If Larian Studios could have maintained that difficulty throughout the entire game, then Divine Divinity really could have been something, and perhaps reviewers like me wouldn’t call games “hybrids of Diablo and Baldur’s Gate,” but instead call them “games like Divine Divinity.” But the lack of balance turned me off, especially considering there have been a couple patches now, and so apparently the balance is how the developers want it. Still, I enjoyed enough of the game, and there’s enough potential here, that I’m looking forward to Larian Studios’ next game, Riftrunner, which is scheduled to come out this winter.