Isometric, Dungeons & Dragons-style RPGs are a natural fit for any gamer wielding a keyboard and mouse. The breadth of decisions to be made and the depth of skill trees in these sorts of offerings do not typically lend themselves well to consoles, whose controllers only have so many buttons with which to manage an entire party of would-be adventurers. In recent times, we’ve seen tried-and-true RPG franchises begin to simplify themselves in order to appeal to a broader audience, further cementing the kind of genre that Divinity: Original Sin 2 – Definitive Edition finds itself in as a PC powerhouse.
It’s with some amount of surprise, then, that I found Divinity: Original Sin 2 – Definitive Edition to be one of the smoothest RPGs I’ve played on console in a while. I was fully aware that it was still a Larian Studios project, so the quality of the game never struck me as anything less than the stellar bar that group has set for themselves. Still, as a PC game coming to a console with streamlined controllers, I had concerns. All my reservations about porting an input-heavy, micro-management filled RPG to the PS4 have gone unfounded. Divinity: Original Sin 2 – Definitive Edition should be used as a how-to guide for these kinds of platform transitions in the future, and is every bit the brilliant, engaging masterpiece that it was when it debuted on computers nearly a year ago.

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