Divinity: Original Sin II

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Divinity: Original Sin II is an incredible achievement – so many levels, jam-packed packed with heart, intelligence, and confidence. One of the best RPGs of modern times.

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Divinity: Original Sin II is an incredible achievement - so many levels, jam-packed packed with heart, intelligence, and confidence. One of the best RPGs of modern times.

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GameCentral (Metro GameCentral)

One of the best computer role-playing games ever, with such a level of complexity and flexibility it’s difficult to believe it exists, let alone that it could ever be bettered.

September 28, 2017 |

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A CRPG of unparalleled breadth and dynamism, Original Sin 2 is Larian’s masterpiece.

September 21, 2017 |

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Rick Lane (Eurogamer)

9.6/10

Leif Johnson (IGN)

It’s a rare RPG that I’ll want to play through again and again, driven by the feeling that so many fascinating and surprising paths remain undiscovered, some of which might lead to different outcomes for the NPCs I’ve grown to care about – even the rats. When that happens, you’re experiencing something worth remembering, and Divinity: Original Sin 2 will be remembered as one of the greats.

September 21, 2017 |

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GameCentral (Metro GameCentral)

10/10 - (Read Review)

One of the best computer role-playing games ever, with such a level of complexity and flexibility it’s difficult to believe it exists, let alone that it could ever be bettered.

Rick Lane (Eurogamer)

Recommended - (Read Review)

A CRPG of unparalleled breadth and dynamism, Original Sin 2 is Larian’s masterpiece.

Leif Johnson (IGN)

9.6/10 - (Read Review)

