Huge News for Divinity (and Baldur's Gate, I guess) fans in lieu of The Game Awards

I was watching The Game Awards today, and Larian Studios released a teaser for the next installment for their Divinity series.

I've talked about Divinity: Original Sin 2 here before because I played Baldur's Gate 3 and wrote a blog about it. I wouldn't talk about Larian Studios without talking about Divinity: Original Sin 2.

I harbour a mixture of joy and sadness coming out of it. Of course, I'm excited for this game to release, because I love Divinity so much. I have over 200 hours, I believe, in Divinity: Original Sin 2 from only running the campaign twice (once by myself and once with my two dear friends). I genuinely don't think I can play it by myself or at all anymore because I remember so much of it so clearly. It would be a disservice to play the campaign knowing so much of it already, haha. The game also introduced me to the CRPG genre, which I've thoroughly enjoyed. Although, I've only actually played Baldur's Gate 3 outside of Divinity: Original Sin 2 (Divinity: Original Sin, Planescape: Torment, etc. I left largely unfinished because I couldn't get into it as much as Divinity: Original Sin 2).

My moroseness stems from the fact that I can't share this excitement with the two people I want to [share it with] most. They're my two dear friends I mentioned in the previous paragraph whom I ran my first campaign in Divinity: Original Sin 2 with. A whopping 100+ hour campaign, spent during my early college years, over the course of 3 or so months because we only played from 10PM-12AM. It was a rich experience. We had inside jokes, we had catchphrases, we had... life! That life extended beyond the game, of course. We would reference it continuously after the fact. 

Marty, Nowig, Ambrose Amberlock. One Pixel.

END ME!

Sadly, I don't communicate with those two at the moment. So, I feel alone in this joy. And, a solitude joy is... not very joyous. It's like jumping onto a trampoline and tearing through it instead of being sent flying into the sky. What's the point...

Any who, I'm excited for the new Divinity game to come out. I just feel... stopped, somewhat, at the idea (or reality) of continuing this experience [built with my closest friends]... by my self.

I wish to cry and throw up. I don't have anyone else I can share this [joy] with. I miss my friends.

12 December 2025 (1:54 AM)