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coming home to Divine Divinity? pretty plz!
dont get me wrong, tactical turn based combat is super cool. but i really would love to see another arpg of larian. and DD is and was the pinnacle of ARPG: story like BG, action like Diablo, freedom like Ultima VII. the best of all worlds.

Excited for this, can't wait for the early access.

Hopefully it's not just run of the mill "Action RPG" or god forbid, "Souls-like".

I hope there will be a DOS2 version for Switch 2 and DOS1 with mouse control (whisper it... Baldur's Gate 3 too). Larian PLS. <3 TAKE MY MONEY!

It would be nice to play a new game in the Divinity series. But the trailer is too brutal for me. I could never play it like that. I want do play and don't want to have nightmares!

I've played all the Divinity games. (Partly because of their similarity to Ultima 7.)
I especially love Divinity Original Sin 1 and 2

A game from the Divinity universe with BG3 graphics sounds exciting, but why do monsters always have to be so repulsive?

Combat and injuries in the game don't need to be overly realistic. There's already enough of that in the daily news.

I really cannot wait for this game, also i can't wait to see what kind of whacky and funny bugs people find in early testing-- (presuming we get early testing builds to mess around with.) xD

Same here. I won't play this game. I already face enough brutality in my life. I want to escape it, not keep encountering it in games.

I'm on the fence until we see gameplay. But keeping an eye out. Personally I hope they skip Early Access, it takes so much longer to get a complete game it feels like. I always get bored hearing about it before it's out.

I hope so. EA was the reason for some very bad decisions in BG3.
The concentration on Act 1 to the detriment of Act 2 and 3, Halsin as 1 dimensional companion because EA players thirsted for him, horny companions to give EA players some action.

I think BG3 EA was necessary to finance the ongoing game development. I think that factor is no longer necessary, as it seems that the success of the game has provided sufficient funds for 2 new games. On the other hand, maybe Larian has taken a liking to the EA concept and will continue to do so, to stay in the spotlight and build a community. My gut feeling is that they will continue to release an EA of their upcoming games.

I actually liked participating in EA, there were a lot of nice discussions in this forum. I know, that not all were happy with the results, but the way to the finished game was a good one.

On the other hand: without EA Larian might just be able to release their game as they envisioned it without interference from fans. Just becvause we want something doesn't mean, that it makes the game better.
Or make only a technical EA to test mechanics and builds, don't know, if that is possible.

They stated pretty clearly more than once that they aren't doing EA out of necessity anymore (at least since DOS 2), but because they enjoy the feedback loop that comes from it.

I'm fully expecting this one to enter EA by the end of 2026 (or mid 2027 at most). And then who knows when the final release wil be.

I am kind of in the middle on the reveal trailer. It was in a safe zone pretty much in the middle of the Larian body horror and nudity venn diagram, predictable and tailored to the expectations of the main fanbase.

It has potential, but I'll wait for reveals about gameplay and writing before I soak my knickers.

I don't know why some people (here and elsewhere) are arguing as if the problem with the trailer was the "themes" it touched.
It wasn't. And it sounds more than a bit disingenuous to try to frame it that way.

It was the frankly self-indulgent and self-complacent way it lingered on purpose over the gross details that made it feel a bit gratuitous.

You know, the close up on the vomit, the pigs eating the vomit (TWICE), the living flesh tearing apart in great detail, the close up on teeth chewing meat, etc.

I'm not exactly what you'd call a sensitive bleeding heart, but I can't say I found the whole thing particularly tasteful.
And I'm fairly sure that there wasn't a single "adult thematic" that needed to be sacrificed to spare these details to the viewer, buy what do I know.

From my point of view, the trailer went hard, but let's not forget that some games like Diablo or Path of Exile had more graphic trailers (especially Diablo 4).

The push back from some may just be a start of constraining movement of art/story by "those weak of heart" who will never buy the game anyway.
And of course Larian may go too far, but if we will have Early Access like with BG 3 I think that We All can shape the story in a way where brutality isn't there just for shock value, but brings depth and/or have logical explanation for such.

I think that I speak for all when I say that We as Players want immersive and meaningful experience in RPG game.

I've watched the trailer several times now. The first time, I was somewhat disgusted, not shocked, but the vomit-eating pigs are revolting, even if they're just doing what pigs would do. But then I was able to focus on the less obvious details. Who are the good guys and who are the bad guys? A cult? Why is the person being burned? Are they being sacrificed to gods to ward off evil, or is the person (supposedly) evil? The ritual creates a festive atmosphere among the local population, and the sight doesn't shock them. This time, everything seems to go wrong.

I felt like I'd stepped into a story from Clive Barker's Books of Blood. (I could reread them sometime. :)) I'm very curious to see what happens next.

Wasn't there a piece of lore in Dos 2 that there is a festival where people burned representations of Braccus Rex?

I don't mind Early Access. I enjoyed it with BG3. Can't say I'm excited that it's Divinity though, as the only thing I enjoyed about DOS2 was the combat (which, to be fair, was very engaging.)

I also find it quite disappointing to hear Vincke say they're internally using AI, amongst other things, to produce concept art for this game (the other mentioned uses are more tolerable - though using it for placeholder text seems like a waste of time. Just write "Placeholder"!). Reading between the lines it seems the team isn't a fan of it either. Artists rarely are.

Larian has "used AI" to assist their development for years. For testing, bug hunting and so on.

it's nothing new and they already stated that nothing "Ai generated" will end up in the actual game.

No need to make a scene about it on the basis of some public hysteria around the topic.