Well I finally did it. I beat Divinity : Original Sin 2.
And I did, in fact, get to actually become Divine. Technically.
In the plot, I actually did rise to Godhood. But the burning question of “how the hell would they write that?” was never really answered.
I rose to Godhood, I had some dialogues with the main characters on our living ship, the Lady Vengeance, then there was the always reliable ending where I got to find out what happened to various characters, then roll credits.
And when I was on the ship, absolutely nothing about my character had changed besides having a glowy aura now.
I mean, it didn’t even level me up. What a ripoff.
They even seemed to go out of their way to not give me any satisfaction on that score by ending the ending sequence with the narrator saying something like “And what about you? What did you do with your divine powers? Were you just cruel? Good or evil? Only you know for sure. ”
Which got an instant and instinctual middle finger from me.
Pfff. Cowards. Don’t invoke epic ideas if you can’t handle them, assholes.
Don’t start what you can’t finish.
Still, amazing game. After hundreds of hours of gameplay, I could not come to any other conclusion without seeming like a total hypocrite.
“Oh sure, I played this game for over 500 hours, but it was pretty meh. Three stars. ”
It would be like those people who say they have seen every episode of a certain TV show ten times and so they know that without a doubt, the show sucks.
Thank you for your sacrifice.
I will likely at least start another playthrough. I always do. It helps take the sting out of the post-completion blues that strikes all gamers after they beat a game. Sure, there is the feeling of triumph at having overcome another game, and there is the satisfaction of a job well done and a journey completed, but once that fades it becomes the Boxing Day Blues all over again.
But I don’t know how far into playing the game again I will go. I could go either way. The game is certainly deep, long, and rich enough to support another playthrough. I could choose a different main character (one that doesn’t die so much, maybe) and follow their plotline. Maybe make some custome characters this time to fill out my party.
I’m pretty sure I can do that.
But I could also see myself deciding to retire the game for now and movie on to something new. I just acquired Warhammer : Vermintide 2, and have yet to give it a try. So it could be that I will end up playing it instead of DOS2.
But even if I end up hating and returning WV2, it feels good to know that I have an extremely playable game in DOS2 to rely on to keep me busy whilst I search for my next game obsession.
More after the break.
Well this sucks. I’m sick.
Got a chest full of pain. My lungs feel very raw and scratchy inside and I can feel something in there – not phlegm, it’s not heavy or liquid enough, but still something that should not be there.
My throat is swollen too, and swallowing hurts a bit. I feel feverish and deadly tired. I have a mild headache from sinus pressure. And my appetite is shot.
I know I have to eat, but I am really not looking forward to it.
Truth is, it’s been building up for a couple of days. I have just been subconsciously ignoring it until now. I suppose I was in denial. But now the symptoms are too obvious to be ignored any more.
And I know that sooner or later, I am going to have to look up the symptoms of the corona virus. I don’t want to, but I have to.
Because my contracting it is just plausible enough to be a possibility. After all, I live smack dab in the middle of one of the largest Chinese populations outside of Mainland China, and the airport is just a couple of miles away.
It’s entirely possible that travelers from the Wuhan area arrived here in Richmond and decided to go visit their friends in Manhattan Towers, where I live.
Or that I shared air with some when I ate at White Spot on Sunday night.
The odds are still pretty low, but I have to know.
I’mma get some food now. Urk.
I’ve managed to scare up a tiny bit of appetite. Hope it’s enough.
I have now tried Warhammer : Vermintide 2, and right now it is not looking like a keeper. Turns out it doesn’t have a plot, just missions. The idea is to do missions, get money, buy better gear, lather, rinse, repeat.
Not much meat on that bone, especially compared to DOS2 which had oodles of plot. The combat seems fun and all, but meh.
Oh, plus it’s squad-based, even in single player. So double meh. I will likely return it and go look for something more to my tastes.
OR I could install and play one of the over 100 games I have in my Steam library,. Ironically, I had to uninstall everything but DOS2 in order to have the HD space to download and installed Vermintide 2.
I’m sure there must be something worth playing in there. I haven’t played Witcher 3 in a long time, and that’s my fave PC game ever.
Hmmm. Or there’s this game called Tyranny which I completely do not remember trying but there it is, in my Steam Library. It’s by Obsidian Entertainment, which is a solid company, and I think it’s an open world overhead perspective game a lot like DOS2.
I had been hoping for something 3D but this is good too.
Then again, I could always install Skyrim again.
Right now, my desire to find out what new stuff has been added since I played it last is equal to my enormous superstitious fear of losing myself in it again.
Intellectually, I know that I am probably strong enough now to get into it without getting in so deep that I stop eating.
But emotionally I am freaking terrified.
So I will download and try this Tyranny thing instead. It’s possible that it is the same game I tried at one point and rejected because it was far too bleak and amoral.
Then again, I am pretty sure that was Age of Decadence.
So we’ll see.
Right now I am going to lay down in the dark and quietly suffer for a while.
I will talk to you nice people tomorrow.