History YMMV / DivineDivinity

** With the Resurrect spell you can create your own army of mooks. When you leave the area and return, they will turn hostile meaning you can farm them for XP. Sadly, this has been patched in the final version of the game.

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

** Besides all the obvious applications, the [[https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?url=http://www.cheatsguru.com/pc/divine_divinity/cheats/4021.htm duplication glitch]] allows you to save all three plague victims in Ferol's Poor Area instead of the quest's intended solution of having to pick two. ([[TakeAThirdOption You can also just pickpocket the Cure Flasks back from the patients you just saved.]])

** Burning Wall is far and away one of the best spells available. Persistent contact-based damage combined with the effect of stopping enemies in their tracks is a potent combination that makes short work of most bosses and enemies that aren't resistant to lightning. It's often the only sensible option for magic-focused builds due to their [[SquishyWizard fragility]] and the game's general unfriendliness towards ranged combat.

** 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. [[DePowerZone All of your spells wont work, even repair or lockpicking]].

** Burning Wall is far and away one of the best spells available. Persistent contact-based damage combined with the effect of stopping enemies in their tracks is a potent combination that makes short work of most bosses and enemies that aren't resistant to lightning.
* GodDamnedBats: Swarms of bugs are easy to kill, but are annoying to chase down because they move fast.

* ComplacentGamingSyndrome: The game makes a point to emphasize its open-ended skill system, with player class only determining which special attacks you can use. That said, about half of the available skills (particularly from the Survivor branches) aren't very good. The high-level armors also require a dedicated Strength stat to wear (there are no "mage robes" or other such class-based armors seen in other RPGs). As such, a Warrior build with certain magic skills like Bless and Fade From Sight is usually the most reliable way to play through the game.

* GameBreaker: Any weapon with the freeze attribute. It freezes people, wolves, ghosts, demons and the BigBad all the same.
** 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 enemy in game. They become completely 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 completely broken though is the fact that they are quite rare (but see duplication bug below).

* 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 which would allow you to teleport to a merchant to buy potions.

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

** [[ShootTheMageFirst Skeleton Conjurers]] will ruin your day easily when they summon other skeletons non-stop. Prepared to be [[ZergRush overwhelmed]].

* 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 it lots of praise.

** 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 completely 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 completely broken though is the fact that they are quite rare (but see duplication bug below).
* GodDamnedBats: Swarms of bugs are easy to kill, but are annoying to chase down beacause they move fast.

** 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 in the final version of the game.

** Iona's pet, a large mass of flesh with eyes, tentacles and mouths. It vaguely resemble a beholder, [[LightningBruiser but its attacks are melee and it's blindly fast and deadly, not to mention highly resistant to elemental attacks.]] Your health meter will be gone faster than you can say "OhCrap".

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

* GodDamnedBats: Swarms of bugs easy to kill, but are annoying to chase down as they move fast.

* GodDamnedBats: [[BeeAfraid Bees]] deliver poison and are annoying to chase down as they move fast.