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That was always strange to me. They should have to find out naturally by poisoning you and forgetting you're immune the same way I did when fighting undead
That's because they all have an unusually high loremaster skill that lets them know your actual attributes, which is complete bullshit. I've seen a few mods made specifically to fix that.
@@m-sebThe classic approach to difficulty of just allowing the AI to know everything it needs to to always make the optimal choice _and_ allowing it to make said optimal choice 100% of the time. Like an RTS AI ignoring fog of war and making decisions based on information a human player couldn't have in that situation.
What I love is how Zaleskar says he's proud of his heritage because he wears an open-faced helmet. But in the game's coding ANY headwear conceals your identity as an undead, even a hat that doesn't even cover the top of your skull, let alone your face. So by the rules of the world, if a thin piece of cloth on your head is enough to make people forget undead are a thing, then they helped Zaleskar not knowing he was undead, because they're idiots. Not his fault the sanctuary can't see through his open-faced helmet.
Why does this make me think of videos where a guy is imitating a woman by putting a towel across his head to look like long hair 😂 Everyone is just dumb AF and just accepts “someone wearing a hat couldn’t possibly be not alive - because why would undead wear hats”
It’s weird that there are actually a handful of characters who will comment on an unmasked undead when most of the game is clearly designed without that possibility accounted for.
My PC was broken so I couldn't run BG3 for a bit. I made a DOS2 video instead. My PC is fixed now so I'll be back with BG3 content very soon! Let me know if you liked this though. I may do more DOS2 content in the future if people enjoy it.
@@petrusbubba4717 I've still got plenty of ideas for BG3 that I want to do. The cheese one was great lol I enjoyed it. It takes me a lot of time to make each vid is the real problem.
I like how undead have to cover all their bones not to reveal they’re a skeleton, but as soon as we get into a fight every enemy knows to cast restoration XD
“Wow, I know my enemy smells horrible and kinda looks like they’re on deaths door... but killing them like this would just be rude. I’m gunna heal them up first” Flawless polite npc logic.
Hold up, wasn't there at least one functional ballista at the front gate of Fort Joy. Would that one be usable in a fight? Also, I need a map of every ballista in the game now.
Game is filled with little details like that. Don't get me even started with crafting and spell combos. One of the many reasons why I consider it at least as good as BG3.
i do love that in order to be 'masked' you have to make sure you have a head covering on, when in reality we're all aware that you could be *completely* naked with undead nature fully exposed, but the *moment* you put a bucket on your head everybody's all "oh yeah that's bucket-head bob he's just a funny guy"
The strangely placed poison puddle at the beginning, the dead elf not reacting...devs DEFINITELY knew someone would try this and planned for it. Absolute cinema.
The reactivity kinda dropped off sadly as the game went on. There was basically no more in act 4 :( Act 1 had a fair bit so there was a lot to talk about but as I went on there was less and less
@@ProxyGateTactician seems like classic larianitis - frontloaded with really little to show for later on. At least they let you skip the final kraken bullshit, I guess you need to kill Dallis and Vredeman with one attack or something, I don't even know how I triggered it).
Man, playing as an undead in DOS2 reminded me so much of real life - the only way people aren't revolted by my appearance is if they're blind or in the final stages of decomposition. Awesome video as always! :)
@@ProxyGateTactician They ran away in fear once, when I went to a marketplace and murder-hobo'd a town crier and some woman of whom I only know she's called Bree and apparently she's alright, as long as she don't think 'bout it too much, and I guess she's safe among friends and she should never forget it. She was kinda annoying. I plan to use that as my defense in court, think it'll work out for me?
A DoS2 video in this day and age? Well, color me surprised! I love this! Re: Vredeman being Braccus Rex though, it really wasn't that big of a "surprise". His lore was scattered and always mentioned all around Fort Joy area (the purging wands, undead priestess at Amadia's sanctuary, the different points of interest, soul jar visions, and Withermoore's story to name a few). And then, there's Tarquin's job of reviving Braccus Rex, the logs in Dallis's diary, and Vredeman unleashing Meteor Shower turn 1 during the Lady Vengeancr fight is a nice callback to DoS1's Braccus Rex unleashing Meteor turn 1 as well. Some magisters (I forgot where) have also pointed out that Dallis began to change for the worse ever since Vredeman became her advisor, although it's unclear if it's because Fane's Daughter replaced the real Dallis or if it was Braccus's influence. Still, it was made a point that Braccus Rex is just THAT manipulative, devious, and sinister that I wouldn't put it past him to be the one pulling all the strings all along as to how Dallis was always one step ahead of you. It all comes to a head when you're doing the Anathema questline, at the end of which Tarquin reveals that it's for killing the Source King himself (which is something that we saw coming at that point). As for Vredeman choosing to "let loose" at that exact point in time, this doesn't have an in-lore explanation but my theory is he was only pretending to be controlled so he can get as close to Lucian's Tomb as possible. His plan of using Bishop Alexander to get close to godhood under the guise of "training" him was a bust after all. He was probably hoping for the 2 sides to face-off at the end so he can sieze all the source for himself. However, as the last part of his plans didn't seem to be going his way, he had no choice to but finally reveal his power in a last attempt to regaining his former glory. I don't know if you played DoS1, but as someone who did, it was a treat learning more and more about Braccus Rex and finally getting the chance to fight him at his "full power" (only once though. Going through all the sworn and the Kraken ain't as fun the 2nd time beyond) because the fight in 1 didn't really do him justice. The one thing that's still a headscratcher to me though is how he's connected to the God King. I didn't peg him to be the type to be sworn, after all, and I don't quite remember if there was any mention of him being sword.
