Larian Studios Forums Divinity General Discussion Larian needs to make the world of Divinity more interesting! 🙏

I gotta say, I was a little disappointed when they announced Divinity, because I was really hoping for Baldur’s Gate 4.
I found Baldur’s Gate 3 infinitely more interesting than Divinity 1/2.
Don’t get me wrong, Divinity 2 has a lot of good things, but the world weren't as interesting or captivating to me as Baldur's Gate. The design of the enemies, bosses, areas, characters, classes etc. often felt bland and uninspired.

Whereas Baldur's Gate 3 had a much more interesting world, more compelling content, more appealing art direction, excellent enemy designs, excellent quest design.

After all, the game had two previous games, the rich D&D universe, a HUGE bestiary filled with interesting creatures, races etc, lots of cool classes, A LOT of material to draw from as a foundation for creating a masterpiece.

But what about now? What are Larian's plans to make Divinity more interesting? They need to improve all the aspects I mentioned (lore, world, creatures, races, characters, etc.) and also invest heavily in art direction.
I PRAY they can make this game better than Baldur's Gate 3. 🙏

Frankly I can't even say I cared a lot about getting "Baldur's Gate 4" specifically.
In fact, I don't even like D&D -or more specifically the Forgotten Realms- that much.
It's just that my opinion of Rivellon as a setting is that low that I find the alternative so much more appealing.

But I'll make clear that I'm not even necessarily hostile to it. In principle I'm open to witness an unexpected miracle and see Divinity turn out to be an example of phenomenal world building.

They basically immediatey told us there will be no expansion for BG3 and Larian wont make BG4 - at least not in the forseeable future, anyway. Maybe in 15 years or some such, who knows.

Obviously Dinitiy will have more content than previous titles, but not as much as BG3.

I certainly hope they improve what I've learned about the Divinity combat system. That was not so great.

Ironically, I'm the opposite.

BG3 had the advantage of being a very fleshed out setting and having more resources put into its graphics.

But the way Larian handled the setting was awful. Most of the interesting interactions and racial dynamics just flat out didn't exist. It was just the bare bones of "Duergar are mean. No-one likes Tieflings. Gith are d*cks.". That was it, that was the major extent of BG3's setting. No dynamics, no history, no continuation of plotlines established in prior titles and realistically no plotlines to continue moving forward (Especially if they make the canon ending destroying the Absolute). Not to mention some weird decisions like making Balduran into a Mindflayer for some reason.

Divinity has had a lot more nuance to it. Especially the Original Sin games.

OS1 puts the player in the shoes of Mage Hunters, where the entire game it showing how evil they are and they must be destroyed for the good of the world. You get a lot of lore about The Divine Order and it sets up the concept that Sourcery is linked to the Void.

OS2 puts the player in the shoes of a Sourcerer. Thus showing that they aren't necessarily evil. It also provides information to expand on the nature of the Source and how it interacts with the Void. It portrays the darker side of The Divine Order in how they ignore that Sourcerers are people and can be good natured, as well as uncovering all the dark experiments they perform on Sourcerers.

OS also covers the history of the races, with a brief look into the culture of Elves. As well as the the deal with the "Gods" and the Void (And the God King who was imprisoned there)

Personally, I never felt that any places or quests in OS2 to be lacking. While BG3 did have a lot of quests and stories that felt unfinished (Especially Karlach's companion questline).


They have outright stated that this new Divinity title will be "Larger in scope and depth" than BG3.

Of course, this makes me concerned given their inability to finish an Act 3 even on smaller games...

But they at least aim for this title to offer more content than even BG3.