The elf suggests that her magic could be of use in solving the crime and healing the mayor.Īnd the dwarf? Well, the dwarf is out of luck. The human thief is able to sweet-talk the guard into letting him in on account of him being a fellow human who's unlikely to stir up trouble. Once the main character has gone into town, the other three characters are left to attempt to figure out a way in on their own. "That's going to require a bit of explanation, because you haven't played competitively like this before." " Original Sin 2 can be played both cooperatively and competitively," Vincke tells us. And what those four players can do is incredible. This time the co-op has been bumped from two players to four. You can play it solo, but, as with the first game, you can also play it co-op. You see, Divinity: Original Sin 2 is not a traditional single-player RPG.
Here's where things get very interesting. Vincke decides not to, though, going on without them. At this point, the main character can choose to ask the guard to allow her whole party passage into town. Given the situation with the mayor, the town has been locked down while guards investigate. Again, this plot thread could completely cease to exist if you had a character with a different background. Upon entering town, the main character discovers that the mayor has been poisoned and the protagonist's mother has been arrested as one of the primary suspects. This early encounter allows the politics and differences of opinion in your party to take shape, but it's not much more than a few steps later, at the entrance to town, where those issues come much more strongly into play. for a human." And the dwarf? He notes that Harrald murdered hundreds of dwarves and was a monster at best, not a hero worthy of praise. The human thief is familiar with the legends revering Harrald. Having grown up in this town, the main character has memories tied directly to the statue. Divinity: Original Sin 2 is not a traditional single-player RPG Each character can interact with the statue, and each provides unique thoughts that begin to paint a picture of their attitude and place in the world. At the entrance to town is the statue of Harrald the Mighty, a legendary human hero.
Vincke quickly demonstrates for us just how granular the distinctions and differences in your party can be. Over the course of her time in jail, the protagonist has teamed up with a wood elf magician, a dwarven warrior and a human thief. She grew up well-off as part of a family helping to bankroll the mining colony on this island. In our demo, Vincke is playing as a human with the noble background. They'll be able to choose from four different races and a multitude of backgrounds, each of which can have a major impact on how other characters in the world react to you, how the story unfolds and even your primary goals. The first major change between Original Sin 2 and its predecessor is that players will have a lot more control and options over the protagonist during character creation. Or, home to Vincke's current main character, at least. The party has crashed on an island that just so happens to be home to the main character. Vincke begins the demo at a point that he identifies as around five hours into the game. You take control of a party of four rogue magic users - known as "sourcerers" in the world of Divinity, where magic is referred to as "the source." The party begins the game in jail for using magic, but they quickly escape. The first moments we see of Divinity: Original Sin 2 do certainly look familiar. But we're building further on the engine that we have already." Other things will look very pre-alpha, because it is a pre-alpha. "So some of the things you're going to see will look incredibly slick and polished. " Original Sin 2 is built on top of Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition," Vincke tells us, referring to the new version of the first game currently in development for Xbox One and PlayStation 4. He kneels on the floor, crouching in front of a laptop, where he loads up a pre-alpha build of Divinity: Original Sin 2. Tonight, a jet lagged Vincke orders room service in a downtown San Francisco hotel. Tomorrow, he'll head to Seattle, where he'll show off the new project to fans attending the Penny Arcade Expo. Despite being days away from launching a new Kickstarter campaign, Larian Studios CEO Swen Vincke has flown from his home in Belgium to the United States.