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3DNews	Денис Щенников	10 / 10	09-29-2017	Divinity: Original Sin 2 truly is a masterpiece. It is a triumph for Larian Studios, instant classic and a new standard for RPG genre.	Read review
Areajugones	Víctor Rodríguez	9.8 / 10	09-28-2017	Larian Studios has created a true masterpiece and a game that challenges other great titles for the crown of the RPG genre. Divinity: Original Sin II is everything that a role game should aim for.	Read review
Bazimag	Mohammad Javad Farajollahi	10 / 10	10-05-2017	Having been inspired by great games, Divinity Original Sin 2 carries good features from all famous role-playing titles. Exploration-based game-play, extreme battles, entertaining construction system, rich and beautiful story, appropriate dialogue system, eye-catching visuals, gorgeous music and sound system are all elegant features of DOS 2. Do not miss playing this game!	Read review
Cerealkillerz	Julian Bieder	9 / 10	09-11-2018	Larian Studios has perfected their already astounding game with Divinity: Original Sin II	Read review
CGMagazine	Jesse Cabral	9.5 / 10	09-27-2017	Divinity Original Sin 2 is a master class in what RPGs should be. Amazing writing and detail paired with astounding freedom. A must play for RPG fans.	Read review
Chalgyr’s Game Room	Pierre-Yves Lanthier	10 / 10	10-02-2017	I am for once at a serious lack of where to start since I can’t just declare 10/10 what are you waiting for and go get it! Though I may just have… Divinity Original Sin 2 is the sequel to the reboot of the series that took to Kickstarter a few years back and has made a mark on both the PC and the Console markets alike. Back again with even better visuals, multiple playable races, choice of musical instruments to play your background music, custom characters or special ones with more storylines and the ability to customize their classes as you see fit? (Takes a breath) It took some time getting out of character creation	Read review
Checkpoint Gaming	Elliot Attard	Recommended	10-03-2017	Divinity Original Sin 2 is that perfect sequel, it knew what made the original great, understood its weaknesses and then went balls to the wall to attempt to make the best product possible. Without a doubt, Divinity Original Sin 2 is up there with some of the best games released this year, and up their with some of the best CRPGs ever released.	Read review
COGconnected	Alexander Thomas	89 / 100	09-22-2017	While there is much to see and do, this is a game about being methodical, taking it slow and exploring every possibility before moving forward.	Read review
Cubed3	Chris Leebody	10 / 10	10-13-2017	This is an experience that needs to be discovered and savoured by any PC gamer, but especially any role-playing fan.	Read review
Destructoid	Patrick Hancock	9 / 10	10-16-2017	Divinity: Original Sin 2 is a perfect example of how to create a sequel. It took what the first game did well and ramped it up while fixing many of the original’s annoyances. The freedom here is unlike anything I have come across in a long time, and the game is better for it. There are certainly some things that still don’t feel quite right, in addition to various bugs, but this is easily one of the best RPGs of modern times.	Read review
Digiato	Shayan Karami	92 / 100	11-07-2017	Divinity: Original Sin 2 has been made by passionate people who are deeply in love with what they do for a living. this love can be seen and felt in every moment of gameplay and makes Original Sin 2 one the best CRPGs of all time.	Read review
Easy Allies	Ben Moore	4.75 / 5 stars	03-02-2018	Divinity: Original Sin 2 is an incredibly rich RPG that not only builds a world filled with choice, but makes you care deeply about those decisions.	Read review
Eurogamer	Rick Lane	Recommended	09-22-2017	A CRPG of unparalleled breadth and dynamism, Original Sin 2 is Larian’s masterpiece.	Read review
Fextralife	Castielle	9.5 / 10	09-22-2017	Divinity: Original Sin 2 takes the already high bar set by its predecessor and somehow dead lifts it to even greater heights. Larian has proven that it knows exactly how to make THE GAME that everyone wants, because they are the GAMER everyone else is. Divinity: Original Sin 2 doesn’t do anything complicated or confusing, it simply delivers what players want in a game: challenge, creativity, freedom and of course the ability to share all that with your BFFs. As it stands now Divinity: Original Sin 2 is the front runner for RPG of the Year. For 44.99$ this game is vastly under priced and is perhaps one of the few games out there that actually justifies a 59.99$ price tag.	Read review
Game Informer	Daniel Tack	9.8 / 10	09-18-2017	A majestic offering that stands tall among the greatest PC RPGs of all time	Read review
Gameblog	Camille Allard	9 / 10	09-19-2017	Divinity Original Sin 2 is undoubtedly one of the best RPGs we’ve seen since a long time. Deep, rich, various and gorgeous are the right words to describe this game. Larian has made a true masterpiece.	Read review
GameCrate	David Jagneaux	9.8 / 10	09-22-2017	Stop whatever it is you’re doing right now, and go play this game. Divinity: Original Sin 2 is a definitive game-of-the-year contender, and one of the best RPGs to be released this entire decade.	Read review
Gamefa	Mehdi Rahimi	9.5 / 10	10-31-2017	It’s a fun experience and despite its bad music tracks, it has all the other requirements of a good game. The game has some fun features such as the PetPal spell- which allows you to talk with animals- and the Game Master mode. This is one of the few games I’ve played that presents a massive amount of content to the player. Surely it has a few bad things in some sections but still, if you love RPGs then you have to give it a try. I’m sure you are going to like it as much as I did.	Read review
GameGrin	Kayla Hill	10 / 10	09-22-2017	With its rich story, compelling characters, and wealth of different ways to approach any situation, Divinity: Original Sin 2 is a title that plants its flag in the tactical RPG genre and stands heads and tails above its competitors. Requiring plenty of patience to learn the game mechanics and to absorb the immense amount of story thrown at the player; this title may not be for everyone but if you’re willing to invest the time this title is one that will be played over and over for years to come.	Read review
