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>>385295397
Is the writing in this one not complete trite?

>>385297742
this one is even funnier than the first one. way more memes and reddit in-jokes

>>385297742
Didn't they hire Avellone to do the writing?

>>385298609
Avellone is only a single person who will be able to write a couple of characters max, he's not going to save the game since larian didn't even give him the role of lead writer. Most of the story and characters were written before Avellone even got on board, he'll make some good side content in the best case.

>>385298348
Memes? Is there memes in this game?

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>>385297742
The writing has always been excellent, it's the humor that /v/ doesn't seem to like

>>385298348
>this one is even funnier than the first one. way more memes and reddit in-jokes
wrong, the tone is much more serious

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>>385299435
>The writing has always been excellent

are there any picture of the playable undead?

>>385295397
kickstarted the first one, really liked the combat system but the actual RPG elements like quests and dialog were shit, like they decided to make it co-op so you can at least have fun role-playing with your friend instead of finding any kind of enjoyment from their writing.

is this one better in that respect? I don't think I could play a second game just for the combat system when I find everything else so boring.

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>>385298348
>way more memes and reddit in-jokes

please no

Can I play as undead yet?

>>385299889
can I romance undead yet?

Is it still "le ebin ironic story xD"?

Fuck, to ruin such a fun game with such turbo-cringe storytelling is barely forgivable.

I went out of my way in the first one to endure as little of it as possible, and the added voices of the enhanced edition did nothing to soften the endless carnage of shit that was the dialogue.

It's such a shame too because the combat looks better than ever.

>the the friend I played the first game with got on with his life and I'll have to play it alone

>>385300416
>having friends

People can't abandon you if you don't let them.

>>385299435
>wrong, the tone is much more serious
So now we just get bad writing that takes itself too seriously without the funny banter.

>>385299435
>it's the humor that /v/ doesn't seem to like

No one minds humor. It's just bad humor written by people who aren't comedians or funny in the slightest that turns it into just cringy shit.

>>385300185
Actually in OS the main story was surprisingly dark and serious, if you don't laugh at how cliche it is.

>>385300717

I'd rather have a bad story that takes itself seriously. At least that's just laughable.

Bad story that doesn't take itself seriously is just a cringe-factory.

Im more excited about the fact that this game has a full pen and paper mode which allows you and your friends to have a DM and write your own story/adventure which will likely be better than whatever the game makers could come up with.

This the same series where the rats are nobles, the chickens are french, and the cows are country?

>>385301052

That would be a neat mod-concept. Even though user-made campaigns are usually just as cringe as the actual story mode at least there's a chance.

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>>385299087
>Avellone is only a single person who will be able to write a couple of characters max

Which really makes the idea of hiring him pointless. Avellone needs to lead a game or be a lead writer to really have any impact otherwise you can just immediately spot what he wrote and it usually stands out quality-wise from the rest of the game.

>>385300753
That's actually always the case in Divinity games. Larian just embraces the ridiculous presentation leaning on campy side when everyone expects SRS BSNS out of RPGs for some reason.

>>385301174
I don't remember anyone saying Torment Numenera's story was any good

>>385301414
He wasn't a lead writer there either

>>385301414
Avellone wrote a single character for NUmenera, I think, he definitely didn't write any of the story or the main quest content. Point is, when he's not a lead writer, his contributions are very limited and he's not going to save the game's writing from being shit.

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>>385301414
Avellone had fuck all to do with Numenera outside of writing the best companion and being attached to the project as an advisor to put people at ease. He hasn't made anything of note in years that could really be called his.

You're gonna play as a cute lizard girl and be mean to elves, right /v/?

>>385301710
>be mean to elves

Every single game where such is an option, doing so is mandatory.

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>>385301710
>When an inferior manlet race comes near you

>>385301601
Wasn't Avellone the lead writer for the new Prey?

Can anyone explain why CRPG devs are so obsessed with real-time pause combat? DOS is the only recent one that has turn based combat in western RPG setting.
The pen and paper originals all are turn based, so why?

>>385301915

Because action-based combat is latest meme and the best line between that and turn-based is apparently pause-based.

>>385301908
Just one of the freelance writers. No idea what he actually wrote, though.

