Out later this year
Larian Studios’ next project isn’t the obvious one. Rather than continuing the Divinityseries with Original Sin 3, Larian is side-stepping to craft an experience that’s sort of different from what people are used to.
This morning, Larian revealed Divinity: Fallen Heroes, which is being co-created with Danish developer Logic Artists. Fallen Heroesis described as “a tactical game with all the depth of an RPG.” The six main companions from Divinity: Original Sin 2(Beast, Fane, Ifan Ben-Mezd, Lohse, The Red Prince, and Sebille) all return, along with Malady. And they’re all sailing on the Lady Vengeance.
It sounds as though there’s plenty of strategy packed in, too. Across 60 missions, there are 30 different unit types, 200-some skills, technology trees, and diplomacy mechanics. Original Sin 2already had pretty tactical combat; Fallen Heroesseems like a way to expand on that while still touching on all the role-playing aspects players expect from a Divinitygame.
We’ll find out how relatively soon how well it’s all executed. Larian says Divinity: Fallen Heroeswill release later this year “on multiple platforms” — presumably PC and a console or two. It also features single-player or two-person cooperative play, for anyone whose grand strategy is “It’ll be easier to let someone else make all the tactical decisions.”