Why You Should Play Divinity II Ego Draconis | 13 Years Later Retrospective
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0:00 Hello there my RPG lovers :)
0:05 Larian Studios is all about FUN
1:21 The many versions of Divinity 2
2:26 The beginning of Divinity 2
3:37 The Story of Divinity 2
10:58 The Quest Design
14:12 The Story of Divinity 2 (part 2)
15:59 The Visuals
18:59 The Gameplay
31:16 SPOILER Talk and DLC
34:09 The Sound Design
35:52 Xbox360 Version
37:30 Outro - Hry
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I remeber playing on normal or hard and i loved the game and its combat. I gave u thumbs down for a moment because You are playing on Nighmare difficulty and your complains are mostly because of that. Combat is one of best qualities of this game, it is perfect mix between skill and stats, and that is why you have unavoidable damage and stuns.
DLC SUCK tho!
loved this game, but the final mission was an escort mission so i rage quit
i have divinty 2- the dragon knight saga (xbox one) and is my favorit role playing game list . my favorit role playing games are - kingdoms of amalour- reckoning (xbox one), dragon dogma- dark arisen (playstation 4) , two worlds 2 (playstation 3) , divinty 2- the dragon knight saga (xbox one), the elder scrolls 5- skyrim - lengendary edition (playstation 3), white knight chronicles 2 (playstation 3), shadows awakening (xbox one), diablo 3 (xbox one), tales of zestiria (playstation 4)
@@gaminglazarus4343 YO are you certain it is for xbox one and not 360 because my copy didn't work i mean unless they made it backward compatible?
I remember watching a playthrough of this game years ago. I was wanting to play it for myself, I hope it gets poured to switch eventually.
Divinity 2: Ego Draconis is my all time favorite game. And I have played lots of games, especially RPGs. I'm probably biased because it was a big part of my childhood, as I had very little parental influence and few friends, but it made part of who I am today, my humour and my character. I can't describe with words what it meant, and still means to me a decade later, it's that good. The characters are fantastic, the world is gorgeous and gripping, the dialogues are perfectly voiced and the script is extremely well structured. The RPG aspect for leveling and progression of your character are very creative, some might say cliche, but that's because this is one of the games that started the "cliche" along with Dragon Age Origins, Elder Scrolls and Dark Souls. Be careful though, you'll feel extremely sad when the game is over (a good 80 hours of pure rpg gameplay) because you'll form a strong emotional bond to it, I remember cried the first time I finished it and I almost do so every time I play it again. I REALLY REALLY would love that this game became more well known, so other people would buy it and Larian did a Divinity 3. I've been expecting for years and then abandoned the idea because of their new turn based RPG niche's success. Thank you Click4Gameplay for showcasing the game, it made me very happy seeing that this game is still being played to this day or is even remotely relevant.
exactly my case here . and i still play it once a year to finish it 100% i know every detail of the story from broken valley to that last villageDLC
@@belkacemseffari7404 i salute you brother. Few are the people with whom I can speak of this game that share even a speck of the love I have for it. I still play it at least once every year too and I still love it like I did years ago. I hope you're well and I wish you the best man.
Ego Draconis was my first ever RPG and its impact on my gaming life can hardly be overstated. I love fantasy and I love dragons, and this game delivers amazingly. But more than the freedom of being a dragon and flying everywhere, the quests and npcs are what get me. I play this game on german and I'm not kidding when I say that it's the best full voiceover of any game I've ever played. The humor and voices live rent free in my head, as well as the general charm of the world. I won't lie and say that the graphics didn't age, but locations like lovis' tower remain memorable to me to this day, because the music is so damn good! Festival of immortals is my favorite piece of OST in maybe all of Larian's games and it's a crime that there's only two locations in the entire game that it plays.
Overall, 9/10 game
7/10 gameplay,
10/10 quests/story/general dialogue
11/10 crazy wizard that recites bad rhymes and plays petty pranks while being one of the most powerful mages alive.