>>385301915
Because retarded children equate turn based combat with Final Fantasy where movement doesn't exist.

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>>385301915
>Can anyone explain why CRPG devs are so obsessed with real-time pause combat?

It's a carryover from IE days and seen as a middle choice between real-time and turn-based. Publishers believe turn-based holds no wide appeal and real-time party game is unmanageable with gamepads.

I haven't even played through the first one yet because none of my friends wants to co-op it. Feels sad man.

>>385302152
while co-op is great in original sin it's also hardly mandatory. game is perfectly playable solo as you just take control over everyone else as well.

>>385302191
I know but I always get bored before act 1 is finished.

>>385299435
>wrong, the tone is much more serious
Please let this be true. I don't mind humor o sillyness but Divinity games are so lighthearted I can't stand it

>>385302078
people also tend to forget rpgs were not always rtwp

>>385295397
Can't wait to pirate it!

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>>385295397
Will there be romances?

>>385301915
Tbh, I think Mass Effect 1 did it really well. At best it's sorta keeps up the pace and the situation that unfold can be much more dynamic. I still remember going for the insanity difficulty with a fresh character and getting walled by that final fight in Liara's recruitment mission. I spent like 95 percent of time in stop-menu and it's still the most fun and remembrable fight I had in the whole series.

I think TBS's strength against it is that it sorta keeps the fights more quantifiable, allowing deeper, smarter strategies. There aren't as many ambiguous thresholds as there is in flowing time.

>>385302846
It's been confirmed there's romances. It was one of the Kickstarter goals and so far they've hit a lot of them.

>>385302896
Let's say Avellone writes the romance. What then.

>>385302846
>>385302896
I hope romance isn't some bioware tier shit like fade to black moment before last boss and roll the credits and return to main menu without showing anything. I'm so sick of that shit.

>>385295827
t. Andhaira

>>385303225
If you want a glimpse of Larian style romance, play Dragon Commander.

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>>385303225
I mean, it is an isometric game or at least not one with up-close perspective, depending on what you call that camera. You shouldn't really expect a cinematic sex scene or anything.

>>385303225
The game barely has any cutscenes and everything is from the top down. Sorry anon but when you're sucking the Red Prince's lizard dick it's probably gonna fade to black.

I'm going to make a party of 4 Undead Necromancers and no one can stop me

>>385303362
>>385303478
More like you're going back to the good old days of Baldur's Gate 2 where you have to imagine everything after reading a wall of text.
Feels like old times already.

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>>385303554
turn undead is going to be your greatest weakness
make sure to drink lots of milk

>>385303563
Wasn't the first game fully voiced, though?

>>385303478
>>385303362
>>385303563
>Game is too far zoomed out for the sex scene
>relies on text instead with the visuals only giving barely enough detail to fill in some blanks in the writing.

Sounds fucking amazing.

>>385303626
you're still going to end up reading

>>385303626

Nah, that came in the enhanced edition.

boy i cant wait to put more shit on the floor

>>385303668
What I like the most is that when you talk, the dialogue options are implications of what you can say. So instead of something that's very specific and might clash with what you would say such as "Excuse me kind sir, do you know directions to the nearest pub?" It's just *Ask the guard for directions.* Means you can properly imagine what the PC is saying. Some people hate it, I love it.

I hope this one is more replayable than the first. The first major quest being a murder mystery was a terrible design decision.

>muh Avellone

The last good shit he wrote was KOTOR2. I don't get how people are quick to flush other veteran game writers/devs down the toilet because their newer stuff isn't "better" yet give Avellone a pass.

>>385304042
You know you can just beeline for the evidence in Esmerelda's house then the inn chest, right? It doesn't take very long at all if you know what you're doing.

>>385304042
that entire part displayed just how inept the modern player is. I remember steam forums having a meltdown about game not holding their hand.

>>385304429
Yea people shilling Avellone are idiots
Even Avellone himself knows he's lost it, that's why he never ever wants to be the guy in charge and only do some extra writing

>>385295397
Too bad the soundtrack is boring as fuck. First Divinity game to ever have that problem, that's for sure, and it followed the game with the best soundtrack in the series.

