Divinity 2 and/or Risen, worth it?

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I loves me some RPGs and while I have ones on my plate currently, I'll never say no to more and both are on sale. Anyone played them and have some thoughts to share on either or both of them?
 
I played through divinity 2 a few weeks ago. It's not great IMO, but it's decent. Make sure you buy the dragon knight saga, not ego draconis. I played ego draconis because I didn't realize DKS was a remastered version of the original. It's a little rough around the edges, but all in all, it's a solid game.
 
Divinity 2 DKS is decent, but nothing great. The combat kind of sucks and the story is weak. If you love the rich stories found in games like the ones by Bioware for example, DKS will seem very thin in comparison. Personally I would tell anyone who likes RPGs and is curious about it to wait for the $10 price point.
 
Risen was awesome. One of the better games I've played the past 5 years. It starts off a little slow though. Once you make it to the first camp it gets good. The game is basically a totally open/non linear as you can get. However, there are strong creatures you can't kill that basically direct where you can and can't go.
 
I liked them both, but thought Risen was better. Also, Risen 2 is due out sometime next year.
 
Get Risen. It's awesome. It's tough in the beginning. You start out as a weakling but once you get into some things you'll be alright.
 
I said it before, Dragon Knight Saga is very underrated. Remastered and with the expansion included. Get that instead of Divinity 2 vanilla. It's somewhat a mix between Bioware games and Oblivion. Somewhat open ended, but not as much as Oblivion. More story and character than Oblivion but not quite like Bioware games. But it also has a lot of it's own charm that Bioware and Bethesda don't have. Good lore and plenty of hours of gameplay.
 
Parmenides said:
I said it before, Dragon Knight Saga is very underrated. Remastered and with the expansion included. Get that instead of Divinity 2 vanilla. It's somewhat a mix between Bioware games and Oblivion. Somewhat open ended, but not as much as Oblivion. More story and character than Oblivion but not quite like Bioware games. But it also has a lot of it's own charm that Bioware and Bethesda don't have. Good lore and plenty of hours of gameplay.
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Your post set me off to look into this further and I came across this excellent video review:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4dxATBCzYA"]YouTube - ‪Divinity 2: The Dragon Knight Saga Video Review‬‏[/ame]

I think for $20 I'm seriously considering it.
 
I find Risen very hard to get into as well. I don't think the game is bad but I prefer a strong narrative with options for side quest along the way. Piranha Bytes games are too open ended for my liking. Maybe because I would rather play WoW than play this. :(
 
Q-BZ said:
Your post set me off to look into this further and I came across this excellent video review:

I think for $20 I'm seriously considering it.
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Yeah, I did pay $25 or $30 (forget) for it and I'd definitely pay that again. Combat at the beginning felt a little slow, but it always got better as the character leveled. Storywriting is more mature in quality than most RPGs. They do a good job of making you feel like your character is the awesomesauce if you like that sort of thing... though there are plenty of situations where you discover irony in that premise.
 
I love both.

Risen has a better world (in my opinion), but is a shorter game.

Divinity II has some of the most creative--and sometimes hilarious--quests that I've seen in an RPG in a loooooooooooong time.
 
Get them both. I will say having both I would be more inclined to replay DD again as a different class than Risen.
 
I paid close to $30 for a used copy of Risen on ebay about a year ago because I couldn't wait any longer for Steam to finally carry it. It was an enjoyable first playthrough, though I don't believe I will ever play it again. Risen at $15 or less is a great buy.

Divinity 2 is tempting at $20, though at $10 it would have been a sure buy.
 
Divinity 2 has an open ending? Is that for the DKS? cause I played Ego Draconis a while back and it sure as hell aint got an open ending.
 
I have Ego Draconis. Is it worth getting DKS? What all was tweaked in the remastering?
 
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