I am at ACT 3 - No Spoilers - Length of the Acts

[MACIORELLA]

So I finished ACT2 - 60hrs, around 70% stuff I done in ACT2 and almost 85%-90% ACT1.
I would say ACT1 - is longest, ACT2 and ACT3 seem almost the same (maybe ACT2 is a little bit longer - like 10 hrs max). Is that correct? I would say:
ACT1 45%
ACT2 30%
ACT3 25% - Correct?

[danglibit]

Originally posted by MACIOREX:

So I finished ACT2 - 60hrs, around 70% stuff I done in ACT2 and almost 85%-90% ACT1.
I would say ACT1 - is longest, ACT2 and ACT3 seem almost the same (maybe ACT2 is a little bit longer - like 10 hrs max). Is that correct? I would say:
ACT1 45%
ACT2 30%
ACT3 25% - Correct?

How do you know how much of each act you completed? Was not aware of a precise guide.

Having completed the game myself Act 2 is by far the shortest. Act 1 is the longest followed by Act 3. But then that could change depending on what you choose to do in each. However, I did not find much to do in Act 2 even after attempting to find things to do. So I abandoned it after about 10hrs of play.

[DiscoNemesis]

Act 2 is the shortest, has smallest map and least amount of content (still as large as a midsized RPG on its own).

[danglibit]

Originally posted by DiscoNemesis:

Act 2 is the shortest, has smallest map and least amount of content (still as large as a midsized RPG on its own).

Nonsense. Act 2 is just short plain and simple. Not sure of the weird comparison to other 'mid-sized' RPG's guess act 2 in dos2 is an RPG in its own right now.

[StoriesBonesTell]

Originally posted by DiscoNemesis:

Act 2 is the shortest, has smallest map and least amount of content (still as large as a midsized RPG on its own).

I dont think you know what act 2 is

[MACIORELLA]

Act2 was quite long due to the fog killing u slowly, it also has a lot of content - for example I did not really go into the moonrise prison as i was trying to get to BG city asap... The same with other areas - place is just depressing af...

[Settings]

Act 2 is the shortest, Act 3 its hard to tell because too much of the content was removed or just doesn't damn work.

[BigMoser]

Well, for my first playthrough, Act 3 was the shortest because I didn't make it to Act 3 and I got the credits to roll.

A certain somebody entered a certain somewhere and a big thing happened. Roll credits. I never even seen what the city of Baldur's Gate looks like.

[MACIORELLA]

Originally posted by ᛊᚨᛁᛚᛟᚱ ᛗᛟᛟᚾ:

Act 2 is the shortest, Act 3 its hard to tell because too much of the content was removed or just doesn't damn work.

What was removed?

[Lampros]

Originally posted by MACIOREX:

Originally posted by ᛊᚨᛁᛚᛟᚱ ᛗᛟᛟᚾ:

Act 2 is the shortest, Act 3 its hard to tell because too much of the content was removed or just doesn't damn work.

What was removed?

There has been a lot of Youtube videos about it, and Larian even replied about it in an official announcement.

[SoloQ]

They all felt relatively similar in length to me with Act 2 being the shortest by a few hours and 3 being slightly longer than 1 or about the same length. But for the most part they all hit about the 40 hour marker for me.
There's a lot of side stuff in Act 3 and 1 that's not relevant to the main story.

[Yrenn]

bho I'm at 130 hours and I haven't finished Act 3 yet.

Act 1 - 50 hours
Act 2 - 35 hours
Act 3 - 55 hours (and I have only completed several side quests and a quest of one of my fellow adventurers)

[Lampros]

Originally posted by Yrenn:

bho I'm at 130 hours and I haven't finished Act 3 yet.

Act 1 - 50 hours
Act 2 - 35 hours
Act 3 - 55 hours (and I have only completed several side quests and a quest of one of my fellow adventurers)

I am at 180 hours, and I don't think I am even through half of Act III. I am being super careful and also trying to play a "completionist" pattern though.

[Mojo]

Act 3 is the longest (If you let all the dialogues play out without skipping them) lol.

[Lampros]

Originally posted by Mojo:

Act 3 is the longest (If you let all the dialogues play out without skipping them) lol.

Yes, it certainly seems that way!

I wish the game had broken Act III up more - to perhaps Act III and Act IV at least.

[ahsanford]

I actually logged my total completist first full release playthrough, but not by act.

Full playthrough per logged hours in steam since EA ended = 169h

Full playthrough according to my savegame file = 131h

Which means, you guessed it = 38h of save scumming or going back and playing out major chains of events differently (much more the former than the latter). Think about that: 1/3 to a 1/4 of my first playthrough was reload time!

So of that 131h actual 'not going back and repeating' play time, I'd guess:

50h Act I*
35h Act II**
45h Act III

*Keep in mind this is a low figure because I had ~ 200h in EA and only the Mountain Pass, Karlach (in generral) and Wyll's rewritten plotline were truly new for me on launch day. So Act I was just about grinding out a lot of stuff I knew by heart. I'd tack another 10h on Act I if you were a newbie but carefully stopped to do everything and didn't stumble into non-initial-area stuff too soon.

Keep in mind Act I is MASSIVE -- main initial area, spider underground area, Underdark, Grymforge and Mountain Pass. That's absolutely ridiculous.

**I feel like the Gauntlet of Shar and just looting/exploring Reithwen in particular in Act II really stretched it out. Act II has a small main surface map, but a large underground map as well with a TON of combat and a lot of walking back and forth. Also, a fairly nasty battle with Githyanki can happen in Act II if you make certain decisions at the Creche in the Mountain Pass. That was not a wipe but a few re-starts on my part. Also, that Isobel battle in Act II was a buckler. Took a few tries.

- A