I hope the advice in this video helps you out a bit! DOS turned out to be one of the most enjoyable RPG's ever for me. Don't forget to leave your top tip if you have already played the game, or tell me your most devious use of magic and grenades against the bad guys :D ►Divinity Original Sin Review ua-cam.com/video/OOn63TGH6ZU/v-deo.html ►Complete DOS playthrough ua-cam.com/video/dHe3DFzU47U/v-deo.html
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@Ray Pablo i really appreciate your reply. I found the site through google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff atm. Takes a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
Agreed! I just started playing it, and I'd argue it's up there with Witcher 3, Persona 5 Royal, and Dragon Age: Origins for one of the greatest RPG's of all time.
Because of this tutorial im not scared to start the game anymore i was stressed that i mess up my builds but thats not the case anymore...awesome tutorial keep up the good work 👍
You're welcome! Hope you enjoy the game. I realised after the first two hours that I had messed my builds up, so figured I would make the guide to save other players having to start again.
My best tip is to split your party in town and use some of them to talk to the wandering NPC's so they don't walk into the room you are looting, you can leave them in the dialogue screen and the NPC won't move at all
@@MarksGameReviews just have your companions occupy the people around so no one is facing the person you want to rob. Remember that there is no penalty for getting caught sneaking, so trial and error your way to a dark broody corner. Most NPC's you won't even need any points in sneaking if you are strategic enough, have robbed the merchants in cyceal market this way. Then just whisk away, just a handful of points can net you upwards of 1000+ gold/NPC. Or that fancy new weapon upgrade, the pickpocketing weight/value limit is based on the original value of the item. So you will have the option to steal 1k gold or the sword that the vendor is trying to up price for 3k.
Thats a really good point and was the reason I think that my characters started with an odd selection of equipment - I'd forgotten to alter the class before picking the skills!
One tip I have: with Abilities, the section called Skills is where you should put most of your points. Also, I would only put 1 point in a Skill because the second point costs double but it does not get you anything useful early on. The Weapon abilities do not need points at the start. In fact, they are actually quite weak so you may want to wait until higher levels to specialize. Dual-wielding is an exception because it needs at least 2 points to be worth using. The best thing about Dual-wielding is that you can put stat bonuses on both weapons. Defensive abilities are also poor. In Classic mode you can even get away without using them. Armor Specialist is particularly bad because heavy armor is not that great until late game and by then you can craft armor with no move penalty. The Nasty Deeds abilities are generally poor. I would just pick up a companion to lock pick, and many chests have keys. The Personality abilities are also weak. Even Barter is not as good as it sounds. Charm is ok for rp, but not worth many points. In general you can get magical gear that boosts non-combat abilities, so rather than put points in them you can switch gear. Even better, have companions that specialize in Craft and Nasty Deeds. Companions all get the same xp, even if they are not used in combat.
Yes, switching gear to get skill bonuses (like lock picking, or sneak) for specific situations was one of my favourite ways of managing the skills. Its good that I never really felt like I had enough skill points for everything I wanted - made me think hard about my choices :)
Even though the character models aren't breathtakingly gorgeous, I think the overall average looking graphics add some charm to the game. A masterpiece. 10/10
Yeah anything that eases inventory management is a god-send for this game! The sequel is the same, I always end up with hundreds of items cluttering up my bags :)
@MarksGameReviews I just wanted to say a massive thanks for putting this video up! I'd watched Baldur's Gate 3 videos from Larian (from the first trailer, the live demo of the game at Pax East 2020 and onwards) and I still have great memories of playing Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance and Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance 2 on PS2 so I looked at Larian's previous games and what stopped me from trying Divinity: Original Sin was the turn based combat. After watching this I picked up Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition (in Aug 2022) and loved it, then moved on to Divinity: Original Sin 2 Definitive Edition and completed that too shortly after Baldurs Gate 3 was released and I'm now 100+ hours into Baldurs Gate 3 and loving it. Huge thanks because if it wasn't for this video and another like it I would've dismissed these games because of the combat system which is now one of the things I love the most from Larian's games! 👏👏👏
I'm glad you found the video useful! The Divinity games are great, aren't they? I recently finished BG3 too and loved playing through that. Larian really put some effort into their games and I hope they manage to keep it up in the future.
@@MarksGameReviews Yea, I absolutely love the studios approach and the games they've put out! GVMERS put out documentaries about DOS and DOS2, if you haven't seen them I highly recommend them! Larian are definitely a beacon of hope in the age of microtransactions, live service games, needless bloat and sub-par releases 🙌
@@MarksGameReviews absolutely, I thought the exact same thing with the skill point cost increasing with each level. I assumed I'd be able to put more points in at a later level! Hahaha!
