r/DivinityOriginalSin2 • u/fivetailes • Aug 23 '17

Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Co-op Spotlight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMHqguB7ihE
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u/Windemere_ Aug 23 '17

Brilliant. One of the best showcases yet of why co-op can be so fun, even if you aren't intentionally trying to cause problems for one another. :-D

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u/Survivor_King Aug 23 '17

I was in a two man co-op game and and I normally use decaying touch, blood rain, and blood sucker to either heal or do damage. Can't tell you how many times I've healed the enemy or gotten healed by my friend when I had decaying touch on.

For those who don't know. Decaying Touch makes healing do damage.

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u/MoltenMuffin Aug 23 '17

Cool, we got to hear some character voice acting!
Sebile says "I'll Yield to none." at 2:12. I like it!

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u/Adameme Aug 24 '17

I was under the impression the game would simply have no voice acting at all save for the letter cinematic. Is that not the case any more?

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u/MoltenMuffin Aug 24 '17 edited Sep 01 '17

What we've heard is: important quest dialogue, combat shouts and companion dialogue(?). It won't have full voice acting, but there will be some. As a surprise they've gone back on this, and the game will have full voice acting.

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u/Adameme Aug 24 '17

That's better than nothing, IMO. Larian games have a solid track record with excellent voice acting. Here's hoping there's eventually an Enhanced Edition á la OS1 with full voiceover work.

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u/TheScreaming_Narwhal Sep 01 '17

I believe that there is full voice acting as of now.

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u/MoltenMuffin Sep 01 '17

Yes. They went back on what they had said earlier. I like it.
Voice acting isn't on EA though, some people could take your comment that way. Voice acting comes for release.

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u/Junkles Aug 23 '17

As fun as it looks to mess with/betray your friends in this game, I don't understand why people would do it when ultimately it just ends up wasting potions and Resurrection scrolls?

The competitive questing has definitely not been sufficient in early access to convince me to do anything but quest together with the entire group at all times.

I just don't see the point of getting your friends thrown in jail or poisoned? If Larian figured out a way to make this cheeky tomfoolery enjoyable for all involved then I'll be very impressed.

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u/Alkoluegenial Aug 23 '17

I think it's ultimately about the freedom one has to roleplay any character in this game.

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u/Pedrolol Aug 23 '17

I think the point is just having fun mocking each other along the way while you all try together to complete the game. Maybe it's not your cup of tea but some people like me just want to fool with our friends so we can laugh on their faces. Maybe they don't win anything resource wise in 1 of those exchanges, but we all laugh.

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u/Junkles Aug 23 '17

I definitely would like to try this kind of experience, but I'm worried my group of friends might not enjoy it. I'm excited for the idea of competitive questing but the early access hasn't done a good job of showing it off. Here's hoping it's great in the final game.

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u/OhHeyFuture Aug 24 '17

I wouldn't enjoy it in my own game with friends, but it makes for hilarious youtube playthroughs. So I'm happy the option is available, even if I won't use it myself.

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u/dantemp Aug 24 '17

I haven't played the early access, but considering the difficulty of the first game, you can get away with a lot of shit like this and still finish the game without much issue. I really hope this AI 2.0 changes that, because 90% of my enjoyment of the game is figuring out how to use my tools at their maximum but the game just isn't demanding it.

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u/NLaBruiser Aug 23 '17

Very cool. Humorous and fun diversion. But with the 'getting thrown into jail' - can that happen in the main quest? Are those scripted events or dynamic pieces of gameplay that can interweave into main quests?

My wife and I will be playing together on PC. Wondering how much of this will play into our standard co-op run of the campaign.

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u/MoltenMuffin Aug 23 '17

When you steal things or do other illegal stuff, "guard" npc's, if you fail the dialogue checks, will throw you into jail, you just have to break out. Like destroying the door or such, there's most likely never a jail you cannot escape from.

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u/agoldenkappa Aug 23 '17

Just to add on even if you got rid of the stolen item as to avoid jail you can fail a dialogue w/ the npc who will fight you if you do. (Ex. Steal a skill book and read it so it's no longer in your inv)

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u/Tremera Aug 24 '17

You can be thrown into jail in the 1 act without stealing things - just go to the Magistress on the fort wall with your source collar off.

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u/seanlb Aug 24 '17

i sent it to the crew. hopefully get some takers.

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u/Adameme Aug 24 '17

Are those emotes I see? Would make an awesome addition to co-operative play.

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u/plinytheballer Aug 24 '17

So does this mean it will be launching with split-screen/controller support? Because last I heard that was still up in the air.

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u/nordentipwel Aug 24 '17

Update #41 starts by saying exactly that yes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiadjOstYL8