Wonderful (two-dimensional) graphics! Great soundtrack! Divine Divinity is one my favourite games of all time!

User Rating: 9.1 | Divine Divinity PC
Divine Divinity is an excellent roleplaying game. It is an immersive, action-oriented, fun game with great story elements and humourous content too.

While it at first appears to be a run-of-the-mill "hack 'n' slash" action roleplaying game, Divine Divinity separates itself from that genre with a fantastic mixture of free-roaming exploration and story-driven adventure. You begin by choosing one of six characters and that choice will determine the style of gameplay you will need to adopt once you enter dangerous areas. Casters will need to start out with a little more patience than warrior-types. Yes, the spell-throwers are weak in close quarters and you will definitely need to pay attention to your little red-and-blue coloured bars, particularly in the early parts of the story.

You control your character with the keyboard and mouse, similarly to such games as Diablo. The story, however, paces the game nicely by not allowing you to bite off more than you can chew at the start. The town in the beginning of the story is surrounded by enemies who can easily kill your character, so you'll want to take refuge within the walled settlement until you grow stronger.

What's great about Divine Divinity is that you really feel as though your character is a part of the world. There is a great amount of dialogue and you are actually presented with real choices, rather than being presented with cardboard cut-outs for quests. Of course, there ~are~ mandatory quests in that mix, but there are so many things to do that you will learn to welcome the pace of things offered.

This game has a kind of "feeling" to it that envelopes you: the soundtrack features excellent music and the voice-acting is not bad either, though there are some cheesy bits here and there. The plot, as well as the good sense of humour, more than makes up for any shortcomings that might be found in the voice-cast. Yes, it is at the same time both serious and funny!

Divine Divinity uses two-dimensional graphics with an isometric point-of-view. That is, your character is always in the centre of the screen. If you like this style, you will just love this game! The imagery and effects are absolutely delicious and I feel that they are among the best of ANY game featuring 2D graphics.

This roleplaying game comes highly recommended; you couldn't be disappointed here.