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Reviews

Over here I'll try to put all the pre- and reviews of Divinity (and all the other related material)

Magazine reviews

Awards

 

October 19th, 2002
Gamespy has given Divinity a 84%, which is very good !! Madgamers has given Divinity a 9/10, Just RPG has given Divinity a stunning 95% and Evil avatar has also reviewed divinity !!

 

October 14th, 2002
RPGDot did a review and gave Divinity an exellent score of 92% and gave them yet another reward and the portugees site ptgamers have also rated Divinity an exellent 18/20.

 

September 28th, 2002
StaticPlay reviewed Divinity, and so did Computer and videogames , de spelletjesgarnaal and JeuxVideos.

 

October 4th, 2002
Gamez.nl gave Divinity a wonderfull 90%, actiontrip gave it a well deserved 81%. Loadedinc also reviewed Divinity and gave them their recommendation !!  Gamespot Benelux have reviewed divinty and gave it a 88% !! And their US department gave it 86%! 

 

September 18th, 2002
Again a positive review at PC Zone UK. Who gave Divinity a 85% score and awarded it with this reward:

 

September 17th, 2002
A very nice descriptive review at Games Xtreme

 

September 16th, 2002
2 new reviews, one from PC Gaming, who awarded divinity with their perfect score award and another review in the Guardian, who give Divinity a lot of praise and 4 out of 5 stars !!

 

September 7th, 2002
An interview with the Larians at Avault

 

August 27th, 2002
An interview in English and Dutch at BGN.be and a preview based on the demo at Just-RPG's.

 

August 6th, 2002
There's a hands on review at GameSpy, a German review at Krawall and Gamezone and also a great first impressions which lifted the hearts of the Larians at RPGDot.

 

August 2nd, 2002
Divine release in Germany !!! And 3 new previews: One on IGN, one on Gamespot and one on RPGVault

 

July 6th, 2002
Divine Divinity preview at Video Game News

 

May 26th, 2002
Divine Divinity E3 impressions at GameSpot

 
May 2nd, 2002
Divine Divinity Preview and screenshots at Actiontrip

 
May 1st, 2002
Divine Divinity Preview at GamesDomain

 
April 24th, 2002
Divine Divinity Hands-On Preview and exclusive interview at Computer and Videogames

 
April 12th, 2002
Divine Divinity Interview and 5 new screenshots at Avault

 
February 28th, 2002
Divine Divinity Video coverage and photospecial at Telenet.be

We got a visit of the Telenet crew, weaponed with a camera and a photo apparatus. All this resulted in a huge photospecial and in-game sequences of Divine Divinity. You can grab the video (a low quality and high quality version - scroll down) from the Telenet website.

 
February 20th, 2002
Divine Divinity preview at Gamesweb.com (German)

"If you liked 'Diablo 2' and want to play a similar game with an appealing story, you should prick up the ears."

 
February 11th, 2002
Divine Divinity preview at Overgame.com (French)

"...Divine Divinity is inspired by Diablo and Baldur's Gate: the action of Diablo and the adventures of Baldur's Gate..."
"...much more interaction with the objects and the environment..."
"The character development in particularly is well thought and at the same time flexible and complete."
"The interface is also astute: each skill, weapon,... is quickly accessible through icons."

 
February 10th, 2002
Divine Divinity preview at RPGPlayer (Italian)

 
February 6th, 2002
Divine Divinity preview at Gamekult.com (French)

 
February, 2002
Check out the Divine Divinity preview in this month's issue of PC Games.
This issue holds also a video feature on its cover CD and DVD.

"Divine Divinity combines the best parts of other role playing games into a funny cocktail."

 
February, 2002
In the latest issue of Power Unlimited there's a preview on Divine Divinity. Here's what they had to say:

"The Belgian game Divine Divinity looks to become a nice tribute to Diablo II and Blizzard. A very entertaining and good-looking hack 'n slash rpg with huge interaction and tons of skills."

 
February 4th, 2002
Divine Divinity preview at Gamecaptain.de

 
January 19th, 2002
Divine Divinity preview at Eurogamer.net


 
December, 2001
In the latest issue of PC Zone UK there's a preview on Divine Divinity. Here's what they had to say:

"Divine Divinity looks like it is shaping up to be a surprising treat for RPG fans, a world that you can play with, rather than just play across"

 
December, 2001
Check out the Divine Divinity preview in this month's issue of PC Format.