@@runtergerutscht4401 I remember the very first time I played the game was on Xbox 360 on the first version of Divinity 2 : Ego Draconis. The game was kind of buggy at times with infinite loading screens and stuff but the gameplay was very much the same, I had the Spanish version and the game was just as beautiful. Then I searched for the Dragon Knight Saga Edition and only found it in English, which was probably the best case scenario, as I learned A LOT of the language with Divinity. I'm probably one of the few that'll say with the utmost conviction that the graphics didn't age in the slightest for me ( and I've played The Witcher 3 on 4K with a ton of mods), I love it in its simplicity and the armory is splendid and unique as well as the art design for buildings. But the music, OH THE MUSIC. My favorite is probably "Broken Valley Wakes", because it's full of memories and joy, but then there's so many others that follow it, "Sleepless Nights", "Memory of the Dragons", "Inner Voice", "Goblins! No Time to Waste" and of course the Main Theme. Kirill Pokrovsky is one of my favorite composers, I love his music on Divine Divinity, you should listen to "Sighs of the Elvenkind", "Roads Shaded by Green Eaves" and "Just in Time for an Ale", they're exquisite. This will be pretty basic, but my favorite location has to be the Broken Valley Village, it's just so cozy, I open the game sometimes to just hang around there for a few minutes.
Overall, 10/10 game
10/10 gameplay,
10/10 everything.
12/10 most underwhelming villain in RPG history
11/10 do not kill to many rabbits
100/10 melancholy, especially when hearing a random OST or song that has similar composition.
@@c0ry357 perfect comment about DDKS
This game was my first exposure in the world of divinity and larian studio games, and I was so bummed when I knew that there was no 3rd person RPG games made by the same studio.
Yeah I wish there was another made in this vein...I am not found of too many open world, 3rd person RPGs but these really checked a lot of the boxes off I love. While both Original Sin and the original Divine Divinity are nice, the isometric and totally PC RPG feel are definitely a different vibe from this, to me at least.
i still wish for divinity 3, a true sequel for the main series in this style
Right like if you look at the reviews and sales at the time divinity 2 did not do bad at all. On steam it has a very positive review and a lot of purchases not to mention like everyone i knew into rpgs when it came out played it on console.
Divine Divinity 3 is what I want, not the crpg stuff,
My uncle and I used to bond over this game and it was what got me into rpg's and honestly, gaming in general. I miss him everyday.
One of my all-time-favourites, I've sunk so many hours in that game. I love the dragon form and the seemless switching between human and dragon, the combat style, the character progression, the many eastereggs and the soundtrack... To me the game creates a lot of doomsday-vibes at certain points in the story. It also rewards you for exploring and the loot you find is mostly excellent. I remember though in my first playthrough I killed too many bunnies in the early game... Played on normal difficulty and it was relaxing. The DLC was imo a bit more boring. Plus I don't like being restricted to certain aereas. All in all, it's great to see that the game still is appreciated, to me it was always a hidden treasure.
I want to say I feel your pain. I was a child when I got my hands on Divinity 2 and to this day I wince when I hear the sound of a bunny dying, even though I'm an adult by now. That fucking monty python reference scarred me
Holy cow man, it's been like a decade since I last played this. Soundtrack is still a banger. RIP Kirill Pokrovsky.
I love the Divinity series. Every game tried something new. They all had a quirky sense of humor. Larian is a great studio when i see they are doing a project i automatically get more hopeful it will turn out good.
I can remember that day, when I picked this game up by accident years ago and was super surprised how awesome it was
I'm so glad someone finally made a video to do this game justice. I was always saddened that any search for it would just bring up OS2. Hell, I even considered making a video on it myself.
As a teen, I got this game on 360 digital for like $4 and it was all I played for a whole week in the summer of 2013, unlocking every achievement in just that short amount of time. The gameplay, the lack of handholding, and the music are just so good and it's a shame more people haven't experienced it. I listened to the soundtrack a lot when I was doing schoolwork in college. RIP Kirill Pokrovsky.
A short anecdote: there was a physical copy of DKS for 360 at my local Walmart. It was literally locked up in the case for over a year and no one bought it. So one day, even though I already had it digital, I went ahead a bought it to give it a good home. It came with a soundtrack CD too. Very cool.