@@MarksGameReviews what I cant get is how to progress past level 2. Ive gotten into the the zone where the chronicler umps at and I'm still at level 2 and cant get outside of the town😂
@@apatheticeye6955 There should be a whole heap of stuff to so in town that will level you up a bit - follow the main story and the clues, plus some of the side quests. Make sure to go into all the buildings, even the ones you aren't *cough* invited into :p
subbed bro. You rock! Just starting this up again after a few years. Beat it back in the day but never really understood the mechanics very well. Really excited to play through the entire series, including the classic games. I actually prefer DOS1 over DOS2 because the sense of wonder and discovery was just a bit more charming. The soundtrack is also superior, though i love them both! Thanks again man.
Thanks, and welcome to the channel! I'm currently playing through DOS2 and still getting used to the different armour/damage mechanics. Love both games though!
You forgot one important piece of imformation. The starting class is not completely irrelevant, it will determine your starting gear, so if you want to make a melee, be careful not to pick a wizard. x)
Wonderful guide. Tried playing the game years ago and quit because I got my butt handed to me. Hopefully this will help. I would have issued a warning to newcomers that the game DOES NOT hold your hand whatsoever. You seriously have to pay attention. It's like the Dark Souls of RPG's. Just do a little research and don't let your guard down and anybody should be fine though. I look forward to finally beating the game though.
Thats very true! I got my ass handed to me by one of the first big bosses (one that does huge aoe flame attacks) and I seriously thought I must have walked into an area intended for much higher level characters. Still, it was fun and the danger stops it feeling like a cake walk even late into the game. Hope you enjoy it :)
@@MarksGameReviews I started a game on Easy to get a feel for everything. The hardest part was simply following the quest lines! Lots of "I have zero idea of where to go next." Turns out multiple storylines feed into each other, which doesn't necessarily make it easier. Still the game somehow remains fun.
@@sdhokie There is indeed a lot going on and I've found it hard to keep track of all the little sub-stories in the sequel that I'm playing now. However some of stories actually come together at some point, which helps.
This makes it so much easier to understand. I just got number 1 and 2 today but haven't started playing either yet because it just seems so big and complicated
You'll have so much fun with both. Number 2 works a bit differently though. I recently finished playing it and am planning to do a guide for that too - might even have it ready by the time you've finished the first game ;)
Man, I wished I had something like this when I started the game. I had to use the respec demon on both my mains because I leveled them like a noob. I added wand points to my mage lol.
You would think wand points would increase wand damage right? I mean who uses a wand to bash enemies on the head with? :D I would have made the same mistake had I not read something about it first on a forum!
Take 2 levels in crafting and scientist, mock the first dead corpse for trusting statues to be materialistic (+1 crafting), and buy one item with +1 crafting (should easily find one from almost any npc selling bracers). Then combine magic needle and thread and collect every cloth scrap you can find. Combine leather/cloth scraps with magic needle and thread to make magical homemade chest armors that sell for several hundred gold even at level one. You can also take one point in bartering, and be egotistical for 2 easy bartering. Also can be found on etc boots. Donate homemade crap and stolen art to the traders in cyseal until you get the prime prices. Now make magic pot and quill and buy every magic scroll you find to create master level scrolls before first exiting cyseal. 4 crafting ensures master level while crafting 5 s a gamble: may get novice but enables the most powerful master scrolls. In essence, you can get a few hail strike scrolls and meteor strike scrolls to quickly delete any group of enemies. Vendors will replenish random scrolls so you will never run out. Also, your crafted wands will have cool spells. So just cheat you way through cyseal and then you can respec and create a crafting mule out of wulgruff or something
You're very welcome :) I was a bit lost too when I first played the game, being more used to DnD style character builds, so I figured others might find it useful.
Thanks! I liked having a high perception personally but its all a balancing act. Increasing one stat means losing out elsewhere. Nice to be able to play with a variety of builds and styles :)
Amazing how, after playing through Original Sin 2 and now coming back to play the prequel, there are many similarities in gameplay mechanics between both games. I'm happy 😊😁 about that as I won't have too much of a learning curve to go through.
The biggest things I have to get used to going from 1 to 2 is the new armour mechanics for magic vs physical damage. I keep forgetting that just because a spell might be "magic" it doesn't necessarily do magic damage :D
@@darkmicke1329 I played with Shadowheart, Gale and Astarion on my party and Shadowheart was easily my favourite from those three. Next time I play I want to take the other companions because Karlach seems awesome!
Honestly thought I was an rpg veteran after years of playing rpg that handhold you through the story and mechanics, this game was a rude awakening but I'm finding my progress far more rewarding but difficult! This guide is helping me a lot through the mechanics though... Thank you!
You're welcome! This game definitely has more of an old-school-rpg feel to it with the story and the puzzles, which I like. The skills system really caught me out when I first started it too though. Glad to hear you're enjoying the game.
