Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition

I got curious about divinity after playing Baldurs Gate 3. The game has aged well, and though not up to date, the graphics are still beautiful to watch. The story is well told, and fun to develop. There are a few frustrating moments, e.g. when you just don't know where and why you need to get more star stone, or because you missed part of the story development because you just overlooked a few star stones.
Should fights start to feel frustrating - then you probably moved on to fast. Just go back to the original area and complete some rewarding quests. Once you are at the intended level, fighting is fun and challenging - well balanced in my opinion.

If you liked Baldurs gate and can live with the simpler graphics and dialogues, this is definitely a game worth playing.

Great game with an interesting plot and cool side quests, long enough to matter but not a behemoth. For completionists, almost 100 hours of fun. Amazing graphics for that era, sound/music is fantastic, quality voice acting, runs very well on older systems

It sports the standard Larian mechanics but with a somewhat limited selection but allows much more specialization or variation, whatever you like. The more you level the more unstoppable you become.

Highly recommend it.

great game, its very difficult to figure out whats going on unless you read a lot. but other than that its a great game once ive finished this one ill get round to playing number 2

Great game, recommend playing on tactician tho cause later on it gets fairly easy even in tactician. At start get lots of cc spells on one character

The game has an interesting story and fun gameplay.
You have to test everything, nothing is obvious, this is great!
Also, the difficulty is really good.

awesome game, immersive, although a bit quirky when trying to path during combat or when line of sight is needed for spells it gets really weird with character and environment hitboxes or slopes, the game doesn't really recognize "seeing their head" as enough so trying to place a fireball between other characters or near slopes or close by other terrain can get tricky but its possiblemost of the time

Just play the second game. This is a much worse game than the second. It's like a 6/10 compared with a 10/10. This is my second time beating the game: and I wished that I just replayed the 2nd game to beat it a fifth time because it's that much more fun. Overall its a good game, just barely.

Larian did an amazing job with this RPG game. Had tons of fun and the content is massive to explore and dig around. 10/10. Would recommend to others

It's Baldur's Gate 3 if it was made 10 years ago. What else is there to say? 10/10 phenomenal experience.

Takes a bit to get into, but once you sort of figure out what's going on, it's a great game. In the spirit of Baldur's Gate 3, you can see all of Larian's ideas in this. Great gameplay, and would recommend for anyone with BG3 withdrawal symptoms.

Game is Fantastic but so Many Blotted item that has no Use.. quest item is annoying.. i hope that if quest is done, the quest item also remove from your inventory.. and amre more...

"Divinity: Original Sin is one of the most rewarding RPGs to come along in years. Its quests and combat compelled me to think hard about my actions and choices, which is more than I usually get to say about contemporary RPGs. Its depth, personality, and combat challenges easily allow it to hold its own against the likes of heavyweights like Dragon Age: Origins."

Amazing story and characters. Could be a 10/10 if the early game was easier for new players, I was out leveled and beaten a lot in the early story missions which was really frustrating, so I was practically forced to do side quests and pick random fights to grow my characters which I didn't really enjoy because the turn based combat became boring. I recommend to play it on easy the first time if you want to enjoy the great story.

DOS2 is much better, though this is a decently enjoyable game. Got stuck at certain points, and some plot points were a bit confusing, but overall a pretty fun experience.

It's an interesting story line and fun game to play. Nothing seemed obvious and put your goodwill to the test.

I was hoping to find fun in this game, but I found misery, frustration, a stupid UI that made no sense, long-winded over dramatic, boring as hell dialogue, a difficult map system, a general sense of not knowing what I was doing, and just bumbling around until I eventually got killed by a too high level undead in the graveyard because why was it there again? I can't even be bother fighting on to see if there is something better deeper in the game.

Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition is one of the best RPGs I've ever played!
The game boasts a deep and engaging non-linear storyline, an incredibly detailed and vibrant open world, and exciting turn-based combat. It offers a plethora of mechanics and a fantastic soundtrack.

Cmon here you can communicate with animals, what more do you want?

10/10

I Got this game on a higher cost but still cheap. This game is amazing and if you enjoyed BG3 this game is the starting point. It simpler combat system but even from the beginning the character customization is nuts for the starting character. the game starts by teaching how to use terrain to your advantage.

