Hi Raze,

This is REALLY good news for me. I know that many people like Steam, that's fine, but I don't. I had to pass games like Deus Ex HR, Skyrim and Risen 2 because they required Steam.

I know that Securom was removed from DKS and I appreciated that enough to also buy a digital copy of DKS from Larian Vault.

So far Larian Studios is next to CD Projekt RED one of my favorites developers.

Best of luck with Original Sin and Dragon Commander.

PS No hard feelings for demolishing your fortress, huh?

It wasn't my fortress, just some whiner copying my name (I don't complain about the cold when you can't even see condensation from your breath).

I emailed a couple Larians, and the official word on Steam is that that has yet to be determined (they are looking at several possibilities).

Thanks! It's their decision afterall but I hope that they will not force Steam for D:OS.

Swen himself said this on lar.net:



Please Swen, let us opt out of Steam for single player.

Call me crazy but maybe they should consider GOG as well:

Divinity - Original Sin on GOG

Divine Divinity and Beyond Divinity are already on GOG. DKS is on the wishlist:

DKS on GOG

Yeah, I already mentioned that since DRM-protection was removed from DKS it just would make sense to make GOG release of it. And may be later D:OS as well.

I already own Divine Divinity and Beyond Divinity on GoG, so I would gladly buy Original Sin and DKS there as well.

I believe that GOG would be good, too.

I've read the first posts about the italian issue... it would certainly be disappointing that they don't add spanish, too ._.

Lately we are getting a lot of non-translated games here. I can read english with almost any problem, but I certainly appreciate RPGs with spanish translations.

Anyway, the game looks amazing! ^_^

The Spanish-language version of the Drakensang 2 Add-On was faster in the shops than the English-language version of it !

It's been a while since I've posted on these forums but with the exciting news of D:OS I couldn't resist asking some questions of my own.

1: Customisation
How far does customisation go,you have pre-set characters the warrior and the witch etc. but can we customise hair,skin tone,tattoo's and other features to make our character unique?

2: Platform
May have been answered but didn't have much time to look,what kind of platforms will D:OS ship out on I noticed an xbox being used but still unsure?

3: Developing Software
My biggest interest is in the creation of new content. Will D:OS development tools be shipped with all platforms of the game e.g on xbox or exclusively for pc. Map editing was displayed but what other tools can we use e.g. scripting,weather,new models?

4: Mobs
Do the monsters level up progressively as you do and their loot drops?

I won't hold it against you if can't answer some of these questions as some details need to be kept secret until close to release either way much appreciated.
Oh and btw thank you Larian for releasing divine divinity on STEAM just bought my copy to go and relive some old meomories.

I don't think very much has been revealed yet about cosmetic character customization.

D:OS will be released on PC and Mac.

A full toolset will be included, scripting tools, dialog editor, etc. Last I heard (in an interview on Youtube IIRC) they were considering allowing importing of custom artwork / models.
From Releasing the Toolset is a Good Idea;

Opponents do not level with you. The difficulty will be adjusted in co-op mode, though, if additional people join in (or presumably if you take on henchmen in single player mode).

thanks raze

Ok I have a question. Will this game come to the console any time? Either this gen or next gen game console? I don't own a PC, I own a mac and frankly can't really play PC games on it without a copy of Windows which costs and arm and a leg to get.

Thanks for letting me know either way.

There will be a Mac release, but AFAIK no console version. There may be a console release for Dragon Commander, depending on securing necessary financing, which uses the same game engine as Original Sin, so I think at least technically a console version would be possible. However, I'm not sure the interface and game mechanics would translate very well.