So I ordered Divinity 2: Dragon Knight Saga…
 

I want the boxed version of DKS so I ordered it a few days ago from GoGamer.com.

The package arrived today! I've really been looking forward to this game. I opened the package and… Lego Harry Potter?

Yep. They sent me Lego Harry Potter. I cried in a fetal position for a few minutes. I might just buy a digital version now…

I laughed out loud when I first read your post (you have to admit it's pretty funny), but now I'm a little nervous.

I ordered DKS from GoGamer last week, and it should be arriving tomorrow or the next day… :anxious:

I had something like that happen before. I ordered Dune 2 from Chips & Bits and they sent me Doom 2 :D

Such a sad ending to a good starting story.

Oh, BEEEEEEP.

Now a 10-year-old holds a case of DKS in his hands ?

It will change his/her life.

Personally I liked LEGO Harry Potter … but yeah, not exactly a fair trade, as I LOVE DKS (haven't finished it to review yet)

A representative from GoGamer contacted me today about my order. They told me that DKS is now 'backordered.' If you look up DKS on GoGamer's website right now, you'll see it says 'out of stock.'

GoGamer is being great about refunding my money, so no biggie.

I want to buy DKS digitally now from Direct2Drive. Can anyone here tell me what Direct2Drive's copy protection is? Is it like steam where I have to be connected to the net each time I play? Or is it more like GoG where I download the game and it's mine?

Thanks for any help.

Doesn't surprise me that they sold out at that price. Hopefully my copy was sent out before that happened. I'm going to call them tomorrow and check on it.

More like GamersGate where you download and then you have to deal with whatever DRM the publisher has in place. In the case of DKS that means online activation.

So they sent you Harry Potter and the Deathly Legos instead?!?

Makes sense. http://www.rpgwatch.com/forums/images/icons/icon12.gif

I agree… but I already have Lego Harry Potter on the PS3… been playing it with my son since its release… a fun game.

They did!

When I got the package out of my mailbox from GoGamer, I was so excited… like a little kid got back in my house, feverishly ripped open the package… and lego harry potter :(

Just got off the phone with GoGamer, and they confirmed that my copy was shipped before they sold out.

I don't remember an order from them ever taking this long to get to me though…

I jokingly told the guy that I better not get a copy of Lego Harry Potter. He laughed pretty hard…

hee hee. If you do you could always gift it to a younger relative, and wait for the price to drop further…

Haha that is awesome.

Well I got an email from GoGamer and they told me they have refunded my order AND that I can keep the Harry Potter disc free. Now that is some customer service… I'll definatley be buying from them in the future, despite this mishap.

Probably because none wants the Harry Potter disc :P

I think this incident was a lot more fun than you'll have playing the actual game :D

If it's not changed this year, then this is what happens (Or at least what happened with Civ IV complete):
Buy the game,
Download,
Install,
Activation screen comes up,
Input code from Direct2Drive,
Game activates,
Game is now playable!

But you're right in regards to the DRM, but the authentication process is extra. It has to be passed once the game is installed or you can't play it.

Of course the sad reality is that LEGO Harry Potter likely sold more in its first week than Div2:DKS will sell in its entire lifetime …

I say sad not because LEGO Harry Potter is bad (it is certainly much better than Arcania or Call of Duty Black Ops or Medal of Honor, for example), but because Divinity 2: DKS is very good and deserves the attention …

You are of course right TXA… but I think they have a very different target group :P

Edit: Nor right about the game being good, but right about sale figures.

I bought Lego Star Wars and didn't like it at all. It was fun for awhile seeing the Legos I grew up with animated on the screen, but that only lasted so long before I became bored with how simple it was.

If I were a single person (meaning, no kids) - I probably wouldn't ever have bought any of the lego games.

But I have to admit, when I play the lego games with my boys, we have a lot of fun. For them, the gameplay is simple enough, yet intersting and rewarding and I have a lot of fun playing those games because they have fun.

I'm on Episode 2 out of 6, and I sort of agree with you. Basically it runs on simplistic platform mechanics and…

Lots. Of. Bloody. Collecting. - Trying to get "True Jedi" on every level is so mind numbingly boring.

