Game Length - Exhausted by Act 3. Feeling like rushing through

[Baby Stalin]

I'm having this problem in so many games, I don't know if others can speak to this. But while the game is awesome and story is great, I can't help but find a common problem in many games is that there is sometimes too much to do and it gets soo exhausting. I'm at the point where I just want to stop playing even though the story is getting pretty interesting. I think a lot of people expressed this issue with Witcher 3 and other games, sometimes the game-play is so long that you just give up. Not sure what the solution is because its really a good three act game and baldur's gate was really hyped up. Maybe Act one was too big? It was a lot of fun through.

[His Divine Shadow]

Play something else and come back to this one later.

[jokerahh]

Originally posted by Baby Don't Hurt Me:

I'm having this problem in so many games, I don't know if others can speak to this. But while the game is awesome and story is great, I can't help but find a common problem in many games is that there is sometimes too much to do and it gets soo exhausting. I'm at the point where I just want to stop playing even though the story is getting pretty interesting. I think a lot of people expressed this issue with Witcher 3 and other games, sometimes the game-play is so long that you just give up. Not sure what the solution is because its really a good three act game and baldur's gate was really hyped up. Maybe Act one was too big? It was a lot of fun through.

Some might say LS felt the same way when they got to Act 3 as well.

[Baby Stalin]

Originally posted by Maronchan:

Mobile games are that way --->

This game could have 500h of content and it would be too little for me.

Don't get me wrong, its lovely but man... I feel like there is so much and I'm getting so much FOMO on things that I give up.

[Razorblade]

Nothing wrong with rushing to the end game and saving side content for another playthrough. Now that you've done literally everything in Act 1, you can speedrun it the next time you play and focus on the Act 3 side content instead.

BG3 was never designed for you to do everything in one playthrough; that's why there's so much excess XP.

[Action Man]

Originally posted by Baby Don't Hurt Me:

I'm having this problem in so many games, I don't know if others can speak to this. But while the game is awesome and story is great, I can't help but find a common problem in many games is that there is sometimes too much to do and it gets soo exhausting. I'm at the point where I just want to stop playing even though the story is getting pretty interesting. I think a lot of people expressed this issue with Witcher 3 and other games, sometimes the game-play is so long that you just give up. Not sure what the solution is because its really a good three act game and baldur's gate was really hyped up. Maybe Act one was too big? It was a lot of fun through.

I was starting to get exhausted in Act 3. I got through it by focusing on one quest at a time, staying away from those I thought were more plot relevant until I was ready.

Wrapped up a quest, took a break. Sometimes I might do more if I felt like it. Eventually I got through it.

[El_Sama]

I feel it too short and I played 150 hours on my first run an currently on a second run halfway. If you are exhausted after such short run maybe you should go back and play something more casual.

[ULTRA]

Originally posted by Maronchan:

Mobile games are that way --->

This game could have 500h of content and it would be too little for me.

I just see my forum account controls on Steam and then a scroll bar that way

[Ard Feainn]

Just take a break from Act 3 until Larian decides to fix/finish it. Or call it, Acts 1 and 2 are infinitely better and it's all downhill from the beginning of Act 3.

[Baby Stalin]

Originally posted by El_Sama:

I feel it too short and I played 150 hours on my first run an currently on a second run halfway. If you are exhausted after such short run maybe you should go back and play something more casual.

There is almost 100 hours of content in act 1 and 2. I don't get where you think this is a short run lol.

[ULTRA]

Originally posted by Maronchan:

It's a game to take your time to explore and have fun

That's the problem, dude. Not everyone has fun watching characters jogging at 5 MPH, casting speak with the dead on every corpse to see if it has something useful to say about the toll house key for 80 hours. I like the game but it's very obviously paced so that everyone would play the polished part for a month, give up and go to Starfield, and then come back just in time for them to have sorted out the back half of the game. It worked with you.

[Budoshi]

save your game then come back later, if your burn out stop playing.

[Runic Tunic]

Idk how often you play, but I'd maybe take a break. Either spread out your playtime with BG3 or switch to something else for a day or two, or even a week as a palette cleanser.

Alternatively, since you mentioned FOMO, maybe breaking things down into more manageable bites could help? Use a guide to help guide you through things or only focus on one thing at a time. These are some of the things I do when I'm really enjoying something but am getting burnt out or overwhelmed. Hope some of it helps