A beautiful game, with nice, pleasant to the eye graphics, good story and interesting character development. Would recommend to any rpg fan.

It's a very fun and interactive game where you can do tons of stuffs in there.

The original Divinity Original Sin is a well written and artistically designed game that suffers greatly from terrible balancing, insane difficulty levels, and unfair combat scenarios that unless approached in very specific way offer little to no variety in terms of gameplay. While playing, you often find yourself in situations when one encounter is handled with ease, and another leads to an almost immediate party wipe despite both encounters being of the same level and the same area.

I at some point had more issues with a level 8 miniboss than I did with most lvl 16 encounters. I had to go back to it with a level 14 group just to be able to kill it. Same goes with some other encounters, as I had to be over-leveled to even stand a chance, and XP was a rare commodity.

During the last boss I had to decrease the difficulty from classic (normal) to explorer (easy), and even then it was an utter struggle as my resources were depleted from having to take down 2 bosses in a row, and the final one was overpowered to the limit of the definition. I quite literally couldn't finish the game.

You name it, they had it: 10 k hp ( I dealt 200 damage with full divine gear) , resistance to everything, resistance to resistance debuffs, the ability to kill most targets in a single hit, immunity to stunning, and constant help from waves of equally as powerful minions.

I love the second game, and the story of the first, so I'd love to give the game a positive review, but given the amount of frustration I faced playing it, I will simply have to go negative. In no sane world should a "normal" difficulty cause frustration or require constant reloading.

Even though I started playing Divinity: Original Sin after having played Baldur's Gate 3, I think I like them just as equally. You can definitely see the seeds that were planted in Div grow and bloom in BG3. While the plot and dialogue is a little rougher here, it's still good story telling where your choices can influence the way the game unfolds. If you're a fan of BG3, you'll probably like this one too.

My first CRPG, I really loved this game, probably one of the best coop campaign experience I ever had, Thank You Larian

This is the first isometric RPG adventure game I've played since my childhood days playing Pool of Radiance on my old Amstrad. To say that Divinity is a much better game seems like understating to the extreme.

The only gripe I make about this game is that there is A LOT of dialogue, and much of it is so cringe you'll wish you didn't have to take it ALL in. There is kind of a charm to it, though, so it's not total barf. Just maybe too much of it.

Extra points for all the settings options to tailor the game to my needs. It's a great game, accessible, and a heck of a good time if you can find a best friend to play it with.

Buy this game, especially if on sale! D.O.S 1 Enhanced looks ok, but it's not Elden Ring.
Baldur's Gate 3 is the best game I have ever played. Larian makes great tactical RPG's!
Having played this game for almost 2 hours, I can say with certainty I'll be going for 100% achievements in this game. It's not a hack and slash (unless you want it to be).

I've worked my way backwards with Larian's RPG's. Got 100% achievements in BG3, then 100% in Divinity Original Sin 2 when I found it on sale, it was awesome!

I enjoy the story and dialogue, as you need to pay attention to the hints the game is dropping you. Also the logbook is essential to follow the main story. Overall 9/10

A great ISO RPG! Don't let its age or the fact that there's a sequel fool you : it's a great game by the same people who made Baldur's Gate 3! So give it a try, and say hello to a cow for me. :)

It's the game that made me fall in love with Larian long before BG3 and honestly first CRPG that I truly loved despite that it wasn't my first game.

Story isn't the best but the gameplay makes up for it,

divinity has a good story with one of the best turn based combat system. Must Try

Decent RPG. Really enjoyed it thus far, it holds up fairly well and the companions you encounter are generally all pretty interesting and fleshed-out.

The story doesn't move along quit as well as DOS2, but the gameplay is the same and I'm enjoying it. DOS2 is a better game, but this one is still fun. Might want to mod up speed and health after combat, but that is a personal pref. decision

I came back to this game because of the steam deck, it runs exceptionally well on it! The game clearly didn’t have the same budget af DOS2 and BG3, and this mainly shows in the poorly designed puzzles and relatively shallow story. But if you don’t mind looking up the solution to a puzzle now and then, and don’t mind shallow NPCs, then the game can be pretty fun. It has solid combat mechanics, a lot of decent voice acting, and good character customization options.

I would definitely recommend this game, however, there are a few caveats.

