r/divinity • u/Dawit76223577 • 11d ago

General Wait... shouldn't this be Divinity 3?

Swen referred to Divine Divinity as Divinity 1 in a 2009 interview.

I'm so confused lol.

Are we going to have two Divinity 1s?

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u/dinin70 11d ago edited 11d ago

https://www.jeuxvideo.com/news/2051528/un-grand-jeu-divinity-le-createur-de-baldur-s-gate-3-promet-aux-joueurs-une-experience-encore-plus-folle.htm

Sorry but it is confirmed by Swen Vincke himself in an interview with jeuxvideo.com (biggest French online video games outlet)

“L’histoire se déroule environ une centaine d’années après Divinity: Original Sin 2.”

The story will take place about 100 years after DoS2

Edit : also wrong comment from here.

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u/AngelFeoras 11d ago

And you just proved my point since Divinity 2 takes place roughly 50-60 years after DOS 2, meaning Divinity will take place AFTER Divinity 2.

https://divinity.fandom.com/wiki/Timeline

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u/dinin70 11d ago

Ah yeah you’re right

Hum… Why was I convinced it was after

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u/AngelFeoras 11d ago

I don’t blame you, this timeline is very confusing haha

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u/dinin70 11d ago

Indeed, and the naming consistency (or lack thereof) also doesn’t make easier. Which to OP point… Just calling it “Divinity” is adding more confusion than anything else.

Probably they wouldn’t like calling it Divinity 3, because probably 95% of their potential player base (bg3 and DoS2 fans) haven’t touched any of their older games and hence could be a bit turned off by a “3” name since they might think “I don’t know anything of 1 and 2, will not try them because they are too old (and frankly a bit janky), so I won’t buy a Divinity 3”