Bought the Developer's Cut version on Steam sale a year ago and enjoyed it. Clocked 117 hours, completed everything. Recommended.
I originally played this on the Xbox and loved it, it reminded me of Fable & Overlord mixed with Elder Scrolls.
I only missed out on 2 achievements, the bunny one and one on the island which I didn't do bcoz I thought it would progress the story {it didn't}. I hated how after certain points it would lock you out of previous areas though.
i loved that , it makes you do every quest before going to the next part of the map
@@belkacemseffari7404And, if you did miss out on a quest then you must continue and return in another playthrough. My brain gets distracted easily so things like this either make me do what you suggested or just push through and be more thorough next area
Aaaah you brought back my childhood. I remember being the only one who knew the game (here in austria) and years later, I realized its from Larian, my now, fav Studio! :D
Man that game was a banger from start to finish. It surprised me that it kinda went under the radar. Ego Draconis had everything and more I wanted as a kid. Sad there wasnt more!
This was probably my first pc game. I remember being blow away by the dragon form. It was so much fun just flying around and wreaking havoc.
Oh man what a blast from the past, i loved this game to death !
I have this in my GOG backlog. I will try it, largely because I think the original Divine Divinity is an incredibly underrated CRPG
I really love this game and I've been playing it again the past few weeks. I was really surprised how well it held up.
Yeah my only complain, the final fight.
Nice video - and it came up on my feed at the right time... I just began playing this game. I'd be happy if Larian's next project was an evolved version of a game similar to this, featuring all of the wonderful progress the studio has made.
So glad you made this video! I absolutely LOVED this game. I talked 3 friends into getting it. 1 liked it and the other 2 hated it. I just couldnt see how anyone would hate that game. I told them that it starts slow but truly shines once you have your Dragon form. They didnt play long enough for that unfortunately. The friend who DID like the game played it all the way through and enjoyed it as much as I did. I played the Director's Cut.
14:50 this voice actor is so amazing
I bought a xbox360 quite a few years ago. Remember of buying this game on sale for like 5€. Pretty cool game, played it about half way.
This is one of my favorite Divinity titles, and one of my all-around games, period. Thanks for giving it some well-deserved love!
Thanks for the video :) I could relive a bit of my childhood again.
I had so much fun playing this game back in the day I still think about it sometimes and think to myself "damn that was a good game" 😁
Been playing this game for a decade, it’s a underrated masterpiece
finally just started and I already agree!
Merry Christmas!!!!
@@randalthor6872 Merry Christmas also, glad your enjoying it
I've played this one, its good - I specced purely into magic missiles and just spammed that as my only skill.
I was a 1 man artillery unit and it was awesome.
I’m old enough to have played all the Larian games at time of release, never been disappointed when it came to ‘fun’.
THANKS for this video! I've been trying to "lure" friends and people on the internet to play this this game for so long. It's one of my favorite games of all time. More people need to know about it, and only we can hope that Larian will develop an Action-RPG again in the future.
Divinity 2: Ego draconis was my First Game i bought myself and i really enjoyed IT.
this is my all time favorite game, it is a gem and i hadent play anything like it to this day
i know the story backandforth
this was my first Game they mad and I fell in love. It was not super polished but I had so much fun with it
Battletower: snatches people from the world and binds them to you in eternal slavery (and kills those you do not choose)
Me: I do not feel like a good guy anymore.
Bro one of my favorite games of all time. Definitely needs a remaster or remake.
Remake would be awesome
My short opinion:
Larian was a very small studio at the time and for being such a small crew they took a huge step with Divinity 2 and even if a lot of it definitely doesn't come close to being a AAA game, I always found the game exciting and thrilling enough that I still count it as one of the best games I've played. This is probably also because there are so many moments and quests in the game that I remember fondly, like the chicken action mentioned in the review. With the add-on Larian have even taken it up a notch; you can definitely tell that they tried to get more out of the game for the add-on, both graphically and in terms of the quests. I've played all the Divinity games so far and for someone like me, whose first games were Gothic, Two Worlds and Elder Scrolls Morrowind, Divinity 2 is a game that fits very well into this series of good RPGs.