"Divine Divinity is one of the most graphically accomplished 2D RPG's we've seen yet on the PC"

 
5 October, 2001
Divine Divinity preview at Rollenspielewelt.de

 
26 September, 2001
Divine Divinity preview at www.Gbase.ch

 
21 September, 2001
Those nice chaps at PC Gameplay UK also decided to write something about Divine Divinity in their current issue. Here's what they had to say:

"The level of interaction with the background scenery is leaps and bounds above any other role-playing game we've enjoyed recently"
"It's all rather excellent"
"Hot or not ? Hot !"

 
20 September, 2001
In the latest issue of PC Zone UK, there's a "top story" on Divine Divinity. Here's a quote of what they had to say:
"Beautifully detailed and immersive, with a much more interactive world than has previously been seen in an RPG, together with the enhanced AI, this could well produce a new breed of role-player"

PC Format also put out the message saying:
"Possibly the best thing to come out of Belgium after beer, Larian Studios' RPG is a real charmer that look like a hit for German publisher CDV"

 
September, 2001

RPGDot - Divine Divinity preview part 1 and part 2:

PC Games Germany (One of the largest gaming magazines in Germany):
"The mix between action rich combat and a broad complex story works. Divine Divinity is no secret tip anymore and has proven that it will appeal to a large audience"

Computer Bild Spiele (Largest gaming magazine in Germany with over 600000 buyers):
"Divine Divinity left a very good impression on our reviewers"

Tucows Games - Divine Divinity preview (English):

Spelletjesgarnaal - ECTS 2001 (Dutch):
"This game will break pots, people ! It's the perfect mix between Baldur's Gate and Diablo 2, spiced in splendid graphics. "

Infolder - Belgians at ECTS with Divinity (Dutch):
"Hits like Diablo 2 en Baldur's Gate meet each other in Divine Divinity"
"This game doesn't only look very good (think about the real-time reflections in the water), the gameplay is nice and the sound is also very good. In addition there's a large dose of humour which will please a lot of players when seeing the different NPC's and their actions"

Art Of Gaming - Divine Divinity ECTS impression (Dutch):
"I was treated to the intro which looked really spectacular" "Rpg lovers can look forward to some beautiful days"

Game Captain - Divine Divinity preview (German):
“A promising title with chances to dethrone Diablo 2 but only a future review could tell for sure"

Games Domain - Divine Divinity ECTS preview (English):

Game Rush - ECTS 2001: Divine Divinity screenshots

 
24 August, 2001
Divine Divinity preview at Art Of Gaming

 
20 August, 2001
Divine Divinity preview at Duga.be
Divine Divinity preview at Gate to Games

 
17 July, 2001

 
12 July, 2001

 
9 June, 2001

 
7 June, 2001
Divine Divinity preview at The Daily Telefrag (Russian game site)

 
11 May, 2001
Divine Divinity preview and screenshots at PC Games

 
5 May, 2001
Divine Divinity preview in PC Games Germany

"The best of the second parts of Baldur's Gate and Diablo brought together"

 
2 May, 2001
Divine Divinity preview in PC Player Germany

"Divine Divinity offers many very interesting features and aspects - we are eagerly waiting for the demo which we can expect in a couple of weeks."

 
5 February, 2001
New details on the development of Divine Divinity at The Adrenaline Vault

 
February, 2001
Interview in the Belgian Computer Magazine

 

 

25 Oktober, 2000

 
5 Oktober, 2000
Interview and exclusive screenshots at Mystics.de

 
2 Oktober, 2000
First Look about Divinity and exclusive screenshots at GA-RPG

 
12 September, 2000
Divinity preview and 9 new screenshots at Spelletjesgarnaal

 
8 August, 2000
At Gildenweb you can read a Divinity preview.

 
21 July, 2000
Interview and new Divinity screenshots at RPG Planet

 
19 July, 2000
Divinity, The Sword of Lies preview at www.actiontrip.com
Actiontrip has put a preview of Larian Studios' upcoming RPG, Divinity... Some exclusive info and a couple of exclusive shots inside...

 
29 May, 2000
Mini-interview and 6 new Divinity screenshots at GA-RPG

 
18 May, 2000
Divinity preview at WorldOnline

 
2 May, 2000
Divinity preview at pc.ign.com

 
25 April, 2000
Divinity First Look at RPGPlanet

 
23 April, 2000
Interview at www.fragland.net

 
23 April, 2000
Preview at www.infolder.com with a special part on the music in Divinity and some more screenshots.

 
22 April, 2000
Preview at 3dgaming.net

 
12 April, 2000
Interview with Lar at www.exxtreme3d.com

 
22 March, 2000
Interview with Lar at rpgvault.ign.com

 
17 March, 2000
Divinity preview at www.gamerscentral.net