{"id":1424253,"date":"2025-12-12T13:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T13:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/Laqcis3oaaZPvsuJvRtyQK"},"modified":"2025-12-12T13:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T13:06:07","slug":"everyones-arguing-about-whether-divinity-will-be-turn-based-or-an-arpg-and-im-not-sure-why-because-the-answer-seems-obvious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/everyones-arguing-about-whether-divinity-will-be-turn-based-or-an-arpg-and-im-not-sure-why-because-the-answer-seems-obvious\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyone&#8217;s arguing about whether Divinity will be turn-based or an ARPG, and I&#8217;m not sure why because the answer seems obvious"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Geoff Keighley flytipped a statue in the desert, Larian made some cryptic tweets, there was a brief period where lots of people were saying <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/elder-scrolls-6-what-we-know\">The Elder Scrolls 6<\/a> and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/cmon-remedy-you-cant-use-the-words-rise-and-shine-in-your-tga-trailer-dont-you-know-youre-hurting-all-those-hopeful-fans-in-r-halflife\">Half-Life 3<\/a> for some reason, and now it&#8217;s all over. We know what Larian&#8217;s next game is. It&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/larian-reveals-its-divinity-its-biggest-game-ever-even-larger-than-baldurs-gate-3\">Divinity<\/a>\u2014just Divinity\u2014and I&#8217;d bet several dollars it&#8217;s a soft reboot for a series which is going to pull in exponentially more players after the mondo success of Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3.<\/p>\n<p>So if we can&#8217;t argue about what that statue is or what Larian&#8217;s next game will be anymore, what&#8217;s left to us? Fear not: we&#8217;ve already started arguing about whether Divinity will be a turn-based game when it eventually arrives, or if it&#8217;ll revive the old, hallowed ways of realtime with pause, like its Infinity Engine forefathers of olde.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the debate went on before Divinity was even officially revealed at The Game Awards. &#8220;There are rumors that Larian&#8217;s next game &#8216;Divinity&#8217; is NOT turn-based\u2026&#8221; tweeted content creator <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SynthPotato\/status\/1999108111789851024\" target=\"_blank\">SynthPotato<\/a>. Well, that set the cat among the pigeons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That would be terrible. They&#8217;re the best in the world at turn based,&#8221; read one reply.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would love for them to try out an ARPG again,&#8221; read another.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2560px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Z6JNX7fZxEA3miGibbpdYN\" name=\"\ud83d\udd34 THE GAME AWARDS 2025 Official 4K60FPS Livestream (Today - 730p ET 430p PT 1230a GMT) 01-37-00\" alt=\"Divinity\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/everyones-arguing-about-whether-divinity-will-be-turn-based-or-an-arpg-and-im-not-sure-why-because-the-answer-seems-obvious.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">Whatever it is, this guy&#8217;s having a horrible time of it. <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Larian)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My assumption is one or both of the repliers have since perished in some kind of dawn duel.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not just X replies where the argument proceeds, mind you. &#8220;Ain&#8217;t no way Divinity isn&#8217;t turn-based&#8221; declares a poster in the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/DivinityOriginalSin\/comments\/1pki4cs\/aint_no_way_divinity_isnt_turn_based\/\" target=\"_blank\">Divinity: Original Sin subreddit<\/a>. &#8220;They have done real time before, and they were fun. Let the devs do what they think is the best fit,&#8221; reads a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/DivinityOriginalSin\/comments\/1pjalyc\/comment\/ntcho2f\/\" target=\"_blank\">remarkably sober reply<\/a> in a separate thread. Across TikTok and YouTube, comments sections reverberate with all the mutual enmity of turn-based stalwarts and real-time sickos.<\/p>\n<p>Which, to be honest, I find a bit odd. To be fair, it&#8217;s not like there&#8217;s <em>no<\/em> reason to think Larian&#8217;s new Divinity will be a real-time ARPG. After all, that&#8217;s what the series was originally. Beyond Divinity, Ego Draconis, and Divine Divinity? All some flavour of real-time. It was only really the Original Sin games\u2014which bear a lot of similarities in how they play to Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3\u2014that got so many people thinking of Divinity as a turn-based CRPG series.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, I feel pretty<em> <\/em>confident saying Divinity, whenever it releases, will hew to a similar turn-based mode as BG3 and Original Sin 1 and 2. For one thing, that&#8217;s the style that put Larian as we know it today on the map\u2014Original Sin 2 and especially BG3 were successes like nothing else it&#8217;s ever made, and plenty of its newest ardent fans will expect more of that gameplay. Heck, it already turned Baldur&#8217;s Gate\u2014a real-time with pause series originally\u2014into a turn-based game in the mould of Original Sin.<\/p>\n<p>For another, Larian specifically namechecks Original Sin 1 and 2 in Divinity&#8217;s announcement. &#8220;While Divinity is a brand new game that doesn\u2019t require experience with previous Larian titles, those who\u2019ve played Divinity: Original Sin and Divinity: Original Sin 2 will be able to enjoy greater understanding and continuity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it&#8217;s just referring to the series&#8217; narrative there, but I doubt it. I think Larian&#8217;s saying if you can already deal with Original Sin&#8217;s systems, you&#8217;ll be able to handle Divinity.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, Swen Vincke is a complete mad lad. Maybe it&#8217;ll be an RTS.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"2ef291e2-717a-436d-9635-17a8d954ff13\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/everyones-arguing-about-whether-divinity-will-be-turn-based-or-an-arpg-and-im-not-sure-why-because-the-answer-seems-obvious.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"2ef291e2-717a-436d-9635-17a8d954ff13\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/everyones-arguing-about-whether-divinity-will-be-turn-based-or-an-arpg-and-im-not-sure-why-because-the-answer-seems-obvious\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geoff Keighley flytipped a statue in the desert, Larian made some cryptic tweets, there was a brief period where lots of people were saying The Elder Scrolls 6 and Half-Life 3 for some reason, and now it&#8217;s all over. We know what Larian&#8217;s next game is. It&#8217;s Divinity\u2014just Divinity\u2014and I&#8217;d bet several dollars it&#8217;s a soft reboot for a series which is going to pull in exponentially more players after the mondo success of Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3. So if we can&#8217;t argue about what that statue is or what Larian&#8217;s next game will be anymore, what&#8217;s left to us? 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