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“And it crashes every time I die.” Now THAT’s immersive.

I think Larian's timing was also spot on. They released a feature complete AAA game at a time when most AAA game comes out unfinished and unplayable with MTX. All this while gamers are already sick of modern AAA dev practices, Larian shows how it is done properly.

As for the name "Divine Divinity" it is because the protagonist says that to the antagonist as sarcasm when they finally meet. "Good to meet you your Divine Divinity!" sarcastically because the antagonist says he's trying to become Godlike.

The CEO of Larian is a real G and we are lucky that this guy exist. As long as he is in charge, Larian will keep feeding us with great, and most of all honest entertainment I can only hope for them that they keep it in the family and that someone from inside take the lead when the question arise, and not some external big company money guy who will try to "restructure" the studio to "improve product quality" and "make the studio more appealing to the market"

As a Belgian it fills me with joy to see a studio so close to home attain such success.

If bioware didn't sell out and stuck to their guns like Larian, we'd be ushering in the golden era of RPG.

I absolutely loved Divinity II (Developer's Cut). I loved just the 'fuck it you can turn into a dragon almost anywhere' aspect

I just love that Larian has stayed true to what Larian is. A small passion project studio that wont compromise on their vision. They are unicorns nowadays. Im definitely going to keep supporting them in the future.

DoS2 is my absolute favorite game of all time, even after playing through the masterpiece that is Bg3. I'm hoping DoS3 is their next project

Divine Divinity has a cool mechanics I haven't seen in any review: you can craft items by dragging and dropping one item on top of another. This was mind blowing for me when I discovered that by accident. I love this game, its box is proudly standing next to Planescape Torment on my shelf.

ego draconis! I remember spending lots of hours in that amazing game. Just love it... and the feel flying anywhere as dragon is just legit awesome

BG3 is my 1st game from Larian and I feel like I have been missing out for years, glad to see a lot they started with has stuck around.

I hope so hard for another Ego Draconis. Just am on another playthrough! I play almost every AAA but this is the only game i come back to again and again!

Damn i really miss Ego Draconis/Dragon Knight Saga, hope Larian makes a game like that one again in the future

Corrections: the publisher at the time forced Larian to use the reGarded name Divine divinity against Larian's will. And Divinity fallen heroes was outsourced to another studio not made by Larian.

I loved Divinity 2. To me it was as memorable and outstanding as Gothic 1 & 2. I actually liked the dragon form stuff. It reminded me of Drakan, another gem of a game that never god a sequel, unfortunately.

Larian made my dream back in 2009, after finishing ego draconis i (at the time 7 years old) wanted more, and so had a dream of becoming a game designer, and i followed that path ever since. Im proud of the studio that got me into gaming, and sometimes i get tears of joy when i see the drama on the onternet surrounding BG3 specifically because everyone knows its good and not many, if any studios have the freedom to make such a thing. Aside from that, the reason they went independant is kinda forshadowed in the video "hatching of a dragon" a documentary about ego draconis, where i think it was raze who had made many more features, maps and missions for the game (which i managed to find in the files, but cant implement due to lack of engine for moding), and their publisher had them release the game much earlier, so they had to scrap most of it, which made raze almost cry, and furthermore, a lot of features had to be scrapped to fit the xbox console at the time, which wad just crap compared to pc, so even more had to be scrapped. Its sad, we were supposed to have elves and those lizards from original sin 2 and dragon commander, but it was all scrapped because of the publisher. Im glad they are independant now.

I bought the first Divine Divinity game a very long time ago thinking it was a poor man's rpg, boy was I wrong. Very impressed by how good it was and how much thought went into it.

This is EXACTLY the video I was looking for! after loving Baldurs gate 3 I wanted a video that quickly went over all the other games Larian has made so I can see their background, thank you for making this

The background music that is played during the "Beyond Divinity" part is called Broken Valley Wakes. It's my favorite track from Divinity 2: Ego Draconis, which is a great game and a hidden gem.

