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Divinity: Original Sin (Classic)

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2014

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Quick resume

Gather your party and get ready for a new, back-to-the-roots RPG adventure! Discuss your decisions with companions; fight foes in turn-based combat; explore an open world and interact with everything and everyone you see. Join up with a friend to play online in co-op and make your own adventures with the powerful RPG toolkit.

Global score

92/100

Genres

Adventure, Indie, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Puzzle

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    Pros

    • Deep and strategic turn-based combat
    • High player freedom and autonomy
    • Rich, immersive fantasy world
    • Excellent co-op multiplayer
    • Extensive crafting and customization

    Cons

    • Steep learning curve for new players
    • Some bugs and technical issues in early versions
    • Lack of voice acting in many dialogues
    • Complex quest navigation without markers
    • Limited multiplayer party size (2 players)

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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      "Players have full freedom to explore the world, solve quests in multiple ways, and make meaningful choices without handholding or quest markers."

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    • Competence

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      "The game offers challenging turn-based combat requiring strategic thinking and equipment management."

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    • Competition

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      "Focus is on personal progression and cooperative play rather than competitive ranked modes or leaderboards."

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    • Continuation

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      "Players report long play sessions, high replayability, and habitual engagement with the game."

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      "Players report long play sessions, high engagement, and repeated playthroughs due to depth and replayability."

    • Cooperation

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      "Co-op multiplayer is highly praised; players work together to survive and progress."

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      "Co-op multiplayer is supported and praised, with mechanics encouraging teamwork and shared decision-making."

    • Creativity

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      "Extensive crafting, character customization, and environmental interaction encourage creative problem solving and unique builds."

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      "Extensive crafting, character customization, and environmental manipulation encourage creative problem solving."

    • Domination

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      "Interactions emphasize mutual respect and shared decision-making rather than exerting control or superiority over others."

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    • Escapism

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      "Immersive fantasy world, rich lore, and engaging story provide strong escape from real life."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of interest and love for classic RPGs, not obligation."

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    • Experimenting

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      "Experimentation with spell combinations and tactics is central to gameplay and player motivation."

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      "Players experiment with spell combinations, crafting, and multiple quest solutions, exploring game mechanics deeply."

    • Exploration

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      "Game heavily emphasizes discovering new areas, secrets, and completing numerous quests."

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      "Game encourages detailed exploration of environments, secrets, and lore without quest markers."

    • Expression

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      "Character creation and voice personality choices allow personal expression within the party."

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    • Fantasy

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      "Strong fantasy setting with magic, mythical creatures, and imaginative storytelling."

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    • Fellowship

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      "Community and co-op play foster social connection, though solo play is also common."

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    • Growth

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      "Players develop skills, learn mechanics, and improve strategies over time."

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    • Health

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      "Typical sedentary gameplay with no physical activity elements."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention and strategic thinking; not suited for casual or background play."

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      "Requires focused attention and strategic thinking; not suited for casual or background play."

    • Intimacy

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      "Social interactions mainly through cooperative play; some emotional sharing but limited to gameplay context."

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    • Leadership

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      "Players can lead their own strategy and influence game state but no formal leadership roles."

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    • Progression

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      "Strong progression through acquiring items, upgrades, and unlocking new content."

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    • Relaxation

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      "Game balances challenge and flow but can be tense especially on higher difficulties."

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    • Sensation

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      "Enjoyable visual and auditory experience with atmospheric music and detailed environments."

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    • Status

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      "Focus is on personal and cooperative achievement rather than social recognition or popularity."

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    • Story

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      "Engaging narrative with humor, character interactions, and meaningful quests."

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    • Strategy

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      "Highly strategic turn-based combat requiring planning, positioning, and resource management."

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    • Thrill

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      "Combat and exploration provide suspense and excitement, though not extreme risk."

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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      "Players manage resources and avoid defeat in challenging combat scenarios."

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    Analysis

    Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Creativity, Story.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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