History VideoGame / DivinityOriginalSin

* BareYourMidriff: The female character in the official artwork.
** Subverted later on when, after listening to backers, the artists ended up drawing extra armor to cover her midriff.

* TurnBasedCombat: ''Original Sin'' features tactical turn-based combat with initiative, action points, and free movement.

* SpeaksFluentAnimal: There is a {{perk}} that lets a character speak with any animal in the game.

** Subverted later on when, after listening to backers, she ended up wearing extra armor to cover her midriff.

* AnthropromorphicPersonfication: It is implied that the Weaver Of Time is the embodiment of time itself.

* AnthropomorphicPersonfication: It is implied that the Weaver Of Time is the embodiment of time itself.

The game was self-funded by the developer (thanks to the success of ''VideoGame/DivinityIITheDragonKnightSaga'') but they ran out of money in early 2013, before many of the game's more interesting features could be implemented. To attract additional funding, Larian [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/larianstudios/divinity-original-sin went]] to Website/{{Kickstarter}} and received another million dollars from the fans. The was finally released on June 30, 2014.

The game was self-funded by the developer (thanks to the success of ''VideoGame/DivinityIITheDragonKnightSaga'') but they ran out of money in early 2013, before many of the game's more interesting features could be implemented. To attract additional funding, Larian [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/larianstudios/divinity-original-sin went]] to Website/{{Kickstarter}} and received another million dollars from the fans. And so the game got even bigger, while the release date was pushed from Autumn 2013 to [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/larianstudios/divinity-original-sin/posts/868045 June 30, 2014]].

The game was self-funded by the developer (thanks to the success of ''VideoGame/DivinityIITheDragonKnightSaga'') but they ran out of money in early 2013, before many of the game's more interesting features could be implemented. To attract additional funding, Larian [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/larianstudios/divinity-original-sin went]] to Website/{{Kickstarter}} and received another million dollars from the fans. And so the game got even bigger, while the release date was pushed from Autumn 2013 to [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/larianstudios/divinity-original-sin/posts/822503 June 20, 2014]].

* AnyoneCanDie: It is possible to kill every NPC in the game, hostile and non-hostile, and ''still'' [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything finish the main quest]].

* StoryBranchFavoritism: Even though you can customize pretty much everything about the protagonists (including their gender), the default setup consists of a burly warrior guy who was [[YouAllMeetInACell recently released from prison]] and a [[RedHeadedHero redheaded]] mystic girl who was ResurrectedForAJob.

The game was self-funded by the developer (thanks to the success of ''VideoGame/DivinityIITheDragonKnightSaga'') but they ran out of money in early 2013, before many of the game's more interesting features could be implemented. To attract additional funding, Larian [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/larianstudios/divinity-original-sin went]] to Website/{{Kickstarter}} and received another million dollars from the fans. And so the game got even bigger, while the release date was pushed from Autumn 2013 to Spring 2014.

The game was self-funded by the developer (thanks to the success of ''VideoGame/DivinityIITheDragonKnightSaga'') but they ran out of money in early 2013, before many of the game's more interesting features could have been completed. To attract additional funding, Larian [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/larianstudios/divinity-original-sin went]] to Website/{{Kickstarter}}--and received another million dollars. And so the game got even bigger, while the release date was pushed from Autumn 2013 to Spring 2014.

* IntertwinedFingers: The default protagonists do it on the promotional images. How intimate they grow in the actual game, however, depends on the player's decisions.

Watch the trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF3_HG9Vwdw here]].

* CoOpMultiplayer[=/=]DropInDropOutMultiplayer: When playing online, a friend can join your game at any time and take over the controls of the other protagonist for a while (though, since the game is saved on the server host's computer, the host can impose limitations on what the guest player can do). The devs were so fond of this feature, they included ''two'' copies of the game

''Divinity: Original Sin'' is the latest entry in the ''Divinity'' RPG series by Creator/LarianStudios. Taking place [[DistantPrologue hundreds of years before]] ''VideoGame/DivineDivinity'', it revisits the idea of two protagonists from ''VideoGame/BeyondDivinity'' and follows a pair of unlikely [[FeaturelessProtagonist heroes]] on a quest to learn more about "The Source", a forbidden magic wielded by the orcs who invaded Rivellon.

* FlavorEquipment: Tons of it. The devs' favorite example of the game world's interactivity is that you can wear a bucket for a helm and fight enemies with broomstick.

The game was self-funded by the developer (thanks to the success of ''VideoGame/DivinityIITheDragonKnightSaga'') but they've run out of money in early 2013, before many of the more interesting features have been completed. To attract additional funding, Larian [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/larianstudios/divinity-original-sin went]] to Website/{{Kickstarter}}--and received another million dollars. And so the game got even bigger, while the release date was pushed from Autumn 2013 to Spring 2014.

''Divinity: Original Sin'' is the latest entry in the ''Divinity'' RPG series by Creator/LarianStudios. Taking place [[DistantPrologue hundreds of years before]] ''VideoGame/DivineDivinity'', it revisits the idea two protagonists from ''VideoGame/BeyondDivinity'' and follows a pair of unlikely [[FeaturelessProtagonist heroes]] on a quest to learn more about "The Source", a forbidden magic wielded by the orcs who invaded Rivellon.

* FlavorEquipment: Tons of it. The devs' favorite example of the game world's interactivity is that you wear a bucket for a helm and fight enemies with broomstick.

* LevelEditor: The game will ship with a level editor, with the express purpose to start up a modding community from day one.

* OurOrcsAreDifferent: In ''Original Sin'', they are the green-skinned, proud-but-barbaric warrior race variety. And they're out for blood.

The game was self-funded by the developer (thanks to the success of ''VideoGame/DivinityIITheDragonKnightSaga'') but they've run out of money in early 2013, before many of the more interesting features have been completed. To attract additional funding, Larian [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/larianstudios/divinity-original-sin went]] to ''Website/{{Kickstarter}}''--and received another million dollars. And so the game got even bigger, while the release date was pushed from Autumn 2013 to Spring 2014.

''Divinity: Original Sin'' is the latest entry in the ''Divinity'' RPG series by Creator/LarianStudios. Taking place hundreds of years before ''VideoGame/DivineDivinity'', it revisits the idea two protagonists from ''VideoGame/BeyondDivinity'' and follows a pair of unlikely [[FeaturelessProtagonist heroes]] on a quest to learn more about "The Source", a forbidden magic wielded by the orcs who invaded Rivellon.