Divinity II

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Divinity II is a role-playing action game developed by Larian Studios. His first release in 2009 was the subtitle Ego Draconis , and was published by dtp entertainment and in the United States by cdv Software Entertainment. The updated 2011 update of The Dragon Knight Saga includes the expansion of Flames of Vengeance , as well as the 2012 final release as < i> Divinity II: Developer Cut , published by Focus Home Interactive.

The feature that defines Divinity II is the ability to switch between aerial battles as a dragon, and the role of third-person action more traditionally playing gameplay as a human. This is the third game in the Divinity franchise, and the first Divinity game to be released on the console and also for Microsoft Windows.

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Gameplay

The main focus of this game is to play traditional role-playing games, which include completing missions, exploring the game world, and interacting with various non-player characters. Divinity II uses several game elements such as Diablo, like focusing on upgrading equipment, random magic effects on the equipment, unique set of items that offer greater benefits when shared, and multiple mechanisms searches like a marker to indicate that the NPC will offer a search to players. However, it also uses elements from more traditional computer role plays, such as branching branches, choices that affect other in-game events, and non-combat segments, such as platforming or puzzle elements. When interacting with non-player characters, players will often have the option to read their minds, which can provide information, additional options in search, or equipment, at a cost to their experience points. 'Debt experience' should then be settled before they can gain experience again.

Players are given a choice of initial packages for their characters during the tutorial, but its development is free form, and players are free to develop their characters in different directions if they wish. Skills are grouped into 'schools' in accordance with traditional roles, but all skills are available for all characters, allowing mixing between these roles. Various forms of crafting exist: alchemy, which allows players to make potions; necromancy, which allows the player to customize a callable undead pheasant; and dazzling, which upgrades the character equipment.

After a certain point in the game, the character gets a base of operations known as the Battle Tower, as well as the ability to be a dragon in a large space. The battle of dragons works in conjunction with land battles, but in three dimensions; as a dragon, his character still has regular attacks as well as skills they can use, and equipment to improve their abilities.

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Plot

The game takes place in the Rivellon world of Divine Divinity, though much time has passed since the end of Divine Divinity. The player character begins as a Dragon Slayer at the end of their training, when they are given draconic strength as a way to help fight the remaining dragons. This power also erases their memories of their training, but they are reassured that their memories will return quickly. The routine process is interrupted by news about dragons that are visible nearby, so before the initiation is over, the cast characters are thrown along with them to where the last dragon looks.

Throughout the game, the hero has several encounters with Damian, The Damned One. Damian is gathering his monster troops to destroy Rivellon. He was encouraged for such acts by the death of his love, Ygerna, in the hands of his adoptive father Lucien (The Divine One, the hero of the first game). Damian tries to raise him up and the player tries to thwart his plans because of his evil magic that will make Damned One stronger. After fighting along Damian's evil accomplices like the astrologer who overtook the Tower of Battle and the mage Bellegar, the hero discovered that he was deceived to live Ygerna himself. He is rewarded for his efforts by imprisonment in the crystal and sent to different dimensions.

In the expansion, Dragon Knight awakens in a crystal prison on a Hypnoteromachia plane, where Lucien, the God, Messiah figure to Rivellon, is also imprisoned. A ghost named Behrilin comes and offers to free the Divine if the Dragon Knight will help free him from his earthly prison. Ghosts carry him to the last city in Rivellon after Damian's campaign, only standing still because of the magic shield created by the powerful magician Zandalor. He begged the players to help destroy the invading forces and shore up the city's defenses before the shield was broken.

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Development

The development of Divinity II began around 2006, after Larian Studios earned enough money to begin the development of the sequel Divinity seriously. From the beginning, the game is planned with the transformation features to be a dragon in mind, and even includes a third form, in the middle between a dragon and a human form, which will serve as a powerful form to fight on the ground. However, it was not implemented in the last game, although the model was reused for the enemy in the game. The original concept included more areas, based on Rivellon's original maps in Divine Divinity, as well as features like multiplayer, co-op, and more importantly given to the Battle Tower.

This game uses the Gamebryo machine, known for its use in Oblivion and Fallout 3 .

After the initial release of Ego Draconis , Larian is interested in releasing the latest version which will fix many bugs and problems with the first game and improve engine performance. At the same time, they are developing an upcoming expansion after the end of the game, as many people complain that the original ending of the game was not satisfactory. Updates for the main game and expansion were sold together when Flames of Vengeance was added, or bundled with the core game as The Dragon Knight Saga . The Flames of Vengeance and The Dragon Knight Saga were released in Germany in August 2010, and in all other language versions as of November 2010. No retail release of the United States The The Knight Saga Dragon Knight Saga until it was released on Xbox 360 on April 12, 2011, along with a CD soundtrack and art book.

For the tenth anniversary of the Divinity series and Anthology Divinity release, Larian makes another update for the game, calling the latest version of Divinity II: Developer Cut, which includes design documents, concept art, and the ability to access in-game developer console through the second executable file.

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Marketing

The Egc Draconis Windows Collector's Edition includes an 18 cm resin statue that holds a metal letter opener, a Rivellon fabric-map, an EP soundtrack with seven tracks composed by Kirill Pokrovsky and a temporary tattoo featuring > Divinity II: Ego Draconis logo.

To release Divinity II: Developer Cut on GOG.com, the website runs a pay-what-you-want promotion campaign, where people who buy Developer Cut the bundle is granted early access to the bonus material and the game itself after release. Larian released behind-the-scenes videos when sales figures reached certain accomplishments, as well as tech demos of their first unfinished game, The Lady, The Mage, and The Knight.

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Reception

On Metacritic, PC and 360 versions of Ego Draconis have an average score of 72 and 62 respectively. The Dragon Knight Saga has an average score of about ten points higher, with the PC version getting an average of 82 and the Xbox 360 version getting an average of 72.

And Liebman from GameZone gave the PC and Xbox 360 8.4 versions, saying "Strong, open-minded design is the most important of these fantasies." Divinity II: Ego Draconis is likely to be ignored by many people because of its launch time but offers a truly world- "GameZone also gave Dragon Knight Saga 7 out of 10, stating" Although graphical improvements are appreciated, newcomers expect visual power plants to not get their hopes in. A good number of distractions can still be found, visual inconsistencies are wrong one of the most striking.Your overall perception of Rivellon's scope is not the same as the Bethesda RPG - it is a limited field of view, regardless of the real glory of the world. "

IGN printed it 4.8 out of 10, stating "I can not recommend Xbox 360 version of this product to anyone." However, in the review of The Dragon Knight Saga, other IGN reviewers stated "If you have not touched Divinity II at all and you enjoy the action-RPG, you will not be disappointed with the Xbox 360 version."

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Sequel

Following the success of Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga , Larian expressed interest in creating more game gods, while also developing the dragon game shown in Divinity II They have announced that one of the next planned games will be a real-time action strategy game, with the main character as Dragon Knight at a time in Rivellon's history when there are many Dragon Knights. The game was released August 6, 2013, and is titled Divinity: Dragon Commander .

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References

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External links

• Official website
• Official Site Divinity II: Flames of Vengeance

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