Divinity 2 was so ahead of its time.

As a massive lover of Larian work for the last, well whenever Divinity II came out, it's really made me feel great seeing them finally get the real attention and respect they deserve. Very few companies feel like they truly love the games they make like Larian does. They really do feel like an old school company before the gaming world got massively corporatized.

In 2004 Larian also released a very ambitious kids game called "Ketnet Kick". I think it was funded by the state broadcast (VRT), who owned the kids channel "KetNet". You where able to customize your own kid character and could play a lot of mini games and do a lot of platforming. You where able to create art and send it to the channel. If you where very lucky you could see your own art on tv.

The soundtrack of divinity 2 ego draconis is one of the best ever made for a game. I love this game to this day. It’s a big part of my childhood nostalgia. I hope Larian will make another third person rpg in the future.

I remember how in awe I was back in the ego draconis times, loved that game on release, played it multiple times over the years. It's been a wild ride, and it's so crazy to see how far they've come. Played all of their rpgs since Ego Draconis, and BG3 feels like a climax of their rpg path.

I would love to see Larian take another shot at a game like Divine Divinity. I would love to see more ARPGs that involve more than just killing everything on screen as fast as possible and filling up your inventory with gear. An ARPG that includes the storytelling and player expression of a DOS2 or BG3, especially with the immersive sim-esque interactions they've been perfecting over the years, could be incredible.

BG3 was always going to be one of this years big games purely from the nostalgia of the original and larian seem to have pulled out the stops for it and found some that bioware have probably forgotten about

I hope Larian do another 3rd person rpg i fuckin loved Ego Draconis!!

Ego Draconis is the first game I ever bought on Steam and no one I've ever talked to played it. I felt crazy for so many years talking to people about this amazing rpg where you could turn into a dragon and had a badass tower for yourself and everyone was like "divinity? nah m8 original sin is not like that"

I remember playing Beyond Divinity off of a disk included in one of my gaming magazines. I remember when Ego Draconis came out. And I remember Original Sin 1 and 2, obviously. It's awesome to see how far the studio has come over the years.

Divine Divinity is insanely underrated game, thanks for making this video to highlight everything (and not just DOS2 and BG3) that Larian has to offer

Oh man, I spent so many hours exploring every corner of Divine Divinity. It was pretty awesome, and along with the Gothic series, one of the game that marked my gaming during childhood. Even got it last year on Steam hehe

thanks for making this video. it was interesting to see the progression of each larian game!

Divinity 2 Ego Draconis was my first Larian game and I've stuck with them ever since. I've enjoyed pretty much every game I've played of theirs ever since. DOS2 is still among my all time favorite games.

in ego draconis, i was so pumped when the character morphs into a dragon, the music was sick

Great video! I didn't realize Larian made those older divinity games but now it makes so much sense lol

I loved ego draconis back then. Still one of my favorite games of all time.

Finally I have a good video I can show people to show them history of Larian games! Been a fan of the studio for a long time and Swen is a person I am looking up to - an example of person who never gave up in face of difficulty!

Divinity 2 is still my favorite game Larian ever made.

Ego Draconis was awesome. And that ending is just...

the divinity series were my favourite games ever, and i'm so glad larian is just getting better

Divine Divinity's name had been changed because the publisher insisted so, Larian was not happy with it but had to comply. Btw I played Divine Divinity earlier this year and I was really surprised how much fun lies in that old and under the radar game. I started a second playthrough right after finishing it, which took me about 60hrs IIRC.

Ego Draconis' OST was a nostalgia hammer hit right into my brain.

I loved divinity 2 : ego draconis one of my favorite games ❤️

I have yet to find another traversal mechanic as cool as jumping from a 100 m cliff and transforming into a f**g dragon mid-air, even if the dragon combat wasn't that great afterwards

Divinity 2 ego draconis is such a gem im currently playing everything is so fun in that game it has adorable enviroment people are so nice to you and you are FREAKING DRAGON

The one that you play as a dragon was pretty amazing.

