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Essays 18 October 2020, 10:47

author: Przemyslaw Zamecki

Divinity: Original Sin II. 15 good games players rarely see through

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Release date: June 30, 2014

IN A NUTSHELL
  1. Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One
  2. Developer: Larian Studios
  3. Genre: RPG

Another representative of the RPG genre in our lineup. Yet another title proving the old truth, older than dirt in fact, that the more difficult a challenge, the less people can conquer it. Divinity: Original Sin may not be an overly complicated game, but it does contain a lot of flavors that take a long time to be seen and understood. The work of the Belgian studio is not a self-propelling perpetual motion device – on the contrary, it requires the player to make some effort to work out the gameplay mechanics, to catch the intricacies of the main storyline and to discover all side tasks, which in this case were not served on a silver platter. In this respect, the game has more in common with the classic Ultima series, giving fans great freedom to navigate the virtual world.

Perhaps it was the turn-based combat system that turned out to be the unscalable wall causing some people to abandon the game without finishing the story, Perhaps it was the substantial difficulty level and so-called entry threshold. It may also be that a large portion of customers bought this game because of the co-op option, and when for some reason their partner gave up, it stopped being attractive when playing solo.

Did you know that according to information from Steam the hugely successful Castlevania: Lords of Shadow was completed by just over 13% of players? The second installment of this vampire-focused series could boast a much better result.

 

PSN

Steam

Trophy name

Percentage of players who completed the game

5.0%

6.5%

Grand Finale ( PS4) / Grand Finale (PC))

Percentage of players who completed the game in tactician mode

0.8%

1.8%

Kill With Power ( PS4) / Kill With Power (PC))

Percentage of players who completed the game in honor mode

0.3%

0.2%

Never Say Die (PS4) / Never Say Die (PC))

IT GETS BETTER

Interestingly, the recently released Divinity: Original Sin 2, the game that was hailed the RPG of 2017, was completed by just 8.2% of buyers in the first four months. That's very little, but still better than the first game.

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