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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 1.6 hrs on record (1.5 hrs at review time)
Posted: 17 Oct, 2023 @ 12:33pm
Updated: 17 Oct, 2023 @ 2:08pm

I ACTUALLY HAVE 111 HOURS PLAYED, BUT PLAYED THEM OFFLINE

Divinity II is perhaps the RPG experience. Having come from mainly bethesda RPG's, Divinity II has opened my eyes to the potential of the genre.
It starts a bit slow but once you get into it, you can truly start to live in Rivellon. Being able to talk to everyone and being able to interact with pretty much anything, allows for you to feel like you have a place in the game world.

The good
- Built from the ground up for co-op (which can be done with only one copy is you are a bit cheeky)
- Funny and very well written dialogue
- Always more than three ways to solve an issue
- Incredible freedom
- Doesn't shy away from letting players cheese and solve fights/issues by being smart
- Rewards players for thinking out of the box
- Your choices matter
- Your attributes matter and you are rewarded for having a high level in a skill
- Intricate combat system (may take a while to understand fully)
- Very detailed and intricate environments
- Good story
- Pretty much anything you can think of doing, the developers accounted for

The bad
- Don't play if you don't like reading or paying attention
- Not doing every quest in an Act, will lock you out of precious XP
- Inventory management is a pain.
- The quest with the two dogs in Fort Joy doesn't have a happy ending :(

All in all, I'd say that until I have played Baldur's Gate 3, Divnity II is the standard for what RPG should be. If you like RPG's and are not shy of reading and really investing yourself in a world, I would highly recommend Divnity II.

9/10
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