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Myrthos
August 3rd, 2009, 23:33
4Players reviewed (http://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/PC-CDROM/Test/12883/64733/0/Divinity_2_Ego_Draconis.html) Divinity 2 as well and was positively surprised by it. It's in German, but the reviewer stated more than once that he never expected the game to be that much fun.

More information. (http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?newsbit=12771)
Santos
August 3rd, 2009, 23:33
Stop taunting me! I am the product of US public schools; I can just manage English on a good day, never mind German. :P
Gorath
August 4th, 2009, 03:01
That's a surprise. 4Players is usually extremely critical and they test without patches.
The last sentence on the conclusion is:
"Divinity 2 is more than excellently adequate to sweeten the time until Dragon Age comes out."
SveNitoR
August 4th, 2009, 10:41
I am thinking about actually buying this in German. I prefer movies and books to be in the original language, since a lot of nuances are lost in translation. Anyone know if there are any German stores delivering to Sweden?

Edit: Nevermind. I saw that Amazon.de can send it here.

Interesting that the most popular negative review on Amazon talks about performance issues. Perhaps I should wait a while.

Anyone know when the English version is supposed to come?
Alrik Fassbauer
August 4th, 2009, 10:44
I don't know. Maybe you could try Amazon ?
JDR13
August 4th, 2009, 10:50
As much as I'm looking forward to D2, I'm not in any hurry to get it. The devs have already stated that they're working on at least one patch for it right now. I'd rather wait until after the patch is released.
DArtagnan
August 4th, 2009, 10:55
Yeah, I'm comfortably awaiting a few patches as well.
Myrthos
August 4th, 2009, 11:01
I am thinking about actually buying this in German. I prefer movies and books to be in the original language, since a lot of nuances are lost in translation. Anyone know if there are any German stores delivering to Sweden?
I believe the original language of the game is English. German is the translation.

The English version is scheduled for September, but as no US/UK publisher has been announced up to now I have some doubts about them meeting that schedule.
JDR13
August 4th, 2009, 11:07
Where besides Germany and Belgium has it already been released?
Alrik Fassbauer
August 4th, 2009, 11:23
Nowhere.

I even doubt it has been released in Belgium, but I honestly don't know.

I assume, by the way, that the GamesCom is the perfect time for them to announce it - or they'll do some negotiations there.
JDR13
August 4th, 2009, 11:29
I would be quite surprised if it has not been released in Belgium, seeing as how that's where it was developed.
Vanhatai
August 4th, 2009, 11:51
If you don't mind German OST, there is pretty good language changer here. It replaces all German texts (dialogues, quests, UI) with English ones. DE version itself contains English texts locked.

http://narod.ru/disk/11469034000/Divinity.2.Language.Changer.v1.1.exe.html

Some pieces reads strange, though :)
Gorath
August 4th, 2009, 11:51
I think it has only been released in DACH.
Myrthos
August 4th, 2009, 12:20
The only countries it has been released in are Germany, Austria and Switzerland. There are no publishers know for any other countries (including Belgium).
elikal
August 4th, 2009, 12:27
I put trust in 4players, because they are so critical. Often it is justified, and I expect critics to be critical not blindly praising and overlooking issues. It gives a judgement weight, when you know their praise is not cheap to get. I was skeptical with Divinity 2, too much it looked like a Gothic 3 to me, and I surely will yet wait until it is patched into a more balanced state. No more first day buying from me those days.
PrinceOfDeath
August 4th, 2009, 12:56
Yes I also have doubts about reaching the September Deadline.
I dont see why larian/DTP can't announce there International Publishers, it just seems really silly.
Swen even said this could be there last game, so If they want it to sell good they should have announced a Pub and started promotion.

If they don't announce a Publisher at GamesCom I'll be pissed and will go on a rampage at there official Forums.
I also do hope it still comes in September!
LuckyCarbon
August 4th, 2009, 16:50
I also do hope it still comes in September!

Yes, that's exactly what we need, another September release. It's really too bad not a single game was able to be released this summer, there's been no competition, it would have cleaned up just because we're all bored waiting for September/October.
Ragon der Magier
August 6th, 2009, 05:16
Yes I also have doubts about reaching the September Deadline.
I dont see why larian/DTP can't announce there International Publishers, it just seems really silly.
Swen even said this could be there last game, so If they want it to sell good they should have announced a Pub and started promotion.

If they don't announce a Publisher at GamesCom I'll be pissed and will go on a rampage at there official Forums.
I also do hope it still comes in September!

Well, guess what and why?

Just like with media exclusive stories, the publisher retains the right for doing exactly this - going public in the region they are covering - for himself.

Not even the main publisher (dtp) is to interfere.
Thatīs usually the nature of such agreements.

So if Swen doesnīt want this to be their last game, itīs wise for him to stay mum about it.
(slight exaggeration ;) )

As for why the announcement is still missing:
Of course it is the Gamescom!
When you have a well-known fair that is established at a new site and under new brand, with all eyes on it, and the planned release date of your game is close to it
- well, what would you do as a publisher?!...

So, thereīs still reason to be hopeful for an announcement at Gamescom and a September international release.


As far as Belgium is concerned - it has not seen Div2 yet... which in fact has garnered quite some criticism from Larians countrymates.

It brings us back to publisher business once again.
As odd as it may sound that a game is not spread first in the country of its origin - only as long as you miss to take in account that dtp has the publishing lead. And dtp is German.
Consequently the game has been brought to shelves only in the German speaking countries (DACH = Germany, Austria, Switzerland by their international signatures) so far.


Cheers and enjoy, all of you who have Div2 in their grasps already,
Ragon
:cool:
PrinceOfDeath
August 6th, 2009, 10:33
Lets just pray for announcement.
I wish I could understand German.
Alrik Fassbauer
August 6th, 2009, 11:06
As for why the announcement is still missing:
Of course it is the Gamescom!


This is crystal clear to me that they'll "use" the GamesCom for that.

Who'd have other things expected ?
txa1265
August 6th, 2009, 14:01
I don't know. Maybe you could try Amazon ?

No good ... nothing yet even listed there.
PrinceOfDeath
August 6th, 2009, 14:10
Nope.
Only Amazon.de and Amazon.fr have it listed the French Version is being published by DTP also.

Theres no clues at all to who the Publisher is...
Alrik Fassbauer
August 6th, 2009, 16:00
No good ... nothing yet even listed there.

Sorry, I implied www.amazon.de .
txa1265
August 6th, 2009, 16:10
Sorry, I implied www.amazon.de .

No worries ... I frequently check GameSpot and Amazon.com for these things ...
PrinceOfDeath
August 6th, 2009, 22:51
So who you guys thinking for Publisher?

I'm saying Deep Silver.
txa1265
August 7th, 2009, 02:53
So long as it isn't DreamCatcher ...
JDR13
August 7th, 2009, 07:22
I just wish we could get a release date, I need to start planning ahead. :)