I tried to like this game. I really did. While it is technically true the game is filled with customization options, story, branching choices, etc. it quickly overwhelms and loses the player. The game basically diahreas features all over the player for the first few hours of play time. At this point you may be wondering to yourself, this game sounds great what is this idiot complaining about? Aren't gamers always complaining about linearity and lack of features in RPGs? The problem with Divinity: Original Sin 2 is one of quantity over quality. Despite the truly impressive amount of features in the game, I could not escape the feeling that they were all undeveloped and paper thin. It is hard to notice because the game is just so vast but it merely hides its complete lack of depth and structure with its sheer volume of things to do. Also, the writing is bad. Like, really, really bad. 75% of it sounds like it was written by a DnD rookie trying too hard to be a dungeon master. I felt a mix of embarrassment and insult at certain dialogue trees which you will quickly find for yourself. The game just could not grab me in the first critical 10 hours of the game. Worth mentioning is the multiplayer feature which is actually kinda cool. If you have a group of (patient, open minded) friends that like playing DnD type games, this game is for you. That being said, my friends and I tried it and lasted only an hour before we broke the game out of impatience and frustration to progress quicker.

I could not get into this game at all. It slogs along, compensates for meaningful depth with a plethora of skin-deep content, and the first few hours of the game are so slow, so ungripping, I lost all interest. Maybe you think the lack of structure and hand holding is a good thing. Maybe the concept of a game stuffed with as many ridiculous features you could think of appeals to you. Maybe the game is better if you can get further in, but you'd be a much more forgiving man than I.

I tried to like this game. I really did. While it is technically true the game is filled with customization options, story, branching choices, etc. it quickly overwhelms and loses the player. The game basically diahreas features all over the player for the first few hours of play time. At this point you may be wondering to yourself, this game sounds great what is this idiot complaining about? Aren't gamers always complaining about linearity and lack of features in RPGs? The problem with Divinity: Original Sin 2 is one of quantity over quality. Despite the truly impressive amount of features in the game, I could not escape the feeling that they were all undeveloped and paper thin. It is hard to notice because the game is just so vast but it merely hides its complete lack of depth and structure with its sheer volume of things to do. Also, the writing is bad. Like, really, really bad. 75% of it sounds like it was written by a DnD rookie trying too hard to be a dungeon master. I felt a mix of embarrassment and insult at certain dialogue trees which you will quickly find for yourself. The game just could not grab me in the first critical 10 hours of the game. Worth mentioning is the multiplayer feature which is actually kinda cool. If you have a group of (patient, open minded) friends that like playing DnD type games, this game is for you. That being said, my friends and I tried it and lasted only an hour before we broke the game out of impatience and frustration to progress quicker. I could not get into this game at all. It slogs along, compensates for meaningful depth with a plethora of skin-deep content, and the first few hours of the game are so slow, so ungripping, I lost all interest. Maybe you think the lack of structure and hand holding is a good thing. Maybe the concept of a game stuffed with as many ridiculous features you could think of appeals to you. Maybe the game is better if you can get further in, but you'd be a much more forgiving man than I.