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>>385304429
>The last good shit he wrote was KOTOR2.
He wrote the best companion in MotB, though.
That said, I do agree with the rest of your post.

First one was shit, it was very popular here for a reason.

>>385299889
they're saving undead for launch

>>385305356
(you)

it has the best tactical combat of any RPG released in the past decade

not to mention how well-balanced the skill schools were, the incredibly variety in skills, and immense replayability

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>>385295397
There will be lizards?!
You convinced me after al

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>>385303225
I think romances can add up to the character arcs in positive ways. It's just that when a studio like Bioware handles them it comes off as bland, unimaginative fanservice instead of a good side plot that lives in symbiosis with the main story. I think there's also the western prudishness and excessive political correctness that sorta prevents writers from having a free reign to write interesting romances.

>go for red prince
>have to balance between not getting abused by his ego and not driving him defensive
>sex scenes are basically chains of charisma/willpower checks to not start laughing at his weird powerplay fantasies
>if you act too submissive he will start taking your place as the main character, opening another branch of story options

>>385305496
>in the past decade
More like in the past forever. You have to go to games that are only tentatively considered RPGs like Jagged Alliance 2 to find deeper RPGs. Sure, there are plenty of more complex games in the same vein like ToEE, and strategy RPGs in general are highly related, but not a single fucking one of them is deeper when you get down to it.

>>385305683
To be fair JA2 was also on the simulation side just like original X-COM which brings with it inherent complexity. Neither was first and foremost an RPG.

>>385305665
>Be so submissive you lose main character status

You better not be shitting me around with this.

>>385305754
That was my point. The only game that's more than vaguely similar to D:OS and has more thought and effort put into its skill and encounter design is FFT 1.3, and FFT 1.3 is unfun for half of the game.

>>385304823
Well the original Divinity composer died, dude. That's why it's different.

The main menu music in DOS2 is nice.

>>385305869
Excuse me? It was just a speculation, I haven't played the beta much beyond the first beach.

>>385305542
The lizards are the master race too, and the elves are the nigger slaves who go full WE WUZ around them. It's funny too because the elves are cannibalistic savages who frequently desecrate the dead.

>>385306024
I know, I've had Kirill's stuff on my hard drive since like 2005, but it still sucks ass to go from a 100/10 soundtrack to 5/10.

>>385305665
NOW I need to play this game.
What character build should I make with charisma and willpower as main stats?

>>385306108
>It was just a speculation,
Well,shit.

>>385306403
>>385306360
Yeah, it was just an example how a romance could be made interesting in a story-driven rpg. Sorry to get you hopes up.

Though I have heard that they will be paying attention to the moddability of the game, so I sure as hell will be tryign to get something like that in the game if it's doable.

>>385306360
He was bullshitting, anon. Granted I hope romances work like that.

>>385301174
He was well written but holy shit was navigating durances dialogue a cluster fuck.

>Sections remained highlighted even if you exhausted all dialogue within and never had to go back later for his quests.
>Being forced to stop mid dialogue every 5 lines even when you're in the middle of a tree.
>Some force exited dialogue would grey out the conversation tree even before it was finished.
>Randomly had to go through and retread old grey'd out dialogue trees and talk about the same shit to get to new shit depending on his quest progress.

>>385306782
From what I understand that was because most of the dialog got cut. Avellone apparently overwrote him and character had to be brought down to the same level as other companions in terms of dialog.

>>385303362
>>385303478
I didn't mean I wanted to see a sex scene. See this is the reason romance sucks ass in video games.

>>385307906
So why mention fade to black? That's reserved for sex pretty much.

>>385295397
Where are the undead?

>>385309354
Inside you.

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>>385295397

The lizardman though.

>>385299956
You can bone the princess in dragon commander

>>385309354
Gonna be released on launch.

>>385309513
>Camilla
>A lizard
More like a Navi that got lost.

>>385309845
I was talking about the undead princess tho

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>>385309397

>>385309397
Technically I'm inside it

For real tho I want to bone an undead girl

>>385310902
you'll be the one getting boned

>>385310990
Well yeah if I'm the skeleton girl

>>385295397
I loved the idea of the first one, but is every character in this one going to talk like they've got a thesaurus in front of them? That was my major problem, when reading/listening to people talk got so boring and dull

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>>385295397
SHHHHH lizard is asleep do not wake him.

