Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Story & Character Discussion Anyone else just doesn't want to play the game past Act 2?

I felt that very same thing in act 3. I know that the paradox of urgent main quest and and lots of side quests is a common thing in these types of games, but I truly think that the sheer VOLUME of stuff in the city brings that problem to a new level in act 3. It honestly feels like the game should have finished in act 2, and act 3 could have been its own game, with the amount of STUFF it brings in and has us deal with. A whole bunch of new plotlines, stuff not related to the main story, stuff that IS related, there's just so much that it's easy to just become numb to it all.

You can rush through act 3. Just do the quests you find "fun" and leave the rest. You need to do the Orin path and go through all the Bhaal fights to reach her, these can't be skipped, but most others are optional, imo.

Ooh this is actually good advice, at least now I know I can try this to know what happens with Minthara and if I feel like it I can reload from the beginning and do the other stuff. Thanks for the tip!

I haven't even played past Act 1 and have no motivation at all at the moment...

They would never do such a thing as complete rewrite, I highly doubt they would even do a little overhaul for the endgame story. We all saw the awards bg3 is considered as the best rpg with amazing story and writing which to my understanding means the game is finished there is nothing else to be added for the story plus have you guys seen bg3 in reddit? most of the ppl there actually think act3 is good and and should not be chnaged of course there are little groups who would agree that act3 is bad but then again who cares for little toxic groups of ppl who only hate the game because they can't enjoy it? Bg3 it is not meant for the ppl who have played bg1&2 and care for epic story and writhing no it is for ppl who have no clue of what DnD is, for people who have never played bg before and of course for people who just want to have sex with their companions lmao, you know? sex scenes, jiggle physics for d**ks and balls stuff like that. Face it the masses wan't just that and Larian did just that, they delivered the product their fanbase would appreciate. People like me who wish for a good story and epic ending are just a small part of that fanbase so I highly doubt that in Larian's top to do list somewhere is even mentioned act 3 endgame stoy. In my opinion they will focus on more romances, more sex scenes, kisses minthara is in serious need at the moment hopefully they will fix her soon, shield bash doesn't work since when? bugs and glitches, lots of scenes does not trigger at all just more patches over patches over patches and etc.

With that being said I think Larian did good (not perfect) with the title considering what we are used to get from gaming companies nowadays, most disappointing for me was seeing how low Larian have placed my favorite characters Sarevok and Viconia but still Baldurs's gate 3 deserves it's place as a goty in my opinion and will be remembered it is a good game worth to be played.

True, Larian's goal was to attract as many casual and new players as possible and they succeeded. And sex sells what can I say.

P.S. Viconia should be removed from game entirely and replaced by other NPC.

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As for act 3:

Contrast between act 2 an 3 is just too much. Cursed lands, grim atmosphere, epic battle with great villain and then straight to the circus with silly dialogues and some pointless investigation! This reminded me dos 1 when Larian didn't take it's writing quite seriously, to the point that it was annoying.

I'm not a big fan of city hubs in RPGs but Baldur's gate was really overwhelming for me. I always try to do one thing at a time, but I'm still struggling.

Oh, in act 3 almost forgot that I was playing as a drow. Apparently no one cares that drow or githyanki are roaming in the city without any disguise.
Racial interactions are gone, party banter is non existent. After completing companion quests everything feels hollow.

It is what it is. I doubt Larian will ever do major changes in act 3.

Still, I think this game is one of best RPGs ever made and GOTY is well deserved.

The problem is i want to play it. I have no problem with the story and writing, exept of the way they depict Mytsra. But is ranted about that in other platforms already.

My point is: I didn't even get to see the patch 5 epilogue yet. Because of the ongoing bugs, my games break and i have to start again. I mostly get till the start of act 2, then another patch or hotfix comes and break the game again, breaks also my save games. I miss the time of patch 3 when i was able to play till the end at least.

