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[XXL]

After over 200 hours of gameplay (and even more from reloading saves to fix mistakes or try new approaches), I can finally say I’ve finished Baldur's Gate 3.
One of the best games ever made, congratulations to everyone involved.

I admit it took me a year to complete everything. I think the main reason was the drastic change between the end of Act 2 and the beginning of Act 3.

I remember leaving the Act 2 boss battle feeling extremely hyped, adrenaline pumping, and then suddenly being faced with the slower, more laid-back pace of Act 3.

It took me a while to feel like playing again…

Anyway, I came back and wow, it was fantastic. I love final battles. The speeches, reuniting with allies, getting items and buffs based on decisions you made a long time ago—
I love that (it’s one of the reasons I prefer Mass Effect 1).

And the game delivered on everything, and I wiped the city’s brain out.

I laughed out loud at the climbing scene. Our heroes clawing their way up using nothing but their fingernails to grip the brain’s trunk, lmao.

I’m sad they won’t be making extra campaigns through DLC/expansions, but I respect Larian’s decision and am excited for their next game.

One note: I bought Baldur's Gate 3 at a time when I had no job/income and wasn’t planning on buying it, but I played a few hours through “alternative” means and liked it so much that I felt they deserved my money.

I spent 200 reais for over 200 hours of entertainment. Definitely a great cost/benefit ratio.

I went for the only acceptable ending:

Spoiler

.
I went to hell with Karlach.
You don't leave a friend behind!

I'm at 650HR+ in BG3.

Play it again, it's even better the 2nd time.

It's one of the (if not the) best game ever made, imo.

 

[Agent_Nobody]

After over 200 hours of gameplay (and even more from reloading saves to fix mistakes or try new approaches), I can finally say I’ve finished Baldur's Gate 3.
One of the best games ever made, congratulations to everyone involved.

I admit it took me a year to complete everything. I think the main reason was the drastic change between the end of Act 2 and the beginning of Act 3.

I remember leaving the Act 2 boss battle feeling extremely hyped, adrenaline pumping, and then suddenly being faced with the slower, more laid-back pace of Act 3.

It took me a while to feel like playing again…

Anyway, I came back and wow, it was fantastic. I love final battles. The speeches, reuniting with allies, getting items and buffs based on decisions you made a long time ago—
I love that (it’s one of the reasons I prefer Mass Effect 1).

And the game delivered on everything, and I wiped the city’s brain out.

I laughed out loud at the climbing scene. Our heroes clawing their way up using nothing but their fingernails to grip the brain’s trunk, lmao.

I’m sad they won’t be making extra campaigns through DLC/expansions, but I respect Larian’s decision and am excited for their next game.

One note: I bought Baldur's Gate 3 at a time when I had no job/income and wasn’t planning on buying it, but I played a few hours through “alternative” means and liked it so much that I felt they deserved my money.

I spent 200 reais for over 200 hours of entertainment. Definitely a great cost/benefit ratio.

I went for the only acceptable ending:

Spoiler

.
I went to hell with Karlach.
You don't leave a friend behind!

Now you can do an evil playthrough and

Spoiler

romance Karlach then sell her out to Gortash the first time you meet him

 

[DrFigs]

Yeah I just got to act 3 and I think the change in pace is a total misstep.

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

Yeah I just got to act 3 and I think the change in pace is a total misstep.

Yeah I think the part set in baldur's gate is actually the worst part of baldur's gate 3. Act 2 and Ketheric Thorn stuff was peak. Still a lot of great segments in act 3 tho

 

[GigaBowser]

never played woke and crpg i must have manly games wiiiiiith real timed combat

 

[Agent_Nobody]

never played woke and crpg i must have manly games wiiiiiith real timed combat

Just the game for you:

 

[Guilty_AI]

never played woke and crpg i must have manly games wiiiiiith real timed combat

you can try playing unknown 9 instead

 

[XXL]

never played woke and crpg i must have manly games wiiiiiith real timed combat

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

never played woke and crpg i must have manly games wiiiiiith real timed combat

DUDE

it is totally possible to escape werebear coitus if you roll a 20

 

[Nankatsu]

Hope to finally snag this on a sweet black friday deal.

Been really curious to try out the game.

 

[DanEON]

266h later, finished! What a game. One of the best games I ever played. I think I never spent so much time on a single player game. Which at the end made the game a little easy (tactician difficulty), because my party was too OP, I think. I was able to kill every boss of act 3 on first try. Now I just want to see some other endings and then start an evil playthrough, with no reload, so dealing with every consequecies of my choices. It will be fun!!!

 

[Mister Wolf]

266h later, finished! What a game. One of the best games I ever played. I think I never spent so much time on a single player game. Which at the end made the game a little easy (tactician difficulty), because my party was too OP, I think. I was able to kill every boss of act 3 on first try. Now I just want to see some other endings and then start an evil playthrough, with no reaload, so dealing with every consequecies of my choices. It will be fun!!!

I took a month long break from playing videogames after beating it. Wore me out.

 

[DanEON]

I took a month long break from playing videogames after beating it. Wore me out.

I am the opposite. When I play a good game like this it makes me want to play other games even more. My motivation to play is refreshed. It reminds me how good it is to play video games!!!

 

[Joel Was Right]

I've just started this. Is there a good video/source that can explain the lore, or act as a walkthrough if I'm ever stuck?

 

[Guilty_AI]

I've just started this. Is there a good video/source that can explain the lore, or act as a walkthrough if I'm ever stuck?

don't mind too much on either of these things. The lore isn't essential to follow the plot and one of the fun things of the game is to just play it your own way and see what happens.

You're unlikely to get stuck maybe except for some battles, but those also allow for plenty of creative ways to go through them. You may also find some quests you don't know how to complete but, again, there's rarely any particular thing that'll stop you from just getting on with the game and you're better off just playing on your own terms.

 

[XXL]

I've just started this. Is there a good video/source that can explain the lore, or act as a walkthrough if I'm ever stuck?

It's hard to get stuck. You have an insane amount of options in any situation.

Just roll with the decisions you make and think about how you're leveling your characters in combination of their attributes.

Some of the spells the seem useless are some of the most powerful. Play around with them.

 

[Joel Was Right]

I bought the digital edition and it came with an artbook. I don't want it. Am I able to offer it to people here, or is that against the rules?

 

[XXL]

266h later, finished! What a game. One of the best games I ever played. I think I never spent so much time on a single player game. Which at the end made the game a little easy (tactician difficulty), because my party was too OP, I think. I was able to kill every boss of act 3 on first try. Now I just want to see some other endings and then start an evil playthrough, with no reaload, so dealing with every consequecies of my choices. It will be fun!!!

I'm around 700HR+ right now in this game. Just keep playing it, in alot of ways it just gets better after the first playthrough.

 

[Joel Was Right]

I’m struggling to find items I just picked up in my character sheet. I try to filter by LATEST but it doesn’t work. I have to first filter by category in order for that to seemingly work. Any ideas?

 

[vaibhavpisal]

I’m struggling to find items I just picked up in my character sheet. I try to filter by LATEST but it doesn’t work. I have to first filter by category in order for that to seemingly work. Any ideas?

They have a outline till you check them in inventory.

 

[nowhat]

I've just started this. Is there a good video/source that can explain the lore, or act as a walkthrough if I'm ever stuck?

This is not an official Wiki (I don't know whether there is one), but should get you started:

https://baldursgate3.wiki.fextralife.com/Baldur's+Gate+3+Wiki

Obviously, there can be spoilers if you click too much. But there's some good general info on builds and lore, if that's what you're after.