Maddie's CRPG Corner

Completed and on blog Divine Divinity (2002) Completed but not yet on blog Planescape: Torment - (1999) -  10 /10     Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn  - (2000) -  10 /10 Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - (2021) -  10 /10 Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader - (2023) -  10 /10 Disco Elysium - (2019)  - 10 /10 Fallout 2 - (1998) -  10 /10 Baldur's Gate III - (2023) - 9.5 /10 Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - (2018) -  9.5 /10 Dragon Age: Origins - (2009) -  9.5 /10 Fallout - (1997) -  9.5 /10 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords - (2004) -  9.0 /10   Pathfinder: Kingmaker - (2018) -  9.0 /10  -  (Currently writing)     Pillars of Eternity - (2015) -  9.0 /10   Dragon Age II - (2011) -  8.5 /10   Baldur's Gate - (1998) -  8.5 /10   Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - (2003) -  8.0 /10     Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Unde...

It is December 2025, and Larian Studios is currently top dog in the CRPG genre. Baldur's Gate 3 , released only a scant couple years ago, has become the most successful game the genre has ever seen. All eyes in the space are on Larian and their newly announced return to their Divinity series, and their home setting of Rivellon. It's no surprise then that the (very recent) quotes Larian CEO Swen Vincke has given regarding Generative AI usage in game dev workflow have drawn such ire despite the fact that likely every major AAA studio is doing much the same if not more. Quite simply, there's just more eyes on Larian than nearly any kind of studio of it's kind. But that controversy isn't the topic here (although it is still an important topic). The topic here is that aforementioned return to Divinity . Divinity has always been a bit of a blindspot for me in the CRPG space, a fact I'm a little ashamed of considering my love for the genre. I adored BG3 , but only ev...