Divinity: Original Sin 2
is a game on steam that has a very small fandom for absolutely no reason and i’m making this post to give attention to it for the amazing storytelling and gameplay. it is my all-time favorite game.
it’s a high-quality game with 40-80+ hours of content for a single playthrough that can be played with up to 4 friends, or you can play alone and control up to 4 party members by yourself.
it’s a fantasy game with a world similar to the dragon age series. in fact, it plays similarly too- the game is turnbased and plays much like the tactical mode from dragon age, except it’s pure turnbased/tactical rather than swapping to realtime. the world and quests are open just like dragon age as well.
you can make your own characters, or you can play as the preset origins that have been put into the game. the NPCs will act like other followers in games and have their own personalities, quests, and backstories. the characters are all bisexual and romanceable. many characters scattered through the world will also casually refer to their same-sex partners.
the best way to describe divinity is that it’s dungeons and dragons made into an actual game engine. non-combat stats certainly come in handy when you have to roll for a check to see if you were able to persuade a certain NPC. half of your team could be in combat while the other half are sneaking through the battlefield hidden under barrels. one party member can talk to an NPC while the other one pickpockets them unseen.
your party and your build will change the results of the game every time you play it- you can be kind and virtuous, you can rob every single NPC and become extremely rich, you can persuade yourself through events that would otherwise end in bloodshed, and you could even straight up kill everyone you come across.
classes and builds are fluid- you aren’t locked into any class and can experiment with new combos that haven’t been thought of before. for example, wielding a staff instead of a sword turns all warfare (basically the warrior tree)’s damage into whatever element the staff is, which is increased by your mage stats. you can be a tanky, in-your-face mage that explodes and sets the entire arena on fire.
anyway, thanks for reading! remember to save often and have multiple different saves!