Divinity II: Ego Draconis Preview

The editors over at Joystiq had the chance to get their hands on the North American version of Divinity II: Ego Draconis, and have used the opportunity to break down one quest’s many choices.

Take, for example, the story of Derk and Dana. Dana loves Derk, but she’s married to Carl. Talking to Dana nets the player a sealed love letter they can take to Derk wherein Dana begs him to take her away from her unhappy marriage.

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Developer Larian Studios says there are about 20 different ways this quest can play out and no one solution is the “right” one.

For example, you can open the letter and then take it back to Dana to blackmail her. Now, if this were The Witcher, she’d sleep with you but this is Ego Draconis and evidently, they care not for sex. Instead, you can get money from her. and then rat her out to her husband anyway. Or you can take the opened letter back to Dana, Mindread her thoughts to find out about Carl’s secret study in the basement of their house, go down there to find Carl’s diary wherein he admits killing Dana’s previous lover. Then, armed with this new info, you can blackmail Carl into giving you money and then rat him out to the guards anyway.

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Look for it on Steam, Impulse and shelves (in Xbox 360 form) January 5.