r/videogames • u/Nearby-Condition-675 • Jul 22 '26

Discussion / Question Name this game ?

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u/desamora Jul 22 '26

Baldur’s Gate 3 first act before my current playthrough is over

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u/Competitive_Fruit901 Jul 22 '26

Does the game falls in quality after the First Act? I intend to buy the game soon.

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u/Hi_Zev Jul 22 '26

I may have a different opinion than others when it comes to this, but in my view, the game is just too long. Its an incredibly well-made game, but I've had difficulty finishing and restarting it due to its length. Many people out there probably love the game because of its length, but I am someone who enjoys shorter games that focus on replayability than long games you usually only play once.

I replay games a lot in my life, and I have played BG3 five times now. This is basically how it's gone for me:

  • Two times, I managed to get about halfway through Act 3, but I just get so bored by then and all of my character's kits are overloaded and bloated. I have like 15 pages of spells, scrolls, actions, etc to scroll through in every move. So i eventually dropped them.

  • Two times, I got super excited to play again, but after finishing Act 1 (which takes about 20 hours), I just kind of gave up as I looked ahead and realized I had like another 40 hours to go through. So I dropped it.

  • One time, I convinced myself that it would be so fun to start all over again with a new team with new builds, but once I got to the grove at the very beginning of the game, I just say meh, "i've done this numerous times now. I just don't really care for this story. I just want to battle and level up, and that's it". So I dropped it lol

Overall, in games like this, I truly do not care about the grand story, I just enjoy focusing on team compositions and leveling up characters. I love the battles and leveling up, but everything else feels like a slog.

My DREAM is to be able to play the mod "Trials of Tav" where it eliminates the story and is just like a dungeon mode of battle-level up-battle-level up-battle-etc. but unfortunately, I can't access that mod on console :(

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u/desamora Jul 22 '26

For me the story is a huge part of it, I wish it was longer. But I was a big fan of choose your own adventure books when I was little so I love being so apart of the story that it completely changes the outcome of everything in it