And like other graphically-intensive mobile games, this one drains battery, sucking just under 25% in an hour of play during our time with it. Unfortunately, the game’s graphical and performance demands mean the 2017 iPad Pro and older models can’t run the game, though it will work on the souped-up iPad Air 2020.
There’s also cross-save progression, but only between the tablet and Mac versions of the game. Or they can join their friends with cross-play between PC/Mac or other iPad Pro players (sorry, no console for now). Thanks to all that power, the game can effortlessly transition to and from split-screen when multiple players party up for the easy drop-in/drop-out couch (or car/bus/train/plane) co-op the original game is known for. Desktop players will need a bit of retraining for either method, or they could link up a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse to their iPad Pro if they have the sedentary luxury and play that way. I vastly preferred to play this way rather than wrestle with the touch interface, and the controls on the PS4 DualShock 4 gamepad were similarly mapped to those on the console version – meaning veterans of the latter will effortlessly switch to playing this way on the iPad Pro version. That’s the limitation of a touch interface, but thanks to recent iPadOS updates, you can easily link a console controller (including PS5 and Xbox Series X gamepads with iPadOS 14.5) to your iPad Pro and use that instead. It works as best it can – and truly, anything you want to do in the game, you can do with a series of touches and taps – but it takes a bit more effort to do, well, everything. The big changes are in the touch interface, which translates the expansive array of interactions in the game to different gestures and touch controls.
It’s a mobile version without any story or experiential compromises, with all Grab Bag DLC included for $25 (around £18 / AU$32). Visually, the game looks identical to the console versions of Divinity: Original Sin 2, with graphics akin to the ‘highest’ settings on PC. Thankfully, most of the game’s base functionality has been imported, including its impressive volume of voiced dialogue and narration.
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