A player proudly presents their playtime in Baldur’s Gate 3, but a completely different fact overwhelms the community, leaving them unsure whether to be incredulous or impressed.
What did the player confess? Player Corral18 reveals to the Baldur’s Gate 3 community on Reddit that he has amassed an impressive, almost frightening playtime of over 1,200 hours in the game. Yet despite the playtime, during which many others could have completed multiple runs, the player admits that he has not yet managed to finish Baldur’s Gate 3 even once.
He has only reached the third act of the game in 2 instances, which (as many players already know) is the significantly largest act in Baldur’s Gate 3. Act 3 is so large and full of content that many players sometimes feel overwhelmed by the flood of possibilities.
On other occasions, Corral18 has not progressed beyond the second act, but he is aware that it is his own fault.
Player finds their personal final boss, who appears sooner than expected
Why doesn’t the player progress despite such playtime? In response to a player’s question about how one can spend 1,200 hours in Baldur’s Gate 3 without completing it at least once, Corral18 admits that he is responsible for his play style. This is mainly due to the fact that he has downloaded too many mods for Baldur’s Gate 3.
Due to mods, he spends not only at least an hour in the Character Creator with every new character – other gameplay mods are also to blame for his immense playtime and constant restarts.
The player also understands that besides the variety of mods, another thing will also not provide salvation: “Maybe my ADHD isn’t exactly helpful.”
While some players absolutely cannot comprehend not being able to reach the end of Baldur’s Gate 3 even once, others can understand the player’s frustration and problem:
“Act 3 is honestly overwhelming. I personally played through it and am glad I did, but I remember that when I reached Act 3, I literally took several weeks off because I felt paralyzed – just overwhelmed” (Dessendre on Reddit).
What could help the player in their situation? A suggestion from some players under Corral18’s Reddit post is that he should give the Honour Mode a chance to stay motivated until he has mastered the challenge at the end.
But even this mode is part of the problem of why the player had to start over repeatedly – because after 500 hours, he has indeed played with this difficulty every time. Unfortunately, he has been overwhelmed by various nasty surprises and has – as the mode actually requires – honorably deleted his save file after a TPK (Total Party Kill) … and restarted.
Even if the player has never made it to the end of Baldur’s Gate 3, that should be perfectly okay. The 1,200 hours prove that the player is having a good time with the RPG despite the many beginnings. Another player shows that the end of the game doesn’t necessarily have to happen in Act 3, and not as a Game Over: Player never sees Act 3 because they finished Baldur’s Gate 3 in Act 2 due to a silly mistake