I've literally never mindread due to xp point cost, since it felt so counterintuitive and wrong to lose limited xp points for some fluff, found out how much i've missed out on just now 2 years after completing the game.
Thanks for talking about this game, it really deserves it.
Heh, I remember when I walked into one of those flying demonic castles which I was supposed to clear near the ending of vanilla game, but I entered it very early on. With much effort I cleared it, and left it so overleveled that I felt like an absolute badass for the rest of the game xD
I love retrospective gaming videos. My backlog is long, so sometimes I need a reminder why I put it on my "to-play" list in the first place
I still remember going to the studio and testing/playing this game and giving feedback to the devs.
Amazing game! I have so many hours of fun with the original one and the expansion too. So beautiful and have such an addictive gameplay. This game is the definition of hidden gem!
And the music is so good man. I will always remember divine divinity and divinity 2 Menu OST. Sometimes i come to youtube and just listen to both of them.
the first village theme invokes such a strong feeling of nostalgia for me, gonna have to add this to my library!!!
The ending feeling bad because you've been tricked, must've been either poorly done or personal judgement, thinking how Bioshock's ending twist is hailed as one of the best and most clever endings ever. Shame that it didn't manage to capture you (I haven't played this!) but I appreciate them for the effort!
Yep! 👍🏻
It was a rushed ending because Larian ran out of money and the publisher effectively screwed them over. This game and how they were treated was effectively what convinced them to separate from big publishers altogether and go independent, which is why they needed kickstarter for DOS and DOS2. Luckily those games were successful enough that Larian is now a proud independent game studio that doesn't have to rely on publishers to fund their games any more.
This was the first rpg I ever played and finished as a child, I love it so much
It was a good game back in a days. I totally loved Mind read option and possibilities that it brought. And I remember this game was REALLY hard...If you went for a useless build your pretty much done.
everyone can say what they want about this game, but the soundtrack? one of the best soundtracks in all of gaming
The soundtrack in this game is one of the best EVER. Particularly the main theme: czcams.com/video/gfhmQdI14go/video.html
As well as:
Festival of Immortals: czcams.com/video/3kiaQyYq3yg/video.html
Fly, Dragon, Fly: czcams.com/video/bb7RDY_WF2M/video.html
I really like the soundtrack as well, this one (they are actually 2 melodies) is my favorite:
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Some of the tracks were re-used in DOS1, this is why a lot of the music in this video sounds familiar to me.
My mind is blown rn, I LOVED this game as a kid. I had no idea this was also by larian.
This was my first larian game. I would love to see a conclusion to Damian's story someday.
First time I played it, Normal difficulty was already a challenge. By now, Nightmare difficulty is actually fun.
This was the first game I played from Larian, ah...the nostalgia :)
I remember when the game came out like it was today. Man I was so mad that no one heard about this game. The graphic was amazing back then, animations were great, RPG systems were good plus you could morph in to the dragon, which was (and is?) super cool.
Just the music took me back to my childhood I remember in the tutorial session selling all my starter cloth for a sword then I had to restart...I also loved the ghost talking shit
I've been playing this game at work during the weekends and it's been a blast so far. I played it way back in 2014 (but then my computer died and I did not feel like starting over back then) glad to be playing it again!
The skeleton with an existential crisis about his existence is the funniest quest, but there are a lot of hilarious quests.
Really sad that the publisher rush them and they could not finish the game, they had so much plan they had like 24 maps to explore and all the races of the world to see and a couple of cities and other game mechanics that were pretty much done but sadly they had to scrap it all. i have play so many times that I know everything about it by memory and still really fun to replay it.
Wow really ?
Omg, that soundtrack...and all Larian Studios games' soundtrack... they are just spot on...
Bro I remember this game, flying around as a dragon was so fucking awesome!
Many cried about the ending, but to me it didn't make any difference since I had a great time leading up to that point.
