Divinity II: Ego Draconis for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

I love Western-style RPGs; I loved Morrowind and Oblivion, and most recently I've played through Demon's Souls and Dragon Age:Origins. I also enjoyed some of these European made RPGs, like The Witcher and Sacred 2, so I wanted to give this a shot.

But like Two Worlds, this game is weak port of a vastly superior PC version of the game. The framerate probably hovers in the 15-20 FPS range (at best), the graphics are pretty poor, and worst of all, the character animations are abysmal. I also had some odd trouble with the save system; sometimes the save would not load until I dropped back to the dashboard and then rebooted the game. Even stranger was an issue where when I'd load a save my character stats/progress would be correct, but my character's position in the world would be from a previous save. Really weird.

The final straw that made me stop playing after 4 or 5 hours was the difficulty. This game is frustrating and sometimes unfairly difficult unless you grind. Now keep in mind I have played Demon's Souls to completion. But playing as a level 10 character I would routinely get swarmed and destroyed by level 11 enemies. Early in the game potions are relatively expensive and hard to come by. Often you'll also get locked into a room or temple with beasties much stronger than you - if you haven't been keeping multiple saves, you're outta luck. Demon's Souls was difficult in a tactical sense - this game, even when set on Easy, is difficult because you can easily get swarmed and beat to death by enemies that do too much damage. If you want a leisurely RPG experience where you explore and plow through enemies, look away. Prepare to grind and do every side quest to level up properly and succeed.

I did enjoy the humorous writing and the voice acting is pretty solid. The story seemed decent as far as RPGs go. If you need a weird German PC-to-360 port RPG, I'd recommend Sacred 2 - it translates much better.