Divinity: Original Sin Documentary | Gameumentary 

Little did they know, Baldur's Gate 3 would absolutely slap and completely shake the gaming industry. This documentary was very inspiring and Larion deserve the success.

"The endgoal is to make this very big RPG that would dwarf them all." - Vincke, Swen. 2019. They did it.

Hello and welcome to the beginning of Season 2 of Gameumentary! If you hadn't heard, we've signed a deal with Enthusiast Gaming to produce documentaries for the next two years, and this project is the first from that deal. We put a lot of work into making this documentary our best yet. We tuned up our storytelling, added in a completely original soundtrack and more! We really hope you enjoy it! If you'd like to support us, we do have a Patreon campaign that acts a bit like a tip jar. Oh, and we're not done with Larian after this documentary. We have tons of content left to use and will be releasing a follow-up video later this year that delves into more of the game design aspects of Original Sin and Original Sin 2. Not to mention extended interviews and other stuff as well! We're working on lining up quite a few exciting projects for next year. If you have suggestions of your own we'd love to hear them!

This hit different after bg3 success. Dream does come true swen!

Man...watching this near the BG3 release is amazing. I've only backed 3 games on Kick Starter and D:OS1 was the first one. Swen calling us out like that puts a smile on my face. Amazing game that was well worth it. Can't wait to finally get my hands on BG3 full release next month!

And since divinity 2 and now with Baldurs Gate 3, you guys deserve it!! Congratulations. Larian Studios a game divisor like From Software.

Fantastic work on the documentary, I wish nothing but the best for you and for the folks at Larian. Here's to you all, Cheers!

That's a well put video kudos to the editors. Thank you for making this documentary. And thank you Larian Studios for making such great games, you've come a long way and I wish you more success in the future.

One of the best RPGs ever created. The amount of effort put in the game can be felt. I loved both D:OS games and I'm glad that one last bank believed in Larian. Very similar struggles that early Pixar faced. Keep it up Larian and thanks for working so hard to bring us pure gold.

The attention to detail in this game is stunning. Everything is top notch. Art, cut scenes, voice acting, story, and of course the battle system. It's just so much fun.

i am crying as a baby watching this after bg3 success

Watching this for the first time on the back of seeing baldurs gate 3's huge success gives me life. Congratulations Larian, you persevered and earnt your seat at the RPG table of greats 🎉

This is an incredibly good watch. Thanks for taking the time to make this! Supper informative documentary on some developers that seem incredibly down to earth and passionate about their work. Supper hyped for Baldur's Gate 3!

Holy shazbutt! I had no idea how much they hung by a thread for so long. Excellent Doc and congrats to the Divinity team for never giving up.

I guess that you can never assume how stable the situation of a studio or a company is when you're a consumer, that's one of the points I got from this doc. It's strange when I think about it, I never thought that Larian was swimming in money by the time they released the Kickstarter for D:OS but even then I couldn't had imagine that it was so dire for them at that time. Here's to them and for all hard working companies trying to survive each year by doing what they are most passionate about.

I love the struggles of this studio as I'm inspired by them

I have massive respect for anyone who follow's their dream and tries their best. Hats off to the people at Larian for doing just that, I cant wait to see where they take Divinity next.

Nice too see you guys and NoClip making these cool gaming documentaries

Huge thank you for getting all these resources and making the Divinity documentary! :D After stepping into DOS2, Larian Studios is now my favourite studio, and I can't wait for the next game they are making

Fantastic documentary! As an old time rpg gamer, I have to say that the joy of playing Divinity Original Sin reminds me of the wonder of my youth playing the first D&D Gold Box Game "Pool of Radiance" - which at the time was a marvel to behold. This company is doing fantastic work and producing games of such high quality. You can really see that Original Sin was a labor of love.

I have a deep respect for Swen Vincke and his will to always do a good and ambitious game despite all financial issue etc. Those guys are Larian, are true RPG and video game lover before anything else, and i'm really glad they could do D:OS serie. Even if i discovered Divinity with Ego Draconis, i couldn't finished it... I understood how ambitious that studio is. Now I wish they do another masterpiece like Divinity : Original Sin II (for me the best RPG of the last decade), before trying to go full ambitious again. I mean we all want Larian to create full 3D open world RPG,(something like a Skyrim with 200 mods on release!) that would be more immersive, and cinematic than isometric game. Dream game : -Full 3D open world like Skyrim -'Action' pause strategic combat like DA:O -Combat based on team of different characters like D:OS -Writing and quest like D:OS -Cinematic and narrative moment like TW3

And now this great Studio will be bringing us Baldurs Gate 3!! How fitting is that?

