

During each turn, the player may perform multiple actions until they run out of action points. Combat of the game is turn based and uses an action-point system. While Original Sin II offers a wide variety of preset class builds, it has an otherwise open-ended class system that allows a high degree of flexibility. The game features both online and local multiplayer modes, both competitive and cooperative. Players are able to split up and individually control their party members, leading to potentially complex battle tactics and role-playing opportunities. All companions are fully playable, and will potentially have unique interactions with the environment and non-player characters (NPCs). Players can play solo or with up to three companions in their party. The choices of races are human, elf, lizard, dwarf, and undead, a race not available in Original Sin. The player begins the game by selecting one of six pre-made characters with their own backstories, or creating a custom character and choosing their stats, race, gender and origin story.

The game won multiple awards and accolades from several gaming publications, and has been cited as one of the best role-playing games of all time.ĭivinity: Original Sin II is a role-playing video game played from an isometric perspective.

It was a commercial success, selling over a million copies in two months following its release. The game was released for macOS in January 2019, and a port for the Nintendo Switch was released in September 2019.ĭivinity: Original Sin II received critical acclaim upon release, with praise for its narrative, characters, interactivity, combat system and music. An enhanced version, Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition, was released for Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in August 2018. Following an early access release in September 2016, the game was fully released for Microsoft Windows in September 2017. Larian launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for Original Sin II in August 2015, raising over US$2 million. Over the course of the game, the player completes quests and develops their character, explores the world and interacts with its non-player characters, and engages in turn-based combat using a variety of weapons and skills. The game is played from an isometric perspective. The player assumes the role of a Sourcerer, an individual with a powerful yet dangerous type of magic named Source, who has the chance to ascend to godhood and save Rivellon from the Voidwoken threat. The game takes place in the fantasy world of Rivellon, which has increasingly come under attack by interdimensional monstrous creatures known as Voidwoken. It is the sequel to the 2014 game Divinity: Original Sin and the fifth main entry in the Divinity game series. Divinity: Original Sin II is a 2017 role-playing video game developed and published by Larian Studios.
