I played through Pokemon FireRed not too long ago, and it started as annoying, but I really grew to like the recap "This is what you've missed since you last played!" thing on every login.
There were sometimes 2-3 weeks in between sessions, and normally I'd have to either keep a notebook of where I was at (or going), or just remember, but every single time I hopped on it would give me this friendly little text and screenshots of my recent past and sometimes hint (or straight up tell me) where I'm supposed to be going.
I'm sure it was helpful to little kids in 2004, but to this old dude in 2026, it made me wish long games like Baldur's Gate 3 had that feature.
Yep same here, that goes for the Witcher 3,
Spiderman, days gone, cyberpunk. If it’s a big game, I can never get past the middle of the game for some reason lol.
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 :(
no, i think it's just that the first act itself can be the length of a typical game (40h isn't unreasonable) and is, by itself, so fleshed out and dynamic that it's almost like replaying a game unto itself
plus replaying a shorter segment vs. the entire game makes it easier to try new classes or builds
Yes, it absolutely falls is quality after act 1. Act 2 is poorly composed and act 3 is actively bad. The devs have just hired astroturfers and there is a dedicated group that blatantly lies about the game constantly. Don't listen to the astroturf lies about this game, it is still an unfinished and broken mess.
It is not. It’s rather delusional that you think Larian is running some kind of international propaganda campaign to convince people their game is good. Not everyone you disagree with is a paid shill.
Alright now, this is getting a bit extreme here. People having different opinions than you doesn't make them "hired astroturfers". I have plenty of critiques for the game, and I wrote a different comment saying the reasons why I struggle with the game, but your comment just sounds like insane, terminally online nonsense.
While quality is a subjective thing, I don't see how many people who've actually played the game believe this.
Yes, Act 1 is extremely well developed, more so than the other two acts probably.
But, Act 2 is still very, very good and has some of the best boss fights.
Act 3 is huge and sprawling. There are a ton of side quests and other random things to do. It is way more open ended than Act 1 or 2. Aside from the end goal of completing the game, you can approach Act 3 in a ton of different ways, quest orders, etc.
I guess I can agree that the quality "falls off" in Act 2 and 3, but only because the bar is so high for Act 1. To say that Act 3 is bad is not really a fair assessment of the game.
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u/desamora 10h ago
Baldur’s Gate 3 first act before my current playthrough is over