I hadn't played DOS1 so it's interesting the stuff I missed about him. Most of the commenters who mention it was hinting at him had played DOS1 from what I'm seeing now. As someone who started on that game it felt pretty lame that he was this random guy who suddenly broke slavery to be a boss. I still love the game's combat, side quests, and characters, but that last boss was always weird to me. Never knew why the god king was with Braccus, and I'm pretty sure even if you're still allied with the god king you still fight those guys don't you?
@@ProxyGateTactician Being honest, the reveal that Vredeman was B.Rex at the end didn't hit the landing right, just because there wasn't a lot of focus put onto him and it felt forced to have a "phase 2" fight. It was the only thing that feels off if you haven't played DoS1, and yup, it sucks. Even if you have seen the hints about B. Rex, it just hits different if you're a DoS1 player so I can see where you're coming from. As for fighting him even when allied with the God King, I'm ashamed to say that I haven't done the God King route yet as we almost always kill Sallow Man (don't remember if you can still be sworn even if he's dead). I'm also not sure what happens if you ally with Adramahliik and fight him. I don't remember if the demon grants assistance in that fight.
Fun Fact: Braccus Rex doesn't cast Meteor Shower on turn 1 if he doesn't survive round 1. Use warp/teleport to stack everyone, then drop an AoE source spell with splash damage like Pyroclasm or the upgrade of Blood Rain. Just make sure Dallas doesn't die first as it automatically triggers phase 2. I had already beaten the game once or twice like that before seeing the extended fight in a YT video lol
@@jagondal8378 Oh, he is indeed skippable in the final fight. I was referring to the Lady Vengeance fight going into Act 2... unless there's a way to cancel the Meteor Shower there as well?
@@chuchubag Oh, sorry about that. Thought you meant the final one. I don't know of a way to stop it in the first, but then again, I just learned you can point the ballistae at the deck.
That Braccus Rex reveal at the end really only works if you played DOS 1. Which is notable because DOS 2 was the first game Larian made that TRULY exploded in popularity BG3 is effectively Larian's first chance to make a game with the budget that matches their talent, and in that regard it becomes obvious just how talented and passionate their teams are.
I’ve read that a lot yeah. I loved every moment of DoS2 except for that boss fight tbh so I’m not gonna complain too much. BG3 really was great but I miss Divinity combat so I can’t wait for whatever they’re making next
@@ProxyGateTactician I really do like Divinity's combat. THough admittedly, BG3 has a TON more options when it comes to buildcrafting, whereas DOS 2 mostly just boils down to "Armor shred then CC" I do think that if/when DOS3 (or whatever the next Divinity game is called) Larian will be able to finally perfect the Divinity combat system. In all honesty, my biggest hope for DOS3 is that they finally get a concrete settlement on the worldbuilding. Divinity has a wonderful world, and I particularly LOVE the Ancient Empire and its History. Given that in like, 90% of the endings, the Ancient Empire remains the strongest force in Revellon, I can only really see it playing a massive role in the invasion from Nemesis that DOS2 pretty blatantly alludes to
@@edersonnico Larian seems to be doing that too, you start like that in Divinity 2 before and after you end up on shore. In BG3 you're technically held and bound by mindflayers, and then end up on shore. It just works great with rpgs I guess lol.
What blast from the past. Still one of my favorite games of all time. One of my favorite runs was 4 Undead (you can, or could back then start the client several times create a lobby with your running instances and make a party of all custom characters). Though I didn't go fully unmasked, it certainly wasn't a 'nice' playthrough, and those deathfog barrels came in handy like in your playthrouigh. Also, love the puns!
Don't know if you'll read this but really enjoyed the video and seeing sides of a game that I and friends(enemies) played 80 hours in and would never have seen organically.
technically you start as a prisioner in both BG3 and DoS2. In either case you are in a ship, and then the ship crashes and you wake in a beach. In both games too, you have 3 acts, with the third being in a big city, and in the end you are given the option to become a god in either way.
I now understand how to effectively combat racism and discrimination; chemical weapons, questionable business connections, dark forces, indiscriminate murder, civil conversation that leads to said indiscriminate murder, and boning. Lots of boning.
Your vids are super fun for someone who’s new to RPGs! I’m in act 3 of BG3 rn and your vids are helping me build interest in other play throughs there and in other games like DOS2. Keep it up!
You wake up on a beach in Divinity Original Sin, which would make BG3 the 3rd Larian Turn Based where you start on a beach :D Div 1 was amazing for the broken builds you could make, leech and zombie Div 2 was amazing for the scope and scale, with mods it has some of the best bonus classes BG3 is Game of the Year for a reason. Love these vids, keep them coming Proxy
I would love to see a breakdown of what I consider the best quest reward that isn't a piece of gear. Lohse's song. I remember sitting in amazement, with my friend, as she broke out the lute after killing the Doctor, I got chills up my spine. As a Boomer Gamer, who started with pong, I still think that moment, that fantastic song, that unusual payoff; was one of the best quest rewards of all time.
I have too many hours in this game and didn't even know you could loot those deathfog barrels on the intro ship. I'm learning something new all the time
Divinity Original Sin 2 is still great even if now we have BG3. I would like so see some DOS2 from times to times to break it up a little bit instead of just all videos being bg3 related.
