The Real Reason I Quit Baldur's Gate 3 

To anyone who says that you should just go through the game just to beat it, bg3 is one of those rare games where it's all about the journey, not the destination. The story is pretty good, but it's not the most mind blowing plot of all time. What makes this game such a masterpiece is pretty much everything else, the world, the people, the side stories, etc. Of you rush through the plot and do nothing else, bg3 might just feel like a 7/10 game. It's the journey that makes it break the scale

I think you're taking time, and in some cases life, a bit too seriously. Most of us understand our time is limited, but if you really enjoy something, it's far from a waste of our time. I took over 6 months off from BG3 after getting to Act 3 in a couple playthroughs, and when my friend and I FINALLY finished our Lolth-Drow twins playthrough this month, it felt just as magical as when we were first experiencing the game in Act 1. Don't limit yourself, especially if gaming is something you and your significant other truly enjoy.

You absolutely nailed it. BG3 was sooo expansive that, by the time I got to the Elder Brain confrontation at the end, instead of playing it through I just told Gale to use his atomic bomb to blow himself up so I could get the game over with. I was soo checked out at that point. And yet, every quest I did was engaging, made sense to my roleplay, and I have nothing but good things to say about the game.

agree with you that this game is a time bandit. I've played BG 1 and 2 decades ago and this game is so involved. Just playing it for an hour , I feel like ive done nothing. Sometimes I have to repeat the battles and it's so discouraging to put that much time in, only to be killed off. I want to still complete it but at this rate, this game will take me years. Can you imagine how long it took to develop this game with all it's options? Amazing.

i played three playthroughs. 1. Normal mode Solo 2. Tactician solo and 3. Honour mode Speed run. I've played a few co-ops but those never finish. The beauty of this game is like chess. you can comeback years after fire up the save ffile saved on steam....and boom you back at it when you get time. I'm trying to do an honour mode Divinity Original Sin 2 and it's tough with other games and priorities now. So i'll just wait and jump in that save to try to beat it finally.

My husband and I are on our first play though. We bought it the day it went on sale. We play.. a lot. and just entered act 3. and I still keep seeing things we missed. I don't care if it takes a year. we are doing the play through. LOL

This is very true. I sometimes return to shorter games like Portal, Mafia 1 (the old and superior one ;) ) or CoD 4 SP campaign comes to mind, where you can play through the whole game (or a significant part of it) in one afternoon/weekend and have one short escapist experience.

I dont get it what you say is dumb if go about time god just go slowly you dont need beat game in few days go bit by bit its great when game dont end fast you can enjoy game very long

What's putting me off the game at the moment is the FOMO aspect of it. There are so many choices to make - but some confer obvious advantages and disadvantages... with the most advantages often confered by doing something against your characters nature... and the moral grey areas of some of these choices make it much more difficult... Not to mention some characters just can't be saved without roleplaying in a way that you don't want to... You find yourself constantly questioning if a choice was correct... I neglected Astarion for much of my run because I was playing a rogue myself - but I kept him in my camp for much of the adventure for his dialogue options and because aspects of his story were interesting... Only to find that I had an impossible choice to make at the end that would have made him totally evil and drunk with power, or else good but weaker and I either had to unleash another horror on the world or kill a bunch of innocents myself... None of which really felt like the right choice... and given a few spoilers I've seen on the latter part of the game this is a trend that continues... you have to sacrifice someone or something no matter what.

You should Not Quit. This Game is a gem and worth to bei played.

Completely agree with the time issue and the depth. I’m only ten hours in, and already wondering whether I’ll ever finish it. I’m really enjoying it so far, but at the rate I’m playing it it’ll take me a year. Having a young family prevents me from playing computer games as often as I’d like!

This game took me like 7 months to complete with as much side quests as I could possibly do and 250+ hours. I highly recommend trying to finish! Even if its an hour or two a week. For me, it was like a TV show that I returned to every week

I had the issue of not finishing BG3 for the longest time. Then again I also had a huge back catalog of games that were almost completed but never got around to them. When BG3 was released I was obsessed with it and was playing an unhealthy amount. Eventually, returned and just took my time playing an hour or so here and there. Watching some You tube vids to help me remember the story so far. When I finally finished BG3 it gave me that same feeling of satisfaction and joy that I experienced from playing Dragon Age origins. As others have said the main story line itself is pretty basic but best part of this game imo has to be the gameplay and companions. There are so many different builds you can do to role play pretty much any fantasy character you can think of. The wide range of companions of different backgrounds and not to mention the stellar voice work done by the actors/actresses. Pardon, the rant but this game is definitely worth it if you enjoy fantasy games such Dragon age origins or Divinity original sin 2. Just take your time and don't feel the need to do every single thing. You can also look up guides that are spoiler free that heavily hint which missions are essential.

It's not a task, if this game is still giving you new, novel experiences and a satisfying sense of progression and immersion, why do you want a deadline on it? Play it for 5 years once a week for all it matters. It's strange to me that you put a deadline on it yourself, then complain that you wont meet that deadline. It's literally leisure activity like playing a sport. If you enjoy it, why do you have to move on to something else? Make another save with a different character for non-coop. Just play it more shallow and go with the flow of it. Like the idea that 'it feels like I'm drowning in the game', just take it less intensely. Why if you just play it for an hour, would you not start a quest?! Just start a quest and stop an hour after and come back to continue it. I'm really confused. Literally nothing you said here has anything to do with the game, and 100% has something to do with your own chosen attitude toward doing a leisure activity.

I have had to start again recently because I didn’t play for months and I’ve fallen in love again , I totally agree you can’t just sit down for an hour , I just lose whole nights playing

Mods. Mods are what's keeping me from beating this game. I can't stop downloading.... HELP ME

Honestly took me like 60 70 hours to finish everything in the game you can just spend 1 hour every few days or every week or if you are on vacation it's not that big of a deal also the game values your time with a very high quality gaming experience

Games just not for normal people with life. Good games especially. We just need to understand that.

5:40 two girlfriends*

Creating this kind of video and answering to random comments are certainly not the best way to spend your "so precious" time. I like content, but this video is not about content on RU-vid or Baldur's Gate 3, it's about someone getting older, trying to convinced himself that he is an adult by talking alone in front of a camera. It's like a therapy but you are not paying someone to listen to your problems. Also, someone telling you "normal people with a life" cannot play it, that's not true. It's simply a projection of himself.