They take the typically dwarfy sharp, angular, industrial aesthetic but mix it up in a lot of interesting ways. I also adore the dwarf weapons and armors. They're top-heavy with short, stubby legs.
They have wide, pudgy cheeks and noses as big as the men. D:OS2's female dwarves actually look like female dwarves. Would you even be able to tell this was a dwarf if I didn't tell you? They're too skinny, so the only hint is the disturbingly lanky arms and fingers. You can usually tell a male dwarf from a male human, even from the neck up, but you usually couldn't say the same about the females. They also usually ignore the face completely, not even making an attempt to replicate the wide cheeks and the big noses. Developers are so afraid of making women that aren't Barbie dolls that they end up basically looking like shrunken humans. You mentioned how boring it is that elves are usually just pointy-eared humans, but dwarf women sometimes have the same problem. In fact, Larian deserves props for making excellent female dwarf models. The female dwarf hair styles are absolutely gorgeous and over-the-top, a perfect compliment to the beards that the males have. I love how D:OS2's dwarves are so hairy that it gives you the sense that it's less of a cultural thing, and more about having non-human biology. The elves are so unique and have so much thought put into every aspect of their design, and I love it! The elves of Divinity are becoming my favorite fantasy race of any RPG.Ĭan I derail this thread slightly and pour just as much praise into the dwarves for most of the same reasons? The human female mage in the same picture is fully clothed. The male elves also wear very little armor, depending on their class. My first thought was "another fantasy RPG with scantily-clad females," but then remembered that it's not a sex thing, it's a race thing. I set my desktop background to this image to keep myself hyped at the office, and noticed the elven mage wearing next to no armor. He takes a crate." It's those little details that add a level of immersion that I really enjoy. He took a crate," an elf would say "I see him last night. So instead of saying "I saw him last night. They speak only in the present tense no past or future. Their grammar is pretty neat, and it took me a while to understand what an elf NPC was talking about when I first heard it. So the other races are somewhat averse to elves as a result.
I haven't seen that before (except in iZombie). But the differences don't stop there! They are cannibalistic! They can eat the flesh of others and gain their memories. I was shocked how alien elves look without their shirts on. I noticed that right away in the character creator. Right off the bat, their muscle structure is very different from a human's. The elves of Divinity are unlike anything I've seen. Think of elves from LotR, the Witcher, Dragon Age, the Elder Scrolls, and they all kind of look like humans with pointy ears. I always thought of elves as tall slender humans with pointy ears and great eyesight. Their culture is so different from elves in other fantasy works. I am digging the eleves in this game, so much so that I'm considering restarting as a custom elf character.