Diablo combat mixed with Fallout-like openedness and a classic Baldur's Gate type setting and story...The best of so many RPGs combined makes Divine Divinity a great, if somewhat flawed, PC game.
STORY: The story has you playing as a random man or woman who discovers that he/she has been picked to be the divine savior of the land and defeat the evil societies. Yeah, I know this plot is hardly original, but its done in such a way that you feel like your playing through a classic fantasy tale, and not an unoriginal jumble of cliches. The world is classic fantasy, from armies of orcs to elven-dwarven rivalries.
GAMEPLAY: If anyone ever says that Divine Divinity does not copy its combat from Diablo, you should call them a liar. The interface is practically identical, from the left-click-to-attack and right-click-to-cast-spell controls, to the health meter on the left and mana meter on the right, to experience meter in the center with the stamina meter right under it. Guess what, when you level up, you get five points to distribute among your four abilities (agility, strength, intelligence, and constitution), and a point or two to put into a skill. Sound familiar? Diablo II had a great combat and character system, so "borrowing" the interface makes the game all the more fun. Any Diablo fan who's been looking for something to slash since the death of Baal will be more than satisfied with the combat system.
PLAYABILITY: Divine Divinity plays like an old school RPG with new school production values. The world is vast and open-ended, with tons of sidequests, and all the elements of a classic RPG: sewers, joinable theives guild, and an always-necessary visitable brothel (is it okay to say that, or will this review get deleted? (nah we like brothels -captin) ). There are orc armies to fight and magical objects to find, and each task is a lot of fun. Also, you can move around objects in the world and, on occasion, combine them. For instance, you can pick up two bales of straw from a farm, and when you're dungeon crawling, you can put them on the ground, and combine them into a straw bed that you can use to rest on and recover you health/mana. Also, the character system is virtually classless, allowing you to level up and specialize in whatever you wish.
GOOD: All the good qualities from so many classic RPGs mixed into one; Deep enough to keep even a hardcore player busy and having fun for weeks.
BAD: Very dated graphics; a few glitches.
OVERALL: Classic fun. A great find for any type of RPG fan, from those who prefer Diablo to those who prefer Morrowind to those who prefer Baldur's gate.
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