Beyond Divinity

You were a disciple of the Divine, a servant of light on a never-ending crusade to fight evil. But fate has made a terrible turn on you. During an epic battle with a powerful necromancer, dreadful daemon named…

75 27 April 2004

Role-playing (RPG) Action Fantasy

Beyond Divinity is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Larian Studios, released 27 April 2004 on PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 34 hrs to finish.

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What Beyond Divinity is

Beyond Divinity is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Larian Studios and released in 2004. It was published by Hip Interactive. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Divinity Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The storyline of Beyond Divinity takes place 20 years after the original game. The player take the role of a servant of the divine one, a paladin who hates and hunts necromancers. During the battle with one particularly vile necromancer, the paladin is grabbed by a demon, Samuel, and dragged into another universe where he is soul-forged to a death-knight, a creature of evil. Together the paladin and death-knight must venture forth to find a way to break that forging. To succeed is to resume the path you have set for yourself. To fail is to spend eternity linked to that which you have despised.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Beyond Divinity holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 46% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 5 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 34 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 59 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Pentium 4 1.4 GHz, 256 MB RAM and DirectX compatible 3D card. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.

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What it launched against

Beyond Divinity launched on 27 April 2004, within three weeks of Pikmin 2, Painkiller, Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots and Hitman: Contracts. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Pikmin 2, Painkiller, Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots, Hitman: Contracts.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Beyond Divinity — frequently asked questions

When did Beyond Divinity come out?

Beyond Divinity was released on 27 April 2004 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Beyond Divinity?

At minimum, Beyond Divinity needs Pentium 4 1.4 GHz, 256 MB RAM, DirectX compatible 3D card graphics, 2300 MB HD space of storage.

How long does it take to beat Beyond Divinity?

The main story of Beyond Divinity takes around 34 hrs, or 59 hrs for 100% completion.

How many GB is Beyond Divinity?

The PC version needs about 2.2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("2300 MB HD space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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