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    It’s Divinity: Original Sin 2. That’s The Red Prince on the left. It’s a highly frustrating game with annoying mechanics and turn-based combat.

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        And? It has negative reviews too. I’m sure many people loved it, but many others didn’t. And there are many more who never played it because they didn’t like the original or heard bad things. Sequels are more likely to be purchased by people who liked the original game.

        Edit: You fanboys are something else. Downvote reality all you want, other people are allowed to have opinions too.

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          And?

          And that shows that you are obviously in the minority with your opinion. Most people who played Divinity 2 gave it a positive rating, so many even that it got the excellent ratings I linked before.

          Sequels are more likely to be purchased by people who liked the original game.

          I never played the original game and anyway liked Divinity 2 a lot. I think it’s an outstanding rpg and recommend it to anyone interested in the genre. If you don´t like it that´s fine but don´t present your individual opinion as being objective.

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            I think it’s an outstanding rpg and recommend it to anyone interested in the genre. If you don´t like it that´s fine but don´t present your individual opinion as being objective.

            So, my opinion is invalid, but yours is okay? Think about the base that is likely to play this game. I’m sure most of them have the same opinion as you. When it comes time review, they would probably like it.

            You, however, are using biased sampling (people who bought the game, and people paid to play games) and an echo chamber to conclude that your viewpoint is the only valid one. Do you see the flaw here?

            What about people who don’t like what you like? They’re not spending $50 on a game they don’t like. I tried DOS (1 & 2) because of the reviews and my live for games like Baldur’s Gate and Pillars. But this game series wasn’t for me and I’m allowed to say so.

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              they were just offering a second viewpoint given that yours was the only one present below their comment at the time 😅

              it’s a turn based old school rpg. of course it isn’t for everyone…

              if you like any turn based old school rpgs there’s a good chance this is worth a shot.

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              So, my opinion is invalid, but yours is okay?

              Please read your first comment again. You didn’t present it as your personal opinion, but as if the game was objectively bad, which is what I have contradicted.

              I also wrote in my last comment.

              If you don´t like it that´s fine but don´t present your individual opinion as being objective.

              So I obviously did not declare your opinion invalid as you can see.

              You, however, are using biased sampling

              No, I am not. The ratings I linked are based on the ratings of everyone who played the game, not just people who played the game and liked it. It´s just that the vast majority of people who played the game liked it, so the ratings are impressively good. What do you even mean with that critique? The only people who can rate the game are the people who actually played it, right? So no, I do not see a flaw there.

              What about people who don’t like what you like? They’re not spending $50 on a game they don’t like.

              How would they even know they don´t like the game without buying and playing it? Besides that, I generally recommend buying games on sale and also to make use of the refund function of steam if you do not enjoy a game.

              I tried DOS (1 & 2) because of the reviews and my live for games like Baldur’s Gate and Pillars. But this game series wasn’t for me and I’m allowed to say so.

              I agree, and again quote what I wrote earlier

              If you don´t like it that´s fine but don´t present your individual opinion as being objective.

              and like everyone else who felt that way, you were free to leave a negative review that impacts the games overall rating, which I assume you did.

              I hope it is clear now that I at no point intended to invalidate your opinion, which I do in fact respect. So let us stop this nerd battle, my fellow rpg connoisseur, shall we?

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              It’s a highly frustrating game with annoying mechanics

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              this game series wasn’t for me

              Obviously.

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          Complaining about being downvoted, and, at the same time, saying other people can have opinions seems a bit hypocritical. Though I suppose that depends on if you think of the downvote button as a “dislike” button or a “wrong” button.

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      Really? I had a blast playing it with my friends. Though we found you could easily break the game with the right builds and become god-like rather quickly

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        Yeah, ever since I discovered you could stack chests within chests to get infinite weight and toss it around at enemies with telekinesis the game became too easy. I know I could just not do that but I lack the self control.

        Bonus: your primary weapon doubles as infinite portable storage and more loot = more damage. Most busted strat ever.

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        we found you could easily break the game with the right builds and become god-like rather quickly

        Are we still talking about billionaires?

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          The current strat for ANY% life :tm: is to restart repeatedly until you get good RNG. The way to tell you have a good start is your inheritance value will be over a million. The top run had theirs in the billions but the odds of getting a run like that are 1/8,000,000,000 or so. Currently there is no known strategy for RNG manipulation. The devs were really crafty and embeded randomness into the engine itself

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              Containers, when thrown using telekinesis, do damage that scales with their weight. By nesting multiple heavy containers inside the top container, you can do hellish amounts of damage pretty quickly. For extra ease, use the golden chest that appears very early in the game, since it’s indestructible. It breaks virtually every fight in the game. Also, you have to lug a chest that weighs as much as a neutron star around with you.

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      Oh, nice! I’m currently playing BG3 and very much like the turn based nature. I’m also an old school D&D player, so that’s probably partly why. I’ve contemplated getting into the Larian back catalogue as a result of my enjoyment of BG3, but there are only so many hours in the day haha.

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        It feels like a precursor to BG3 because it is. Those menus though, my face still burns. Though I did have fun.

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        If you can make it past fort joy (beginning area) you’ll enjoy the game. Be ready for inventory management simulator™ though. I think I did put in around 60 hours starting over again and again in the first act with different builds (just like bg3)

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        Play both Original Sin 1 and 2. Both are great games!

        The wife and I played it together and she loved it since it has a great couch co-op mode. She doesn’t really play games and doesn’t like fast paced games, so this was perfect for her.