Divinity: Authentic Sin 2 easter eggs hinting Baldur’s Gate 3 could be Larian’s subsequent sport needed to be toned down: ‘Initially the reference to BG3 was very specific’

Larian not too long ago streamed Divinity: Authentic Sin 2, the studio’s final RPG within the Divinity sequence earlier than it made Baldur’s Gate 3. Throughout the stream, communications developer Aoife Wilson introduced up the subject of hints in D:OS2 about what Larian was engaged on subsequent.

“Initially the reference to BG3 was very specific,” Larian CEO Swen Vincke defined whereas plotting out his subsequent transfer within the famously flammable oil fields of the Blackpits space. “We did it very last-minute as a result of we truly, in the summertime when D:OS2 shipped, we wrote the primary draft of BG3 as a result of we had a contract with Wizards of the Coast and we would have liked to do it then. It was very unhealthy.”

The hints ended up fairly opaque. Within the epilogue of D:OS2, your occasion member Fane can point out that octopuses are secretly plotting, and the necromancer Tarquin talks about “a mysterious race from one other world—beings that feed on minds.” Each are references to thoughts flayers, however not ones you’d discover except you have been in search of them. On reflection, the jars of thoughts maggots scattered round D:OS2 additionally seem to be nods to the tadpoles of BG3.

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Tarquin the necromancer additionally brings up “Gustavchen”, the written language of the beings from one other world. In growth, BG3 was referred to as Undertaking Gustav after the identify of Vincke’s canine, which is why the default identify for the player-character is “Tav”.

The references go each methods. In BG3, there are a few nods to Tarquin’s worldhopping journey. A letter from the cleric Lenore De Hurst to the wizard Lorroakan discusses a person named “one thing with a T and Q… Tuqueen?” who makes use of unusual magic, and a observe within the Home of Grief additionally describes him, going by the identify “Marco Creenn”, which is an anagram of necromancer. After that the path goes dry, and maybe he returned dwelling to Rivellon. We’ll see if he exhibits up in Divinity.