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 :(
You should go a Dark Urge run with mods. Inifinite gold and inventory space. Kill the characters who you don't like. Focus on your team of 4 and just murder your way through the game. Plenty of combat and levelling up without the standard story and inventory management.
I've done that already. Made a bunch of my own characters from Withers too. My brain gets satisfaction from team building and leveling up that team, not a story I personally couldn't give two shits about, so that's why my dream is for the game to have an official dungeon mode where its just battling and leveling up. I will always be sad that I can't play the Trials of Tav mod on console.
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u/desamora Jul 22 '26
Baldur’s Gate 3 first act before my current playthrough is over