One thing I always love about Larian's games is that regardless how many hours I have, I will always learn something new about them. I didn't know about the hidden passage to the source temple and that Dallis turns into a dragon if you force her out by defeating her in act 1-2, or Malady's snark for unhooded undead. Almost 900 hours of that game, it got me to get instantly into BG3 early access when they announced it :)
im actually in the middle of my first two playthroughs of dos2, a relatively normal singleplayer and a chaotic multiplayer one with a friend! would love to see more dos2 videos like this from you
I don’t know if you’ve been told this before but your videos remind so much of MittenSquad’s Skyrim and Fallout videos. He passed away about 6 months ago now. His videos were awesome and always brought a smile. Thank you for your videos they are awesome keep them up and you’ll grow big. :)
Fun fact you can find out that the hooded man is braccrus rex, and that the guy who forges anathema for you, is the one who revived him for dallas, and cuz all the bosses where sworn, the basically never die lol
Yeah Tarquin will mention it but it’s still a lame reveal. The sworn thing is something I didn’t think of though, and makes me wonder how braccus was connected to the god long then?
Alright I haven't seen anyone else mention this, but the 'its a boy' blessed fire gag at 10:36 was phenomenal, thank you. I laughed so hard I woke up my wife lol
I tried to love this game after playing the BG3 EA while waiting for release. I just couldn't... I wanted to, but the combat armour system just seemed so janky and everything I encountered seemed to bypass my armour somehow. Congrats on the success! I wouldn't mind seeing more of this game either!
Combat in this game is less.... combat and more puzzle solving. Being undead is kinda cheating though because there's so many spells that just rain poison, healing you and damaging the enemy at the same time
What's my excuse you ask? Well. I also have brain damage. Took 3 tries, but I have, laudibly, beaten away the brain cancer with my patented 'fuck off' stick; with circumstantial bonuses from 2 craniotomies, and a fusion special attack of chemo pills and 6 weeks daily radiation. The only casualty was my hair.... Pretty good excuse I'd say. And no, I don't want/need well wishes or a pity party. This is intended to shift my suffering those few years ago, I to some opportunistic dark humor. I wish I hadn't gone through that shit. But it's a great way to kill a vibe, and I do enjoy this odd power I have attained.
I was a huge fan of DOS2 Path of Purity run. I decided to do a DOS2 solo Path of Purity run, its seriously one of the most challenging and confusing run ever. Every single encounter is a pure puzzle how "How the hell I do that" or "Why is the Magister has a secret alliance with the Undead of the Swamp? Aren't they supposed to kill each other?" I don't know if that concept of Path of Purity could be enough entertaining/doable in bg3 without being a "Persuasion run" which is mostly not interesting to watch.
I kind of wanted to do one, but wasn’t sure how people get past the golem at the very end of act 3. I didn’t look anything up though. I guess using summons? But I think that’s kinda lame if that’s the only way.
Bracus Rex is like the main dude in every piece of lore you pickup. He's legend in the game that you find out is behind it all. I'm not sure if you were joking or what when you said he just randomly appears at the end.
He’s mentioned in lore during act 1. Then almost never during act 2, 3, and 4. Other than by Tarquin. Compared to Dallis who is in ur face constantly and felt like deserving of the last boss title. If they didn’t hide the dudes identity I wouldn’t have been as bothered by it
If you never tried I'd recommend it for sure. It's still a fun game. Very similiar to BG3, but after re-playing I realized the story wasn't written as well. The combat system itself though I like more than BG3's
Is that a real thing? Like if I had used the consume source attack thing on those people then they wouldn't re-appear? If so that is an amazing detail I never knew after thousands of hours played lol. I guess if I have sided with the god-king he also offers you a revive to I guess that makes sense. Is that explained somewhere in the game or you just put 2 and 2 together?
I'm pretty sure I ate their souls in my playthroughs just because of how insufferable they are, but they still kept coming back in the last fight. I might be misremembering though cuz I always make it a point to try and one-shot Vredeman during phase 1 because the Braccus fight is a slog to go through.
even if you consume their source after killing them, they are still resurrected for that fight. knowing the other divinity games' lore explains many of the stranger lore points (such as dragon knights, among which Dallis is one of the only few remaining), but those four getting resurrected even after their source had been consumed was frustrating
Sadly, I know for sure I ate all their souls the first time I fought them and they all got brought back for the final fight. (Happily, if you bring Vredeman directly from 20% to 0 health in one hit, you can skip that entire section.)
Funnily enough me and my friend started a play through like this... and while it was possible in terms of combat it did become a bit dull to not do any dialogue (even if it was funny to sometimes be having a normal conversation with someone and then the moment the conversation ended they either attacked us or ran away). Seeing a Fort Joy entirely covered in fire and poison was satisfying. Not sure if it's actually possible from a story point though... I'm sure dialogue is mandatory?
playing with 2 characters and using the lone wolf talent is OP and very fun. if you pick lone wolf and have more than 1 companion it gets turned off until you get rid of a person. this is my favorite way to play. lone wolf doubles all your stats, so 5 points into a school maxes it out. this makes for some crazy good specs like "the Death knight" which is 10 points in necromancer and 10 points warfare and you have lots of points left over for other things too. the death knight spec heals you when ever you deal damage with your weapon.
ngl, this is a neat way to get early exp without having to worry about triggering combat and so with molotovs, etc. never even thought that simply removing the mask and going to front could be like "okay neat max xp" lmao. Good to know.