Gameplanet	Chris Brown	10 / 10	09-28-2017	Divinity: Original Sin II is the best game I have played this millennium.	Read review
GamePro	Jonas Gössling	90 / 100	08-31-2018	Outstanding role-playing game that will stay in your memory for a long time due to its choices, possibilities and many stories.	Read review
GameSkinny	Ty Arthur	9 / 10	09-15-2017	Thanks to crowd funding and a developer with a love for classic gaming, the RPG of the year just arrived.	Read review
GameSpot	Brett Todd	10 / 10	09-26-2017	Join the ranks of the gods in Divinity: Original Sin II, an RPG so fantastic that it may well have been divinely inspired.	Read review
GamingBolt	Ravi Sinha	9 / 10	09-21-2017	Divinity: Original Sin 2 is simply amazing from top to bottom. Whether you appreciate great characters, an amazing story or challenging yet fun combat, Larian Studios’ latest is everything you could ever want out of a CRPG and more.	Read review
GamingTrend	Ron Burke	95 / 100	09-28-2017	No game has captured the nuance of pen-and-paper RPG quite like Divinity: Original Sin 2. Every moment is filled with meaningful choice with real consequences, and every character has a story to tell. In an RPG landscape where dialogue options are dumbed down, and quests have become package delivery to a specific map coordinate, Divinity: Original Sin 2 stands out as one of the best RPGs I’ve played in a decade…maybe even longer than that.	Read review
GearNuke	Muhammad Ali Bari	8.5 / 10	10-04-2017	Divinity: Original Sin 2 is a highly fulfilling role-playing experience with rich worldbuilding, well-written characters, and intricate quest design. It is only marred somewhat by its battle system, which doesn’t remain interesting for long and often becomes a chore.	Read review
God is a Geek	Gary Bailey	8 / 10	10-03-2017	Fantastic writing and voice acting abound in the deep, fantastical world of Divinity: Original Sin 2. Despite some massive difficulty spikes, its gameplay is incredibly rewarding and great fun.	Read review
GRYOnline.pl	Hubert Sosnowski	9.5 / 10	09-28-2017	Divinity: Original Sin II is like a fine wine. It demands patience, a proper attitude and some taste. If you’re willing to spend time and really sink into the story you’ll have one of the best RPG experiences in recent years. Original Sin II offers true role playing – ways to develop your character and his/her story are numerous. Great RPG!	Read review
Hardcore Gamer	Chris Shive	5 / 5 stars	09-19-2017	Divinity: Original Sin II pulled off the impressive task of taking the kitchen sink approach to game design by cramming as much into it as possible yet somehow making it all work, making it a fantastic title for solo or multiplayer gaming.	Read review
Hobby Consolas	David Martinez	91 / 100	09-03-2018	One of the greatest classic RPG of the generation. Story, setting and freedom of action seems uparalleled, although controls and menu navigation for consoles version still feel a bit rough.	Read review
IGN	Leif Johnson	9.6 / 10	09-21-2017	Divinity: Original Sin 2 will be remembered as one of the greats.	Read review
IGN Italy	Andrea Giongiani	9.2 / 10	09-26-2017	A true masterpiece. It takes everything that made the first game great and then adds to it to make it even better.	Read review
IGN Spain	Carlos G. Gurpegui	9.2 / 10	10-06-2017	Divinity: Original Sin 2 gets further than most of the rpgs nowadays. Larian Studios has created a complex narrative driven game with an intuitive and smooth gameplay.	Read review
Kotaku	Nathan Grayson	Recommended	10-03-2017	It still feels premature to declare Original Sin 2 an all-time classic, as some have, but I imagine plenty of future games will borrow ideas from it. It’ll be a crying shame if they don’t.	Read review
LevelUp	Luis Sánchez	9.9 / 10	10-19-2017	Divinity Original Sin 2 delivers a true old school experience that reinforces the notion that classic CRPG games are back in fashion. With a deep and imaginative combat system and an overarching story, you will find immersed in a detailed world filled with hundreds hours of exploration and NPC talking with vast amounts of replayability.	Read review
M3	Billy Ekblom	10 / 10	10-13-2017	Divinity Original Sin 2 is an instant classic, as well as the best game of the rpg genres in a long time.	Read review
Metro GameCentral	GameCentral	10 / 10	09-28-2017	One of the best computer role-playing games ever, with such a level of complexity and flexibility it’s difficult to believe it exists, let alone that it could ever be bettered.	Read review
MMORPG.com	Suzie Ford	9.6 / 10	10-02-2017	From the astonishing amount of replayability it provides to the gorgeously detailed world you and your party will inhabit to the awesome and thought-provoking combat and so so much more, DOS2 is a game that you do not want to miss.	Read review
MonsterVine	Diego Escala	5 / 5 stars	10-23-2017	It’s not very often a game as special as this comes out and the more I play Divinity: Original Sin 2 the more certain I am that it’s one of the best RPG’s of all time.	Read review
New Game Network	Tim Reid	88 / 100	09-30-2017	There is an overdose of top-notch cRPG content to be found within Divinity: Original Sin 2, with a deep, dense, slightly verbose adventure that almost completely fixes the failings of its predecessor, and has some great features like online and local co-op for the entire game.	Read review
Niche Gamer	Carl Batchelor	9.5 / 10	10-25-2017	Divinity: Original Sin 2 is much more enjoyable than its predecessor and will please any and all fans of the first game, as well as anyone who simply wants a strategic CRPG that rewards cleverness and patience.	Read review
Oyungezer Online	Eser Güven	9.7 / 10	09-30-2017	Incredible story telling, combats that require using your brains, finely crafted details and amazingly original characters comes together and creates one of the best role playing games in recent years. If you love RPGs do yourself a favor and start playing this masterpiece immediately.	Read review
