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Divine Divinity may be Divinly inspired

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 36 / 37
Date: November 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'm almost tempted to believe that Divine Divinity was divinely inspired. This is probably one of the more addictive and fun single person RPG's available. Period.

As a D&D player and Game Master for several years, I highly recommend Divine Divinity to anyone that wants the same kind of "feel" as tabletop games.

Although there are only three character types (Fighter, Mage, and "Survivor" [or "Thief" if you prefer]) you can choose to be either a female character or a male character, making six choices altogether. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Once you have this simple decision made, you are thrust into a vast world that you have to find out about before you can solve all the possible quests. I have a list of over 27 pages of quests and sub-quests so far, and I may not have discovered them all. This world is absolutely =huge= for a computer RPG.

The graphics are great, although a little resource intensive. The game recommends a 450mhz computer with 128MB of RAM, (256 is "recommended"), a DirectX 8 compliant video card with at least 8MB of memory, an 800x600 monitor, and a few other features, as well as the most important item - 2.5 GIGS of free Hard Drive space. I suspect you should at least think about doubling =all= of that. I'm running a 800MB computer with 256 MB of ram and a 64MB DirectX 9 compliant video card, and I find loading times a little slow even on that.

But it's worth it. I've played for about 200 hours of game time now, and still haven't found everything I need to complete some of the quests. I find my knowledge of RPG's invaluable. I can't wait until I get to the end - and I have no idea where that is.

People, this game hardly got anywhere near the advertising that it deserved. Most people are discovering it by word of mouth. And this review is here to help you decide to try it. If you are into computer RPG's at all, I think it's worth buying.

Divine Divinity : best new rpg out there

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 19 / 21
Date: February 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Well, seems like everyone wants to compare this game to Diablo 2 so what the hey guess i will too. I bought the diablo battle chest (diablo, diablo 2 , diablo 2 expansion and guide) about six months before i got this and was astounded by how little depth there was. The whole game was just a hack-and-slash nightmare, fun for a while but got boring quite quickly. Divine Divinity literally has somewhere around 80 quests in it. It has an amzing amount of depth, the characters are funny, interesting and best of all realistic. You'll be sucked into a fantasy world filled with many different kinds of races and monsters (orcs lizards, imps and so on)but though the monsters are fun to kill whats more amazing is all the character interaction in Divine Divinity. There are hundreds of people that you can trade with and talk to. The people face some realistic troubles in the game (one poor guy steals cows for meat and you are asked to find and expose him, dont have to though d:))but also there are the classic rpg type quests, aka kill this guy, get this thing but most of the quests are quite more interesting than that. On the cover of divine divinity it says "create your own destiny" well this is basically the main thing larian was trying to do make an rpg where you could be 3 different classes ( warrior, survivor and wizard) male or female and either be a good or a bad guy. You can decide to become a member of the theives guild and rip off poor people or you could be a hero who pays the poor's debts and helps everyone out. It is very much like baldurs gate in this way, for instance you can walk up to someone with a sword and start attacking them, which makes the gaurds go after you. If you do things like that your reputation goes way down and gaurds will attack you. Reputations go -100 ( if someone likes you that little they'll kill you) to 100 ( give you good prices love you.) mine currently is 33 which means regular people like me 33 some like me 100 because of all the trading i do with them. Your main goal is to become the divine one and kill the god of chaos ( some crazy god who loves spreading discord.) but on the way there you get to do tons of interesting and fun quests. Well ive been kind of wandering about so ill just do a pro- con list. PROS-Tons of character interaction, non player characters are funny and realistic with great stories to tell. Can trade with almost all npcs - Alot of humour. Many books lying around in the world that tell about funny and interesting things. lots of funny people too. - Great story line story unfolds and is beautiful masterpeice of a talemuch better than diablos -just right amount of hack-and-slash -tons of different armor and charms and spellbooks.
- amzing amount of control in character development ( for instance i am a warrior who can pick any lock, lay down deadly traps, turn people into frogs summon demonic knights and do amazing combat moves) - all skills rule
- The three amazing skills deadly gift( a steel scorpion is sweet takes down any boss) freeze well obvious that one and poison weapon.
Cons
-Major glitches game may go very slow
-Game is a bit too easy
thats all read the divine divinity walkthrough by steve meltzer or sumat for more info

Keeps your Interest and FUN!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 17 / 18
Date: December 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Divine Divinity is an RPG with more than just the usual 'find the magic stuff' type quests. In fact, there are a plethora of interesting things to do within the rich world of this game.

You have the option of playing a male or female character; and one of three types: Magic-user, Warrior or "survivor" (thief). I've not gotten too far in the game, and yet it is of such a quality that I am drawn to it, even though I have tended to get tired of other RPG's quite easily. This one is holding my attention probably because the options for play are extensive. Skills, that in other games are tied to one character type, are wide-open in this game. Perhaps you'd rather play a mage that can kick-butt? You can do that here.