On the tutorial ship you get a small bonus of XP from the guard as well this way when he is crushed by a tentacle outside. He normally dies instantly as a neutral NPc, but when he sees you are undead he turns red and you get the XP
My friend’s partner recommended we try this game a few years back, which is how I learned this type of game could turn me into an unmoving rock that only played DOS2. I should finish this game…
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Enemies don't know you're a skeleton until you're in combat then all of a sudden everyone turns Mercy from overwatch and heals you to death
That was always strange to me. They should have to find out naturally by poisoning you and forgetting you're immune the same way I did when fighting undead
That's because they all have an unusually high loremaster skill that lets them know your actual attributes, which is complete bullshit. I've seen a few mods made specifically to fix that.
@@m-sebThe classic approach to difficulty of just allowing the AI to know everything it needs to to always make the optimal choice _and_ allowing it to make said optimal choice 100% of the time. Like an RTS AI ignoring fog of war and making decisions based on information a human player couldn't have in that situation.
@@RevyaAeinsetti mean, technically that is the base state, and they add mechanics to dumb it down.
@@Xanderj89Right? People act as if there is any other way to increase difficulty .
"Still don't know how Larian got away with the same intro [thrown onto a beach] twice in a row"
3 times in a row - DOS1 started off on a beach too!
look the elders scroll if you repeat it often enough its called tradition
Dont forget pillar of eternity 2, at this point it become a meme
Path of Exile and that amazon mmo
@@davidbaguetta127 but poe 1 isnt in beach
and they are not larian made game
I mean Elder Scrolls did it so...
That warning message at the start is them telling you "Please don't do this, we didnt have enough time to make this work like you want" 😂😂 great vid
Doesn't have to do with them not having enough time
What I love is how Zaleskar says he's proud of his heritage because he wears an open-faced helmet. But in the game's coding ANY headwear conceals your identity as an undead, even a hat that doesn't even cover the top of your skull, let alone your face.
So by the rules of the world, if a thin piece of cloth on your head is enough to make people forget undead are a thing, then they helped Zaleskar not knowing he was undead, because they're idiots. Not his fault the sanctuary can't see through his open-faced helmet.
😂 maybe he didn’t realize he was hiding his own face by that logic then. He just thought wow these guys like me even tho I’m showing my face
Why does this make me think of videos where a guy is imitating a woman by putting a towel across his head to look like long hair 😂
Everyone is just dumb AF and just accepts “someone wearing a hat couldn’t possibly be not alive - because why would undead wear hats”
@@elenalizabethAh good ol' Life of Brian
@@elenalizabeth sounds like Aljokes
"Zaleskar the normal person?"
*takes off hat/helmet*
"*gasp* ZALESKAR THE SKELETON"
It’s weird that there are actually a handful of characters who will comment on an unmasked undead when most of the game is clearly designed without that possibility accounted for.
Yeah was something I didn't expect to happen even once when I started
I assume they wanted to fully implement it, but runed out off time
Another commenter said the warning in the beginning was something like "we didn't have time to make this work the way we wanted".
My PC was broken so I couldn't run BG3 for a bit. I made a DOS2 video instead. My PC is fixed now so I'll be back with BG3 content very soon! Let me know if you liked this though. I may do more DOS2 content in the future if people enjoy it.
Dos or bg3 I love your vids ! U still have inspiration to find new challenge in bg3 ? Have u seen the cheese one ? Pretty funny
@@petrusbubba4717 I've still got plenty of ideas for BG3 that I want to do. The cheese one was great lol I enjoyed it. It takes me a lot of time to make each vid is the real problem.
@@ProxyGateTactician have u count how many hours u spend on the game ?
I prefer bg3 vids, but I enjoyed this one too
@@petrusbubba4717 bg3? It's around 1400 hours now
I like how undead have to cover all their bones not to reveal they’re a skeleton, but as soon as we get into a fight every enemy knows to cast restoration XD
“Wow, I know my enemy smells horrible and kinda looks like they’re on deaths door... but killing them like this would just be rude. I’m gunna heal them up first”
Flawless polite npc logic.
i hateee thisssssssss hahahah
nah, you only need to cover your face, you can be naked wearing a fancy hat and noone will know, well, till combat starts of course
@@boxofmadness2511 That’s the joke. How do they know? Lol
Same way you know when you inspect enemies. Loremaster skill, which you can see @pumpkingamebox
7:33 *spits out drink* The ballista are actually usable and not just decoration!!?!?
Yeah lol and for some reason they ignore armor. So it only took 3 to kill Dallis
Hold up, wasn't there at least one functional ballista at the front gate of Fort Joy. Would that one be usable in a fight?
Also, I need a map of every ballista in the game now.
Game is filled with little details like that. Don't get me even started with crafting and spell combos. One of the many reasons why I consider it at least as good as BG3.
@@FaelivriAfter playing DOS 2, I highly doubt I'll ever play another game with a better turned based combat system
What!?!?
i do love that in order to be 'masked' you have to make sure you have a head covering on, when in reality we're all aware that you could be *completely* naked with undead nature fully exposed, but the *moment* you put a bucket on your head everybody's all "oh yeah that's bucket-head bob he's just a funny guy"
God, those lizardfolk hips just do not lie, skeletal or not.
took to long to find this comment lol
My eyes keep averting to that. It’s nice
Scalies is lucky in this universe.
I'm down bad bro
Can a normal person harness this hips?
I hope playable undead race will make a comeback in their new upcoming RPG game.
Me too! I loved that about this game
It's Divinity 3 so of course
7:34
This is nuts. I knew corpse explode sent her packing, but I didn’t know you could just shoot her with a ballista lmao.