@@zachcole-fitzpatrick1620 Yeah. I (luckily) started in the easiest is it story difficulty. I thought it was going to be a breeze and now about 20h into game I've gotten my ass kicked multiple times and I've already noticed I've made some bad things choices with skills. I hope game is still possible to complete. Braccus was almost pure luck to get through for me 😂
@@MarksGameReviews it did, but i do have some questions. what gear may take skill boosts, and what gear may take attribute boosts? getting some clarity on that may make it easier to determine how many points i'd want in support skills, as well as crafting/smithing.
@@aztekenen1 I believe the loot is randomised and as you can't manually put skill boosts on items (as far as I know) then you have to accept what you get. But I found lots of hands, shoulders, belts and things with various +skills on.
You're welcome! I'd had the exact same issues as you when I first played the game, so figured it would be useful to make this guide for others :) Glad it helped.
I don't recall having much trouble following the quests. Some were hard to complete though, but that would be outside of the scope of a beginners guide.
@@MarksGameReviews I completely dropped the game after 5 hours, it just takes too much time to do anything meaningful. Barely got into combat ever, having to speak with all these unmarked characters while Cyseal is the most generic, boring and uninteresting city in a game ever is just bad game design. The puns and story got old so hard it's not even funny. The journal gives absolutely zero **useful** hints and the amount of traps is just stupid. There was a switch behind a random ham in a cellar that was of utmost importance to the main story (?). It seems like D:OS is a CRPG in which you need to simply know things beforehand, because playing blindly is simply not fun. Don't even get me started at the inventory, with all the keys and letters, I had like 15 different and useless keys and books by the end of the 5th hour. I'm a veteran RPG and D&D player, having played Pathfinder (both the tabletop and the pc games), AD&D 2e, 3.5e, 5e, BG2 SCS, etc. D:OS is just poorly made imho.
I already started and man I was so confused 🥲 I'll probably restart later today cuz my characters aren't what I want I just put in points anywhere thinking that's how it goes I didn't know I needed like 2 points to upgrade a skill to level 2 lol 😂
Thanks! Although content has been a bit slow on this channel due to family commitments I do manage to stream regularly and plan more reviews and guides over here too :)
The combat damage works differently in the first game. You don't have separate magic and physical armour/damage and instead its based more on resistances. I might actually prefer the first games damage models, but otherwise they are very similar and both are excellent.
Oh yes, absolutely! The inventory system, traps & lockpicking, magic items and to an extent combat are all very similar. And you will learn about "surfaces" in the DOS games - fire, water, acid, steam etc, and how they can be manipulated in the game; ie mostly how to set fire to enemies or yourself from standing in a flammable surface :D They are all 3 excellent games though.
Select the items you want to buy (ie put them in the NPC's "barter" list on their side) and then click the scales at the top - it will add your gold to the value of the items you wish to buy. You can do this the other way round when you want to sell.
Im at the beginning still, like it but, i find some parts a lil slow. Im at that village cyseal, and esch i try go out for a quest, i reach enemies that are too high level. Needing reload. Then it seems i need jist stay in that safer part, the village, and try find and advance quests to level up b4 going out of it. And it's a little aimless, slow. Idk.
Have a good look around town and pick up some extra characters to make your party up to 4 members if you haven't already - there are a few to choose from. Then head out of the west gate, I think that is the easier direction to go. Good luck!
@MarksGameReviews tks for reply, appreciate it. I do have 4 characters in party already, got the teleporter thing etc. West doesnt seem right? Its the port no? If i go north-west, mb thats what u mean, there's a battle i passed with orks, then a lone ork depressed, then traps which i cant get passed. Idk, just trying look around the village to advance things to level up more, i dknt find much more though. How u find dos2 flow and progression vs dos1? Cheers.
@@jacquesjtheripper5922 Yeah the orks are the right direction. Try and use the fire barrels to your advantage whenever possible :) I remember finding it difficult to get out of Cyseal too, but you will soon be ok. DOS 2 is excellent as well and again there are parts where it seems a bit hard. Usually there are different directions you can take that are more level appropriate.
HP regen after battle could do with a rework in this. Food adds a little and works ok at first, but as you level up you have way too many hp for a bag of apples to heal. I found the best way was to just cast healing spells after combat, but you still have to wait for each spells cooldown to finish, which makes healing the whole party a bit tedious.
@@MarksGameReviews Thanks for the replay. I couldn't believe that such a basic thing was done so badly, whereas others aspects are marvelously developed. I assumed, I have to miss something. Now at least I know that there is no natural regeneration outside battle.
All the stuff I used was either from quest rewards or from bosses. I might have bought some from vendors - its usually expensive, but thats why I loot everything that isn't nailed down in the game :D
@@MarksGameReviews review was Good. It just that bugs me how common it is for people for use those terms so freely. If the character can be played, whether you have reruited it or not, is not an npc. Vendors, mission characters that give you dialog, etc., those are npc.
@@alejandrorivera6122 Well NPC can stand for Non-player character or Non-playable character so you will see the term used in slightly different contexts. As long as the correct meaning can be conveyed it's all good.