First of all, this is an enormous work, an absolutely breathtaking highly detailed world which takes you on the journey rich in fantasy and well-crafted battles. The story is nothing to sneeze at as well, featuring complex characters and a lot of puzzles. Overall, the game is incredibly good.

However, there are a few irritants on this path. The fact you can't switch characters and a random character gets selected for the dialogue is... disgusting, I had this a lot with one of my character (high Charisma) being ignored. Some minor bugs as well, with Arhu Controller being the most annoying of them. The fact you can't accuse characters despite having the important evidence (like the All-Mother) is also quite something, you need just one little piece despite having everything else, which might be enough to accuse even the dictator's son. NPC voices are so damn repetitive and annoying and triggering, like the merchants in Cyseal market. Most of the puzzles are arbitrary (except for the animal maze one, that was fantastic) and random, like the final puzzle, or "go to random places on the map and see if your non-combat stat is high enough". Collecting Star Stones was also a pain.

Overall, however, an amazing game.

TLDR: There is truly a great game buried deep, DEEP, down here. It’s a real shame that so much design and effort went into ways to slow down and frustrate the player.

General Thoughts/Overview:
Odd review time again, this game could be for you! There is so much right with it, it depends on if you can see through the flaws and embrace the virtues.

So I finally played Divinity Original Sin: Enhanced Edition (DOS:EE). I’ve had this so long I didn’t even remember I’d been given a free copy of the EE. Thanks, devs, I really appreciate that. I was warned it was long… But I’m actually surprised it has more than a 10% finish rate… even the 7% finish rate of the original surprises me, it was a real slog.

The easiest way to describe the gameplay, is that it’s REALLY quite good… When you’re allowed. It’s a turn based combat system based around acquirable skills based on your class, with environmental modifiers. It’s very easy to learn, very satisfying to master and to cheese, and very poorly balanced if you’re under/over levelled. The problem, dear reader, is that you’re not allowed to play unless you’ve done your homework.

But I’ll get into that in a little bit.

Much like every teenage boy on a message board post 2000, we are the source hunters. A dynamic duo who’s training, history, and entire lives are built around finding and destroying magic users wherever we find them. Naturally one of the first encounters in the game is with a shapeshifting magic user who we completely neglect to murder, closely followed by an encounter where we can recruit a mage to our cause in… hunting down and killing mages.

Now before my propensity for being glib takes me, we should dive into the nuts and bolts.


Pros:

• The music, voice acting, and general sound design is all delightfully nice. A lot will get repetitive if you spend the 80 hours with it that I did… But it doesn’t ever detract from the experience.
  
• As previously mentioned, the combat system is fantastic. It can lead to some frustrations, however it is fundamentally well put together and extremely enjoyable.
  
• The world is large, the maps are detailed, and you often get rewarded for exploration. This makes the hours you’ll spend combing the area for secrets much more bearable.
  

• The biggest con, as previously eluded to, is that you simply aren’t allowed to play the game.
  
  i. Quests are supremely frustrating, with many taking multiple areas and a large swathe of time to solve. This could actually be a pro, however DOS:EE is terrible at explaining and choreographing. Sometimes you just missed a lever, sometimes you need to wait 12 hours to meet someone, sometimes you just didn’t hit the thing you’re meant to hit. There is very little hand holding, and that too could have been a pro. But there is also no intuitive way of knowing what to do or where to go.
  
  ii. Equipment is an excel spreadsheet of calculations. You need to reject an optimisation mind-set to truly enjoy this game. I could not. A minimum of a third of my hours was spent comparing items and getting caught in an anxiety loop trying to determine which stats would be best, or searching every basket, bush, and rabbit hole for loot. Most of which I never used ‘in case I need it later’. Sure you can argue that’s a user end problem, but I know you’d never put money down on me being the only one.
  
  iii. Another significant portion of my time was spent out of combat, waiting on healing cooldowns. Why? Because it’s a long walk back here, and it takes less time to wait minutes to get my puny heals to fill the hp bars. Sometimes I’d eat a ton of food, sometimes I’d use my precious pots… but generally, I needed to wait. And that’s not fun.
  
  
• The game has such a poor inventory optimisation and gear distribution system. Give me one giant inventory and let me see everyone at once. PLEASE. Having to nip through each character to check everything every time drove me mental, to the point where my 4th character went into the final fight wearing crappy lvl 5 boots because that’s about the time I gave up on doing it all properly, and they were constantly being left out.
  
