divinity Developer Larian Studios has claimed that the character creation system in the upcoming role-playing game will be even better than previously shown. Baldur's Gate 3. gave an overwhelmingly positive response Baldur's Gate 3expectations for divinity are sky-high, and Larian is pulling out all the stops to make sure it's what gamers are expecting.
Baldur's Gate 3The character building was a particular high point for the game. With so much depth, players can create any character they want for their playthrough. It was almost a running joke among the community that players would spend hours building a character before actually playing the game. Gamers used this to their advantage, often getting creative to bring characters from other franchises to life Baldur's Gate 3 For a themed playthrough. is an example Baldur's Gate 3 A player who creates a construction based on god of warof Kratos, with many similar cases. Because character building was very popular Baldur's Gate 3It's only natural that players will be curious to see how Larian plans to handle this divinity.
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Divinity for the 'more colors, more options, more control' feature for character creation
Speaking in a Reddit AMA about divinityArt director Elena Dubrovina was asked if there would be a full character customization feature in the vein of the game Baldur's Gate 3. His response was bold, claiming, “We plan to make it even better! More colors, more options, more controls!” While it certainly takes some impressive over the top Baldur's Gate 3It's good to see that the developers are being ambitious and trying to iterate on what has come before. Dubrovina's answer still leaves a lot to be explained – while “more colors” is pretty clear, “more options” and “more control” can mean very different things, so it remains to be seen how successful these improvements will be. divinity.
According to Dubrovina, Larian is looking to the community for inspiration on what players want from character customization. In another comment during the AMA, he noted that the game's developers “like all mods in terms of player presence,” referring to the popular character customization mods. Baldur's Gate 3And pointed out that there are “so many creative ideas in terms of combinations of costumes, hairstyles and what not.” She also says the team is always looking at them, and says, “We pay attention to what our community wants.” Given that Baldur's Gate 3 Having been one of the most popular games for modding since its release, it makes sense that this would be the best way for Larian to find out what the existing fans want.
We plan to make it even better! More colors, more options, more control!
Since its announcement at The Game Awards 2025, Larian has already revealed a good bit of information about it. divinity. It sounds like it's going to be more ambitious than that Baldur's Gate 3It will be a remarkable achievement if it all comes together. And while it's exciting that Larian is shooting for the stars once again, the game has not yet been free of controversy. Following its announcement, Larian said it was using generative AI to aid in early development. divinityWhich immediately drew the ire of the players. This has since been clarified and retracted, including in a recent AMA, where Larian boss Sven Vinke revealed that the studio decided not to use the technology for concept art, which would end up in the final release in order to calm gamers' fears about AI-generated assets.