Pardis Game	Seyyed Mehdi Mir Shahdehi	10 / 10	10-21-2017	Divinity: Original Sin 2 is a serious candidate for best RPG of the generation and even of all time. Everything’s done to perfection. The excellent combat is deep and rewarding. It’s got a plot full of twists and turns passing the cliches of good and evil. It builds characters in the finest form. The quests are extremely open ended and dependent on player choice. So RPG lovers shouldn’t miss Original Sin 2 and future RPGs have to go a long way to make those who finished Original Sin 2 satisfied.	Read review
PC Gamer	Fraser Brown	92 / 100	09-21-2017	Divinity: Original Sin 2 is a sprawling, inventive adventure and one of the best RPGs ever made.	Read review
Polygon	Janine Hawkins	7 / 10	09-15-2017	A lot of different things can happen in Divinity: Original Sin 2; it’s an RPG that is overwhelmingly about planning ahead yet still being completely taken by surprise.	Read review
Post Arcade (National Post)	Chad Sapieha	9 / 10	09-22-2017	Larian Studios’ sequel successfully walks the thin line separating empowering choices and confusing chaos	Read review
pressakey.com	Tim Bissinger	Recommended	10-27-2017	Bigger, prettier and expanded in almost every regard, Divinity: Original Sin II is a captivating and addicting RPG epic and a worthy successor that’s almost unmatched in freedom of choice and character progression, only ever-so-slightly inhibited by a badly balanced last quarter and a lack of boss fights and iconic music.	Read review
Rock, Paper, Shotgun	Adam Smith	Recommended	09-21-2017	From its origin stories to its brief emergent narratives, few games let you take part in better tales than this one.	Read review
RPGamer	Alex Fuller	4.5 / 5 stars	01-21-2018	For those looking to get into cRPGs, and even for those just searching for a great RPG, Divinity: Original Sin II is heartily recommended.	Read review
Sirus Gaming	Leif Rey Bornales	10 / 10	10-03-2017	Divinity Original Sin 2 is a fun game from start to finish. It’s a game for the people, by the people, and of the people. It’s a game that’s rich with stories that you help create. It’s a game teeming with history to discover. Items that can either hinder or help you on your way to greatness. Friends and enemies or enemies that can become friends that will impact your story. It’s a game that lets you enjoy a true-blue old school tabletop RPG. It’s a game that people will keep talking about in years to come.	Read review
SomHráč.sk	Jozef Moravec	95 / 100	10-02-2017	Divinity: Original Sin II is a great old-school RPG, improving on its predecessor that already was one of the best isometric RPGs.	Read review
SpazioGames	Elio Capalbo	9 / 10	09-25-2017	Divinity: Original Sin II is a new landmark in the RPG universe. The world is immersive and dynamic, the combat-system deep and versatile, and the narration solid and engaging. The only problem is the beginning difficulty for new players, after that you can discover one of the best gaming experience ever.	Read review
TechRaptor	Himpe Kenny	9.5 / 10	10-17-2017	Divinity: Original Sin II has expanded greatly upon its predecessor, addressing many of the complaints it once had and pushing the standard much farther away. It may not only be a must-play for fans of classic RPG’s, but may prove to be one of the best games to help introduce those newer to the genre.	Read review
TheSixthAxis	Dave Irwin	9 / 10	09-26-2017	Divinity: Original Sin 2 is the strongest CRPG in decades, with a fascinating plot that enthrals, despite taking a while to get going and being hard as nails at times. It’s the little adventures that flesh out the world and so much of it can be missed at first glance because you didn’t have the right skill or failed a persuasion check. Massive in scope and jam packed with features that includes a GM mode that shows a surprising amount of customisation with great ease, Divinity: Original Sin 2 is a bumper package.	Read review
Twinfinite	Zhiqing Wan	5 / 5 stars	09-27-2017	Divinity: Original Sin 2 is raw and savage, and it’s easily one of the best RPGs we’ve played this year.	Read review
USgamer	Mike Williams	5 / 5 stars	09-22-2017	Divinity: Original Sin 2 is simply the pinnacle of the CRPG genre. It offers a campaign with memorable characters, interesting role-playing options, and excellent systemic combat. The environments are beautiful and the soundtrack is solid. That alone would put it at the top of the heap, but then Larian added offline and online coop, a PVP arena mode, and Game Master mode, the greatest throwback to the Dungeons & Dragons pen-and-paper games that underpin the entire genre. I might have small issues here and there, but Divinity: Original Sin 2 is one of the best in a strong year for gaming.	Read review
Wccftech	Francesco De Meo	9.6 / 10	09-29-2017	It’s hard to find a game with little to no flaws, but Larian Studios proved that, sometimes, it happens. With excellent story and characters, smart writing and masterfully crafted gameplay enhanced by the multiplayer modes, Divinity: Original Sin 2 truly deserves a place among the best cRPGs ever released.	Read review
We Got This Covered	Jordan Hurst	4 / 5 stars	10-06-2017	Divinity: Original Sin II refines, expands, or reimagines nearly all of its features, creating a complex, rewarding adventure with powerful multiplayer capabilities.	Read review
Windows Central	Brendan Lowry	5 / 5 stars	09-21-2017	Divinity: Original Sin 2 is a polished, well-designed RPG, and through its phenomenal mechanics, astounding art, sound design and fantastic writing, it is sure to revolutionize the modern RPG genre.	Read review

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Divinity: Original Sin II is a single- and multiplayer top-down, party-based role-playing game with pen & paper RPG-like levels of freedom.It features turn-based combat, a strong focus on systematic gameplay and a well-grounded narrative. Divinity: Original Sin 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed Divinity: Original Sin, winner of over 150 Game of the Year awards and nominations.

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