Why Act 3 feels unfinished rushed mess ?

[Nospel]

Act 3 for me is the worst part of the game , these unfinished quests with companions and some major characters just left with no conclusion , u put so much effort to get them to Act 3 and then nothing , u see them once and have one dialog and thats it ... U can see and feel so much cut content in Act 3. Lets hope after patch 6 and all these hotfixes modding community will go crazy and make act 3 better :)

[alanc9]

Act 3 actually feels a bit overstuffed to me.

Which characters, specifically, are you talking about?

[Nospel]

Originally posted by alanc9:

Act 3 actually feels a bit overstuffed to me.

Which characters, specifically, are you talking about?

Arabella seems unfinished , Fix the engine quest , then this bard thiefling and other thieflings , whole upper city was cut , these are top of my head atm. Ah then this Emperor Orphic hammer whole saga is really weird for me.

[alanc9]

You sure the Upper City was ever in?

As it stands, Act 3 is awfully big, and we spend something like half of it at max level. Wouldn't a boatload more content have made the Act even less focused than it is?

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by Nospel:

Originally posted by alanc9:

Act 3 actually feels a bit overstuffed to me.

Which characters, specifically, are you talking about?

Arabella seems unfinished , Fix the engine quest , then this bard thiefling and other thieflings , whole upper city was cut , these are top of my head atm. Ah then this Emperor Orphic hammer whole saga is really weird for me.

Arabella is getting started on HER life-long quest, so unless you expected her to die, obviously you're not gonna get to see the end.

The engine was never meant to be repaired. It's not unfinished, it just has an ending you don't like.

The TIEFlings just wanted to reach Baldur's Gate. They did, and they're now throughout the city. They just wanted to make it to safety.

[Nospel]

Engine quest was cut they even admitted that whole first lvl of hells was planned and were cut where u could fix the engine and finish the quest , then they admitted that whole upper city was cut. Orphic hammer quest line wont make any sense for me where Emperor tells u u wont get inside the prism and he is mad at u and then 5 mins later he is cool like yeah go to my hiding spot and take what ever u want and then 10 mins later he tells u he wants to ♥♥♥♥ with u like wtf ....

[anachoret]

You understand that not everything everyone thinks of and that they try over 6+ years of development and production stays in, and for good reason, right?

[Hobocop]

Yeah, that list is meaningless because content gets cut or rewritten all the time because it didn't pan out during development.

The real question is that if you didn't know about that cut content, does the game as presented feel massively incomplete, and my answer for BG3 would be no.

KOTOR2 on the other hand...

[Nospel]

Dont get me wrong the game is great but for me Act 3 is not that great then Act 1 and 2 , it just feels rushed.

[anachoret]

It's hard to improve on the river-stone-smooth refinement of early access on Act 1, that is true.

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by Nospel:

Dont get me wrong the game is great but for me Act 3 is not that great then Act 1 and 2 , it just feels rushed.

All due respect to your feelings, just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's rushed, incomplete, or anything else.

[Nospel]

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Originally posted by Nospel:

Dont get me wrong the game is great but for me Act 3 is not that great then Act 1 and 2 , it just feels rushed.

All due respect to your feelings, just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's rushed, incomplete, or anything else.

Well i am not only one who can see it , if u look older videos and comments then there is alot of ppl who say the same thing and lets be honest only 20% of players have finished the game so 80% of players have not even seen act 3 ...

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by Nospel:

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

All due respect to your feelings, just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's rushed, incomplete, or anything else.

Well i am not only one who can see it , if u look older videos and comments then there is alot of ppl who say the same thing and lets be honest only 20% of players have finished the game so 80% of players have not even seen act 3 ...

Let's be ACTUALLY honest: 80% of the players didn't finish act 3.
Let's be even MORE honest: 40% of the players finished act 2, meaning 40% of the players reached act 3.
Let's be even MORE more honest: 20% completion is huge for a cRPG, especially one this long. Other cRPGs don't have that high of a completion rate.
And even MORE more more honest: Just because people have the same feelings as you doesn't mean they're objectively right. That's not how reality works.

[hermit0wl]

My personal theory is that Act 3 is just as good as 1 and 2, but in order for it to feel just as good it would've had to be much better - because expectations are higher by the time you reach it.

[Nospel]

Lets be honest Act 3 sucks compared to act 1-2 and u are the guy who defends this game no matter what , u will never ever see there is something wrong or there is something bad about this game , i understand this your life , i mean 1500+ hours played says it all. Yes and 40% reached Act 3 and realized this act sucks and quit the game =D

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by Nospel:

Lets be honest Act 3 sucks compared to act 1-2 and u are the guy who defends this game no matter what , u will never ever see there is something wrong or there is something bad about this game , i understand this your life , i mean 1500+ hours played says it all. Yes and 40% reached Act 3 and realized this act sucks and quit the game =D

Well, I'm sorry reality doesn't reflect your feelings. I hope you will find a game you enjoy to talk about instead.