Divinity, Like Baldur’s Gate 3, Is a Turn-Based RPG, Larian Confirms

Larian has confirmed that its upcoming role-playing game, Divinity, is so turn-based pursuing speculation from the developer's fans.

Following the announcement of Divinity astatine The Game Awards, fans had wondered if it would travel 2023’s Baldur’s Gate 3 and anterior games successful the Divinity bid by offering turn-based combat, oregon people a important displacement for Larian and determination to much enactment game-oriented combat. Confirmation that it is sticking with turn-based comes from a Bloomberg interrogation with Larian brag Swen Vincke.

“This is going to beryllium america unleashed, I think,” Vincke said. “It’s a turn-based RPG featuring everything you’ve seen from america successful the past, but it’s brought to the adjacent level.”

Vincke took portion successful a circular of interviews with the media pursuing the announcement, and spoke to IGN successful an interrogation of our ain connected what to expect from Divinity. Key points helium made successful our interrogation include:

• Divinity is simply a single-player crippled with cooperative multiplayer, arsenic with Baldur’s Gate 3
• Larian has been moving connected Divinity for 2 years already, and it is present successful afloat production.
• Larian owns Divinity, truthful it is escaped from the Dungeons & Dragons shackles it built Baldur’s Gate 3 with.
• Divinity is “bigger” than Baldur’s Gate 3.
• Divinity volition “most likely” usage aboriginal entree anterior to afloat launch, arsenic Baldur’s Gate 3 did, but Larian is undecided.

Check retired IGN’s Divinity interrogation with Swen Vincke for the implicit lowdown. We've besides got comments from Larian connected Divinity's gruesome
uncover trailer, which was not designed to daze the audience. And beryllium definite to cheque retired everything announced astatine The Game Awards 2025 for more, arsenic good arsenic the winners database successful full. And if you’re wondering what each this Divinity concern is about, cheque retired our useful explainer here.

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