Then again there is new bigs also in act 3 that came with Hotfix 16. Yes, i reported them all. But this isn't wirking. I sincerely hope the bugs will be fixed and the game gets playable till the end again.

The awards are deserved when they make the game work, sorry.

I'll agree there are some issues with act 3 having noticeably less reactivity to stuff like your character's class and race than previous acts, as well as it being kind of huge and easy to get lost in, but I think people do overstate how bad it is in a lot of ways. There's also the practical matter of how much reactivity you actually want before it gets annoying- it seems likely a lot of Flaming Fist would be quite suspicious of drow in the city, for instance, but having them harass you every 10 minutes would get old fast. It'd still be nice to have some extra options in dialog here and there, though.
But I genuinely don't get the complaint that sidequests seem strange given the urgency of the situation- not because it isn't true, but because it's true of the entire game, not just Act 3. it's just the nature of games with sidequests and somewhat non-linear stories.
E.g. Stopping to help the refugees in the druid grove when you have a mind flayer tadpole in your head that, as far as you know, could transform you any day now, doesn't make any more or less sense than any of the sidequests in act 3 with its equally urgent problems. It's just the nature of RPG storytelling and sidequests.

The problem exists in all of BG3, but act 3 is especially bad as the stakes have been raised while the side quests become even more menial and disconnected from the main plot.

In act 2 side quests were either directly rescuing people, related to Daniel or finding out information about Ketheric, like the encounter with his family.

In act 3 you chase pidgeons and piece together a clown corpse for a circus.

I don’t really care about minor reactivity like what a flaming fist will say to you. More what I’m looking for is character reactions to very major plot developments. Which in some cases are egregiously missing. Major act three spoilers:

Minor act three spoilers

So regarding your point about urgency, I think the difference when it comes to act 3 is that it's getting to the end of the story. It's where we have all the information and things should, structurally, feel like they're coming to a head. Instead it's the part of the game where everything is the most disconnected. Also, unlike in act 1 we have a very clear understanding of how to achieve our goal from pretty early on. We know thatwe have to kill Orin and Gortash and take their stones. Those are simple goals that feel straight forward to achieve compared to the vague "find a healer who can remove the tadpoles" goal of act 1. So I think act 3 is worse due to scale and position in the narrative.

Don't they flat out state that this is the plan from the beginning?

Larian could implement racial interactions in act 3 not annoying ways if they wanted. Go through charisma checks, get pass from fists offering them money or something.

"Play at your own risk" was really good approach in DOS 2. You could choose to play undead race, but NPCs would kill you on sight if you approached them undisguised

They do, yes. I mean, that is a necromancer right there, so makes sense.

I feel like whole Durge interactions in underdeveloped, not only in final act but from the beginning. Especially if you choose not to resist urges. Only npcs who react accordingly to durge's plot are Astarion and Jaheira.

Ahh zombie Dribbles! I’ll have to do that quest then just to see the lovely end result. We get to see zombie Dribbles in all his gory glory I hope?


I think that the evil path is just wildly underdeveloped as a whole, because almost nobody plays through that. For the good/resisting Durge, I personally felt like it was really well-developed in acts one and two. It’s the ending that grinds my gears. Just not enough content there. But, I believe you when you say that the evil Durge storyline is underdeveloped throughout.

I really like act 3 I don't understand the hate for it. I like all of the quests so far and Minsc is a highlight of the game.

I feel that is a general Origin problem. For example I have played both as Astarion and Gale Origin. Karlach's post Gortash rant has not in any way been adapted to either of them. You get the same helpless Tav player dialogue choices (while I am sure they'd have something more insightful to contribute) and she is trying to give survivor's guilt to the the guy who is still very much in danger of exploding himself, or the one who may or may not have just freed himself of his master (depending on when you tackle Cazador).

Well I tried to play as Astarion once. I stopped before act2. It was so disappointing, he had all same responses as TAV. Larian really could add more tagged dialogue options that would fit origin's personalities.
I loved when In DOS2 most cocky answers were tagged as "red prince"