Hard to say which is harder, but some mechanics are a bit different. I think i prefer the armour/damage mechanics of the first game overall, but perhaps because that was just the first way I got used to doing things. Hope you enjoy it though!
The problem with this, you can get a mage, ranged and warrior early on. So how does one create a balanced early start with pure characters given that. It's impossible. I like balance as I can do more. As well should a mage use wants or a staff. Do mages require Armour? Or is Armour wasted on a mage in this game?
Mages can use both staffs and wands, but you choose them mainly for the stats they offer. Don't put any points into the staffs/wands skills. Armour is vital for all classes, but this isn't like DnD - again, pick your armour for your magic users based on the stats it offers that will benefit their skills.
No it uses a very different rule system, especially for classes and magic. It's pretty much "class-free" as any character can level up any skill if you choose to spend your skill points that way when you level up. It's still usually best to specialise though, but lots of things are possible. Magic spells are also on a cooldown rather than the DnD spell slot system that requires rests to recover. I personally prefer the magic here. Now that said, with both this and BG3 being made by Larian Studios, the looting, crafting and exploring are very similar.
@@lufasumafalu5069 Missing attacks does get a bit less frequent in BG3 as your characters level up and get better. It's quite similar here really. Both games are good and worth playing I think. A little tip (which can also work in BG3) - if you use an area-of-effect attack or spell (or arrow or thrown object) that targets an area of ground rather than enemy, that won't miss. The enemy might make a save against it, but it will hit.
Bought the game cus of your glowing review. Quite possibly the one of the worse games I've tried to play. I'm giving it one more go and then that's it.
I hope the advice in this video helps you out a bit! DOS turned out to be one of the most enjoyable RPG's ever for me. Don't forget to leave your top tip if you have already played the game, or tell me your most devious use of magic and grenades against the bad guys :D
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Sorry to be so offtopic but does someone know of a way to get back into an Instagram account?
I stupidly lost my password. I appreciate any help you can offer me.
@Sean Brendan instablaster :)
@Ray Pablo i really appreciate your reply. I found the site through google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff atm.
Takes a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
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Thanks so much, you really help me out :D
Agreed! I just started playing it, and I'd argue it's up there with Witcher 3, Persona 5 Royal, and Dragon Age: Origins for one of the greatest RPG's of all time.
Because of this tutorial im not scared to start the game anymore i was stressed that i mess up my builds but thats not the case anymore...awesome tutorial keep up the good work 👍
You're welcome! Hope you enjoy the game. I realised after the first two hours that I had messed my builds up, so figured I would make the guide to save other players having to start again.
@@somestupidinstantes276 Thanks :)
My best tip is to split your party in town and use some of them to talk to the wandering NPC's so they don't walk into the room you are looting, you can leave them in the dialogue screen and the NPC won't move at all
Thats a very good tip, I've used that plan myself a couple of times to grab precious things out of npc's homes :)
@@egysrac17 I don't think I've tried any pick-pocketing at all in in my playthrough of the sequel, I always figured I'd get caught.
@@MarksGameReviews just have your companions occupy the people around so no one is facing the person you want to rob.
Remember that there is no penalty for getting caught sneaking, so trial and error your way to a dark broody corner. Most NPC's you won't even need any points in sneaking if you are strategic enough, have robbed the merchants in cyceal market this way.
Then just whisk away, just a handful of points can net you upwards of 1000+ gold/NPC. Or that fancy new weapon upgrade, the pickpocketing weight/value limit is based on the original value of the item. So you will have the option to steal 1k gold or the sword that the vendor is trying to up price for 3k.
Yeah I felt really proud of myself when i realised this about 6-7 hours into the game lol
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Also to note when creating your characters: the "class" chosen will determine your starting equipment, even when you change the skills.
Thats a really good point and was the reason I think that my characters started with an odd selection of equipment - I'd forgotten to alter the class before picking the skills!
One tip I have: with Abilities, the section called Skills is where you should put most of your points. Also, I would only put 1 point in a Skill because the second point costs double but it does not get you anything useful early on.
The Weapon abilities do not need points at the start. In fact, they are actually quite weak so you may want to wait until higher levels to specialize. Dual-wielding is an exception because it needs at least 2 points to be worth using. The best thing about Dual-wielding is that you can put stat bonuses on both weapons.
Defensive abilities are also poor. In Classic mode you can even get away without using them. Armor Specialist is particularly bad because heavy armor is not that great until late game and by then you can craft armor with no move penalty.
The Nasty Deeds abilities are generally poor. I would just pick up a companion to lock pick, and many chests have keys.
The Personality abilities are also weak. Even Barter is not as good as it sounds. Charm is ok for rp, but not worth many points.
In general you can get magical gear that boosts non-combat abilities, so rather than put points in them you can switch gear. Even better, have companions that specialize in Craft and Nasty Deeds. Companions all get the same xp, even if they are not used in combat.
