Divinity: Original Sin 2 isn't that much harder than Baldur's Gate 3, but Larian sure got better at constructing a first act between games

An image of Shadowheart from Baldur's Gate 3 with a super-imposed crocodile from Divinity: Original Sin 2 layered over the top. She has a thousand-yard stare.

With how downright good Baldur's Gate 3 is, it's only natural that players will be checking out Larian's landmark CRPG Divinity: Original Sin 2 (including our own Ted Litchfield, who has been having a blast). 

However, there's been a bit of a trend—as TheGamer noted last week, there've been some instances of players getting the CRPG bug from Baldur's Gate 3, turning to Divinity: Original Sin 2, and getting flattened. As one user shadownn02 writes on the Divinity Original Sin Reddit: "Is this game supposed to be super hard? What are we missing?"