#rpg-history

#rpg-history

The Divinity series began with the decent enough action-RPG Divine Divinity in 2002, followed by the decidedly mediocre Beyond Divinity in 2004, which was slammed for its crappy story and lack of originality. Things didn't improve enormously in 2009 when Divinity II came out riddled with bugs, dragged down further by a poor Xbox 360 version, but they started to look up a year later when an improved and much-fixed re-release appeared and won people over.

Although Dragon Quest is one of the most popular game series in the East, it has never quite caught on in the West. Released under the banner of Square Enix, the series was often overshadowed by sister series Final Fantasy. While this never stopped any mainline entry from being released in the West (except for X, which is an MMO), I can't help but feel that Dragon Quest never got the due it deserved.