Yes, switching gear to get skill bonuses (like lock picking, or sneak) for specific situations was one of my favourite ways of managing the skills. Its good that I never really felt like I had enough skill points for everything I wanted - made me think hard about my choices :)
Even though the character models aren't breathtakingly gorgeous, I think the overall average looking graphics add some charm to the game. A masterpiece. 10/10
Thank you good Sir. Games like this can be intimidating to start due to the fear of making an early permanent mistake that can’t be fixed. Subbed
You're welcome! Glad I could help a bit.
That bag organizing tip is a great one!
Yeah anything that eases inventory management is a god-send for this game! The sequel is the same, I always end up with hundreds of items cluttering up my bags :)
I just bought DoS and DoS 2 and I'm planning to start playing this weekend. This video is very informative my friend. Not all heros wear capes.
I hope you enjoy them both as much as I have! I'm 100 hours into DOS2 now and still not quite finished.
@MarksGameReviews I just wanted to say a massive thanks for putting this video up!
I'd watched Baldur's Gate 3 videos from Larian (from the first trailer, the live demo of the game at Pax East 2020 and onwards) and I still have great memories of playing Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance and Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance 2 on PS2 so I looked at Larian's previous games and what stopped me from trying Divinity: Original Sin was the turn based combat.
After watching this I picked up Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition (in Aug 2022) and loved it, then moved on to Divinity: Original Sin 2 Definitive Edition and completed that too shortly after Baldurs Gate 3 was released and I'm now 100+ hours into Baldurs Gate 3 and loving it.
Huge thanks because if it wasn't for this video and another like it I would've dismissed these games because of the combat system which is now one of the things I love the most from Larian's games! 👏👏👏
I'm glad you found the video useful! The Divinity games are great, aren't they? I recently finished BG3 too and loved playing through that. Larian really put some effort into their games and I hope they manage to keep it up in the future.
@@MarksGameReviews Yea, I absolutely love the studios approach and the games they've put out! GVMERS put out documentaries about DOS and DOS2, if you haven't seen them I highly recommend them!
Larian are definitely a beacon of hope in the age of microtransactions, live service games, needless bloat and sub-par releases 🙌
You're making me want to play this game again Mark...
Do it! You know you want to ;)
I have tried to go through some of the other guides and they were awful here on UA-cam. This one is on point though! Loved it! Thank you sir!
Glad I could help, and hope you have a lot of fun with the game.
I'm playing through for the first time with a friend and we're so lost! Awesome guide and it'll help out a lot (Especially the stealing part!)
Glad I could help. There is a lot to take in with this game and many of the systems (like skills) don't work quite I was used to from other RPG's.
@@MarksGameReviews absolutely, I thought the exact same thing with the skill point cost increasing with each level. I assumed I'd be able to put more points in at a later level! Hahaha!
@@MarksGameReviews what I cant get is how to progress past level 2. Ive gotten into the the zone where the chronicler umps at and I'm still at level 2 and cant get outside of the town😂
@@apatheticeye6955 There should be a whole heap of stuff to so in town that will level you up a bit - follow the main story and the clues, plus some of the side quests. Make sure to go into all the buildings, even the ones you aren't *cough* invited into :p
subbed bro. You rock! Just starting this up again after a few years. Beat it back in the day but never really understood the mechanics very well. Really excited to play through the entire series, including the classic games. I actually prefer DOS1 over DOS2 because the sense of wonder and discovery was just a bit more charming. The soundtrack is also superior, though i love them both! Thanks again man.
Thanks, and welcome to the channel! I'm currently playing through DOS2 and still getting used to the different armour/damage mechanics. Love both games though!
I have 8 hours in this game and I'm thinking of restarting again thanks to your guide.
I did the same once I learned how the game and classes worked. Good luck with your playthrough, hope you enjoy it!
You forgot one important piece of imformation. The starting class is not completely irrelevant, it will determine your starting gear, so if you want to make a melee, be careful not to pick a wizard. x)
Thats a good point and well worth remembering! I think the first time I played I ended up with the wrong equipment :D
Wonderful guide. Tried playing the game years ago and quit because I got my butt handed to me. Hopefully this will help. I would have issued a warning to newcomers that the game DOES NOT hold your hand whatsoever. You seriously have to pay attention. It's like the Dark Souls of RPG's. Just do a little research and don't let your guard down and anybody should be fine though. I look forward to finally beating the game though.
Thats very true! I got my ass handed to me by one of the first big bosses (one that does huge aoe flame attacks) and I seriously thought I must have walked into an area intended for much higher level characters. Still, it was fun and the danger stops it feeling like a cake walk even late into the game. Hope you enjoy it :)
@@MarksGameReviews I started a game on Easy to get a feel for everything. The hardest part was simply following the quest lines! Lots of "I have zero idea of where to go next." Turns out multiple storylines feed into each other, which doesn't necessarily make it easier. Still the game somehow remains fun.
