Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition has finally released for SteamOS/Linux. I have picked up a copy, and I am downloading right now to give you some thoughts.
Update: It's now downloading.
It couldn't have released on a worse day for me. I ended up accidentally playing through Portal in its entirety before going to bed last night, so tired is an understatement. I am also ill, so it wasn't the best idea. I will try to give it some thoughts once I have put a little time into it.
Important: AMD video cards might have rendering defects. This is a game issue and it will be fixed soon.
Initial thoughts and port report
It launches fine, hooray! It loads up in Windowed mode by default for me, if I still had my dual-monitor setup I would have liked this. It's easier to get games working correctly if they start in windowed mode, but now I'm on one screen I couldn't care less. So full-screen 4K resolution it is!
You are greeted with a two-character setup screen with quite a few options and classes to pick for each one. You always have two it seems, and they can be any mixture of male/female, female/female or whatever you want.
Performance wise everything seems fine, with 4K resolution and everything up at Ultra it has been running really smoothly without a hint of stutter. GRID Autosport is the only other game I've been able to get a smooth 4K experience with, so this is really massive points in its favour.
I am testing it with the Steam Controller and it's working like a true dream. The buttons are all mapped correctly, and it just works great. Feels really responsive, and was certainly built well for a gamepad.
I do find it amusing that with your characters, you control both of them when talking to each other. Can't say I've seen that done before, and it certainly makes it interesting, but also easier to do what you want.
Issues
Once you are in-game, you cannot switch to a gamepad/Steam Controller. You can only switch on the main menu, a little annoying, but not a major issue. Same for switching to mouse, the control method cannot be changed in-game.
It pollutes your home folder with a "Larian Studios" folder, seriously developers, please stop doing this.
Overall, it's one of the highest quality ports I've seen for a while performance wise for me. Really liking it.
About the game (Official)
Gather your party and get back to the roots of great RPG gameplay. Discuss your decisions with companions; fight foes in turn-based combat; explore an open world and interact with everything and everyone you see.
You take on the role of a young Source Hunter: your job is to rid the world of those who use the foulest of magics. Embarking on what should have been a routine murder investigation, you find yourself in the middle of a plot that threatens to destroy the very fabric of time. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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I hope the executable coming with today's Steam refresh... (7 mins from here) :D
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Hopefully GOG version is coming out ASAP as well. GOG Linux users however lost the chance to buy the game on major winter sale. May be Larian will celebrate the release with good discount?
Last edited by Shmerl on 23 December 2015 at 5:56 pm UTC
Last edited by Shmerl on 23 December 2015 at 5:56 pm UTC
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Btw: ATI video cards might have rendering defects. This is game issue and will be fixed soon
Really promising ;)
Really promising ;)
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linux_gamer Dec 23, 2015
Interesting, I wasn't really expecting something new till 28th!
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Quoting: PangachatBtw: ATI video cards might have rendering defects. This is game issue and will be fixed soon
Really promising ;)
Does seem like they may have put effort into supporting AMD cards with this port, which is somewhat redeeming given the huge delay. Time will tell though.
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BabaoWhisky Dec 23, 2015
When the GoG Linux version will release on GoG ?
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Quoting: berillionsWhen the GoG Linux version will release on GoG ?Hopefully soon, but no one knows that except for GOG and Larian. Try asking them.
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linux_gamer Dec 23, 2015
Quoting: KeyrockHell hath frozen over.Looking at outside temperatures its quite the opposite!
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codyaj1995 Dec 23, 2015
huh, never thought i would live to see the day. :D
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I suppose they weren't happy with being nominated for most anticipated game for 2016 and squeezed in a 2015 release. Although it's probably too late for people to give the game an honest consideration...
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Quoting: lvlarkI suppose they weren't happy with being nominated for most anticipated game for 2016 and squeezed in a 2015 release. Although it's probably too late for people to give the game an honest consideration...
Many days still left, that's a lot of hours to see ;)
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Response from Raze (from Larian):
QuoteGOG usually takes a day or so to create their own installers, but I don't know what their holiday schedule is.
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I think it's a bug within Steam, but I'm on the Steam Beta client at the moment because of the firmware updates for the Steam Controller.
I was waiting for it to actually download, it did the same thing bit Dungeon II does, which just downloads a steamid file and then doesn't actually download any data but then it sets itself as if it is installed, and of course does not run at all.
But after about 10 minutes the steam client crashed and then when I restarted the client the game started to download.
I've only waited an extra year a few months since the original release. I backed this on kickstarter when they stated they would have a Mac and Linux client once it was deemed "stable" and released. Although I do appreciate the extra content and to be honest I'd rather play it originally with the extra content. But it sure has taken awhile... I'm a patient person but this was pushing it.
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I was waiting for it to actually download, it did the same thing bit Dungeon II does, which just downloads a steamid file and then doesn't actually download any data but then it sets itself as if it is installed, and of course does not run at all.
But after about 10 minutes the steam client crashed and then when I restarted the client the game started to download.
I've only waited an extra year a few months since the original release. I backed this on kickstarter when they stated they would have a Mac and Linux client once it was deemed "stable" and released. Although I do appreciate the extra content and to be honest I'd rather play it originally with the extra content. But it sure has taken awhile... I'm a patient person but this was pushing it.
Last edited by neowiz73 on 23 December 2015 at 8:17 pm UTC
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Great, and now I'm at my parents' with my lappy that won't run it. They say "OpenGL 4.x compliant video card", and my lappy's card (965GM) won't even do OpenGL 3.x without telling Mesa to lie.
Oh, well, seems like I'll have to wait until next week to see how it does. I'm still skeptical. :P
Oh, well, seems like I'll have to wait until next week to see how it does. I'm still skeptical. :P
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Quoting: DrMcCoyGreat, and now I'm at my parents' with my lappy that won't run it. They say "OpenGL 4.x compliant video card", and my lappy's card (965GM) won't even do OpenGL 3.x without telling Mesa to lie.
Oh, well, seems like I'll have to wait until next week to see how it does. I'm still skeptical. :P
Well after so long who would of thought they would of released it this year? I would of a put a grand on it being 2016 without a second thought.
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Works flawlessly here, so far!
And for those it may matter to: You can create the two protagonists from scratch, including gender. They don't need to be a male and a female, like all screenshots I've seen earlier has indicated .
Last edited by Beamboom on 23 December 2015 at 10:16 pm UTC
And for those it may matter to: You can create the two protagonists from scratch, including gender. They don't need to be a male and a female, like all screenshots I've seen earlier has indicated .
Last edited by Beamboom on 23 December 2015 at 10:16 pm UTC
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I wish they resent directions to Kickstarter backers. I had to dig it up from old e-mail (June 2014). Go to https://www.larianvault.com, log in, click on D:OS Kickstarter, and claim reward.
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