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>>385309483

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Any actual words on if the modding tools will be included with the game from the launch? It took insanely long to get them for the original DOS. Didn't they do some sort of collaboration thing with Wizards of the Coast recently?

>>385303225
It's not a story driven rpg like Bioware which has movie tier cutscenes. So I seriously doubt it will have fully animated love scenes.


>>385302846
>will it have interspecies romances
That is the real question. Human x human is a given.
Human x elf is also probably given. Will there be Human x Lizard is what i want to know?

>>385311281
>Not a girl
Get up, faggot

>>385299435
Sven please, I like your games but the writing has never been exactly what could be objectively described as good.

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>>385311380
Girls are gross.

>>385311534
>this is what /v/ wants to fuck
Fucking embarrassing.

>>385311534
A cloaca is a cloaca

>turn based
Ewww. Why ruin your game like that? How fucking hard is it to make a proper combat system like Diablo or whatever instead of this outdated snorefest bullshit.

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>>385311798
Boy lizards have cloacas too.

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>>385309483
>tfw I am going to make Batzz in this

>>385295397
I'm going to try it just for having no niggers in cover art

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>>385312470
You won't regret it!

>>385312275
>Tfw pwn the game and played a bit of the beta
>Now I just want to dive in fully but there isn't enough released
>Shouldn't have bought the game so early

Fuck me why did I do this to myself?

>>385311786
He picked the Chameleon face though, Faces 2 and 5 are really cute.

>>385312076
>Why not have a spammy boring combat system that would make the elemental combinations worthless because nobody stops moving

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>>385312076
>like diablo

>>385312076
They got forced to use Diablo combat for their first game(and its direct sequel) and will never ever go back to it. Surprise surprise, they're both the worst games in the series when it comes to gameplay.

>>385313032
divinity 2 is one of my favorite games though

>>385295397

HYPE
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>>385313093
Beyond Divinity is not the same thing as Divinity 2.

>>385312541
How much origin impacts the game?
Also what are those instruments for? Can you make a travelling band?

>>385295397
Fuck Lizards. I'm going to kill every lizard I come across, starting with that red faggot on the beach.

>>385313216
The tags provide unique dialogue options, sometimes they're just for flavor but other times they let you avoid/start fights and get extra/different quest rewards.

Instrument choice changes the soundtrack.

>>385313263
Elf fucker begone.

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>>385295397
It took me 3 of these threads to learn what they were actually shilling.

>>385313543
>Instruments you pick change the soundtrack
This game gets better and better every time I learn something new about it. This game is the only game I've been actively looking forward to getting this year.

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>>385295397
Backed it, haven't touched the early access yet, i'm still waiting on the full release, i don't want to spoil myself.

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>>385313263
Yes. Fuck lizards. I agree wholeheartedly with you, anon.

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>>385314359
Yeah I agree, we should kidnap as many lizard girls as we can and penetrate them repeatedly with our swords as they beg for mercy.

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>>385314035
Same here, I wonna play the game when it's coming out even though I backed the KS

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>>385314706
>Girls

Lizard boycloaca.

>>385314891
Fags begone

>>385314359
>>385314706

>not liking lizards

what the fuck is wrong with you people

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>>385295397
Actually we only have 5 days left until GOTY

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>>385315063
You misunderstood. I want to fuck lizards.

>>385315131
>he actually thinks it will be released

>>385295397
does this game have fleshed out companions that you can swap in/out of your party, like dragon age origins?

I recently finished D1:EE

Interesting game, and i said game, because i couldn't say RPG. As an RPG it had hands down THE worst storyline i have ever seen in RPG game. So, as a game, it was pretty fun to play and i must say, i enjoyed it

I tried D2 alpha and those lizards are kinda annoying and i hate it how again you start on a beach. But still, i think i will enjoy it again

>>385301908
>>385302018
Avellone only wrote emails and a sidequest (lesbian one) for PRey.