@@sdhokie There is indeed a lot going on and I've found it hard to keep track of all the little sub-stories in the sequel that I'm playing now. However some of stories actually come together at some point, which helps.
Very informative, I tried to play and learn as I go and found out that i helps to get some advice. Thank you :)
Glad I could help. Hope you enjoy the game :)
This makes it so much easier to understand. I just got number 1 and 2 today but haven't started playing either yet because it just seems so big and complicated
You'll have so much fun with both. Number 2 works a bit differently though. I recently finished playing it and am planning to do a guide for that too - might even have it ready by the time you've finished the first game ;)
Man, I wished I had something like this when I started the game. I had to use the respec demon on both my mains because I leveled them like a noob. I added wand points to my mage lol.
You would think wand points would increase wand damage right? I mean who uses a wand to bash enemies on the head with? :D I would have made the same mistake had I not read something about it first on a forum!
Take 2 levels in crafting and scientist, mock the first dead corpse for trusting statues to be materialistic (+1 crafting), and buy one item with +1 crafting (should easily find one from almost any npc selling bracers).
Then combine magic needle and thread and collect every cloth scrap you can find. Combine leather/cloth scraps with magic needle and thread to make magical homemade chest armors that sell for several hundred gold even at level one.
You can also take one point in bartering, and be egotistical for 2 easy bartering. Also can be found on etc boots.
Donate homemade crap and stolen art to the traders in cyseal until you get the prime prices.
Now make magic pot and quill and buy every magic scroll you find to create master level scrolls before first exiting cyseal.
4 crafting ensures master level while crafting 5 s a gamble: may get novice but enables the most powerful master scrolls.
In essence, you can get a few hail strike scrolls and meteor strike scrolls to quickly delete any group of enemies. Vendors will replenish random scrolls so you will never run out.
Also, your crafted wands will have cool spells. So just cheat you way through cyseal and then you can respec and create a crafting mule out of wulgruff or something
Thanks a lot for the guide. Just what I was looking for.
You're welcome! Glad it was useful :)
Your expression is great. Its very helpful. Thanks :)
Always happy to help, glad you found it useful :)
Outstanding guide! Thank you! Was super confusing playing this game coming from more classical crpgs.
You're very welcome :) I was a bit lost too when I first played the game, being more used to DnD style character builds, so I figured others might find it useful.
Great video! A few opinions of my own: perception is actually not that useful. Also, constitution increased max AP, which is very important.
Thanks! I liked having a high perception personally but its all a balancing act. Increasing one stat means losing out elsewhere. Nice to be able to play with a variety of builds and styles :)
Thanks for the tips and info.
You're welcome :)
On the note of keeping a set of armour with buffs - use it for anything with crafting since you wont be in combat or out of town really
Thats a great piece of advice. Getting those additional +'s from armour makes life easier.
Amazing how, after playing through Original Sin 2 and now coming back to play the prequel, there are many similarities in gameplay mechanics between both games. I'm happy 😊😁 about that as I won't have too much of a learning curve to go through.
The biggest things I have to get used to going from 1 to 2 is the new armour mechanics for magic vs physical damage. I keep forgetting that just because a spell might be "magic" it doesn't necessarily do magic damage :D
Thanks for the tips as I wait for this game to download :)
You're welcome! Hope you enjoy the game as much as I did :)
This helped me out loads, thanks!
You're welcome, glad to have helped :)
its forbidden to start a larian game without the skill to talk to animals
Yes, that was a lesson very quickly learned for me!
@@MarksGameReviews forgetting the quests you get through this, most animals in divinitty have the most enjoiable dialouges
Thanks Mark for a great video!
You're welcome, hope it helps :)
You can separate your party. I talked to a home owner with my mage, while my rogue cleaned the house out :D
Ah yes, one of my favourite looting tactics :D
Earning Money: "Steal everything not nailed down".
I legit spit out my coffee at that part LOL 😂
It's a rule I live my life by in videogames, as anyone who has watched my latest Kingdom Come Deliverance playthrough can attest to :D
Thank u! Very useful vid!
You're welcome, glad I could help :)
Thank you for this video its very helpful,i already played Baldurs Gate 3 wich is absolutly woundeful game
Baldurs Gate 3 is awesome isn't it? I recently finished it and loved it all the way. Who is your favourite character so far?
@@MarksGameReviews shadowheart is my fav,and Yes its a great game. WHOs your fav
@@darkmicke1329 I played with Shadowheart, Gale and Astarion on my party and Shadowheart was easily my favourite from those three. Next time I play I want to take the other companions because Karlach seems awesome!
@@MarksGameReviews yeah Karlach is damn great 😀
i hope this game will be on sale soon. My hands are itching to play. Already finished the second installment.
Hope you enjoy it! Don't Steam and GOG usually have an Autumn sale? I think it should be coming around soon.