Love your channel C4G! Bless you for getting more eyes on these lesser known games. I think it's a brilliant RPG, very flawed but considering the game was in development hell it turned out great imo.
I fucking love this game! One of my favorite hidden gems!!
I played this game for over a decade and still discover new stuff every playthrough, did last time I found on sentinel island if you take a leap of faith behing sassan's tomb there is a dungeon with two sisters fighting
I used to play this game a shit ton with my dad when I was like 7 back when it came out. Me and my dad both played together and sometimes he would watch me and sometimes I would watch him. It is some of the best game memories I have ever had and I am so sad that this game is not more well known..
Yup love the game... Just never beat it because I've restarted it probably like 30+ times
this was one of the best game i played and loved
The dragon tower is so cool i love such things like monteriggioni in ac2 something you can all home and upgrade/improve
My first and biggest experience Action RPG beside Dragongard II when i got my first pc game switch from PS2 gamer.
I was amazed how big the world design and how complex the mechanic between you turn into dragon and human.
IVE BEEN TRYING FOR YEARS TO FIND THIS GAME I REMEMBERED THE GAME SO WELL BUT COULDNT REMEMBER THE NAME THANK YOU!!!
One magnificent game. The section where you become a dragon and can fly into the sky and back down towards the enemy sections - technically a real achievement for the time.
Man, the atmosphere is really something with this game. Would love to see a sequel and/or a remaster.
Very well put video btw, one thing that i might add in my opinion it's not that generic to add multiple enemies during boss battles, Dragon Age Origins did the same thing and people loved that game (including me), although in that game the bosses had some unique abelites, so that's that.
It's in my to do list to play DAO and Divinity 2 in nightmare difficulties.
One important feature of the dragon tower that you didn't mention is the ability to increase the max level of your perks, which can make them very powerful.
I played through this game a few times, but never finished the DLC. Exploring the city and the new, often strange quests felt too disconnected to me and was not what I wanted to do at that "epic" level play.
This game is just awesome , worth several play throughs
That game was so good to me that I bought Ego Draconis and Dragon Knight Saga separately. Finished both and it was worth it. Beware of Belagar.
Lovin it, so much idea in only one game.
such a wonderful game honestly. up there with dragons dogma and kingdoms of amalur with how underrated it is. rpg games will always be my favorite, and this is a wonderful example of why. i played dragon knight saga on console i think, and actually do have the developers cut sitting in my steam library just waiting for the day i get to dust it off once again. itll be a blast to replay im sure. thanks for this.
Yeah Kingdoms of Amalur is so tragic. It deserves better.
Its an awesome game, i replayed it a few months ago and enjoyed it immensely, one of the best action rpgs, totally recommended.
Divinity Dragon Knight Saga is my favorite game. Original Sin is great too.
For those who have trouble playing on nightmare, remember that monster xp gains decrease the higher your level, so make sure to first clear the mobs before finishing all the quests. Also early on the bonuses from strength and the other two damage boosting stats are really low and percentage based, so go into vitality and spirit for the first few levels. And use armour and stats increase potions, they are pretty useful.
And your pet has more health than you so let it tank like a boss
I would be (much more) happy (happier) if Larian Studios would make a real Divine Divinity / Beyond Divinity sequel. Not only from storyline or so, but with the original charme and atmosphere, graphic style (with contemporary graphic quality) and the same or at least very similar gameplay (mechanics).
Every other Divinity game after Beyond Divinity felt so different, that i would never ever haved used any reference in the name to the original Divine Divinity / Beyond Divinity and sold them as completely new / other games.
I was going to play this game, but you convinced me not to bother! Thanks!
The musics brings life to my heart
8:00 - YES! That was one of my biggest gripes with the game. Unsheathing your weapons takes precious time that can allow enemies to rape your HP. Despite the Dragon Terror Patrol being one of the funniest and most memorable moment for me in the game, it took me a godly long time to pass that boss fight.
