Divine Divinity, the great RPG with the odd name from Larian Studios, set some new standards for PC role-playing games. It offered a huge world with lots of quests and side quests, giving the player the option of accepting or declining certain tasks. It allowed for character development, skill development and a whole world of magic. But most of all, it provided an immersive storyline that sucked you in and made you forget the clock in the real world.

Beyond Divinity does all that – and more. The story in Beyond Divinity has you soul-forged with a Death Knight, an unfortunate event that occurred at the hands of – you guessed it – the ultimate bad guy. In this case, that happens to be the Arch Demon Samuel, the evil-doer responsible for placing the soul-forging curse upon you and your unlikely companion, a Death Knight. The story sound interesting but how does the game play?