Its on sale now on steam
Honestly thought I was an rpg veteran after years of playing rpg that handhold you through the story and mechanics, this game was a rude awakening but I'm finding my progress far more rewarding but difficult! This guide is helping me a lot through the mechanics though... Thank you!
You're welcome! This game definitely has more of an old-school-rpg feel to it with the story and the puzzles, which I like. The skills system really caught me out when I first started it too though. Glad to hear you're enjoying the game.
@@zachcole-fitzpatrick1620 Yeah. I (luckily) started in the easiest is it story difficulty. I thought it was going to be a breeze and now about 20h into game I've gotten my ass kicked multiple times and I've already noticed I've made some bad things choices with skills. I hope game is still possible to complete. Braccus was almost pure luck to get through for me 😂
practical guide, cheers
You're welcome, hope it helps :)
@@MarksGameReviews it did, but i do have some questions. what gear may take skill boosts, and what gear may take attribute boosts? getting some clarity on that may make it easier to determine how many points i'd want in support skills, as well as crafting/smithing.
@@aztekenen1 I believe the loot is randomised and as you can't manually put skill boosts on items (as far as I know) then you have to accept what you get. But I found lots of hands, shoulders, belts and things with various +skills on.
Thank you very much! I've really wanted to get into this game, but the amount of customization and lack of class structure was a little intimidating.
You're welcome! I'd had the exact same issues as you when I first played the game, so figured it would be useful to make this guide for others :) Glad it helped.
It absolutely blows my mind how you didn’t talk about quests at all, which is the only thing that is hard to navigate in the game
I don't recall having much trouble following the quests. Some were hard to complete though, but that would be outside of the scope of a beginners guide.
@@MarksGameReviews I completely dropped the game after 5 hours, it just takes too much time to do anything meaningful. Barely got into combat ever, having to speak with all these unmarked characters while Cyseal is the most generic, boring and uninteresting city in a game ever is just bad game design. The puns and story got old so hard it's not even funny. The journal gives absolutely zero **useful** hints and the amount of traps is just stupid. There was a switch behind a random ham in a cellar that was of utmost importance to the main story (?). It seems like D:OS is a CRPG in which you need to simply know things beforehand, because playing blindly is simply not fun. Don't even get me started at the inventory, with all the keys and letters, I had like 15 different and useless keys and books by the end of the 5th hour. I'm a veteran RPG and D&D player, having played Pathfinder (both the tabletop and the pc games), AD&D 2e, 3.5e, 5e, BG2 SCS, etc. D:OS is just poorly made imho.
Great tutorial. You didn't explain how OP telekinesis is though.
Thanks. Telekinesis can be a lot of fun! Throwing chests and barrels at the bad guys never gets old :)
Restarting after watching this thanks again
You're welcome, hope you enjoy the game :)
I already started and man I was so confused 🥲 I'll probably restart later today cuz my characters aren't what I want I just put in points anywhere thinking that's how it goes I didn't know I needed like 2 points to upgrade a skill to level 2 lol 😂
Hehe, I made that mistake too the first time I played :D
Great video glad to see you’re still making videos!
Thanks! Although content has been a bit slow on this channel due to family commitments I do manage to stream regularly and plan more reviews and guides over here too :)
very informative thank you Mark
Thanks. Hope it helps you enjoy the game :)
I was soaked in poverty because I didn't dare to steal anything.😂
The righteous path is the path of poverty 🤣 Come over to the dark side, we have all the stuff!
Thanks
You're welcome! Was there any one bit of information you found especially useful?
I loved the sequel but am wondering how it compares to the first.
The combat damage works differently in the first game. You don't have separate magic and physical armour/damage and instead its based more on resistances. I might actually prefer the first games damage models, but otherwise they are very similar and both are excellent.
This game is hard to get into. It's I've been running around aimlessly. Hope this video helps me.
Hi! Will this game and 2 help me prepare for baldurs gate 3? Ive never played these types of games
Oh yes, absolutely! The inventory system, traps & lockpicking, magic items and to an extent combat are all very similar. And you will learn about "surfaces" in the DOS games - fire, water, acid, steam etc, and how they can be manipulated in the game; ie mostly how to set fire to enemies or yourself from standing in a flammable surface :D
They are all 3 excellent games though.
no where can I find someone to tell me just how to buy items from NPC and not barter I do not want to barter I want to BUY
Select the items you want to buy (ie put them in the NPC's "barter" list on their side) and then click the scales at the top - it will add your gold to the value of the items you wish to buy. You can do this the other way round when you want to sell.
Im at the beginning still, like it but, i find some parts a lil slow.
Im at that village cyseal, and esch i try go out for a quest, i reach enemies that are too high level.
Needing reload.
Then it seems i need jist stay in that safer part, the village, and try find and advance quests to level up b4 going out of it.
And it's a little aimless, slow.
Idk.