*The VSYNC problem with Divinity II...*
I spent a long time trying to fix VSYNC stutter issues. I never got it working with VSYNC so I just dealt with the screen tearing. If you have a VRR (i.e. Freesync/GSync) display then just do that (and just an FPS cap for consistency). A locked 100FPS VRR might be close to the perfect experience but I can't test that currently (I said "100" as that should be a nice high FPS for responsiveness but also I'm not clear on how video cut scenes work in VRR. I think the videos are 25FPS so 4x25 to work out but I'm frankly not clear on how pre-rendered video works under VRR.).
Hey, I just finished Ego Draconis and wanted to start with Flames of Vengeance. And of course, as many others, I had a problem with the "seamless" transition from ED to FoV. So now I try to import my character from ED to FoV, but I have some problems since I can only choose in the main menu to start a new game in FoV. Do you have a tip what I could try?
About difficulty, once you understant that xp is the most valuable ressource, the game becomes super easy. As soon as you have a couple level above enemies you destroy them, even bosses.
In nightmare, you should try to get the most xp out of every quest, past the first bit of the game you can outlevel any encounters. You can always spam magic missiles behind a rock and end with a fatality (2 of best spells in the game) if you struggle. Just don't turn into a dragon in the middle of a flying fortress.
Do you have to have the dlc for the balancing patch? I've tried playing it several times but once I reach a certain part the difficulty ramps up insanely even after killing everything I can find and doing all the side quests for exp
Video could be 2 seconds long - Yes!
Archer is overpowered, quests are great, mind reading is fun and soundtrack just phenomenal.
holy fuck, i remember playing this back then, i got destroyed by some goblins and cant regen mp lmao, thanks for covering this btw gonna pick this up again !
Even though I'm never going to play some of these games but I love watching your videos.
heck yeah! i personally finished this game this summer, it was fun and sometimes too frustrating cause of backtracking and some missed pointes like crushed ship on the tree and how you can finish the side quest if you don't remember all quest lines and npc dialogue, but it was really fun. It's a shame that dlc was dull and boring, only 1 location, a lot of pretty stupid side quests (yeah, easter eggs and all were fun, but not so fun). I think modern games made me too soft cause of tracking marks and all journal logs, but it was a great experience, i think
hello, i love your video men but i have a question how did you fix the choppyness of the camera. i mean i have serious trouble when i turn around myself, shake camera ...
Have you ever played Drakan: The Ancients Gate? I adored that game on ps2. Was something new and unique for me, as never played anything like it.
I want to see a Diablo-like title of the Divinity Original Sin IP.
Characters, voice acting, Lore, writing of quests, items & world design..
DOS2 is a really awesome experience, especially when played with another person.
The IP is Divinity, Original Sin is just a spin-off. And the first game of the series, Divine Divinity, and its add-on Beyond Divinity are similar to first two Diablo games in many aspects.
I loved this game thank you for reminding me of it!
i bought this a long time ago and never played it until today so wanted to check out some videos also have the first one which have not gotten far into unfortunately but so far i enjoy them for what they are. growing up had friends and pc gamers say they loved it so figured i'd give it a try. thanks for your recent video on the game much appreciated. also the idea of being able to turn into a dragon seems friggin sweet lol, still a little lost as far as story and stuff goes in the first game though.
Do you know how to fix the camera problem? You can't move it without zooming out. Or in, depending on what you're doing. They picked an odd camera setup for the PC. We really need to be able to zoom in and out by rolling the mouse wheel. As it stands, you can only zoom in or out by moving the mouse, and you don't get to pick the angle you're looking at during the zoom. When you zoom in all the way, you're forced to look up at the sky. It's pretty bad.
I love some of the music in this game... the whistling one mostly
Me too. It's great.
@@joeyxl3456 its a clunky game i have to admit but theres lots of fun to be had too 😊
This game is a total hidden gem.
YES. I LOVE THIS GAME!
Oooee I'm curious about what you have to say about this game. I absolutely adore it, such a hidden gem.
You got lucky with the games background not being laggy with your fix. Ive never gotten it to work, so I can never play a game I want to, that I played when I was younger 😭.
man the universes works in strange ways i was just looking at this game on steam a week or so ago, used to play it on 360 back in those days