(creators of Expeditions: Conquistador, Expeditions: Viking, and Expeditions: Rome), and was to be published by Larian Studios, making it the first entry primarily handled by another developer.The game would have run on the Divinity: Original Sin II engine, and was meant to be a more-or-less direct follow-up to that game, reuniting its six Origin Characters and the major NPC Malady in a new fight against the Bloodless. Gameplay-wise, it was advertised to be a combination of Divinity: Dragon Commander's strategic gameplay and Original Sin duology's Turn-Based Combat, with you, as "the Commander", directing the main characters over the course of 60+ missions, which would change considerably depending on player actions.
Originally announced for a November 2019 release, it was delayed indefinitely following Troubled Production and eventually Quietly Cancelled, as revealed in a July 2023 interview with Larian's founder, Sven Vincke.
Watch the announcement trailer here, PAX gameplay here or visit the official website here.
The game contains examples of:
- Fantasy Gun Control: Averted for the first time in the series, with the Beast firing a musket in the announcement trailer, and the official website proclaiming that "gunpower comes to Divinity".
- Geo Effects: As per the norm for the Original Sin series, PAX gameplay showcases fields of elemental effects that change the battlefield in all sorts of fun (and often explosive) ways.
- Merging the Branches: In Original Sin II, you could only form a team of four and any of the heroes that you didn't bring would end up dead (in fact, at least two of them wound up killed, brought back as undead, then killed again). All six of them are alive (or unalive) and well in the trailer.
- Vapor Ware: Originally planned for a late 2019 release, the game's release has been delayed indefinitely, with no announcements of progress going into 2021. The release of Baldur's Gate III makes it appear that Larian has put the project on hold.