Have a good look around town and pick up some extra characters to make your party up to 4 members if you haven't already - there are a few to choose from. Then head out of the west gate, I think that is the easier direction to go. Good luck!
@MarksGameReviews tks for reply, appreciate it.
I do have 4 characters in party already, got the teleporter thing etc.
West doesnt seem right?
Its the port no?
If i go north-west, mb thats what u mean, there's a battle i passed with orks, then a lone ork depressed, then traps which i cant get passed.
Idk, just trying look around the village to advance things to level up more, i dknt find much more though.
How u find dos2 flow and progression vs dos1?
Cheers.
@@jacquesjtheripper5922 Yeah the orks are the right direction. Try and use the fire barrels to your advantage whenever possible :) I remember finding it difficult to get out of Cyseal too, but you will soon be ok.
DOS 2 is excellent as well and again there are parts where it seems a bit hard. Usually there are different directions you can take that are more level appropriate.
@@MarksGameReviews tks for tips.👍
Lock picking is useless if you have a party member that can cast fireball!
I like your style! :D
It is very useful when you need to stay in stealth mode, although another way is to steal the hole thing (chest) and open it later))
@@naamamaria4188 Thats also a cool way of handling chests. I do love the flexibility this game offers you in how to deal with things :)
How do you regain HP points? Is there a sleep option to regenerate?
HP regen after battle could do with a rework in this. Food adds a little and works ok at first, but as you level up you have way too many hp for a bag of apples to heal. I found the best way was to just cast healing spells after combat, but you still have to wait for each spells cooldown to finish, which makes healing the whole party a bit tedious.
@@MarksGameReviews Thanks for the replay. I couldn't believe that such a basic thing was done so badly, whereas others aspects are marvelously developed. I assumed, I have to miss something. Now at least I know that there is no natural regeneration outside battle.
@@michadybczak4862 They improved this a lot in the sequel thankfully.
Where do you find all the good armour?
All the stuff I used was either from quest rewards or from bosses. I might have bought some from vendors - its usually expensive, but thats why I loot everything that isn't nailed down in the game :D
How can you recruit an "NPC"? If the game lets you recruit it... IT'S NOT AN NPC.
They cease to be an npc at the point they join the party. That seems a rather unusual point to get angry over.
@@MarksGameReviews review was Good. It just that bugs me how common it is for people for use those terms so freely. If the character can be played, whether you have reruited it or not, is not an npc. Vendors, mission characters that give you dialog, etc., those are npc.
@@alejandrorivera6122 Well NPC can stand for Non-player character or Non-playable character so you will see the term used in slightly different contexts. As long as the correct meaning can be conveyed it's all good.
Is this harder than div2? Div 2 for me now is so easy. Decided to try the first one. Looks like its different from the sequel
Hard to say which is harder, but some mechanics are a bit different. I think i prefer the armour/damage mechanics of the first game overall, but perhaps because that was just the first way I got used to doing things. Hope you enjoy it though!
The problem with this, you can get a mage, ranged and warrior early on. So how does one create a balanced early start with pure characters given that. It's impossible. I like balance as I can do more. As well should a mage use wants or a staff. Do mages require Armour? Or is Armour wasted on a mage in this game?
Mages can use both staffs and wands, but you choose them mainly for the stats they offer. Don't put any points into the staffs/wands skills. Armour is vital for all classes, but this isn't like DnD - again, pick your armour for your magic users based on the stats it offers that will benefit their skills.
for me i just cheated gold because im having a hard time enjoying the game i keep dying i know i suck at this game :(
4:29
:)
is tis dnd rule like bg3
No it uses a very different rule system, especially for classes and magic. It's pretty much "class-free" as any character can level up any skill if you choose to spend your skill points that way when you level up. It's still usually best to specialise though, but lots of things are possible. Magic spells are also on a cooldown rather than the DnD spell slot system that requires rests to recover. I personally prefer the magic here.
Now that said, with both this and BG3 being made by Larian Studios, the looting, crafting and exploring are very similar.
@@MarksGameReviews do you think this better comparef to bg3 ? i tridled bg3 explorer mode and the constant miss of my attack really frustrating
@@lufasumafalu5069 Missing attacks does get a bit less frequent in BG3 as your characters level up and get better. It's quite similar here really. Both games are good and worth playing I think. A little tip (which can also work in BG3) - if you use an area-of-effect attack or spell (or arrow or thrown object) that targets an area of ground rather than enemy, that won't miss. The enemy might make a save against it, but it will hit.
Bought the game cus of your glowing review. Quite possibly the one of the worse games I've tried to play. I'm giving it one more go and then that's it.
What is it about the game that you don't like so far or are having problems with, if you don't mind me asking?
First!
Yep, you even beat me and I was busy typing as soon as I released the video :D
lvling sucls the round based fighting sucks super hard and made any gameplay suuuper booooooooooring
i didn't watch the entire video yet so i don't know if he said this
turn-based is the d&d way i.e. more realistic according to table top play