Just a thought … the Star Wars LEGO games are definitely the best LEGO games ever made … so if you aren't liking those, stay far away from the rest. Harry Potter is second best, and Indiana Jones and Batman lag far behind …

Finally got my copy today. No Lego Harry Potter for me. :)

So your Patronus was successful. ;)

Brb, need to use Google…..

That's my copy you have there!

JDR ordered potter originally. He just doesnt want to admit it.

Woo hoo! About time we had some forum drama!
(Zloth sits back with some popcorn…)
Oh wait, it's morning!
(Zloth sits back with some dried apricots…)

I just started playing the game, too. I definitely like being able to change my look at the Illusionist. Though, for whatever weird reason, I've got "PHYSICS>CPU" showing in the upper left. (Dragon Age: Origins is doing that, too.)

Definitely having fun with this one! It actually reminds me a tad of Tomb Raider with little hidden things you can find if you jump around a bit.

This game tends to remind me of Tomb raider also, as well as many other third person platformers of days gone by.

I too enjoy the services of the Illusionist, and wish that more character customization and "dress up" options were available ala Fable.

Yeah, the characters could definitely use more options… errr… <looks at ONE TRUE's avatar>… though they shouldn't try to get TOO many options….

Things are a bit confusing on Steam right now. Divinity 2: Dragon Knight Saga is the updated, re-mastered version of Ego Draconis plus the expansion published by Focus. It's normally $40 and is on sale right now for $26.79. Oh, and it comes with some bonus armors.

Or you could buy just Ego Draconis by itself, as published by DTP Entertainment. It's got fewer bonus armors and is selling for… $50! Yep. The entire game plus upgrade plus expansion costs $10 less than the original game! They have different forums on Steam, too. *facepalm*

I don't think I'm going to be able to look at a chest quite the same way again. Not safe for work… I think…

It also turns out that this is actually a JRPG!

Whooo I read the full thread and couldn't get any clue about the new Divinity and instead got a full description of lego games. :)

I never played the first Divinity 2 because they delayed too much the patches for my country and after that the game become cold for me and now it's more like playing an oldie not even a classical. I'm tedious about this new Divinity 2 but wonder what's good in it anyway.

Steam has it on sale for 20 USD today (24 hour sale) so I picked it up. Not really sure I wanted it but figure its probably not going to be this cheap for a while and I can play through it some time later this year and find out if its worth it.

Everything.

Well, I wouldn't go THAT far. It doesn't work all that well with 3D Vision and… errr… there's no day/night cycle? Yeah, no day/night cycle! How can I possibly roleplay anyone in such an environment!? ;)

Definitely a very fun game. Good sized, too - I'm about to hit 40 hours and I'm definitely not done yet.

THAT is very informative thank you. :)

I have Divine Divinity 2 still installed, is it a good test to see if I can enjoy play it or too much details have changed with DKS?

EDIT: Only the idea to launch it bore me, I tend find big video games boring those days and I'm looking for one that bring back the "faith". Not sure DKS is the best attempt for that knowing that Drakensang The river of time failed.

If you're that jaded, maybe it's time to take a break from gaming. As I wrote on the front page, DKS is my "surprise of the year". It's not much different from the original game (not including expansion) but there's been enough polishing that it's smooth and easy to play — had I persisted with the original, I probably would have found an excellent game that I missed at the time because it felt "kludgy".

At $20 on Steam, I think this is a steal. Still, since you are jaded, maybe save your money and try the original when the upgrade patch comes out.

As to the game itself…it's a 3rd person action/adventure/RPG, so it won't appeal if you only like turn-based or class party RPGs or whatever. What you will find is an action/RPG with humorous, whimsical dialogue that's a cut above average, a quite deep quest system with choices and different solutions, great exploration (I still can't find some keys - they hide the little buggers well), little hand-holding, delightful art direction - it's standard fantasy but the locations look great; few games have sights like Lovis Tower or Maxos Temple etc. Add a bit of platforming for variation (it's silly, I've enjoyed base-jumping off the towers - the sense of height is crazy for an RPG). The combat could be better - it's a bit MMORPG like, but it's competent and the rest is fantastic.