I was looking for a good video to listen to while cleaning and this came out just at the right time ❤

OH damn I remember playing divinity 2 ego draconis, that was so fun as a kid

one of my favorite games of all time is Divinity 2 Ego Draconis/Dragon Knigh Saga/Developers cut its just so good, so nostalgic to me, i really wish Larian makes another 3rd person, they did soooo good w ego draconis im craving for another lmao

good vid, been playing their games since div os 1 and you just made me reinstall and replay it. thanks! might try some of the older titles.

I'd love to see another Ego Draconis game. Their storytelling with modern ARPG gameplay would be amazing.

I always love it when ppl talk about Larian's humble beginning. Their journey and how they almost went bankrupt making Dos1 is such an inspiring story. --- On the note about DnD dice roll: The thing about dice rolling is that, nothing is ever set in stone. There's no guaranteed success (rolling a 1 is an automatic fail) and there's no guaranteed failure (rolling a 20 automatically succeeds) either. This means that you'll run into some unexpected moments, and just like in real life, sometimes there are certain things that are simply out of your control and you'd be forced to adapt. The dice rolling in DnD simulated that kind of adaptive game plan. Understandably, this is not for everything and some may find it frustrating and resort to save scum, but there are a lot of ways to influence dice roll probability in your favour. it ultimately comes down to the knowledge of the game's system, knowing what bonuses can work in what situation and how to stack the bonuses to increase your chance of success is a huge part of the game. Larian even included the whole inspiration system for rerolling without having to resort to save scum. Compare this to, say Dos2's dialogue check system, there's a lot more uncertainty, and that's what keeps ppl guessing. Whereas in Dos2, if you have a very high persuasion skill for example, then you know you'll succeed in dialogue checks. It becomes predictable, especially on multiple playthroughs and thus, there is no room for tension. But in BG3, you can never be sure, so it makes important moments very tense, and has the potential of seeing alternative outcomes if you got super lucky/unlucky. Ultimately it wouldn't be for everyone but imo, there's a huge benefit to DnD's dice rolling system that I'm glad to see something different after having personally sunk more than 500 hours into Dos2.

D2 Dragon Knight Saga was my entry point in Larian and it was a cracking game that fed straight into my fantasies

"Original Sin didn't have a jump feature". Someone didn't find the teleporting gloves for his vertical gameplay :D

Thank you for this video. Skipped over most of it (sorry), but I like your very pragmatic assessment of the games, and now I know which ones I missed out one (OGS1/2) and which ones not.

Proud to be a patreon of this channel :)

I just wish that Swen the CEO of Larian and his wife maintain the majority owner of the shares of Larian Studio, For anyone who doesn't know, 70% of the shares are from Swen and his wife, 30% are from Tencent, yup the Tencent who like in previous month acquired the majority shares of Techland, and after that acquisition, Techland introduce a Microtransaction of Dying Light 2.

I love your videos bro, you're my new favorite ''obscure'' games channel

Larian truly deserves it. They are a great studio who listens to their players and doesn't compromises on features

Words can't express how happy I am to see Larian getting the attention and respect they deserve. Played Original Sin 2 years back and it quickly became my favorite CRPG of all time. I always thought Larian would just be a niche developer who put out really good under the radar RPGs. Even after finding out they were doing Baldur's Gate 3 I had no clue it would get as big as it did. Now that they're done with D&D and going back to their original IPs I'm hoping we'll get an Original Sin 3 with BG3's budget and quality. Can't wait to see what the future holds for these guys, they may actually be my favorite developers right now (it's a close race with Supergiant)

Excellent studio. I am following them since Original Sin and looking forward for their next game.

Started playing Larian games at Divinity 2, hope they keep doing what they do best for a long time.