The score is a perfect accompaniment to the atmosphere of where you are in the game, and the NPC's interaction has been intelligent.

It's a great game, and I recommend it... and just for reference, I'm a 44 year old female. :)

A great game that slipped under the radar screen

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 14
Date: January 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

You may have never heard of "Divine Divinity", and that is a shame, because the game is excellent. The game has hardly any faults -- it's biggest might be the name, which is about as catchy as Corn Flakes. This offering from Larian Studios is short on flash and flair, but long on substance and game play. If you have ever complained that RPG's focus too much on sexiness over substance, then "Divine Divinity" is the game for you.

This game doesn't offer a lot in the way of originality. What makes ýDivine Divinityý such a good game is that it combines the strengths and experiences of so many other successful RPGýs, while discarding the genreýs usual faults. In addition, it makes the right tradeoffs between production values and core gameplay ý tradeoffs that should be made more often in the PC gaming business. You can tell that the developers for the game know what truly makes a good RPG.

The game certainly puts its worst foot forward when it introduces itself. When you start it up, it screams "Diablo clone from hell", with the red bulb for health, blue bulb for mana, and yellow bar for fatigue. However, the game quickly shows that is is a great open-ended RPG, and not just a dungeon crawl. The world is huge. Massive. Gargantuan. Morrowind-like. The game is truly open-ended, allowing you to wander and travel at will, exploring where you wish, and solving whatever quests you want. You could probably play for 150 hours if you wanted to without starting over, although it takes more like about 80 hours to finish.

The game uses 2D graphics, which are not breathtaking, but still good. The environments look excellent, and rarely look repetitive. There are mountain caverns, sewers, forests swamps, cities, etc. The game is loaded with hundred's of NPC's many of which look unique and have unique dialog trees. The soundtrack for the game is not remarkable, but it is still very good and has a lot of different sounds for the game's different areas. RPG fans will be pleased to see that most of the quests are not of the mundane ýFedExý variety. They involve solving mysteries, exposing criminals, and accomplishing military objectives.

"Divine Divinity" excels the most in the RPG's most underappreciated area: the interface. DD's superior interface is a prime example of how this game gets the nuts and bolts right. Any detail of the game, whether it is inventory, skills, or the map, can be quickly and efficiently accessed. Multiple windows can be kept open to make tasks easier. Inventory management is refreshingly easy to use, and so is the in-game journal. The game has an in-game mini-map, as well as an attractive map screen with 3 zoom levels. The user can assign the 12 Function keys as shortcuts to almost any item or action. ýDivine Divinityý rarely bogs down inventory management sessions, or any of the other tedious shortcomings of most RPGýs. The game takes roughly 80-100 hours to complete, and they are all quality hours.

By far, ýDivine Divinityýsý only serious fault is its horrendous saving and loading times. The gameýs ýQuický save might be the slowest quick save ever created. Transitions that require a loading are rare, but when they occur, they provide a good opportunity for doing household chores.

It's hard to describe why a game like this is so good, because this game does so many little things right that you have to experience them to appreciate them. You might not fall in love with the game at first. Once you do, you will see that "Divine Divinity" has few faults, and is a lot of fun to play.

Divine Diviniy Review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 15
Date: January 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If you are a RPG fan, this is definetly one of the best games for you!
Divine Divinity is a diablo-style game with great graphics, solid storyline, tons of characters to interact with and so many side quests it'll keep you playing for about 100 hours!
The only bad thing about it is that it has no multiplayer, but that's about all.
Everytime you talk to someone, you will get a lot of choices, and depending on how you chose to act, that's how the game will go.
The game has many skills that you can learn. And the good thing is that you can learn skills from every type of character. For example, you can be a warrior and be extremely good at casting spells!
There's more to say about this wonderful game, but I'll let you discover for yourself! Have fun with this five-star game!

An outstanding RPG

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: January 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have been playing RPGs for many years and this is the best. The world is vast with lots of interesting characters, quests, treasure and a central theme that keeps you hooked. Unlike many other games of this type, Divine Divinity can be played without a hint book. Puzzles are not so difficult that only a cheat book will get you through. Additionally, the interface is exceedingly easy to use. The people who designed this game got it right! Be warned though that your older PC may struggle to run the game. It requires a fair amount of memory (will run on 128k, but I recommend at least 256k) and processor speed (probably a minimum of 700mhz). If you like RPGs, I think you will love Divine Divinity.

Excellent RPG game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: February 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Wow! I finished this game yesterday and I have to say it's possibly the best role-playing game I've ever played. Not to oversell it, but it has lots of nice touches and is polished as well as addictive.

First, a complaint. It isn't the most stable game I've ever played. I have a plain-vanilla gaming PC, Intel chips, ATI video card and so on but I had to learn to save every half hour or so due to frequent crashes. Regardless of the settings I used, I had occasional untimely crashes to the desktop, about once a day.

