Divinity: Original Sin
8.6
Platforms
- PCJun 30, 20148.6playscore8.632 Critics8.911.7K Players
32 critic reviews · 3 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
- Divinity: Original Sin is an amazing RPG experience. It falls a bit flat on characterization and writing on occasion, but nails just about everything else. It does a great job of compelling players to roleplay their on-screen characters, putting the "RP" back into RPG. This is a game that any fan of the genre will adore, and is sure to suck in new players and teach them what the genre is all about. It's a love letter, and deserves to be loved back.
Patrick Hancock · Sep 08, 2014 Reviewed on PCRead full review - The game asks much of players but rewards with them genuine, earned satisfaction. Even now, I could recite whole battles to you, days after the game's credits rolled. During one thrilling moment, I was literally biting my nails while a turn progressed. As victory became reality from the final blow, I tore off my headphones and screamed into the night. There are few games like Divinity in 2014, but it absolutely deserves to be here.
Patrick Klepek · Aug 21, 2014 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Divinity: Original Sin turns in an impressive performance in the world of RPGs. It’s familiar enough that you can easily pick up its basics, while being original enough to require you to pay close attention to learn its idiosyncrasies. Much like the tabletop games from which it seems to draw inspiration, Original Sin is the type of game from which you get out what you put in.
Ron Whitaker · Aug 06, 2014 Reviewed on PC - Still, with all of these elements that I had trouble with Divinity: Original Sin is a fun and unique experience. The turn-based combat is interesting and allows for multiple strategies. The way you influence the world through your actions and dialogue makes it a truly immersive experience. And it takes classic elements from older RPG’s and modernizes some of them to near perfection.
Kyle Hanson · Aug 04, 2014 Reviewed on PCRead full review - It's easy to pick up, serving as a humble but brilliant platform for the game's depth. Moreover, the game's enemies vary enough to make you not just want but have to explore different combat options, as you work out which strategies to use. Divinity: Original Sin could be more straightforward and more modern in other aspects and perhaps maintain its allure. After 60 hours of deep, challenging and often confounding role-playing action, I'm willing to forgive its sins, original or otherwise.
Sinan Kubba · Aug 01, 2014 Reviewed on PC - Divinity: Original Sin seems to pride itself on embracing these contradictions — complex yet approachable, nostalgic yet modern, cliché-ridden yet strange and singular in so many ways. It captures the feeling of a classic '90s PC RPG but simultaneously turns each assumption about plot, setting and combat mechanics on its head. I never expected a tiny, Kickstarter-backed team in Belgium to create one of the deepest and most unforgettable games I've played all year. But Original Sin clearly isn't playing to expectations.
Philip Kollar · Jul 31, 2014 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Turn by turn, I blinded, stunned, froze, weakened, and crippled these iron giants, doing my best to keep every character alive and taking down one guardian at a time until all four had fallen. Every time one of them marched towards my party, I held my breath. They could kill my mages with a single swipe, and their slow gait was pure agony. This is turn-based combat at its best. Every attack is meaningful, every option is a consideration, and every new enemy has you rethinking your strategy.
Kevin VanOrd · Jul 19, 2014 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Divinity: Original Sin is one of the most rewarding RPGs to come along in years. Its quests and combat compelled me to think hard about my actions and choices, which is more than I usually get to say about contemporary RPGs. Its depth, personality, and combat challenges easily allow it to hold its own against the likes of heavyweights like Dragon Age: Origins. These systems invite constant experimentation throughout dozens of memorable hours of combat and cheeky storytelling, and its rich modding toolkit provides the framework for enjoyable player-made adventure for years to come.
Leif Johnson · Jul 15, 2014 Reviewed on PCRead full review - More battles, more quests and even more to do. With so much already on the table, though, I feel like a greedy fat kid at Thanksgiving dinner pounding and shouting for seconds. Luckily, the included editing tools promise just that, and it will be exciting to see what the community can add on to an already outstanding experience. Put on your +1 cape of adventure and go pick up Divinity: Original Sin now, because it would be a sin to miss out on something this good.
Nikola Suprak · Jul 15, 2014 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Divinity: Original Sin is challenging, rewarding and compelling. It proves that classic isometric RPGs aren't nearly as dead as publishers would have you believe. It has minor flaws, but they'll likely be gone in a few weeks - leaving a fantastic example of the genre.
Now Gamer · Jul 14, 2014 Reviewed on PC
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About the game
Trailers & Screenshots:
In Divinity:Original Sin you take on the role of a young Source Hunter: your job is to rid the world of those who use the foulest of magics. When you embark on what should have been a routine murder investigation, you suddenly find yourself in the middle of a plot that will rattle the very fabric of time. Divinity: Original Sin is a game that gives you a lot of freedom and plenty of gameplay mechanics to use or abuse. The game's epic story may drive you toward your ultimate end-goal, but how you get there is entirely up to you.
Developer: Larian Studios