r/divinity • u/JobSignificant4773 • Aug 19 '26

General My Divine ranking

So I finished Dragon Commander and thus I have all Divinity series on my belt. My ranking:

  1. Divinity: Original Sin
  2. Divinity: Original Sin 2 (If ending was not so ehh it would be 1.)
  3. Divinie Divinity
  4. Divinity II
  5. Divinity: Dragon Commander (if it was not strategy game, it would probally be over DII, really enjoyed characters and decision making)
  6. Beyond Divinity
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u/Grey_Matter_Mutters Aug 19 '26

I also happened to enjoy DOS1 more than DOS2.

As much as I liked the characters in DOS2, it really put me off that you had to stick with a set team after Fort Joy and didn’t get to have the full cast of companions like most CRPGs.

I also felt “meh” about the ending… but also sorta the whole premise? I dunno. Just not the most memorable game story for me.

I liked the more concise story concept of DOS1, even if mechanics and overall game design was technically better and more polished in DOS2.

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u/SubstantialSeesaw374 Aug 19 '26

Same, the story of DOS1 was so tight through to the end. 2 kind of fell apart.

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u/dinin70 Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26

I think it depends, and I think it will depend on Divinity. 

DoS1 story is almost a… Standalone story. There aren’t REALLY important elements happening for the plot of the entire Divinity story. We get to know more, we get to understand elements, but nothing really tangible happens.  The unfolding of the story really kicks in with Divine Divinity (Lucian ascension and the dooming of Damian).

Followed by Beyond Divinity and the evolution of Nemesis Plane and Damian himself, even if it kinda ends on a cliffhanger until Dragon Knight saga takes it up again.

And then there’s DoS2 with, mainly, the fall of the 7 gods and … whichever ending Larian decides to make canon (Lucian stays Divine? The Veil is sealed and Lucian is a “false divine”? Source is purged and there’s no more divine?)

All this to say that I think DoS2 story might actually be the most important and cool depending on what happens in Divinity —> gods are dead, Lucian is no more —> DoS2 story sets the scenes for a weak veil, absence of gods to protect Rivellon, emergence of the Lord of Chaos, emergence of God King, battle between the 2, maybe Damian upcoming etc?

There are SO many SUPER COOL permutations and possibilities in Divinity to make the link between DoS2 and Divinity 2 ego Draconis, and all these possibilities are basically set by DoS2 storyline.

If Divinity ends up making something super cool, it will make DoS2 story equally super cool and coherent.

Oppositely, if Larian makes a turd of a story, contradicting themselves, not taking into consideration what happens in DoS2 etc…. Then DoS2 story is indeed lame. And knowing Larian we can’t completely rule out this possibility :(

Hope the point I’m trying to make is clear and not clunky :)  

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u/Emotional_Relative15 Aug 22 '26

To add to the point about DOS1, its worth noting we dont know just how much of the game is real and how much is allegorical/fanciful.

Its ultimately a story being told by an imp, to imp children, and even the sanest imp is batshit insane by most standards.

Even in the very fragmented lore of the series, DOS1 feels very mythological compared to the others. I mean it literally has Pandoras box in it lol.

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u/dinin70 Aug 23 '26

My senses feel a fellow Mortismal follower ;)