>>385295397
Divinity Original Sin huh? More like
Divinity Original Bin :DDDDDD

>>385305069
Avellone didn't write Kaelyn

Is the enhanced edition of the first game worth playing if I already finished the original OS? I remember the game took like 80h or something insane so not sure

DivOS1 was shit though, why would the 2nd one be any beta? From what I played of EA it's pretty much the exact same thing with a new HUD.

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>>385295397
>no waifus
>GOTY
In your dreams, Larian-cucks.

>>385315503

>80h or something insane

80 hours is rather average or even low playtime for a CRPG???

>>385315584
Not sure what kind of CRPGs you've been playing, but that's not really the norm at all. It's more on the 30-50h for story + most side quests

>>385315561
The waifus in DCommander were fucking trash for normies.

>>385315561
>THE LIZARDS LOOKS TOO MUCH LIKE LIZARDS
God I can't wait to make a lizard wizard.

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>>385301915
It is a mystery.

>>385315561
I hope everybody on the forum called him a retard

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>>385315782
Reminder that Larian has no respect for wizardly tradition and forces you to play as a muscle wizard instead of an otter mode archmage,

>>385316146
But the wizards are super focused in their spells in DOS2. You're gonna fuck yourself if you spread your stats thin just to cast everything.

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>>385316383
I just want a wizard classic, not a muscle-hulk.

>>385295397
>view from top
no thanks, give me the real RPGs like Skyrim

>>385316146
This ain't Divinity 1 or 2, dummy. Hybrids barely worked in OS1 and you were always better off just focusing on magic. They're better now, but there's still literally no reason not to go 100% magic if you want to.

Ok we get it, lizards will be in the game, but what about dragons, will there be any?

I hope they make Divinity 3 after this, Divinity 2 was a lot better than Original Sin

>>385316935
There's technically one in the first act.

>>385316976
if they improve the combat sure, it was the worst part of div 2

>>385316935
>Ok we get it, lizards will be in the game, but what about dragons, will there be any?
There's some sort of ice dragon in the first act controlled by a slutty witch who vomits insects into your mouth it you kiss her

>>385316935

THERE WILL BE SKELETONS!!!

>>385316565
Oh you meant physique. The female lizards and elves are very lithe, they'd make the best weedy mages.

>>385303478
Will the game be running the same engine?
I haven't upgraded my rig in years but OS played fine (after enhanced edition update, for some reason.)
Will this play fine or is it a no go?
I'm running an nvidia 740m.
I know, I know.

>>385316146
>Not wanting to be a muscle mage
>Not laughing at the tanks who just have muscle while you have muscle and brains

>>385318001
Looks to be the same engine with way more content.

>>385303478
>>385318001
Wasn't meant as a reply to you, anon, sorry.

>>385318067
>more content
Fucking HOW

>>385318154
Five races
More classes
4 player co-op
Improved RPG interactions
Dungeon Master mode

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>>385318363
>Dungeon Master Mode
This is what I'm most hyped about, there's gonna be a alot of user made content because of this

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>>385295397
>1 week until release
>gets delayed a year
I can see it happening right now.
Are they going to force you to *Talk like this*? I hope you can atleast change it in the options.

>>385295397
Is it really coming out that soon?
My balls are getting wet

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>when the females are larger than the males

>>385319229
That's what they said about the first game but the creation tools were really weak.

>>385301915
Because it's not possible to control an entire party in real time. You can't make a good strategy/tactically-based combat system without using a round system.

You can pander to casuals and morons by making everything but one player automated but then you end up with the likes of FF13/15. Utter garbage.

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>>385319673
>when the lizards are lizards and not humans with funny ears

Undead when?

>>385319910
>round system
Round-based w/ pause combat is the biggest meme in the industry. It's the worst of both worlds.

>>385320139
To be honest, it's rare any game, east or west, does what's on the left.

>>385295397
But I haven't beat the first one yet. I got burnt out once I reached the forest region.

>>385320139
People call that furry pandering these days.

I wanna make a rouge that does witchcraft magic, is it viable in divinity 2?

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>>385320876
If you're not smart enough to spell 'rogue', you're not smart enough to play OS2.

The game is Original Sin 2, by the way. Divinity 2 is a completely different game, you ignorant lard beast.

>>385320568
On launch.

Do I need to play the first one to enjoy the second? I barely have enough time for the rpg I'm playing now and dont really want to play the first div os with the second one coming so soon.

>>385321152
Nope, the new game is a full millennia in the future and the events of the first game are treated as a simple backstory.

>>385321067
Jesus christ man, just asking.

>>385318001
960M here, OS2 ran just fine for me.

>>385321261
You can make anything you want. I'm not sure how far a rogue with witchcraft magic will take you though as building the stats will be at odds with itself. It won't be a very good rogue and it certainly won't be a very good witch but at least you'll have some useful skills from both.

>>385295397

Are hybrid builds more viable in this than OS?

Tried to do hybrids in OS, but they ended up being strictly inferior to pure classes due to spreading out too many stat/skill points.

>>385320876
Witchcraft doesn't exist and necro isn't particularly good without a caster focus. On the plus side, it does target phys armor most of the time.

>>385321885
Depends on what you mean by hybrid. Picking up a couple of extra schools for utility? Great. As far as I can tell, you don't take an AP penalty for too low of a skill and STR/DEX/INT don't increase the chance of status effects/buffs landing so you're just as good at crowd control once armor's down. Splitting yourself evenly between phys and mag? Still sucks, but less than it does in D:OS.

>>385322053
Well, at least there's some improvement in that regard. Guess it might be too hard to balance split class combos without making them superior to pure classes.

Are hybrid classes still worthless piles of shit this time around?
Also can you play a barrelmancer?

I've been playing DOSII again (I played through the whole island like, a year ago, up until the big ending fight where the dragon helps you), but is it just me or is it MUCH harder now?

Like, I'm 3/4 of the way through the island this time, most of it is exactly the same, but it seems like some of the fights are much tougher this time around and I can't make it through any without my party being trashed.

Right now I'm stuck on Rahdeka, and even though I can wreck her in one turn with my Rogue before the fight even starts, but when it does the zombie/bugs turns on round one, they fuck everything up.

I haven't managed to beat the Voidwoken to get Bless either.

There's not enough fights on the island to level up, which was my problem last time.

>>385322673
There was an update late last year that revamped the AI to make it more difficult.

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>>385315468
Didn't he write everything beyond her basic character concept, which I believe Ziets came up with?
He definitely wrote the best part of the game, the conversation where Kaelyn absolutely excoriates Myrkul. I remember him mentioning it in an interview.

>>385322447
>Are hybrid classes still worthless piles of shit this time around?
Yes, Because all skills scale with an attribute for their effectiveness.

>>385323009
It's not just the AI though, it feels like every single fight, you have to go through a pile of steps just to set up to even have a chance.

Like, if you don't intentionally break your party and sneak every character into place, you'll be grouped up and they'll one-round you with Riccochet or area spells.

If you don't sneak a Rogue in or blast from a distance before the fight starts, they'll ALWAYS have a higher initiative than you and you'll be fucked hoping you live through their first round of attacks.

Plus, enemies have a habit of mass-targeting one character until they're dead.

>>385323353
Go in with Burn Your Eyes up. It's a huge initiative buff.

>>385324117
>Burn Your Eyes
Pyromancer? Not sure who sells that.

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>>385295397
but that's not ELEX

I haven't read up a lot on the game and I'm confused about origins.
Do they each involve a recruitable NPC ? Does that NPC disappear if you choose that origin ? Do you play as him ?
Does your character feel shoehorned in if you make your own origin ?

>>385301915
>DOS is the only recent one that has turn based combat in western RPG setting.
do wut? what about shadowrun? underrail? age of decadence?

>>385323353
Everything you just mentioned was AI

>>385324759
You can choose to play as any of the recruitable NPCs, which makes all the other NPCs able to be recruited, or you can create your own PC and then all of the NPCs can be recruited.

The actual starting is the same regardless. You fight on the ship, you try and escape, black out, and wake up on the beach.

>>385324759
Yes, you actually play as them if you pick one of the premade characters.

>>385295397
I'm ready to play it once with a group of friends and then never again
why is it so hard to keep people playing for more than one session

>>385325104
>expecting to get together a group of 4 people for a 50h+ RPG

>>385325237
It works for DnD why can't it work for this

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>>385325340
We all know what the D&D parties really are.