Ragdolling Skeletons just makes me think of the sound of xylophone bars falling.
omg if that was the animation that you just flop into a pile of bones with that sound it would be so funny
Lego Starwars death sound
The strangely placed poison puddle at the beginning, the dead elf not reacting...devs DEFINITELY knew someone would try this and planned for it. Absolute cinema.
the "keeping it together bree" reference was exactly what i was hoping for in that part XD
lol the one voice line that no one ever forgot from this game even though its completely meaningless
can’t forget “smells worse than rotten eggs dropped in a vat of vinegar”
That line is so annoying I killed her just to make it stop.
Don't worry, you're save among friends, never forget that 🙏@@ProxyGateTactician
@@ProxyGateTactician ``HEAR YE HEAR YE QUEEN JUSTINIA EXECUTES 2 DOZEN NOBLE MEN FOR INSUBORDINATION ``
How this turns from "Can you beat" to "Let's critic" - the ending of the video is just like the ending of the game
The reactivity kinda dropped off sadly as the game went on. There was basically no more in act 4 :(
Act 1 had a fair bit so there was a lot to talk about but as I went on there was less and less
@@ProxyGateTactician seems like classic larianitis - frontloaded with really little to show for later on. At least they let you skip the final kraken bullshit, I guess you need to kill Dallis and Vredeman with one attack or something, I don't even know how I triggered it).
@@MichaOstrowskiyou should kill vredeman first and then dallis. You are absolutely right. Finished it yeaterday and the ending is plain stupid
You are incredibly good at making these types of videos. Please make more on DOS2.
Thanks!
glaze much?! mid vid shid, kid.
@@tonybaga rude much? mid comment
Try throwing Deathfog at Lucien when you speak to him. His AI bugs out, he dies, ragdolls but continues to talk as if nothing happened.
lol didn’t know that
Man, playing as an undead in DOS2 reminded me so much of real life - the only way people aren't revolted by my appearance is if they're blind or in the final stages of decomposition.
Awesome video as always! :)
I sure hope people don't run away in fear or try to light you on fire because of it lol
@@ProxyGateTactician They ran away in fear once, when I went to a marketplace and murder-hobo'd a town crier and some woman of whom I only know she's called Bree and apparently she's alright, as long as she don't think 'bout it too much, and I guess she's safe among friends and she should never forget it. She was kinda annoying. I plan to use that as my defense in court, think it'll work out for me?
A DoS2 video in this day and age? Well, color me surprised! I love this!
Re: Vredeman being Braccus Rex though, it really wasn't that big of a "surprise". His lore was scattered and always mentioned all around Fort Joy area (the purging wands, undead priestess at Amadia's sanctuary, the different points of interest, soul jar visions, and Withermoore's story to name a few). And then, there's Tarquin's job of reviving Braccus Rex, the logs in Dallis's diary, and Vredeman unleashing Meteor Shower turn 1 during the Lady Vengeancr fight is a nice callback to DoS1's Braccus Rex unleashing Meteor turn 1 as well. Some magisters (I forgot where) have also pointed out that Dallis began to change for the worse ever since Vredeman became her advisor, although it's unclear if it's because Fane's Daughter replaced the real Dallis or if it was Braccus's influence. Still, it was made a point that Braccus Rex is just THAT manipulative, devious, and sinister that I wouldn't put it past him to be the one pulling all the strings all along as to how Dallis was always one step ahead of you. It all comes to a head when you're doing the Anathema questline, at the end of which Tarquin reveals that it's for killing the Source King himself (which is something that we saw coming at that point).
As for Vredeman choosing to "let loose" at that exact point in time, this doesn't have an in-lore explanation but my theory is he was only pretending to be controlled so he can get as close to Lucian's Tomb as possible. His plan of using Bishop Alexander to get close to godhood under the guise of "training" him was a bust after all. He was probably hoping for the 2 sides to face-off at the end so he can sieze all the source for himself. However, as the last part of his plans didn't seem to be going his way, he had no choice to but finally reveal his power in a last attempt to regaining his former glory. I don't know if you played DoS1, but as someone who did, it was a treat learning more and more about Braccus Rex and finally getting the chance to fight him at his "full power" (only once though. Going through all the sworn and the Kraken ain't as fun the 2nd time beyond) because the fight in 1 didn't really do him justice.
The one thing that's still a headscratcher to me though is how he's connected to the God King. I didn't peg him to be the type to be sworn, after all, and I don't quite remember if there was any mention of him being sword.
I hadn't played DOS1 so it's interesting the stuff I missed about him. Most of the commenters who mention it was hinting at him had played DOS1 from what I'm seeing now. As someone who started on that game it felt pretty lame that he was this random guy who suddenly broke slavery to be a boss.
I still love the game's combat, side quests, and characters, but that last boss was always weird to me. Never knew why the god king was with Braccus, and I'm pretty sure even if you're still allied with the god king you still fight those guys don't you?
@@ProxyGateTactician Being honest, the reveal that Vredeman was B.Rex at the end didn't hit the landing right, just because there wasn't a lot of focus put onto him and it felt forced to have a "phase 2" fight. It was the only thing that feels off if you haven't played DoS1, and yup, it sucks. Even if you have seen the hints about B. Rex, it just hits different if you're a DoS1 player so I can see where you're coming from.
As for fighting him even when allied with the God King, I'm ashamed to say that I haven't done the God King route yet as we almost always kill Sallow Man (don't remember if you can still be sworn even if he's dead). I'm also not sure what happens if you ally with Adramahliik and fight him. I don't remember if the demon grants assistance in that fight.
