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4.5/5
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
Chris Kavan - wrote on 12/27/2025
From rather humble beginnings to king of the modern-day RPG - or the type of tabletop, party-based cRPG that is the epitome of what the genre should be - Larian Studios has mostly walked their own path. Divinity: Original Sin and its sequel were both original creations - though very much inspired by D&D and the like - so when it was announced that they would be responsible for continuing one of the best non-Divinity RPGs - Baldur's Gate - I was both happy and intrigued. The wait was more than worth it, as Baldur's Gate 3 takes everything that made their Divinity games great just in a more familiar setting. But despite near-universal critical acclaim, Larian had some beef with Wizards of the Coast (who own D&D) and that essentially led to cutting all ties and leaving the game as is - no …
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4.5/5
“Larian’s Unfinished Magnum Opus”
Nelson Schneider - wrote on 11/29/2025
Larian, the Belgian Indie RPG developer, has been around for over 20 years. And for the first 13 years of their existence, starting with the release of a ‘Diablo’-like Hack ‘n Slash known as “Divine Divinity” in 2002, wallowed in obscurity as they toiled away, releasing mediocre Action/RPGs in their signature ‘Divinity’ IP that never drew any appreciable critical or fan attention. It wasn’t until 2014 that the studio decided to pivot and address the rabid – and unmet – desire for new, modern, turn-based RPGs with party dynamics, choices that matter, and the almost-tabletop-like flexibility provided by modern hardware. In a world where “RPG” was typically used to refer to games like ‘Borderlands,’ “Divinity: Original Sin” was a thoroughly modern throwback …