>>385315131

If it actually releases it will be a glorious day either way. If it's truly great, then awesome! If it sucks, even better! If it's mediocre, possibly the best outcome since the flaming will be legendary.

>>385325104

Most people lack the attention span or inclination to play dedicated RPGs past the intro, if Steam stats/achievements are anything to go by.

Most popular multiplayer games aren't long and involved campaigns, either.

>>385319673

Lizardlets, will they ever learn?

>>385325748
They're still taller than everyone else, they are just shorter than their own women.

>>385325104
>spoiler
I so fucking know that feeling anon.
I went through six different friends and none of them lasted playing D:OS longer than the second town at the absolute longest.
I wish I had a more normie taste in video games, I'm tired of playing stuff alone.

>>385299435

> it's the humor that /v/ doesn't seem to like

Then it means your jokes are shit. Reminds me of people putting puns with their donations in the recent SGDQ and thinking that they are funny because theyre intentionally bad, when no theyre just bad.

Its just garbage tier humor or you need to be super young to even remotely getting anything from them.

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Is undead race gonna be on launch or are they gonna delay dat shit

>>385326437
wait what? i thought that you need to kill yourself to become one or something

>>385326437
>>385326547
Latest Larian dev video confirmed Undead are a launch race.

Last I remember, the Undead are people who literally just refuse to die because of some incomplete task in their life, and their will beats out the pull of death.

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>>385325748
>>385326172

>No one man army at level 1
Fuck, i wanted to do a solo run.

>>385326848
How can anybody possibly satisfy female lizards?

>>385326791
>>385326437

FUCKING NICE

>>385327335
You put on your diving helmet and go spelunking.

>>385295397
please not this boring lame ass game with shit gameplay. please stop it.

>>385327856
Homo with shit taste please leave

>>385324967
Have they said if you'll be able to create an original party of 4 yet? I loved making two unique PC, and I wish you could have done the same with the helper characters even if it means they don't get detailed backstories.

>>385301915
You meme about RTWP, but you can't pretend that Westen turnbased isn't shitty. The combat in Fallout isn't fucking fun, autismo. You think I like waiting for a pack of dogs to take an hour finishing their turns?

>>385328639
different strokes for different folks

>>385320139
Post the comic. You know the one.

>>38532843
Lizards best race

>>385328639
I think it's fine. Definitely better than the garbage that is BG combat.

>>385303618
why are those hoplites being hosed with milk

>>385307754
That's stupid, why cut content because other companions don't have as much?

>>385329620
I doubt you've even played it recently. It's worse than I remember, I know that.

>>385309483
Is there a term if I really dislike every type of furry except lizard people?

>>385330018
Scalie, I guess.

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>>385330018
Scally

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>>385328872

>>385330018
Still furry.

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>>385298609
>>385299087
>>385301174
>>385306782
>they should have hired avellone as a lead writer

>>385326437
do we know if undead is gonna be a zombie or skeleton type deal
i haven't been able to play a skeleton in any rpg and it's infuriating

>>385326848
I'm not usually that big on beast races but i like the design for these lizards

So is it worth buying now or should I wait?

>>385331114
It's not even complete. Why would you buy now?

>>385331114

Wait for the full release nigger
You want to have the complete choice in classes/races, etc.

>>385330829
>le silly hat man!!! XD
Fuck off

>>385331203
>>385331247
FUCK I just bought it
I want to play it though... I'll just look at the lizardtits for 2 hours then refund....

>>385295397
I already have my RPG of the year, but I fully expect Divinity 2 to make me consider changing that.

>>385331415
Just pirate the latest build then check it out. There is about 10 hours of content available.

>>385331415
i mean it's cheaper to buy now than it will be on release, and i have a lot of faith in larian to make a not shit game, so if you were interested in the game you might as well keep it
any other company besides larian or cdpr i would never preorder, but i trust those two

>>385325543
>thai cuisine

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>>385330921
This was early undead concept art

>>385331302
Must suck being a fat, edgy retard who glorifies edgy writers.

