I've Played The First Act Of Baldur's Gate 3 A Dozen Times, And The Latest Patch Is Going To Make Me Do It Again

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I recently uninstalled for the first time since its release, but news about its upcoming patch has convinced me to play it one more time. I first started playing when it entered Early Access in October 2020, though I didn’t really get into it until its full release three years later. After that, it became my most-played game by a wide margin for close to a year. After so much time spent on it, there is one thing that ultimately made me decide I’d had my fill: the game’s first act.

Don’t get me wrong, the first act of is stellar, and I enjoy it more than most of act two. However, I’ve played through the first part of this game so many times, that the idea of doing it again holds no appeal to me. However, that looks like it's going to change with some of the new additions scheduled for the 's upcoming Patch 8.

One of the main reasons I’ve played the beginning of so many times is because I’ve found myself starting an absurd amount of games with friends. When the game first came out, all my friends wanted to play together, but since is limited to four players, we split into several distinct groups. On top of that, if I started a campaign with three friends, then one stopped being able to play for some time, the rest of us would just start a new campaign so as not to exclude them from our first playthrough.

Minthara is an afterthought to many players of Baldur's Gate 3, but her story is very underrated and evidence suggests there was more planned for her.

As word of mouth grew about, more people wanted to try it out. This meant even more new game invites, since new players didn’t want to hop into a story-heavy campaign midway through. This resulted in me playing the first few hours of ad nauseam for the first couple of months after the game’s release. Eventually, this calmed down, and I was actually able to finish a few playthroughs. Just when I finally thought I’d put the Emerald Grove behind me, a new reason to go back to the beginning came out: Honour Mode.

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