Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback Prologue Burnout: can we skip it please?

Yeah I'm fairly close to putting it back on the shelf for a few months, or at least until more content is patched in. I think capping at LvL 4 with only 4 party members is very limiting for replay. Right now there's only enough content/companions in EA to really support 2 full playthroughs in my view. Basically 2 main paths, the Goblin path or the Druid path, and really enough companions to support 3 party compositions for a run (which will have overlap with at least 1 companion each time.) So maybe enough to keep it going for a month more I'd guess before people start tapping out? Hopefully they start dropping more content reasonably soon, so it doesn't lose too much momentum.

Also I'm just curious, I've heard many people describe EA as "Act I"
Does anyone know where this came from?

Baldur's Gate and Shadows of Amn each had a Prologue and 7 Chapters.

For example in BG1 it was...

Prologue: Candlekeep

Chapter 1: Coast Way to Friendly Arm Inn and Beregost
Chapter 2: Nashkell and the Mines

Chapter 3: Bandit Camp
Chapter 4: Cloakwood and Cloakwood Mines

Chapter 5: City of Baldur's Gate
Chapter 6: Return to Candlekeep

Chapter 7: Final Fight with Sarevok


For a comparison I think what we have in EA is basically analogous to the end of Chapter 2 in the Original. In BG1 you had your first dream and gained initial Bhaalspawn ability after reaching Nashkell and sleeping. Following the Kobolds into the mine was the first major Dungeon. Sure you could do many more things via exploration or if gunning for Gnolls, but if you followed the story beats as presented I mean.

I think it was possible to get quite a bit of replay out of the first 2 chapters of BG at lower levels, but that also had to do with variety in Party composition and char creation options.

With just the first 5 classes in EA you'd think, alright 5 playthroughs, but I don't know if it holds up as well. Cause like how different is my Mage PC really going to feel from just using Gale? or am I really going to see a ton of new stuff if switching out PC thief for Astarion, PC cleric for Shadowheart? Class progression isn't as distinct at lower lvls, so I think it feels more "been there, done that" a bit sooner. Hopefully more classes and companions hit soon, or at least for lvl up Xmas.