• Another way the game grinds you to a halt is with the identification, charisma, and repair systems. These cost nothing but space in your inventory where you swap out clothes. It’s a bunch of added busy body steps and it’s a tiresome detraction from the fun parts of the game. It also adds to the anxiety when it comes to crafting and improving gear… but the bonuses improve with your level, so you’re forever lugging or storing stuff ‘to use later’ because it’ll be out of date in 5 minutes when you can make a better one or you’ll find something even better than that stuffed up the arse of a nearby goblin.
  

• Single inventory with all characters on screen to do gear.
  
• Restrict loot to prevent this comparison nightmare – it wouldn’t be a problem if it were just one character, it’s because there are 4 it’s an issue.
  
• Consume keys on use, don’t give us stupid inert stones, use up quest scrolls if they’re never going to be used again, give us an indication on if we’ve read a skill/passive book. Make it open or something. This would reduce the busy work even more.
  
[*] Completely remove the crafting element. If we’re to repair, let the smiths do it for gold. If we can have things enchanted, give us an ally who can do it for gold. Keep reducing those pointless timewasting interactions and let us play the game.

I would say one of the top 3 RPGs in videogame history. Genuinely had such a fun time playing it the first time around with co op. on my 3rd playthrough right now with a different person. Still great seeing the characters, story, enemies, and environment. I genuinely believe this is one of the best videogames ever created. and its a shame the second one is so much more popular because this one is the better one imo. 10/10

I'm unsure of my purpose in life. With a game like this I can complete the tasks as assigned giving me a sense of reward and accomplishment without actually having to break down the need to do goals in the real world into reasonably manageable tasks. The writing is fine, the voice acting is fine, the game play is fine, the distraction is chefs kiss.

Enemy CC my whole party, then i CC all the enemies and keep them in an eternal stunlock as im killing them off one by one.

Great CC fest, my roommate says its like moba.

But hey, writing is Larian Tier as usual.

Ps. Have you noticed that the toombstones of a dog person and a cat person are at the opposite ends of the graveyard. Accident? I dont think so.

this game is fun until it isnt. the last 30% of the game is virtually unbearable, Its an absolute slog with an unsatisfactory ending. Play divinity:OS 2. much better game.

I have mixed feelings about this game. It's hard to recommend it blindly with so many better options out there, but at the same time, it's hard not to recommend it.
The combat is fun, but it becomes a bit trivial once you understand how the AoE skills work. Fire tends to be pretty essential in most battles, but there are different skill trees and approaches that work really well. Personally, I’m a fan of the scoundrel skills. On its own, the combat is great, and that’s probably why other Larian games like DOS2 and BG3 have been so successful, they really nailed the turn based combat. chef´s kiss here.
The problem is, combat can only carry a long ass game like this so far when the story is so bland. It’s not that it’s bad—it’s just... not good. It feels a bit hollow, and the motivations aren’t strong enough to make me care about the characters. Except Wolgraf, he´s king. But overall, there’s not a single moment that will stick with me. I think the game might’ve worked better as a series of smaller stories or adventures, rather than trying to build an epic narrative that doesn’t quite land.
As a result, the first half of the game is great, but the second half starts to drag. And the quests? Again, nothing really memorable there, just more opportunities to play out different combat scenarios. I must say, however, that there is a bit choice and consequence that impacts some quests and some quests can be solved (at least partially) with charisma/dialogue, albeit with a lame RPS mini game.
At the end of the day, DOS is a product of its time. Back in the decline era, this was a risky project. By 2015 standards, it was pretty impressive. But in the grand scheme of CRPGs, I’m not sure it would even make the top 100. Still, it’s a charming game if you don’t take it too seriously. Unfortunately I did not try co-op, it requires friends that play this type of game, so the experience could be totally different and much more interesting.
And I hate the puzzles, but maybe I´m just dumb

After 54 hours of gameplay on a handheld, I can confidently say that Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition is nothing short of amazing. I went in blind, not knowing what to expect, but decided to play through Larian's earlier titles before diving into Baldur's Gate 3.

