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Game profile
Divinity: Original Sin 2
The turn based role playing game is considered one of the deepest of its kind, with a combat system that cleverly combines environmental interactions and elemental damage. Up to four players can explore a huge, reactive world together, where almost every action offers multiple solutions.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is RPG / Strategy, set in a fantasy world. Visually it is deliberately stylised rather than photorealistic, and the overall tone stays somewhere between light and heavy. The world is open, so wandering off and ignoring the main path is part of the deal. It rewards long uninterrupted stretches more than quick check-ins.
The difficulty is moderate and fair, demanding attention without punishing you for it. The narrative carries the whole thing, and the mechanics serve it. Co-op is supported, so you can bring someone along. It is available broadly, on 5 platforms. It sits in the mid price bracket.
What stands out
- Deep turn based combat
- Four player co op
- Reactive open world
This fits you if
- you want to live through a story, not just play a system
- you enjoy being made to think
- you can sit down for a proper long stretch without interruptions
- you like getting lost and ignoring the main objective for hours
- the writing matters more to you than the mechanics
- you have someone to play with
Look elsewhere if
- you skip cutscenes and want to get to the gameplay
- you do not have 70 hours to give a single game
- you only ever get short bursts of play time
- you want either a pure challenge or pure relaxation, not the middle
What it costs you in time
About 70 hours in total. At three evenings a week and two hours each, you will be busy for roughly 12 weeks, or 35 sessions.
How the rating ranks
Critics settled on 91 out of 100, which puts it above 90 percent of the 1206 games here and at rank 99 overall. That is a strong score, comfortably above what most releases manage.
For comparison, RPG averages 82 points across the database, so this one sits 9 points above its own genre. The figure rests on 463 collected ratings.
Released in 2017, so it has 9 years behind it. Usually cheap by now and the rough edges are long fixed.
The facts
- Release year
- 2017
- Genres
- RPG, Strategy
- Playtime
- approx. 70 hrs.
- Difficulty
- Moderate, fair
- Story weight
- Carries the whole game
- Play with
- Solo, Co-op
- Setting
- Fantasy
- Visual style
- Stylised
- Price bracket
- Mid price
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, Mobile
- Critic rating
- 91 / 100
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divinity: Original Sin 2 | 2017 | approx. 70 hrs. | 91 | Mid price |
| Gloomhaven | 2019 | approx. 80 hrs. | 83 | Mid price |
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 2023 | approx. 100 hrs. | 95 | Full price |
| Marvel's Midnight Suns | 2022 | approx. 45 hrs. | 86 | Mid price |
If you liked this, try these
- Gloomhaven Shared: RPG, Strategy, Fantasy
- Baldur's Gate 3 Shared: RPG, Strategy, Fantasy, longer
- Marvel's Midnight Suns Shared: RPG, Strategy, Fantasy, shorter
- Wildermyth Shared: RPG, Strategy, Fantasy, shorter
- Wartales Shared: RPG, Strategy, Fantasy
- Crusader Kings III Shared: RPG, Strategy, longer