Description
You are a servant of the Divine - scourge of necromancers and sorcerers alike. Your purpose in life is to fight all that is evil using any means possible. Your dilemma... during an intense battle with one of the great necromancers, a demon drags you into its universe. There you are soul-forged with a Death-knight. You are cursed and destined to spend the rest of eternity bonded to this creature of evil. Or maybe not...."Your purpose in life is to fight"
The Death-knight dislikes the soul forging as much as you do and together you embark on a great adventure. You both have a common goal... to undo the soul forging. You and your unlikely companion quickly figure out that the only way to rid this curse is if you unlock the secret of riftrunning – an ancient art that allowed the prison universe's indigenous population to travel between universes. Your quest is set: To become a Riftrunner!
"brand-new universe"
Features
- Beyond Divinity introduces a brand-new universe, a new story and a new race.
- Includes the next generation of Divine Divinity's acclaimed skill system introducing virtually unlimited skill levels and various levels of mastery.
- Endless item fever combined with a new combat system and full control over the player's party deliver a total RPG experience.
- Features access to the endless game play and maximum replay value of the Battlefields: A demon infested wasteland with mutating monsters, random maps and an infinite amount of quests.
- Updated graphics engine including real time 3D characters and monsters together with support for higher resolutions. Players can now zoom in on the action.
- High object interactivity including the ability to combine objects with each other in a seamless world.
- A very accessible RPG with a streamlined user interface.
- Complete and accurate diary including two automaps – one small overlaid map containing tactical info and one large map containing the entire world.
- Music composed by Kirill Pokrovski, winner of IGN's 2002 "Outstanding achievement in music" award and Gamespot's runner up for "Best music of the year" 2002 award.
"Updated graphics engine "
Verdict
Beyond Divinity looks to have enhanced upon its predecessor in many aspects. Improved graphics, new levels, improved skill system all sounds too good to be true. Being a big fan of Diablo it will be interesting to see if Beyond Divinity can improve on a very under used genre. Fans of the RPG genre will no doubt be in their element. The release date looks of 30th April 2004 looks to have been met as the game is now available to buy.