Fun Fact: Braccus Rex doesn't cast Meteor Shower on turn 1 if he doesn't survive round 1. Use warp/teleport to stack everyone, then drop an AoE source spell with splash damage like Pyroclasm or the upgrade of Blood Rain. Just make sure Dallas doesn't die first as it automatically triggers phase 2. I had already beaten the game once or twice like that before seeing the extended fight in a YT video lol
@@jagondal8378 Oh, he is indeed skippable in the final fight. I was referring to the Lady Vengeance fight going into Act 2... unless there's a way to cancel the Meteor Shower there as well?
@@chuchubag Oh, sorry about that. Thought you meant the final one. I don't know of a way to stop it in the first, but then again, I just learned you can point the ballistae at the deck.
That Braccus Rex reveal at the end really only works if you played DOS 1. Which is notable because DOS 2 was the first game Larian made that TRULY exploded in popularity
BG3 is effectively Larian's first chance to make a game with the budget that matches their talent, and in that regard it becomes obvious just how talented and passionate their teams are.
I’ve read that a lot yeah. I loved every moment of DoS2 except for that boss fight tbh so I’m not gonna complain too much.
BG3 really was great but I miss Divinity combat so I can’t wait for whatever they’re making next
@@ProxyGateTactician I really do like Divinity's combat. THough admittedly, BG3 has a TON more options when it comes to buildcrafting, whereas DOS 2 mostly just boils down to "Armor shred then CC"
I do think that if/when DOS3 (or whatever the next Divinity game is called) Larian will be able to finally perfect the Divinity combat system.
In all honesty, my biggest hope for DOS3 is that they finally get a concrete settlement on the worldbuilding. Divinity has a wonderful world, and I particularly LOVE the Ancient Empire and its History. Given that in like, 90% of the endings, the Ancient Empire remains the strongest force in Revellon, I can only really see it playing a massive role in the invasion from Nemesis that DOS2 pretty blatantly alludes to
@@somedudewithakeyboard5388 in Arx it's "drink tea, pop Apotheosis, nuke everything including your own party members"
Larian's been starting us on a beach even before D:OS 2. The first Original Sin drops you off on a shoreline outside of town.
Next Larian game I'm just gonna take the hint and have a nice, relaxing day on the beach instead of going on an adventure
It is a better trope than Elders Scrolls starting as a prisioner.
@@edersonnico Larian seems to be doing that too, you start like that in Divinity 2 before and after you end up on shore. In BG3 you're technically held and bound by mindflayers, and then end up on shore. It just works great with rpgs I guess lol.
@@edersonnico eh, maybe you should try to stop being criminal scum, Mr. Protagonist...
Someone at larian is a scaly, if evem the undead version of the female lizard is throwing her ass around like its got its own gravity well.
A DOS2 video? A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one
"not even bree could keep it together!" had me crying
i will always take more dos2 videos, great writing as always!
i struggled with 4 characters (1 undead) on tact but seeing u breeze thru act 1 and 2 was wild, 10/10 vid man!
I was using lone wolf which is pretty busted. I was still on tactician, but Lone wolf makes ur party of 2 stronger than a party of 4
@@ProxyGateTactician yeah lone wolf is ez mode for funzies
This has to be one of the most boneheaded ideas I've ever heard of.
> lizard wizard
ahh, peak quality KGLW content, love that
15:47 Ah, what a classy way to end the video; terrifying children (X
What blast from the past. Still one of my favorite games of all time. One of my favorite runs was 4 Undead (you can, or could back then start the client several times create a lobby with your running instances and make a party of all custom characters). Though I didn't go fully unmasked, it certainly wasn't a 'nice' playthrough, and those deathfog barrels came in handy like in your playthrouigh. Also, love the puns!
I did that before as well it’s super cool. You can have a full poison caster and have no worries about cleaving ur team
Don't know if you'll read this but really enjoyed the video and seeing sides of a game that I and friends(enemies) played 80 hours in and would never have seen organically.
Thanks! Glad to hear that.
waking up on a beach after a ship crash is the larian version of starting a prisoner in elder scrolls. its not lazy its just their thing
technically you start as a prisioner in both BG3 and DoS2. In either case you are in a ship, and then the ship crashes and you wake in a beach. In both games too, you have 3 acts, with the third being in a big city, and in the end you are given the option to become a god in either way.
Very funny video, I was not expecting there to be any reactions to not having a face mask on, but the Malady reaction was top tier.
I now understand how to effectively combat racism and discrimination; chemical weapons, questionable business connections, dark forces, indiscriminate murder, civil conversation that leads to said indiscriminate murder, and boning. Lots of boning.
At least you learned something :)
@@ProxyGateTactician I was taking notes
Your vids are super fun for someone who’s new to RPGs! I’m in act 3 of BG3 rn and your vids are helping me build interest in other play throughs there and in other games like DOS2. Keep it up!
You wake up on a beach in Divinity Original Sin, which would make BG3 the 3rd Larian Turn Based where you start on a beach :D
Div 1 was amazing for the broken builds you could make, leech and zombie
Div 2 was amazing for the scope and scale, with mods it has some of the best bonus classes
BG3 is Game of the Year for a reason.
Love these vids, keep them coming Proxy
Waking up on thre Beach is Larian thing's.
Being a prisoner and escape/released captivity is a Bethesda thing.
I don't see whats wrong with that ;p
wait, what are DoS broken builds? May I ask for a link please?
@@Mugthraka came here to say this lol
@@EujenSandu It was long time ago, but I remember how I made my character fire resistant to the point fire would heal me, and lava too (with buffs).
