Is that a stick of dynamite in your pocket or are you just pleas-įor their sequel to the extraordinarily inventive Divinity: Original Sin, Larian are seeking to elevate reverse-pickpocketing and other chicanery to an artform. Most people don't use reverse-pickpocketing to leave a surprise gift in an NPC's pocket though - they use it to drop armed explosives into peoples' trousers. This unlikely skill can be used to arm NPCs or to mess with their dress sense by replacing one item of clothing with another. In the Fallout games, it's possible to reverse-pickpocket, using your sleight of hand to plant an item in an NPC's inventory rather than removing one. As well as bringing about the life and death of the party, Original Sin 2 brilliantly overhauls its predecessor's turn-based combat and introduces multiple playable races and an origin system that defines each character's evolving place in the world.īold and inventive, it adds complex layers of overlapping narrative consequences to Original Sin's world of interlocking systems. It's an ambitious sequel, supporting up to four players who will now be able to compete as their objectives overlap and diverge. Divinity: Original Sin 2 has just landed on Kickstarter but we've already played an early build.
