Some of my favorite moments were from Act 3.
I am not going to pretend otherwise, there were some great ingredients in there but some other ingredients and the execution left me incredibly disappointed.
It ruined the ending for me. In Act 1 i was giggling like a little school girl. In Act 2 I was a little concerned but there were so many good scenes and mysteries that it kept me hooked. I kind of ruined somethings for myself by doing the Gauntlet first and had to go back and redo stuff but so far so good.
Act 3? Man so many bugs, so many weird decisions that just didn't feel right.
I kept waiting for it to make sense or get better but it never did.
All banter stopped, the romance became rushed and felt half finished, the lead up to the ending felt so articifial like I was collecting pokemon cards for the final battle.
Gale for example his story concluded in a book shop.
Karlach I had 1 date and kill the worst boss for, she freaked out a little but then she was ok.
Everyone standing like statues at elf song
The final battle I am given two dumb decisions, forced into a predicament and then I watched the most wonkiest and least polished cinematic sequence before the end credit's rolled in.
The excellent somber music almost made it a mockrey.
The ending was rushed and it rail roaded me, instead of the ending crushing my heart and making me depressed because the adventure was over... instead it just made me apathetic.
I wish I never played Act 3.
Honestly I wish I never spoiled myself with the half finished experience just so I could wait a year until some sort of update fixes this mess.
I love Larian and I love the first two acts but I am just so disappointed in how Act 3 comes together.
And its not the happy or unhappy endings, its the forced... the contrived railroading, the half finished content, the lack of... life and character progression by characters. Some of them anyway.
This game needed one more year in the oven for Act 3. Thats what I didn't like about it.