Divinity II Ego Draconis is one of the few games I completed twice or more. The tower, the story, the soundtrack, the humor, the dragon form and the feeling of becoming more and more powerful made a great game. Sure it felt a bit cheap and not that refined gameplay wise but all the above made it great. I wish they come back to ARPG, I’m not fond of cRPG

imagine a world where Larian makes a Warhammer fantasy RPG

original sin 2 had a fly ability that did pretty much the same thing as jumping in BG3 they also had some nifty teleport abilities by using the pyramid things so you could explore a lot more fluidly than in bg3.

It took me almost a year to beat BG3, you're a mad man 😂

Looking back at DOS1 & 2, it's crazy to think that BG3 wasn't just some crazy perfect storm: Larian have been making games like this for a while, it's just that only now people are starting to notice

I played divinity 2 ego draconisnso much as a kid. I never got into any other rpg for a long time but that one somehow stuck the landing and managed to keep me interested

the really fun thing is, i got recommended Beyond Divinity before any of the other games, and I got SO invested in the premise that I couldn't care a crumb about how bad the gameplay was haha. I found the voice acting very charming and the back and forth banter with the Death Knight funny, it was really dragging me deep in immersion wise, even if it was silly. I think the only reason why I dropped it back in the day was because I have massive ADHD, and saw that Larian released a brand new game in the same universe (that would be Divinity: Original Sin 2) and the moment i booted that one up, i was immediately neck deep in it and I promptly forgot about everything else in my life for several months. I still need to finish Beyond Divinity. maybe once i'm done with BG3, I'll find it in myself to go back a lil. I also need to finish Ego Draconis, that also sits unfinished on my shelf. Great video, thank you for talking about these games! Larian has been very close to my heart for a good few years now, and I am beyond extatic that they're getting the attention they deserve!

I love BG3 because it mixes the storytelling of OS2 and the f up dialogues of Divinity 2

DOS 1/2 needs greater recognition. They are masterpieces on their own rights. I remember playing DOS1 because it was on sale on steam and I was not really serious about it, just want to try some indie game for fun. But i was flabbergasted! I didn’t expect such level of quality from an unknown studio back then! So DOS1 will always hold a special place for me ❤

I like Divinity: Original Sin 2 more than I like Baldur's Gate 3. Having played DOS2 and afterward hearing Larian is making BG3, I knew it's going to be a banger. Now, with all the funds they received from BG3, I sincerely hope their next game is DOS3 - and, if that really is the case, I feel it's going to blow everything else out of water even harder than BG3 did.

yooo the multiplayer conversations are so cool, realllly hope they add that to bg3 over the next year or so.

Divinity 2 was first Larian game I played. I remember I stubled upon it by complete accident, and I had no idea what to expect. Then for some reason game really sucked me in. As you said, their games have this feel of being made by someone who want fun game, and not just another product. Quirky dialogues and characters, plot twists - it's all in Divinity series.

awesome vid, very well said. BG3 was my first larian studios game and is phenomenal. I recently bought DOS2 based on soo many overwhelmingly good reviews and im so glad i did. Both games have their give and takes and yet, both are masterpieces in their own right. For a guy whose always disliked turnbased games, Larian makes theirs truly worth playing.

Btw in Divine Divinity, there's a part where you have to move a bed to access something, well, you can drag that bed in your inventory and rest whenever you want

You forgot to mention that DoS2 first introduced 4 player coop which I've never seen as realized before in such a large story driven rpg, which make the games come closest to a virtual shared Tabletop experience in my opinion.

I guess I'll have to buy the duo of "The Original Sin" haha, great video. Greetings from Argentina

Larian Devs "So what are we going to name our next game? " Sven " It must have Divine or Divinity in it's name... Maybe both." Larian Devs " But we already have Divine Divinity " Sven " I wonder what's diviner than divine divinity? " Larian Devs " How about Divinest Divine Divinity " Sven " I LOVE IT!"