The music blow me away in this game and much other things too. Count on me to support you!

another reason today those games have a bigger audience is... because of all of us that grow up in the 80 and 90 playing old games but didn't had the money when we where teenagers to buy them all and more... now arround our 30s we have a job and an income that allows us to spend more money. and the educated population on earth unfortunately is not getting larger ! younger generations playing bs fps games milking a franchise... they are less and less every year and even they get tired and smarter over time.

Fantastic Gameumentary!!! 😀👍

What a ride it has been playing Larian games since the very first Divine demo oh so many years ago...thku. I am looking forward to one day playing Divine Sandbox, with all the locations from all these games(and more) in an open world format...where i can camp on a frontier forever or gather a band of raiders, steal a ship and become the most famous pirate ever raiding ports and taking down trade ships. Or hire myself out to a warring faction and rise to king in a location...till then on to the next one!

1:03:38 that quote right there is something people can apply to their life and really improve their way of living. Impressive speech from him there.

oh, the existential skeletons! I loved seeing those!

Amazing work! Nicely put together. It's very cool to see all the references that inspired them to make such great games.

Really great documentary. Loved learning more about the Larian Studios history and approach.

This documentary shows the important of trust over profit in the gaming industry, If your studio is known for delivering quality games than people will support it via kick starter and people will buy it day one because they know they will be getting hours of enjoyment from the game more companies need to follow the example of Larian Studios and Project CD red.

Deze gamestudio zou meer respect moeten krijgen van de Belgische gaming community.

Well, officially as of last night, you have made that game. Congrats on you well earned success.

It's like rewatching the comeback story that Bethesda Studios had with Morrowind. Except these guys are not expecting 100% of their audience to have learning difficulties.

40:11 Can't go wrong with the Anvil of Crom song. Zelda: The Orcarina of Time used Riders of Doom for their commercial.

Great video, very well made!

Amazing work !

These CRPGs restored my faith in gaming. Pathfinder Wrath of Righteous just went green on kickstarter

My first Larian game was actually Dragon Commander. It took me likes 10 attempts to like this game, because it was very difficult and complex, controlling the dragon (so many buttons!) while still controlling your army, while not knowing what unit is good against what. But after many attemps the game really grew on me, I still have it installed and sometimes play through the campaign again. It had and has many flaws and it could have been better, but it was a really fresh and new game and still is, thats why it was always fun in the end. Maybe some day they will make a sequel :) But ofc the Original sin games are just diamonds, so they will probably keep focusing on that :D

I think you just made it. Congratulations.

This video makes me want to try D:OS again i couldn't really get into it when it came out and moved on to other stuff but now the enhanced edition is out so hopefully i can stick with it.

Amazing documentary and happy to have purchased the Definitive Edition :D

500hrs in BG3...... I think Larian just dwarfed the whole industry...

Good job guys, DOSII is a good game!, have played it during Beta, and release, and i'm now playing it again in Definitive with friends, we enjoy the hell out of it. So are you guys working on a DLC for DOSII or something completly different?...

Thanks for doing this Gameumentary. Seeing how CP2077 turned out... Larian Studios seem pretty much the only ones of very few game studios who're the "good guys". Can't wait for Baldurs Gate 3, perhaps you could do a documentary on how Larian picked up that IP also =) ? Regards!

still remember when D:OS first release, what really sold me is the cover really i don't read the review and watch videos etc like is just blind buy it, ive played Divinity before, i was expecting to be the same more or less game that for refresher for other bigger game i playing that time, then i play the game, go to character creation, then from there im starting to enjoy this game already like wow even before im start the game its already deep, then i hit play, go to the gate (the first combat) and i just okay im finishing the game. so i messed up my first playthrough then start another, then i just realize this game is have so many choices even from the start. time flies, the Enhanced Edition release, i play again, and it just really getting more better than ever, they fix the bugs, adding more stuff and new weapon, the wands, yes, finally, they listen to the community, everything is enhanced. not sure if im finished it 100%, so many content, exploration is fun, crafting is fun, story was amazing even thou the quest journal is kinda weird for the first time and different from usual quest game. and until now im still playing D:OS 2 with the definitive edition because its free update and i can modded it the way i wanna to.

Larian and other Belgium gamestudios should have the possibility to get easier access to public funding. Compared to what is available for the Belgium Movie and Theater market.

