So... Why didn't this ever get an Expansion?

[Sardorim]

Such a good game. Weird it never got an Expansion.

[The Naked Man]

It was too good. How are they supposed to make a worthy expansion to such a great game? It would most likely be insulting to this masterpiece.

[Yojo0o]

Larian is a relatively small studio. Not quite indie, but certainly not triple-A. They're hard at work with their next project, which is Baldur's Gate 3. Given that DOS2's ending was satisfactory, I'm happy that they're moving on to a new project.

I suppose Fallen Heroes would have been a DOS2 expansion/spinoff, but it sounds like we wouldn't have been especially happy with that game if it had ever seen full release.

[Veritas]

Well, the story has a conclusion that outright ends the game, and with the way it's divided into acts, you'd have to tack any expansions onto them. there's also the issue of how poorly done level scaling already is.

So instead they gave us the gift bag features and the GM mode which is functional enough. Can't really blame them, post-launch patches were mostly good and the game itself while horribly balanced is a fun experience overall with a lot of good story, characters and quests. Certainly much better than a lot of the other party based RPGs that have come out in the past decade.

[Yojo0o]

I quite enjoy the level scaling of DOS2, but it does seem to hit a ceiling at 20/21. Attempting to tack on an extra ~4 levels of content at the tail end of this game would be disastrous, I have no idea how it would be balanced.

A direct sequel where piercing the Veil and taking the battle to the doorstep of the God King, using such a feat as an excuse to de-power the protagonists down to a lower level and introduce a new level climb, could very well work. But I'd rather play BG3, to be honest.

[Chaoslink]

Yeah, Yojo here makes a good point when it comes to level scaling. You should be able to handle any fights in the last act at level 17, even the level 20 ones because the player scaling breaks horribly by then. If there was additional content, the player would need to have levels removed just to play it in any balanced sort of way.

[LukanGamer]

not really something they do, and they can only focus on 1 game at a time sadly. (even cancelling the game they barely were helping make).