Kickstarter Alert: Divinity Original Sin

[son_of_montfort]

Alright guys, I wanted to get you all in on this new KS project that looks pretty excellent. It is for the next RPG in the Divinity saga by Larian, a fairly well received series known for its ARPG style. But this one looks particularly special. They are looking to increase player choices, boost up the interaction between elements in the game world, and provide a more open-world style. Best yet - this RPG has turned-based combat! I was in right there, as it reminds me of the old Drakensang "The Black Eye" (Stars of Arkania) games of way back when.

Anyway, check it out:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/larianstudios/divinity-original-sin

I actually was drawn in by the bundle they are offering of their upcoming game Dragon Commander - an RTS set in a similar world that is supposed to be a mash-up of Total War, a political-social sim (apparently the Undead are Conservatives, Elves are Liberals, Dwarves are Capitalists, Reptile Men are Libertarians, and Imps Technological Progressives), and an RTS where you get to control a Dragon tearing up the landscape. Sounds like my type of game!

[Longdan]

I enjoyed Divine Divinity.

[Nefaro]

Excellent!

I like that they've returned to an isometric style 'quarter' view.  Turn-based combat is good news, too.

Divine Divinity was one of my favorite RPGs and also one of the handful I played to completion and still played afterward.  Oddly enough, the gameplay is better in DD than it was in any of the sequels, IMO.  I'm glad they're going back down that path as opposed to the 3rd-person over the shoulder ordeal of the last one.

[Tpek]

I've been eying this for a while now.

So should I really go into this Kickstarter as well (it's not like I don't already have dozens of kickstaters that I've backed and waiting to complete :P)?

[Gusington]

Dragon Commander looks crazy, in a good way.

[son_of_montfort]

Dragon Commander looks crazy, in a good way.

Yessir! Fantasy Steampunk politics including a jetpack wearing Dragon!? How can THAT go wrong!

[Gusington]

I daresay I am curious to find out.

[Nefaro]

I picked up Divinity: Original Sin's Early Access at the sale price, and I'm impressed.  I never thought they'd go back to the style of the first two Divinity games, but they have.    O0  Even added a multi-player Cooperative option with in-game chat support.

The general Steam forum consensus has been generally good, from what little I've investigated in the past few months.  I probably won't delve too far in until after official release at the end of this month because we'll probably have to start fresh.  But I've already sunk 5 hours into it, which is more than I can say for many of my games.

[Tpek]

I've been anxiously waiting for its release.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Is it turn based?  The video makes it look like its real time and Diablo-like.

[Tpek]

You bet it's turn based :)
With an AP system to boot!

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Cool!  Thanks. 

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Well shit.  Remapping controls to the numpad is buggered.  At least the game gives me the option to remap the controls to the numpad but it doesn't differentiate between the number keys on the numpad and the number keys above the qwerty keyboard. For example, I assigned NUM 8 to the move camera forward command yet I press NUM 8, the game sees it as me pressing 8 and then accesses whatever has been mapped to the position 8 slot in the quick bar.

Guess I'll be shelving this until that's fixed.

[Tpek]

Well shit.  Remapping controls to the numpad is buggered.  At least the game gives me the option to remap the controls to the numpad but it doesn't differentiate between the number keys on the numpad and the number keys above the qwerty keyboard. For example, I assigned NUM 8 to the move camera forward command yet I press NUM 8, the game sees it as me pressing 8 and then accesses whatever has been mapped to the position 8 slot in the quick bar.

Guess I'll be shelving this until that's fixed.

Fiddling with the NumLock key does not help?

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Nope.  >:(