Act 3 is massive, tons of content

[Orion Invictus]

Am I the only one who's wasted more time on Act 3 than either of the previous acts? Every time I think I got everything, I find a new location or quest. There's just so much content here, it's amazing.

[UkrainianDoomer]

Let me break your good impression of Act 3. Without any spoilers and way before you reach the end of it and get the real gut punch.

Have you noticed how camp scenes with companion banter have abruptly ended and you no longer get any character growth for any of them?

No it won't get better, that's it. Everything was cut out. Only Shadowheart gets some.

[Incantus]

Ah yes,

1/3rd of the Zone missing, a part of the zone that contains all of the exposition needed to make me care about Gortash and Cazzador outside of Karlach and Asterion. Karlachs entire Act 3 questline is cut content that doesn't exist because it was in the upper city.

Companions go from being active and commenting on every other quest to suddenly be completely lifeless and silent, apart from Jaheira and Minsc.

Tons of quests that have been cut short or had content removed, for example isntead of a Hag Coven its just Auntie Ethel, AGAIN.

The list goes on and on and on... Not to mention the bugs, how the game just assumes you've munched tadpoles even if you do everything you can to avoid touching anything tadpole related.

[UkrainianDoomer]

Originally posted by Louro999:

Yeah but too bad we're capped at max level during 80% of act 3.

because Larian made a huge mistake of having act 2. If you go back you'd recall that throughout act 2 you just run across a generic hostile area taking 90% of the whole act2 map and kill stuff - which gets you about 5 or 6 levels but nothing to remember them by because most quests were dull murder romps.

BG3 should not have 2/3 of Act 2 and have all Act 3 intact instead (with Avernus and Upper City). It would've been absolutely great. You'd reach level 12 by the end of Act 3 then. And have all companion quests resolved.

[UkrainianDoomer]

Originally posted by Incantus:

The list goes on and on and on... Not to mention the bugs, how the game just assumes you've munched tadpoles even if you do everything you can to avoid touching anything tadpole related.

And then it turns out none of it mattered - you could've used all the tadpoles to make your character an absolute battle god - but the outcome for using 0, using any and using all is the same. As in - no outcome.

BG3 in a way is like watching GoT. You get hooked up hard during first 5 seasons, you are kinda ok with 6 and 7 because while they are worse - they are still OK - but then season 8 happens.

[Ka-mai19]

Originally posted by Mr. Bro:

Let me break your good impression of Act 3. Without any spoilers and way before you reach the end of it and get the real gut punch.

Have you noticed how camp scenes with companion banter have abruptly ended and you no longer get any character growth for any of them?

No it won't get better, that's it. Everything was cut out. Only Shadowheart gets some.

"can you come back after a bit? I'm in the middle of some calibrations"

[Cdubbs]

Act 3 is terrible, made me quit the game. The fights are way too easy, 2 shotting enemies 5 levels above me is ridiculous. Sucks compared to Act 1 where I got out of some fights with a single HP remaining. Don't come close to being remotely challenged in Act 3, they throw easily acquired Legendary items at you that tip the scales too far.

[Ghoul]

Act 3 is massive, tons of boring/poor content.

[Orion Invictus]

Thanks for the awards, everyone. It's great to see support for positivity.

[WeirdWizardDave]

Yep I think I spent more time in Act 3 than I did in Act 1 and 2 combined. Towards the end I kept telling myself there was probably no more than an hour or 2 left. That went on for about a day and a half, and I'm certain there is still lots of stuff I didn't see or do during that play through. Looking forward to further explorations in future playthroughs.

[Quadsword]

Everything I've heard about act 3 honestly makes me want to just wait until next year for the definitive edition. It's clearly not finished.

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by Quadsword:

Everything I've heard about act 3 honestly makes me want to just wait until next year for the definitive edition. It's clearly not finished.

And everything I've seen about Act 3 (by actually playing it) just makes me want to replay this game even more.

[Dekent]

Originally posted by Quadsword:

Everything I've heard about act 3 honestly makes me want to just wait until next year for the definitive edition. It's clearly not finished.

People can enjoy act 3, its not bad, if you ignore the plethora of bugs it's even good, but compared the amazing previous chapters it's a huge step down. Your mileage may vary depending on what parts of the game you enjoyed.

[Bill Gates]

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Originally posted by Quadsword:

Everything I've heard about act 3 honestly makes me want to just wait until next year for the definitive edition. It's clearly not finished.

And everything I've seen about Act 3 (by actually playing it) just makes me want to replay this game even more.

I think you should go enjoy the game. Absolutely agree with you. Disperse from the forums and go enjoy your game. No need to discuss this further. Go have fun and enjoy

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by No-Life:

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

And everything I've seen about Act 3 (by actually playing it) just makes me want to replay this game even more.

I think you should go enjoy the game. Absolutely agree with you. Disperse from the forums and go enjoy your game. No need to discuss this further. Go have fun and enjoy

And so I am. I also wanted to share my enjoyment with others who feel the same way.

[Bill Gates]

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Originally posted by No-Life:

I think you should go enjoy the game. Absolutely agree with you. Disperse from the forums and go enjoy your game. No need to discuss this further. Go have fun and enjoy

And so I am. I also wanted to share my enjoyment with others who feel the same way.

No need too, many have voted, go enjoy and have as much fun as you can. it has a high rating already and doesnt need to be gatekeep. Go have fun and enjoy.