Thank God (or whoever you believe in.. or not).. that they kept believing in their vision. Divinity and Divinity II are probably the best games I ever played with my friend/brother-in/law.. awesome times. PLEASE keep doing what you are doing and don't go for the "hype" that might develop around you about consoles and the likes...

when was this film? I assumed its a month or so before this is release in youtube.

Crazy thing to me is I don't think he was that much older than me when he started the studio. That's ambitious, and must have been very concerning.

Original Sin 2 is my favourite game :)

Great documentary, DOS EE is my favorite game ever, although I haven't played DOS 2 yet. Where can I find the soundtrack used in the documentary?

There are two types of RPG gaming companies : CDPR and Larian

We need Divinity Ego draconis 3!

Whats the OST name for the track at 1:05:25?

This is a really nice documentary. But it's titled "Divinity: Original Sin Documentary" The Documentery part about Original Sin (1) is 8 minutes long ...

me and my friend cant play any other game anymore. pls make it 3! :(

After the two D:OS games, anything that Larian releases is going to be an instant buy for me.

This studio is amazing. Encountered a game breaking bug in DOS:EE. No one encountered it before. Npc somehow joined our party but no way to control them or remove them. By the time we realized it wouldn't fix itself we were 15 hours in. In frustration finally sent email to Larian on a Friday evening not expecting a response till Monday. Support team replied in 30 mins. Couldn't fix it but they used dev console and "killed" Bellagrette the NPC. Proceeded to do this 7 more times till we finished my first play through. This game is 7 years old and they support it like its brand new. This company loves thier games. And it shows and I will continue to support them as long as they show this much love to players.

Swen Vincke is the nicest guy in the industry and a revolutionnary!

"The end goal is to make this very big RPG that will dwarf them all, is what I call it ..." As of July 19, 2023, 15 days before the release of Baldur's Gate 3, I believe this will be the game Swen was talking about. Anyway, one thing is certain since the first game I played from them Divine Divinity : they put their passion into all the games they make. And I hope that in addition to the fruit of their labor, they can also enjoy peace and happiness in their respective lives.

Looking at where Larian is now... & knowng it all started with a mushroom and an imp. Great story

This video aged well.

An amazing, heart warming documentary showing developers with true dedication and passion for what they do. We salute all you guys at Larian. Oh and equally important, top credit to the guys at gamumentary for this premium documentary.

Swen Vincke is possibly one of the nicest guys in game business. I'm rooting for Larian to have many more productive and successful years ahead of them.

And now larian has 400 people working for them amd enough financial freedom to work on one project for 6 years. They came far

Thank you Larian for turn-based fighting. I really hated real-time fights from older crpgs.

This is the humble origin of the people who gave us the masterpiece we know today as Baldur's Gate 3.

Even happier I had bought both Original Sin games at full price after this doc, these guys deserved the money. Really wish you guys were more popular though, the trash games I see people throwing money to boggles my mind. Jim Sterling did a good video on the Big AAA studios treating people like shit. They have all the money in the world and still force people to work on these games that are rushed and pushed out early by the publisher. Makes you feel a little more for the indie devs, who wont put out a rushed unpolished game like Larian. With pennies in their pocket compared to an EA, Konami or Ubisoft. They don't stick their games with a bunch of nonsense microtransactions. They don't put out a 100 DLC packages at 5 or 10 bucks each. I really admire this company, keep doing what your doing Larian, and I'll keep buying :)

Having watched this again after the release of BG3 it is quite obvious that they have reached that success that Swen and the team had hoped for all those years ago.

Those last few comments before the credits - we have something big in the future and he feels there is a great game in their future by which the company can be judged.... I think the response to BG3 has been a complete justification for that and I hope it continues to break sales and player number records for CRPGs and review scores keep it in the best reviewed games ever. Great studio, congrats to Swen and the team

"How can we make something better that DOS:II" -> proceeds to make Baldur's Gate 3. Also i've quite enjoyed this documentary, i've known Larian games for a long time, but i only got around to buy both Original Sin games. Time to go find the oldies then!

You made it! Baldur’s Gate 3 is coming out!

So happy to see them succeed! So happy that people are learning about them from Baldur's Gate 3. They deserve all the appreciation they can get. It really gives me hope.

Props to Larian for creating one of the greatest RPGs ever made. I look forward to seeing what they come up with next.

Absolutely incredible story. I love hearing about companies like this, CDPR, Warhorse, etc who suffer through financial trouble because they believe in their product and their art. It's very satisfying buying games and supporting companies and people like this. Keep doing what you do, Larian!

and now the whole world is watching and waiting for BG3. Stress must be quite something, I would imagine.