I would love to see a breakdown of what I consider the best quest reward that isn't a piece of gear. Lohse's song. I remember sitting in amazement, with my friend, as she broke out the lute after killing the Doctor, I got chills up my spine. As a Boomer Gamer, who started with pong, I still think that moment, that fantastic song, that unusual payoff; was one of the best quest rewards of all time.
I have too many hours in this game and didn't even know you could loot those deathfog barrels on the intro ship. I'm learning something new all the time
its been so long since good dos2 content other than the goat fracture KEEP IT UP PLEASE!!!
Divinity Original Sin 2 is still great even if now we have BG3. I would like so see some DOS2 from times to times to break it up a little bit instead of just all videos being bg3 related.
A Dos2 video, what a breath of fresh air, i loved it keep up the good work
Thanks a ton!
One thing I always love about Larian's games is that regardless how many hours I have, I will always learn something new about them. I didn't know about the hidden passage to the source temple and that Dallis turns into a dragon if you force her out by defeating her in act 1-2, or Malady's snark for unhooded undead. Almost 900 hours of that game, it got me to get instantly into BG3 early access when they announced it :)
Yeah I find new things Everytime I play. Somehow I always missed the pig queen in act 4
@@ProxyGateTactician Hahah the WHAT? 😂 i don't remember that at all!
Thanks, you safed us so much time.
Also I love this game. Was very interesting to watch :)
im actually in the middle of my first two playthroughs of dos2, a relatively normal singleplayer and a chaotic multiplayer one with a friend! would love to see more dos2 videos like this from you
I love that this channel reminds me of MittenSquad. RIP. You’re awesome, Proxy
"I lit up their tree like a California forest during gender reveal season" my god what a fkn line
If you still have the god king pact you can skip the puzzle before Lucien, he just turns off the puzzle and you can walk through
I actually never knew that. Good to know!
I don’t know if you’ve been told this before but your videos remind so much of MittenSquad’s Skyrim and Fallout videos. He passed away about 6 months ago now. His videos were awesome and always brought a smile.
Thank you for your videos they are awesome keep them up and you’ll grow big. :)
"Well, I am going to be an unmasked skeleton anyway!"
"That's okay. That was always an option."
😂
It's been years since my first last palythrough of DOS 2. So many memories flooded into my head watching this video.
1:30 dat wiggle tho...
Holy shit man. I'm subbing just for that joke alone. The sub-count-call-out was amazing.
10:34 that line seems demonatizable I choked on my breakfast when you said that
I wasn’t expecting to hear that joke and laugh-snorted my coffee. Now my nose hurts 😂😒
This whole video feels like a fever dream... I subscribed... pls make more DOS2 content
0:23 oh... so that helm is in bg3 too - special edition purchase but still cool to know
Yeah all the items from that pack are from this game.
Fun fact you can find out that the hooded man is braccrus rex, and that the guy who forges anathema for you, is the one who revived him for dallas, and cuz all the bosses where sworn, the basically never die lol
Yeah Tarquin will mention it but it’s still a lame reveal.
The sworn thing is something I didn’t think of though, and makes me wonder how braccus was connected to the god long then?
Hehe, 'boning' your companion 11:55 Can't believe no one is talking about this beautiful joke
*clack clack clack clack clack*
Woa, Divinity 2 videos? divinity 2 challenges? yes, here is a like and here is a share, more please.
I always found it weird how few there were for that game. It deserves more for sure. Thanks for checking it out
This went hard, amazing job on the editing and all those hours sunken into this video ❤
Alright I haven't seen anyone else mention this, but the 'its a boy' blessed fire gag at 10:36 was phenomenal, thank you. I laughed so hard I woke up my wife lol
I tried to love this game after playing the BG3 EA while waiting for release. I just couldn't... I wanted to, but the combat armour system just seemed so janky and everything I encountered seemed to bypass my armour somehow.
Congrats on the success! I wouldn't mind seeing more of this game either!
I enjoy DoS combat more than Baldur's gate tbh, just try to save your cc for when it will bust their armour/magic resist
Combat in this game is less.... combat and more puzzle solving. Being undead is kinda cheating though because there's so many spells that just rain poison, healing you and damaging the enemy at the same time
Phys damage hits armor elemental damage hits magic resist
There are some really cool mods for this game that overhaul how the armor system works and changes cc to be less debilitating.
5:14 Is it their "Seekeret" hideout?
What's my excuse you ask? Well. I also have brain damage. Took 3 tries, but I have, laudibly, beaten away the brain cancer with my patented 'fuck off' stick; with circumstantial bonuses from 2 craniotomies, and a fusion special attack of chemo pills and 6 weeks daily radiation. The only casualty was my hair.... Pretty good excuse I'd say.
And no, I don't want/need well wishes or a pity party. This is intended to shift my suffering those few years ago, I to some opportunistic dark humor. I wish I hadn't gone through that shit. But it's a great way to kill a vibe, and I do enjoy this odd power I have attained.
Glad to hear you made it man. My father didn’t survive it 2 years ago. Own that as much as you want and kill any vibes you earned it.
Damn that trick witht he balista I didnt even know you could turn it? dayum
Thank you for bringing back memories! This was unexpected and very welcome!
Fantastic video. Not only highly informative, but your writing skills are noticeably improving. You're doing great, Proxy, keep it up.
Bethesda: *sweating profusely* Yeah how in the world did Larian get away with using the same intro twice…
lol at least they went boat->prison->cart but yeah always a prisoner
Local skeleton forcibly ends racism
This video was great just subscribed can't wait for your BG3 videos
See a DOS2 video was a pleasant surprise, wouldn't mind seeing more
I was a huge fan of DOS2 Path of Purity run. I decided to do a DOS2 solo Path of Purity run, its seriously one of the most challenging and confusing run ever. Every single encounter is a pure puzzle how "How the hell I do that" or "Why is the Magister has a secret alliance with the Undead of the Swamp? Aren't they supposed to kill each other?"
