History YMMV / DivineDivinity

** Part of the plot requires that you become young Duke Janus' champion and personal bodyguard for a while. He proceeds to order you around like a servant, and acts increasingly rude and threatening if you make any sign of resistance. You're not allowed to leave, your teleportation stones are confiscated so that you can't warp away, and you're not allowed to make any hostile actions to anyone (read: Duke Janus) in the castle, no matter how justified you think that might be.

* CultClassic: When the game released, it received good reviews from the press, but didn't woo the crowd, because everyone was focused on ''VideoGame/DiabloII''. Over time and with the success of ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSin'' and ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSinII'', people have rediscovered the game and gave lots of praise.

* ThatOneLevel: Iona's Dungeon is one of the must frustrating dungeons in RPG history. It's full of DemonicSpiders, you start at the end (so you can't just run to the exit) and you don't have your teleporter stones wich would allow you to teleport to a merchant to buy potions.

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** Iona's dungeon is filled with these.

** With the Resurrect spell you can create your own army of mooks. When you leave the area and return they will turn hostile. Killing them will grant you extra XP. Sadly, this has been patched.

* GodDamnedBats: [[BeeAfraid Bees]] deliver poison and are annoying to kill.

* DemonicSpiders: Iona's dungeon is filled with these.

* GoodBadBugs: The "portable" bed in the house north of the Cursed Abbey (also possible by combining two straw bales in your inventory).

* CultClassic

** Infinite money is possible by having the same item twice (preferably an expensive gem) and selling it to a Merchant. When the amount dialogue pops up, just type in "-1" and press Enter. You will have the item once more in your inventory and [[PowersOfTwoMinusOne 255]] are placed on the desk (thus you can buy anything and have change to spare). Secondary benefit being that traders will instantly like you a lot more.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Divine Divinity is not at all short of brilliant, atmospheric music. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=671zImRnPNw&feature=related Have]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlybrc2IUIE&feature=related a]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFzDtJcI9xE&feature=related listen]]. Best of all, the entire soundtrack is available for free download off the composer, Kirill Pokrovsky's [[http://www.kirillpokrovsky.com/ website]].
* CrossingTheLineTwice: The HD remake trailer begin with four different people talking for a minute about how the game was a drug ("''I couldn't wait for work to be over","I forgot my pets","Idistanced myself from my family.''") totally seriously, the next minute is spend with them talking about how stopping playing it delivered them, made them ables to control their lives once again. Then the lasts thirty seconds we have their reaction to learning its return.

* DemonicSpiders:Iona's dungeon is filled with these.

** The Scorpion trap of the "Deadly gift" skill. With one point into it, the scorpion you summon are monster that are level 100 and can kill pretty much any menemy in game. They become completly broken if you spent two points or more into the skill because they become level points in the skill *100. What keeps them from being completly broken thopugh is the fact that they are quite rare (but see duplication bug below).

** You could also rob merchants blind with pickpocketting and a bit of running around. And there were dozens of ways to screw around using the Teleporter Pyramids. Including a way to avoid a case of PermanentlyMissableContent to gain the Dragon Shield.
** Enemies flinch when they take damage. The lightning spell can be cast as quickly as you can click your mouse, if you've got the mana. Combine these two things and you've got a spell that paralyzes an enemy while you shock them over and over again, [[StarWars Emperor Palpatine-style.]]

* ScrappyLevel: Part of the plot requires that you become young Duke Janus' champion and personal bodyguard for a while. He proceeds to order you around like a servant, and acts increasingly rude and threatening if you make any sign of resistance. You're not allowed to leave, your teleportation stones are confiscated so that you can't warp away, and you're not allowed to make any hostile actions to anyone (read: Duke Janus) in the castle, no matter how justified you think that might be.

* ThatOneBoss: Josephina: A powerful mage that can make spikes appear under your feets wich chuck a large bit of your health, forcing you to move constantly, she has a groupe of rather resistant Orcs with her and you fight her in a very small room.

** You could also rob merchants blind with pickpocketting and a bit of running around. And there were dozens of ways to screw around using the Teleporter Pyramids. Including a way to avoid a moment of LostForever to gain the Dragon Shield.

* VindicatedByCable: Cheap digital re-releases and frequent sales on Steam and GOG.com have helped this happen.
* XMeetsY: ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' meets ''VideoGame/TheElderScrolls''.

* ThatOneLevel: Iona's Dungeon is one of the must frustrating dungeons in RPG history.

* XMeetsY: ''{{Diablo}}'' meets ''TheElderScrolls''.

* VindicatedByCable: Cheap digital re-releases and frequent sales on Steam and GOG.com have helped this happen.

* CultClassic: Seems to have become one, thanks to the game's re-release on GOG.com, which is second in the site's bestseller list as of December 2011.

* ThatOneLevel: Iona's Dungeon is one of the must frustrating dungeons in RPG history.

* ThatOneLever: Iona's Dungeon is one of the must frustrating dungeons in RPG history.

* ScrappyLevel: Part of the plot requires that you become young Duke Janus' champion and personal bodyguard for a while. He proceeds to order you around like a servant, and acts increasingly rude and threatening if you make any sign of resistance. You're not allowed to leave, your teleportation stones are confiscated so that you can't warp away, and you're not allowed to make any hostile actions to anyone (read: Duke Janus) in the castle, no matter how justified you think that might be.

* GoodBadBugs: The "portable" bed in the house north of the Cursed Abbey.

* CultFollowing: Seems to be gaining one, thanks to the game's re-release on GOG.com, which is second in the site's bestseller list as of December 2011.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Divine Divinity is not at all short of brilliant, atmospheric music. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=671zImRnPNw&feature=related Have]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlybrc2IUIE&feature=related a]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFzDtJcI9xE&feature=related listen]].