The voice-acting is very good, I don't remember anything that was horrible and some of it was quite good. There is a strong storyline, similar to Diablo II and the acting and video cutscenes add to the atmosphere. The ending is anti-climactic but by then I was too tired to appreciate it anyway.

It is a hard game, in the initial levels your character is at risk of death by nearly anything, but later on it gets better. I've already started to replay the game since it was so fun the first time thru and I unintentionally messed up some of the quests by tackling them too quickly.

One note about the gameplay: it isn't terribly well-balanced. If you can get any weapon that does decent damage and does frost damage, you can kill nearly anything from that point on fairly easily. You can still get swarmed under, but one-on-one no boss can match you. Also, the traps you can set with steel scorpions are ridiculously strong so I tried to never use them once I got to level 10 or so. Also, as soon as you can poison your weapon it gets much easier to kill critters since poison can more than double the damage you do and it continues for a few seconds.

Unlike lots of RPGs, you don't have to debate which race to pick, or what type of magic to master. You can learn any spell whether you're a warrior or a thief or a wizard, and master any weapon as well. There are no limits on armor for spell-casters either which I also appreciated. You definitely want to learn a variety of spells since the graphics are so spectacular.

You can beat the game as a straight-out fighter but you'd miss a lot of good eye candy. The only difference as far as gender goes is the character's appearance and the two skills you start with. I chose the female thief because of her starting abilities but it was amusing to hear her interaction with other characters and how her appearance changed with different armor and weapons.

I've played Diablo II and the expansion and it was great. There are rip-offs of that game out there but DD isn't one of those. Diablo was based on games that came before it and DD draws from other games as well but that's not the same thing as a clone.

I highly recommend exploring every inch of the map as there are countless critters to kill and baddies to defeat, all for that great experience as well as the fun. Some games, such as Dungeon Siege, are fun but inane in some ways. You can't see any benefit from completing quests, you can't select skills etc, but DD is a treat as you tailor your character stats and skills however you want.

There is also a lively online forum if you get stuck in the game or have some technical problem. You can get a walkthru or just a hint, whatever you need, which is good since I couldn't find a game guide anywhere. This is handy if you have a hard time getting or completing a quest on your own.

Compared to Morrowind, Dungeon Siege and Arcanum, Divine Divinity is terrific, and it's at least on a par with Diablo II and even with it's problems it was more stable for me than Diablo II was. Gameplay and graphics are at least as good as any of those games and most of the voice-acting is superior.

As far as replayability goes, that seems to be very good too as I didn't hesitate more than a few hours before starting over with a new character. This time I won't waste a single skill point to identify my loot since merchants will do that for a fee and money is so unimportant later on. Much better to have an extra point for something else.

As someone else has noted, the interface is well-thought-out and the journal and automap are great. You can review conversations you've had to get more info for quests you're on or if you forget what was said. It would be nice to be able to carry more loot, but I'm a greedy sort of adventurer.

I would have liked a more dramatic ending but I think it leaves it wide-open for a Divine Divinity 2, which I'm looking forward to.

Pretty good. Definitely worth the money.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: April 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I've played Diablo II for many, many (way too many!) hours, and if you liked Diablo II, you'll like this game. There's a little bit more of a story there, and there are some unique items that make the game special. The only major complaint is the accuracy of pointing on items with the mouse - I think others have mentioned it before. But if you keep a finger near the "Ctrl" key for attacking your nearest foe automatically, that helps alleviate most of the risk associated with the difficulty of some of this. Also, this game isn't as hardware-intensive as some of the newer games, so you don't need the latest-and-greatest cards and chips to play it. And at the current price, this game is definitely worth the money. Since the part of my life with Diablo II, I've bought and tried Baldur's Gate II, Neverwinter Nights with all the expansions, Gothic II, Dungeon Seige and the Legends of Aranna, Morrowind and Icewind Dale II. Of all of these, I've only completed the original Dungeon Seige, put aside all the others, but I'm going to spend some time with "Divine Divinity". Good luck with it.

THIS GAME ROCKS!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: November 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game takes the best out of the rpg genre. and combines the action of diablo with the depth of story like baldurs gate. And the music for this game is awesome!!!

BUY THIS GAME, YOU WON'T BE DISAPOINTED!

a review of the normal

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: January 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

now first off i want to say that this is a GREAT GAME. This is the best rpg i have seen in a VERY long time. (of course this isn't saying much cause im still in my teens) It has great graphics. the action is great but controllable(can pause) and the skill chart is accessable through any character. there are at least a hundred side quests and im only half way through(including sub-quests) HOWEVER i do have 1 complaint , the level system. It is based on all other ones, gain experence and at a ridiculous number, and at that number you level up and gain 5 stat points with those stat points you can use them tword streagth(boots attack and stamina) agility(increases accuracy and dodge ability) constitutian(vitality and stamina) and mana(spell power) the main problem is that by the 15 level you have to get 500000 points.

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