I don't know if that concept of Path of Purity could be enough entertaining/doable in bg3 without being a "Persuasion run" which is mostly not interesting to watch.
I kind of wanted to do one, but wasn’t sure how people get past the golem at the very end of act 3. I didn’t look anything up though. I guess using summons? But I think that’s kinda lame if that’s the only way.
This is so cool! You explain stuff really well so that even tho i have never played this game its amazing to watch
Glad I found your channel, good quality stuff 👌
Damn ur video really made me want to try dos2 . Nice 😂
It's a really fun game. The story wasn't written as well as bg3, but the combat is something I enjoy more in DOS2
"Not a smart move for a man with 10hp" - brilliant.
Bracus Rex is like the main dude in every piece of lore you pickup. He's legend in the game that you find out is behind it all. I'm not sure if you were joking or what when you said he just randomly appears at the end.
He’s mentioned in lore during act 1. Then almost never during act 2, 3, and 4. Other than by Tarquin. Compared to Dallis who is in ur face constantly and felt like deserving of the last boss title. If they didn’t hide the dudes identity I wouldn’t have been as bothered by it
@@ProxyGateTactician that makes sense
insane that larian made the Blind NPC not turn hostile because of your appearance. This is why we love that studio.
This was entertaining to watch even when I haven't finished DOS 2 yet, you should make more videos on this game for variety in my opinion
Thanks for the feedback good to know you could follow it still
nice vid ! i can't decide if it makes me want to play the game or not :D
If you never tried I'd recommend it for sure. It's still a fun game. Very similiar to BG3, but after re-playing I realized the story wasn't written as well. The combat system itself though I like more than BG3's
Great vid! Keep up the good content, and I would love to see more DOS2
As for a Fort Joy player myself, I’m even surprised you finished the game at all. 😂
God i love dos 2. Glad bg3 has moved people back to one of my favs. 1500 hours, still playing. Grwat modding pillars too! Fane main for life.
loved this game through and through. Great vid bro
The 3 bosses in the endfight are sworn so they get revived, you have to soulpurge them for them to stay dead
Is that a real thing? Like if I had used the consume source attack thing on those people then they wouldn't re-appear? If so that is an amazing detail I never knew after thousands of hours played lol. I guess if I have sided with the god-king he also offers you a revive to I guess that makes sense. Is that explained somewhere in the game or you just put 2 and 2 together?
I'm pretty sure I ate their souls in my playthroughs just because of how insufferable they are, but they still kept coming back in the last fight. I might be misremembering though cuz I always make it a point to try and one-shot Vredeman during phase 1 because the Braccus fight is a slog to go through.
even if you consume their source after killing them, they are still resurrected for that fight. knowing the other divinity games' lore explains many of the stranger lore points (such as dragon knights, among which Dallis is one of the only few remaining), but those four getting resurrected even after their source had been consumed was frustrating
Sadly, I know for sure I ate all their souls the first time I fought them and they all got brought back for the final fight. (Happily, if you bring Vredeman directly from 20% to 0 health in one hit, you can skip that entire section.)
Loved watching this. Proxy, do what makes your happy. DOSII, BG3, do what you're feeling.
I miss so many features of DOS2, I just miss it in general, I might play it again soon, ty for the nostalgia.
Easy sub my man! Keep it up, regardless of whether it's bg3 or dos2 :)
this video had my in my seat DYING, thanks for making my day
5:58 Look at this huge pile of gold! There are exactly two pieces.
Braccus Wrex isn't a deus ex machina - but if you aren't a lore nerd it will probably feel a bit like it
This might be your tightest script yet.
Ahh, it warms the soul to see another who recognises the perpetuity of the bone, and knows it as good.
Funnily enough me and my friend started a play through like this... and while it was possible in terms of combat it did become a bit dull to not do any dialogue (even if it was funny to sometimes be having a normal conversation with someone and then the moment the conversation ended they either attacked us or ran away). Seeing a Fort Joy entirely covered in fire and poison was satisfying. Not sure if it's actually possible from a story point though... I'm sure dialogue is mandatory?
Thank god someone else talked about the same intro for DOS2 and BG3..there are SO MANY similarities between the two games it's kinda stupid lol
BRB gotta best DOS2 real quick so i can watch my fave RUclipsr
playing with 2 characters and using the lone wolf talent is OP and very fun. if you pick lone wolf and have more than 1 companion it gets turned off until you get rid of a person. this is my favorite way to play. lone wolf doubles all your stats, so 5 points into a school maxes it out. this makes for some crazy good specs like "the Death knight" which is 10 points in necromancer and 10 points warfare and you have lots of points left over for other things too. the death knight spec heals you when ever you deal damage with your weapon.
First time watching you, you deserve this sub
ngl, this is a neat way to get early exp without having to worry about triggering combat and so with molotovs, etc. never even thought that simply removing the mask and going to front could be like "okay neat max xp" lmao. Good to know.
On the tutorial ship you get a small bonus of XP from the guard as well this way when he is crushed by a tentacle outside. He normally dies instantly as a neutral NPc, but when he sees you are undead he turns red and you get the XP
My friend’s partner recommended we try this game a few years back, which is how I learned this type of game could turn me into an unmoving rock that only played DOS2. I should finish this game…