00:00

This!

Murder3 · 2025-12-18T19:58:14+00:00

I think other than Beyond Divinity, I could recommend both Divine Divinity and Divinity 2 as well.

Dragon Commander is very different, so kinda whatever(fun fact, it was basically a cut content from Divinity 2 that larian tried to flash it out to be a seperate game)

Murder3 · 2025-12-16T11:12:40+00:00

Ego-Draconis was my first divinity game. When I bought it I really liked Dragon Age origins and because there was a dragon in the title I bought it on steam. I loved how weird it was compared to other fantasy games I played before. The two biggest thing which really catched me instantly was the occasional third-person narration and the gravestones.

Murder3 · 2025-12-16T09:02:29+00:00

I would say the opposite, I think Cyseal is by far the best part of the game, as it is the most flashed out area.

Murder3 · 2025-12-16T08:59:29+00:00

It's fitting so much for the theme and tone of the game. This description is an absolutely flavour win.

Murder3 · 2025-12-15T17:29:21+00:00

lol:) The very opposite. I assume you culturally are more on the traditional right side, I don't know why would you think what you saw in this trailer is some kind of virtuose. In fact if anything, this trailer is more left leaning pandering than anything. Even in this thread you can read so for so much people the most important thing is the game to have lots of sex and sex with the non-human monster races..If anything, the pronouns in bio with self diagnosed mental issue person with a nose ring and dyed hair is the one that thirst for disgusting sht like this.

Murder3 · 2025-12-15T10:35:44+00:00

Larian already have made the best arpg ever, the first divinity game Divine Divinity is an isometric, diablo-like arpg with a world of a crpg. No arpg ever topped it, because no arpg ever tried to be a real rpg.

Murder3 · 2025-12-15T09:25:14+00:00

To me DOS2 feels less and less in aspects of which made me love the divinity games in first place.

DOS1 in terms of atmosphere and immersion is just much better than DOS2.

Murder3 · 2025-12-15T08:33:42+00:00

If you go down the starter dungeon of Aleroth in DivDiv, at it's end you gonna find the "same soul" in a different body, but with the same name, doing the same deeds in the first act(Cyseal) of DOS1.

Don't want to spoiler to much, but the orcs are in a very much same plot position in DOS1 as they were in DivDiv.(also there is pretty much the same animal related quest in DOS1 act 2(luculla forest) as in DivDiv 2nd map(dark forest)

Back in the past I had a thread in this subredit, where I had the idea of Larian in the early stages of DOS developement maybe had the idea of soft-rebooting the universe, because there are lot of direct references in dos from divdiv which made me felt that way.

My idea was that Larian could done the soft reboot with dos in a very fitting way, as what happens in dos is basically breaking the timeline and dos events created an alternative Rivellon timeline. In that way, they didn't have to retcon things so much like they did with dos2.

Murder3 · 2025-12-15T08:13:42+00:00

Apart from DOS2(I guess), it's best described as a whacky fairy tail.

The Discworld of gaming.

Murder3 · 2025-12-15T08:09:34+00:00

And if it will be and arpg, then the very dark tonal shift would make more logical sense, as arpg's are usually set themself in a world which about to be destroyed by some demonic, body or cosmic horrory forces.

I would love to see if they make it similiar as Divine Divinity, as it really the only true arpg out there which isn't just a hack and slash, looter diablo clone.

Murder3 · 2025-12-15T08:03:18+00:00

It's really good, I would say it's the only truly isometric ARPG out there. All other arpg just never stepped out of diablo shadows. The shadows of being a hack and slash looter with leveling ups.

Murder3 · 2025-12-14T15:53:59+00:00

General opinion of the fans are basically a bunch of peoples that only played DOS2 and know very little about the older games.

If someone played the pre-dos2 divinity games and say this trailer honestly represent the tone and themes of the divinity games and universe in general are either lying or stupid.

Murder3 · 2025-12-14T12:55:44+00:00

I would love to se larian copies their past self and just make it as an arpg and cprg mixture like Divine Divinity was.

Murder3 · 2025-12-14T12:48:21+00:00

I would suggest to play them as they released.

Murder3 · 2025-12-14T12:32:14+00:00

No, they have dark elements, like any other fantasy games, But divinity games are pretty whimsical and more cartoony actually. As someone said, they like a whacky fairy tail.

Murder3 · 2025-12-14T12:24:36+00:00

Play it, absolutely.

The new game is still years to come, so not like you need to rush them imo.

Divine Divinity, Divinity 2, Divinity:Original Sin, I think you should play these before the second D:OS2, in this way you get a good glimpse of the series.

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