11:00 Even though the game is very similar to the previous one, the light signatures are coming in! Small design details that only the creator themselves knows about are what makes the games special (I love the lighting in BG3) :D

I got my Original Sin 1 platinum trophy yesterday and I'll be revisiting the sequel with a friend who's a newcomer to the series soon, so it's safe to say I have Larian on the brain at the moment. Realistically I won't be getting around to Baldur's Gate 3 any time soon, so maybe I should play Divinity 2 and Dragon Commander in the meantime to complete my Divinity experience.

Awesome video, and man looking at all the console UI is just interesting. I never use a controller for these games, im not sure how you all do it.

Absolutely loved Divine Divinity! Don't remember much about it anymore, only that the humor in that game was pure awesomeness and that I loved it.

Divine Divinity was the first game i ever played. I was 9, had no idea what to do, but i remember very clearly spamming the double item glitch for almost infinite potions (you could just spam them for unlimited health) and just running around until i find someone to talk to, or to fight.

Larian is the best example of people that I am ultra glad to have found success I've been a fan for almost a decade with Original Sin and on one hand, am surprised by how they found success with such a niche genre (CRPGs are so small relative to shooters or action games) and on the other, surprised that it took the world this long to recognize their greatness

You're raving Mardaneus!

Divine Divinity is my fav game of all time. While everyone was playing Diablo, I was playing Divine Divinity at that time. The atmosphere in the game is amazing, I dont know why, and can't describe it how, but it just resonates with me. And majority of that is the awesome work of Kirill Pokrovsky (R.I.P.). Its because of this game and Kirill, I got into game development.

what do you mean original sin 2 is "close" to a masterpiece it is one but yeah larian is finally getting recognition they deserve

Divine Divinity is still one of my favorites. great video again !

Like you C4G, my perspective of turn base game turn 180 after BG3. Love you Larian

I remember Divinity 2 big issue was leveling. Since enemies didn’t respawn you had to search around and kill every single enemy on the map just to level up. If you didn’t you’d be severely outmatched moving on in the game.

One thing that I've taken away from this video is that Larian seems to understand what works well in their past games, and carries them forward, while improving or changing other parts. It shows that they're paying attention to the community response to their games. That's surprisingly rare given that the studios behind some larger IPs in the industry don't seem to understand *why* people like their past games, leading them to ditch core defining features and/or carrying forward stuff that people didn't like. I think Bethesda is the best example of this, with Starfield and Fallout 76, it's like the didn't realize they were ripping the core gameplay loop of Fallout/TES out of their most recent games.

Larian games are a bit clunky but the storytelling is fantastic. The maturity is more than just "she has big tits lol"

Sorry for the late reaction, but I fully agree Larian Studio's games are really enjoyable. The only game I could not get "into" was Dragon Commander. I have played Divinity II; Ego Draconis several times before Divinity Original Sin was released, and it was at that time one of my favorite games. I have played all the Divinity games, and completely agree with your analysis. It's even more weird if you consider I am mainly a big JRPG fan. Especially the games from the Nihom Falcom "stable" are amongst my most loved games (Ys series and Trails series). Nevertheless Larian is one of those developers that managed to carve out that special place that made me a true lover of their games.

Its amazing to think they actually made an RTS

Larian Studios is one of my favorite studios because they don't buckle to customer demands or Production Company demands. ❤

Even on low graphics, BG3 looks amazing. The only settings I have higher are V-sync (triple buffer, screen sync) and anti-aliasing (fixed hard edges). Everything else is on low or off, and it still looks breathtaking. The light looks like the ray-tracing light from those vids on youtube

I played BG3 first and then went back and played their older titles because I loved BG3 so much. Now I'm in love with the Divinity series. I hope their next game is a sequel to it! Imagine the amazing Red Prince in full next gen glory!