It is weird i see these european games companies that years ago I did not really give the time of day Like Divine divinity i had actually bought the physical release and i thought it was a good game, And then with Cd projekt and the Witcher 1 which was another good game.....but had no idea that eventually both those developers when given chance to shine really create some of the best games ever. Now Piranha Bytes its your turn to shine

the Larian dev with black shirt and glasses I wish more developers would think like him

Bloody good game. Only just started playing it and coming from a faster pace diablo background. I actually enjoy divinity original sin a lot. A difficult game. But a fun game. I really enjoy it. Props.

I didn't expect them to be so honest and real about the struggles they went through and the weaknesses of their earlier games. This was an pretty interesting watch for a fan of their modern games.

Came across this documentary after getting into Baldurs Gate 3 Early access and wanting to know more about their journey. Im just getting started on my game dev journey...but the more I learn about Larian the more I want to model my own business practices after them. Obviously they took the hard road more often than not and almost folded because of it...multiple times...yes I highly admire that they stuck to their principles and morals throughout their journey. Ive studied alot of game devs and Larian more or less on their own made exactly the right decisions time and time and time and again. Its truly impressive how they were able to know when to be work for hire and when to stick to IP's that they are passionate about making...and that still shines through to this day. Swen and his crew are absolutely the pinnacle of how to handle the worst that a game dev company can face and still come out on top. Kudos to you Larian! you are one of the few companies that is doing it RIGHT Edit: Especially wholesome to hear Swen at the end saying how he would like to make an amazing game that absolutely knocks things out of the park after Divinity 2...and here we are...2023 you got your wish Swen! Congrats!

To make a very big RPG to dwarf them all, I think he is getting his wish with Baldurs Gate 3. Good luck, as a BG fan, I can’t wait to see his dream come to life.

Such a touching documentary , see people the amount of sacrifice required to make good game .Love you Larian studios and thanks Gameumentary for this .

Ive bought D:OS2 8 times, once for myself and then 7 for my friends just so they could experience how fuckin great the game is

Love how this documentary aged like fine wine, now they are a studio that is going to recieve games of the year 2023

When a documentary makes you want to buy the sequel... you've done your job and then some. Awesome insight into the personalities, passion and soul that go into making one of these games. Bravo.

"I'm in a metal band." Well, got my answer to who wrote the names of some of the achievements in D:OS!

That's a type of video that should have been done eventually. Now we have it. Thanks Gameumentary for taking time to compile it, and thanks Larian for...being Larian

They finally making that very big RPG. Love you Larian!

1:08:00 When he Lowkey talks about baldur's gates 3...

Respect and R.I.P Kirill, best game composer.

Amazing documentary, and it makes me an even bigger fan of Larian studios.

14:00 i just realized that the philosophical skeleton you meet in the graveyard in OS2 is a reference to that

I first encountered Larian Studios through "Divinity II: Dragon knight saga" because I was looking for a hack and slash game to fill my Witcher 2 playthrough hole. Despite the subpar reviews I decided to torrent the game just to see if it filled the void. What I found was a janky game that oozed passion. I ended up finishing it and it fell out of my mind for a long time. Then comes along a small Dev vlog for Divinity: original sin. I was curious to see if it was the same silly centurion hat with plunger dev that oozed passion and what I got was what I wanted. They way Sven's passion oozed through the video of all the small things the team was doing hyped me up. I followed the Dev logs and was encouraged to support the kickstarter grabbing a copy for me and my friend. The small act 1 shenanigans we got up to are now a core memory forever in my head. The first time we met crabs, the first time we rock, paper, scissored the fate of the Clam, Watching My friend turn into a bush to rob the town blind while I hired Jahan (who ended up stunning our party more times then I can count), the time I found you could go past 100% with resistance and heal while my friend sat around jealous of me. Larian is now my #1 spot on my favorite developers list and I continue to support buying their games. The passion and love they hold for their games is amazing and I hope they have continued success. They are what I wish all game developers were.

I can't believe what nerves of steel that guy has. He experienced the same failure from publishers over and over and over and still keep up! Congratulations on your success.

I have a friend who doesn't play games but everytime she knew I was playing DOS2 she would ask me what happened story-wise. Did Ifan fulfill his contract? Did Sebille get her vengeance? Does Fane know? Lohse is free now? In the end she came to love a game she never played and cared for characters she had only heard of. That's powerful story telling, right there.

Such a high quality game by very talented people. They deserve the praise it gets.

Glad I paid for the definitive edition and not pirate the game.

We need a bg3 documentary.