so lore wise

[Muttley]

is there anything connected to the older games or no? I plan on getting D:OS at some point and I have Divine Divinity. Does Braccus or Lucian show up at all in the older games or is it just "these happened, but the games are so far apart in timelines that they're not really connected"?

[Razorblade]

The "main" story starts with Divine Divinity, Beyond Divinity and D:OS2 happen around the same, and Divinity II (not to be confused with D:OS2) is chronological the latest game in the series. Dragon Commander and D:OS1 are more or less spinoffs that occur too long ago to be of much relevance, except for some cameos from immortal characters.

Lucian was retconned to be the main character of Divine Divinity, and Braccus appears in D:OS1, though he doesn't really do anything important in that game. Overall, the two most important games in the series to play are D:OS2 and Divinity II, as they cover all of the important lore from the series, though from a gameplay perspective, most of the Divinity games are good fun to play.

[Muttley]

Originally posted by Razorblade:

The "main" story starts with Divine Divinity, Beyond Divinity and D:OS2 happen around the same, and Divinity II (not to be confused with D:OS2) is chronological the latest game in the series. Dragon Commander and D:OS1 are more or less spinoffs that occur too long ago to be of much relevance, except for some cameos from immortal characters.

Lucian was retconned to be the main character of Divine Divinity, and Braccus appears in D:OS1, though he doesn't really do anything important in that game. Overall, the two most important games in the series to play are D:OS2 and Divinity II, as they cover all of the important lore from the series, though from a gameplay perspective, most of the Divinity games are good fun to play.

well, if there's another game in the series to be made, I hope it's more connected. know that can be hard when the ending can have a lot of outcomes

[Mrvecz]

Originally posted by Muttley:

Originally posted by Razorblade:

The "main" story starts with Divine Divinity, Beyond Divinity and D:OS2 happen around the same, and Divinity II (not to be confused with D:OS2) is chronological the latest game in the series. Dragon Commander and D:OS1 are more or less spinoffs that occur too long ago to be of much relevance, except for some cameos from immortal characters.

Lucian was retconned to be the main character of Divine Divinity, and Braccus appears in D:OS1, though he doesn't really do anything important in that game. Overall, the two most important games in the series to play are D:OS2 and Divinity II, as they cover all of the important lore from the series, though from a gameplay perspective, most of the Divinity games are good fun to play.

well, if there's another game in the series to be made, I hope it's more connected. know that can be hard when the ending can have a lot of outcomes

There is, Divinity Fallen Heroes is the direct sequel to DoS 2 and picks up shortly after the "Canon" ending.
Which one ? I am not sure actually, wiki says its the "sacrifice" one but there is source everywhere again so either its true and the "grand source sacrifice" was all for nothing or the true ending is something we couldnt even select.

Fallen Heroes in on halt and havent been released but there is a trailer of it on YT.

[Yojo0o]

Originally posted by Mrvecz:

Originally posted by Muttley:

well, if there's another game in the series to be made, I hope it's more connected. know that can be hard when the ending can have a lot of outcomes

There is, Divinity Fallen Heroes is the direct sequel to DoS 2 and picks up shortly after the "Canon" ending.
Which one ? I am not sure actually, wiki says its the "sacrifice" one but there is source everywhere again so either its true and the "grand source sacrifice" was all for nothing or the true ending is something we couldnt even select.

Fallen Heroes in on halt and havent been released but there is a trailer of it on YT.

I sincerely doubt Fallen Heroes will ever be released.

[Chaoslink]

Yeah, Fallen Heroes is likely permanently suspended. No active work is being done on it and there are no plans to do so. With the team moving onto the Baldur’s Gate series, it’s hard to say if/when more Divinity content will release.

[Razorblade]

Originally posted by Mrvecz:

Originally posted by Muttley:

well, if there's another game in the series to be made, I hope it's more connected. know that can be hard when the ending can have a lot of outcomes

There is, Divinity Fallen Heroes is the direct sequel to DoS 2 and picks up shortly after the "Canon" ending.
Which one ? I am not sure actually, wiki says its the "sacrifice" one but there is source everywhere again so either its true and the "grand source sacrifice" was all for nothing or the true ending is something we couldnt even select.

Fallen Heroes in on halt and havent been released but there is a trailer of it on YT.

Sacrifice is definitely the canon ending. It was mentioned directly in the Fallen Heroes beta that was on display at Gamescom (I think) a couple years ago, and it's the only ending that makes Divinity II make sense, given that Lucian is still alive over 50 years after D:OS2 ends, and the world is completely devoid of Source. Pretty sure the Sacrifice ending exists solely to make the Divinity timeline make sense with minimal retcons necessary.

Fallen Heroes is almost certainly canned, though. Its developer dropped it while it was still unfinished, Larian opted not to take over its development because BG3's Early Access was right around the corner, and it runs on the outdated Divinity Engine 3, which has already been eclipsed by BG3's Divinity Engine 4. Some aspects of the game might get recycled for the next Divinity game, but the game in its current incarnation is almost certain never going to see the light of day.

[Muttley]

Originally posted by Mrvecz:

Originally posted by Muttley:

well, if there's another game in the series to be made, I hope it's more connected. know that can be hard when the ending can have a lot of outcomes

There is, Divinity Fallen Heroes is the direct sequel to DoS 2 and picks up shortly after the "Canon" ending.
Which one ? I am not sure actually, wiki says its the "sacrifice" one but there is source everywhere again so either its true and the "grand source sacrifice" was all for nothing or the true ending is something we couldnt even select.

Fallen Heroes in on halt and havent been released but there is a trailer of it on YT.

I hope but with it being put on ice who knows. also that being said I hope the characters of the game actually mention key events and how they saw your character. Sort of like how Mass Effect 2 asked you what decisions you made and characters in 2 and 3 would mention them

[cl656]

According to the wiki, every single divinity game is connected, but none of them are in chronological order.

WITH THAT SAID, you don't need to play Dragon Commander, which took place before any of them in the timeline, to understand DOS 1 or 2.