>>385331758
i'm gonna cum
>rpg finally lets me play skelly
>co-op game with the best turn based combat of all time
IM GONNA CUM

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>>385331758
>wearing this as an undead summoner
COMPLETELY ERECT

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>>385331758

Is the first game good? I've been looking for a good coop rpg to play with a buddy. Is it like Baldurs Gate?

Hype but I'm worried about the music.

>>385331415
I don't understand... how is it possible to contain all that autism without hitting critical mass?

>>385302152
Where you at, brah? We can suck each others dick too if you want to.

>>385332409
Why? Isn't it the same composer as the first one?

>>385332408
it's turn based combat, but it's the best coop rpg in terms of gameplay ever made
story is whatever but you'll have enough fun with your friend i'm sure you wont care

>>385332586
Original composer passed away

>>385331758
This is supposed to be undead also I think

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>>385332849
Fuck forgot image

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>>385332408
It's turn based. It's pretty dynamic but the game kinda runs out of steam after the first town. I managed to sequence break it without realizing on my first playthrough because there was a bit too narrow and obscure sequence to keep the story going as it was meant to be. Also, at some point there's that "where the hell am I supposed to level up now" -moment.

But alas, it's quite good. I recommend it.

>>385332586
Kiril ded.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WegQy3aUo-Y

The new theme is pretty fine, tho.

>>385329179
What did I miss?

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>>385332827
>>385332956
Oh.

>>385332956
I could sit in character creation listening to that hymn for hours.

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>>385332927
>That top left
>I can finally play a modern good RPG where I'm a full on death knight of justice

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>here's your mermaid

>>385318363
>4 player co-op
Sign me the fuck up
Too bad all my friends are on console. Might have to pick up the console version eventually just for that

>>385333792
>we want the Souls audience

>>385334125
I wanna fuck that abomination

>>385333792
Oh hey, it's Queen Nightmare-for-a-butt

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>>385334542
>>385334259
>>385334125
>>385333792
DivOS2 is too edgy for me now, what the fuck happened?

>>385333882
They have always had a bit macabre aspects to their world, but sure.

>>385332927
God damn we Artorias now
Those are some baller threads

The artworks are amazing

continue

>>385324340
>using animation still from gothic 1
Also coming to consoles it is a fact that'll suck.

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>>385295397
fuck, i just remembered something
>kikestarted it, should get a game
>after month or two, i got an e-mail that something is wrong blah blah contribution rejected
>never bothered to even check it out, money was sent but who cares about $20 or even less
>now i'll probably have to pay full price for it
i think i got scammed

damn, that releases on my birthday

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>tfw watched matt mercer show off the dungeon master mode back when they first announced it
seems like a lot of fun for one shots but idk about running any sort of real campaign through it. anyone think they'll actually give it a shot?

>>385334721

Divinity's tone was always a bit whimsical and goofy at times. If anything, they're adding in edgy concept designs to balance it out a bit more.

So are these monster designs actually going to be in the game or is it just fun concept art?

>>385337246

that is fucking amazing

>>385334721
That's always how Divinity has been though. Extremely goofy on the surface but the actual lore is pretty grim dark.

Hell, half way through Divinity 2, almost everyone you had met up to that point is brutally murdered.

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>>385337754
Haven't seen a lot of them yet, since some look like bosses or high end stuff, this one is definitely in though. They have been sporadically posting these on their twitter with accompanying bestiary information.

These are some really cool drawings, GOTY 2017

>>385338109
Oh nice, they're really good but some seem like they might be difficult to 3d model but I imagine they'll change some aspects of the designs for it.

>>385337983

Not to mention the extremely rigorous selection process for Battle Tower staff.

I was just thankful that there were clear assholes with each choice so I could feel a little less bad about choosing between who lived and who died.

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>>385335396
Oh fuck off with the persecution! Harpies are supposed to be sexy! What's this bullshit?!

>>385338731

>harpies
>sexy

xenophile race-traitor bastard

>>385337665
I like whimsy. It was supposed to be escapism not nightmaregoggles.png

>>385299648
>He didn't like role playing with his friends

Playing as two brother mages who were complete dicks to each other was one of the best experiences me and my friend had