The journey so far has been epic, with creative turn-based combat, a rich world brimming with lore, and co-op mechanics that elevate the experience. However, after putting the game down for two weeks to start STALKER 2, I found myself at a frustrating crossroads. Without in-depth journal notes to fall back on, I struggled to recall what I was supposed to do next. Even after Googling and finding I needed a "blood vial," I just couldn’t piece together how to proceed.

It’s a bittersweet farewell, but with a heavy heart, I’m moving on to the second game. While the first 50+ hours were unforgettable, my journey has reminded me how vital detailed quest tracking is for long RPGs.

Still, I highly recommend this game to anyone looking for a fantastic, story-rich experience—just be sure to keep some notes handy!

Here’s to Larian’s continued brilliance. Now, onto the sequel!

Great game and has aged well. I really like the role-playing aspect that Larian Studios brings.

My first Larian game and my first full CRPG! I had this on my wishlist for years but ironically it was BG3 that finally got me to pull the trigger. I knew I would want to play this and it's sequel first before diving in to BG3 instead of going backwards. I wasn't sure how well it aged but I had a pretty good time. The game starts off really slow but once the story and quests picked up, I was engaged. I had a few instances where I felt like I was lost or wasn't sure where to go. At one point I went to the Lucalla Mines fighting higher level enemies before finding the White Witch in Hiberheim and solving that questline. I had to consult a guide a few times but it was still a very manageable experience. The combat felt surprisingly fun; and there were loads of combination to be made with spells, elements, and summons that kept the encounters fresh. Though I wish I was able to speed up the enemies turn so I could get back to playing sooner. I wasn't sure what to expect but left feeling pretty satisfied, playing this first will no doubt give me greater appreciation for Divinity 2 and BG3. Whether you've never played a CRPG before or itching for a game to play after beating BG3, I definitely recommend giving this a try!

Graphics and story are nice, but the overhead exploration of the world isn't fun for me. But it performed really well on my PC, no 30 minutes loading shaders, just install it and play it.

I don't understand how DOS2 received more praise than this game. DOS Enhanced Edition is superior in every way possible.

Only 22.8% people actually completed Act 1 (Live Undead achievement).

Its Probably the single player game i most played in my life.

The Best part of the game is the combat, the combat is 11/10.

The game have serious issues of balancing. Most talents and some skills are useles. The game is open world, but is divided in areas with permanent level, if you get to a enemy 1 level above you, you will probably die, when you get to the first town, (Cyseal), you will have 4 gates to get out of town, South, Northwest, North and East, but if you go to south, north or east, you will face enemies above your level and die.

The Story is awfull, the only characters i care in this game are the companions, and they are 10% of the game, the antagonists are cartonish characters who want to Destroy the world or conquest it.

If you want to play a Larian Game, go play DOS 2 or Baldurs Gate 3. But if even with my warnings you want to play this, for the love of god use a save editor, or you will perceive after 40 hours that you characters is useles and you can't do enough damage.

2 hours review: looks like a good game
After playing the campaign of original sin 2 , I was bored of playing the same combat over and over again, I was looking for a challange with somewhat known mechanics and a challanging gameplay, after playing for 2 hours I think it is the solution I was looking for, I will update in the future about my futher gameplay, but so far, the female model looks great, the attributes show that there is an actual complex system at work and the combat flows just like original sin 2. So far, everything looks perfect but I will update once played more hours

Good Larian-styled game

Pros:
- Okay graphic
- Interesting combat
- Okay story, quests & dialogues
- Less violent than D:OS2

Cons:
- Quite nerdy
- Inventory management is tired
- Quest marker is bad, waste of time
- Need a guide

Overall: 7.4/10
Map of farming areas: https://imgur.com/a/divinity-original-sin-maps-uK4zS#0

İlk RPG oyunum. Hikaye nedense beni o kadar sarmadı ama devam ediyorsun işte bir şekilde. Combat zevkli oluyor baya rekabetçi. Lootlar falan da güzel. Oynanır denenir ama 5$ kadar eder mi bilemedim. Belki Divnity original sins 2 deneybilirsiniz

Loved frequently dying to various forms of highly volatile liquids and getting one shotted by traps, would play again

the powers suck dick they say 115 percent chance to apply status affect but 9 times out of 10 it doesnt fucking hit its bullshit why give me a power that doesnt work most of the fucking time like just why