Hey Oldman you got your game...yaayy..i have loaded mine on the computer and had a look around as it were, may change my 'hero' appearance but we shall see. Haven't figured out how to slow him down yet but I am sure I will get there eventually.

Graphics look great.

Whew i think I have 5 games loaded atm on my 'gaming' HD so plenty of choice. Will be interested to know how you get on.

Nanjoan

Nanjoan, what are you thinking of the game so far?

Well let me say that I am very disappointed in this game so far. Haven't done very much and I'm just feeling my way around but my main disappointment is that, unlike Divine Divinity, there are no quest markers on the map to show you where to go. So you have to feel your way around and have a good memory or take good notes which I am not good at. Consequently I keep hunting for where to go on a quest and then where to return to once I've completed the quest. I think there is a way to mark your map so in the future I'll try to learn that so that I at least know where to come back to when and if I complete a side quest.

The controls seem a little clunky to me. When clicking on dialogue options, the mouse is slow to react. I will eventually finish this game because I wanted it to be a true sequel to Divine Divinity but it didn't live up to my expectations by a long shot.

If you're looking for another Divine Divinity in this game you're in for a big disappointment.

Oldman, how long have you been playing?

I'm not that far into it yet. I've done about 3 or 4 side quests and have about the same yet to do in the first area of the game. I'm ready to progress to the next area of the main quest but am putting that off until I finish (or give up on) the side quests.

However the complaints I have will not improve over the course of the game. There will be no quest markers on the map. I've read some posts online complaining of the same thing.

A lot of gamers mention the turning into a dragon bit but it doesn't seem to excite too many. It might be cool to turn into a dragon and fly around the countryside but that definitely does not offset the cons, at least for me.

Well the comments make interesting reading. As I haven't progressed very far yet, still feeling my way around as it were, but i find that the 'hero' seems to move a little too fast but maybe i will be able to control that later.

Apart from that I am certainly going to give it a good work through, not giving up yet and will certainly look around the forums to see whats happening.

There again after all the hype I may stick to Sacred 2 and it's expansion pack. We shall see but love the graphics.

Will keep watching for the comments anyway.

Nanjoan

awww, how sad. I was really looking forward to a true Divine Divinity 2 that would make me feel as good as the first one did. I will hold off purchasing for now.

Ana

Thanks John, you just saved my credit card from getting another hit on it ! I know now it doesn't sound like I will be missing a great game.

John-

Thanks, you just saved me the high price of paying for it when you mentioned the wasd keys, I was hoping they would not change that part, but was looking forward to a really great game. I will wait for something else.

maggie

A short update on the game. It's still not anything like Divine Divinity but as I evaluate the game on it's own merits there are some features that make it playable (for me).

There are shades of Tomb Raider/Indiana Jones style play in that you jump and climb on rocks and stuff and climb up ladders. (I'm not comparing it to Tomb Raider just using that to point style of play)

You can pause by hitting the enter key and you can set the game to pause when your hit points get down to a certain per cent allowing you to either take a potion or run away.

I have decided that this is a separate entity and am mentally thinking of it as Ego Draconis and not Divinity II therefore mentally blocking out the comparison between this and Divine Divinity thus rendering my judgement more favorable.

All in all I don't rate it up there with games like Witcher Morrowind, Sacred and Divine Divinity but it is becoming playable and rather enjoyable and though I still resent not having side quest markers I have found a pretty good walkthrough that shows the location of all the quests making it a little easier.

I haven't obtained the ability to turn into a dragon yet but I did get to a dream part where you fly as a dragon and blast away enemies so it may be cool........or not.

For Nanjoan you can toggle between run and walk by hitting the caps lock key. You can also program another key in the options section. (I always do this because on my keyboard caps lock tends to disrupt things.)

Oldman, I'm glad that when you consider it as a stand alone game, it has it's good points.

The storyline kind of does make an attempt at continuing but it is really a continuation of Beyond Divinity.

On the subject of Divine Divinity the original, which I am currently playing, can anyone remember how to separate stacks of items in inventory? I'm at the point where I have too many scorpion traps and can't carry them all around. I'd like to stash some of them, but I can't for the life of me remember how to separate stacks, and I haven't been able to find any information on this anywhere. Do any of you Divine Divinity fans remember?

Hagatha I think you drop them and then right click on them and you will get an option of how many to pick up.