I may have made a huge mistake by reinstalling Divine Divinity recently. I got it early last year while waiting for the latter half of 2003's RPGs, which were the subsequently disappointing Lionheart and Temple of Elemental Evil. Divine Divinity was largely overlooked I think because of its damned goofy name, but Larian definitely put the effort in and you really can't judge this one until you try it. A very ambient soundtrack, beautifully detailed visuals, and a flexible character creation system make it extremlely hard to put aside. The game fluctuates between moderately difficult to extremely fucking hard, usually in the space of a few map squares. But I don't think I've had as much fun playing a clickfest RPG since Diablo II.

The demo for Beyond Divinity - Divine's sequel - came out on Wednesday and I made a point of trying it out. Now I'm starting to think that April's release of Beyond Divinity may be suitable in the interim while I wait for Dungeon Siege II in the Fall.