Replayability

[OriginalName]

Anyone else beat the game and just cant find the replayability factor to play again? I know what happens at the end and there really isnt much difference in the story if you change a few things. The only real thing to try is new classes but otherwise I cant see the point? I tried playing a second playthrough but got so bored after seeing the same cutscenes over and over

[Cosgar]

If you intentionally min/max and try to get absolutely everything in every chapter, you're going to ruin the game for yourself.

[Tootsy]

im waiting for patch 1 to see if the bug fixes makes it feel any different but yes, the endings really dampen replayability.

[OriginalName]

Originally posted by Cosgar:

If you intentionally min/max and try to get absolutely everything in every chapter, you're going to ruin the game for yourself.

What do you mean by min/max? Isnt the point of the game to complete all the quests and get all the loot?

[Teddy]

I'm not sure if it matters if I got 140h already and still haven't finished it.

[OriginalName]

Originally posted by Teddy:

I'm not sure if it matters if I got 140h already and still haven't finished it.

I only have 104 hours, I believe I missed a couple things so I might go back just to see those things. I know I missed a couple boss battles without realizing it. 1 was the big spider and the other was some boss in the grymforge

[Rabbit]

I'm on my third playthrough. Tons of things change throughout the game based on your choices. Everyone who's disappointed by choices keeps hyper-fixating on the end as if they somehow forget their entire playthrough and all the changes you got to see push the world around without the game giving you a list recap in the credits.

[mayrc]

The The problem ist since ther is basically 0 characterbuilding in game you replay it only for a different story playthrough.

[Cruddy]

Meanwhile on my 4th playthrough...

[defiant]

Originally posted by Boon: Safeword:

I'm on my third playthrough. Tons of things change throughout the game based on your choices. Everyone who's disappointed by choices keeps hyper-fixating on the end as if they somehow forget their entire playthrough and all the changes you got to see push the world around without the game giving you a list recap in the credits.

OP beat the game, rather than finished a characters journey. Different way of thinking, nothing really wrong with it, but may affect replay-ability for them, especially if they don't see any or much value by playing with the different class/race combo's.

I haven't finished, but I did roll a Deep Gnome Paladin too for specific reasons of roleplay to see how their journey is in the story.

[Weekend]

I got bored on my third playthrough (1. evil, 2. good, 3, natural)

then I started playing with friends and its a blast

[ausgrafar]

some quest endings lock out other content... like if the quest is to kill someone, or you side with other faction, or whatever...
so if you just don't repeat choices, you can play a ton of times...
if I side with the goblins instead of the druids, itll lead to different story... just play more and pick different choices.

[M0-IDelon]

I can somewhat relate. I think the feeling of playing this game especially solo, definitely changes after first completion, but that's just because the appeal of the game is in the world design that you get taken out of. It sucks to have to work your way back, or outright not complete the game to still experience the same world.

Like as much as I want a second play through to kill ♥♥♥♥ and have fun, I also want that same first experience of just casually playing a lute outside the elf song tavern, or to get ambushed in an unknown way, but nope. You can learn to play better, higher difficulties ...etc I guess, but that's a different satisfaction imo.

Overall, just super frustrating when a game gives you exactly what you wanted, and then exactly what you don't want. Freedom of choice till it's completely taken away, only feeling worse because you thought you had control.

S/N: I don't wanna spoil anything, but the most betrayed I've felt while playing BG3 was towards the end of Act 3, when I spent forever reloading a 99 dice check for a nat 20, just to lose the one person I wanted with me in the end. So yeah, endings sucks~

S/N2: One open world, interactive story game I would say almost did it right, would be Fable 3. The biggest downside in that one is the insane difficulty requirement to play that game to a good moral degree enough for it to matter by the end of the story, without destroying your play experience

[hannibal_pjv]

Originally posted by OriginalName:

Originally posted by Cosgar:

If you intentionally min/max and try to get absolutely everything in every chapter, you're going to ruin the game for yourself.

What do you mean by min/max? Isnt the point of the game to complete all the quests and get all the loot?

If you min max and/or save scum you reduce different things that can happen in the game and game will be boring…
https://youtu.be/HPRpY_rfCA0?si=Pq8k1XQ37xfJ02m5
Here is good video about it.

If you don´t min max, this game has great replayability.

[Stubbieoz]

I'm 150 hours so far and still only in act 2.
I have so many failed quests already in my log.
I will need to play all over again just to try and complete them.

Gonna get my moneys worth for sure

[BlazeRomulus]

It's impossible to do everything in one playthrough, like literally, you have an evil playthrough and a good one at least, there's also a mixed playthrough.