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Divinity: Original Sin 2

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Episode 020

tldr;

Over the course of approximately 120+ hours, my brother Rob and I dove head first into Larian Studios second entry in their Divinity series. We pulled four heroes through the Rivellon on a quest to command the source and ascend to divinity. On a scale of Buy, Try, or Skip: I landed at a Try, and Rob landed in-between Buy-Try.

A review summary

Do you like to play Dungeons & Dragons, tactical RPGs, or make a custom character class, like a Theif-Necromancer (Theifromancer)? Do you like a world with multiple branching paths, steep learning curves, and different ways to solve problems, that largely result in you having to fight if I am honest?

If most or all of these things scream YES to you than Divinity 2 is your jam. And thankfully, you have access to it on nearly every platform from PC to Switch. We rocked through it on Steam with a few quality of life mods in the final 8-10 hours of play, but we both agree, it would be worth while to install a few to maximize your enjoyment.

While much of the game was difficult and some of the systems could have been explained better, we made it through and would overall recommend people to at least try it out.

We are looking forward to seeing what Larian does next.

Divinity: Original Sin 2 – on Steam

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Guest – Rob Meyer

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Borderlands 3

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Summary

The Borderlands series is near and dear to my heart. And my brother Rob and I took some time to dig into the parts of the game that we found awesome and what wasn’t so great. We played Borderlands 2 for countless hours and between all the expansions we were ready to be on the latest chapter of the Vault hunters.

A little more than a year ago we waited for Borderlands 3 to open up for purchase outside of the Epic store, which in general as a PC casual, wasn’t the worst thing and we don’t have anything against multiple launchers, but we are pretty embedded as Steam users.

On this episode of the podcast, we discussed the Story, Audio, Graphics, and Gameplay mechanics that we enjoyed during our 35~hour play-through of the main campaign. On the whole we enjoyed the gameplay and the possibilities that this title opens up for the Borderlands universe. No longer tied to Sanctuary we are free to explore a vast universe of vaults and monsters as a Flak and Amara.

Overall we recommend picking up the title, and are looking forward to playing through the expansions this fall.

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Guest – Rob Meyer

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Loot, Die, Repeat

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Summary

If our hobbies carried a title that was analogous to a job, ours would probably be something like, “Inventory Manager.” Mari Kondo would find our compulsion to hoard digital items found in games like Diablo, or Torchlight to be, “of great concern.”

Danh and I take a dive into the deeply addicting grind of loot collection. We share a common thread and propensity for these sorts of unending cycles in game mechanics.

As in the last episode, Diablo plays a sort of central role in the formation of our interests in grinding levels, material, and items in this Groundhog Day flavored digital experience. We have carved in literally 100’s of hours honing our goals, yet never quite gaining perfection. And maybe that is what brings us such enjoyment.

Attaining mastery is a lofty goal with Torchlight, Destiny, the Division, Borderlands, and so on. They are designed to hold our attention and yet at the same time allow us to feel the assent towards tangible success. We are getting there but, there are miles to go before we rest.

Did we miss something about the compulsion to find, collect, and keep loot? Are you bored of the grind? Let us know if you are enjoying the show via electronic mail or on twitter @betweenplayers

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Special Thanks

Guest – Danh Hoang

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