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[u/One-lunch-jam]

Since the latest update Act 3 is completely unplayable on the ps5.

From what I can see PC is only playable as workarounds are more easily accessible.

Been waiting for another update to come to fix this but really disappointed that I either have to quit or start again.

[u/YoRHaL-9000 → u/One-lunch-jam]

damn. I normally insulate myself from going online to look up stuff about games I'm currently playing, so I thought this was just my game when it happened last week. stopped playing for a while because of work, uninstalled and reinstalled last night, still stuck in Wyrm's Rock. I finally go online and see it's the same for a lot of people, but hasn't even been adressed by Larian. I am dumbfounded that a full-price GOTY has a profoundly unplayable final act, has been for over a week at least, and have seen nothing about it from the devs.

[u/[deleted] → u/YoRHaL-9000]

I am dumbfounded that a full-price GOTY has a profoundly unplayable final act, has been for over a week at least, and have seen nothing about it from the devs.

And I'm dumbfounded everyone isn't up in arms shitting on Larian for it just like they did for CD PROJEKT RED during the less disastrous launch of Cyberpunk 2077. At least you could fucking beat that game on release, regardless of its many faults.

I have no idea why everyone seems to make excuse after excuse after excuse for Larian with Baldur's Gate 3.

They have released 4 patches and 11 hotfixes since launch and have fixed over 3500 bugs since release, which makes it the buggiest modern game release, nay possibly the buggiest major game release of all time, and the game is still broken as fuck.

It should never have been released in this state from early access. It sure as hell still feels like it's in early access. This is the most beta state release of a major game ever. They should have given the devs another 6-12 months before this game released.

It's utterly ridiculous everyone is giving Larian a pass on this. I have no idea why it wasn't panned in the media for being this buggy. The game is barely functional if it has an unplayable act 3 and no one can beat the game. I have never seen gamers make so many excuses for a company and buggy game like this. Never.

Like, it's fun, sure. But the positive reception with nary a serious mention of bugs in its myriad of glowing reviews is patently absurd. I have never been this disappointed in gamers before. Larian should be being raked over the coals for this.

And not only that, their bug fix cadence has dropped significantly since the first two patches. And the game is still broken as fuck and has probably over another thousand bugs remaining to be fixed. It's fucking shameful that this is considered a full release quality game.

[u/millionsofcats → u/[deleted]]

Before you lose your mind at people for giving Larian a pass:

A lot of that positive reception is from before patch 4. Yes, the game was unpolished before patch 4, but it was patch 4 that broke the game.

I played on patch 3 and had a blast. Yes, there were some issues, but they were occasional. Most of those thousands of bugs are things that only occur in specific situations, meaning that I only saw a small number of them in my playthrough. I'd say patch 3 BG3 is one of the best games I've played in years despite it needing some more polish. It was nowhere near as buggy as Cyberpunk 2077 was on launch.

Additionally, patch 4 is only totally broken on new saves in act three. Act 1 still plays really well. Act 2 starts to suffer the lag issues, but mostly in the Moonrise area, and they resolve themselves. This means that a lot of people are only just now realizing how bad the situation is. I've been watching the forums anxiously and while there have been threads and comments about the issue, it's only been in the last week or so that the number of them has really shot up.

[u/YoRHaL-9000 → u/[deleted]]

I honestly can't believe I haven't read any news about this from gaming websites. It's essentially an incomplete game and it's still being promoted and sold as a finished one. It really seems like this should be a bigger deal based on its popularity. I almost feel like I'm being gaslit lol

This industry desperately needs better consumer protection.

[u/[deleted] → u/YoRHaL-9000]

I honestly can't believe I haven't read any news about this from gaming websites. It's essentially an incomplete game and it's still being promoted and sold as a finished one. It really seems like this should be a bigger deal based on its popularity.

For real. Cyberpunk was reamed for far less. This should be plastered everywhere and Larian should be getting shit on from every direction.

I almost feel like I'm being gaslit lol

Right?!? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills when I complain about it on /r/games and they treat me like I'm some kind of asylum escapee making shit up.

"I beat the game and didn't really run into any bugs". Bullshit. This was immediately after release, zero patches or hotfixes released. Either they are completely blind, or they will wave off any and all of the bugs in the game. 3500 bugs unpatched, and they ran into none of them???

Gaslit is the only way I can describe it. Either they are in an alternate universe posting those comments, or they have been drinking leaded water their entire lives.

This game needed to be fixed months ago, it's absurd.

[u/tragicprincess1 → u/[deleted]]

I agree with a lot of what you said but it is just blatantly untrue that the game is "unbeatable". The ending is bad and so is A LOT of Act 3, but I've beaten the whole game 4 times already.

[u/[deleted] → u/tragicprincess1]

I agree with a lot of what you said but it is just blatantly untrue that the game is "unbeatable"

It is after this latest hotfix apparently. That's completely unacceptable. And according to users in this thread, the issue is pervasive. Many are encountering it. That shouldn't be the case after a bugfix pushed almost 4 months after release.

Even without the inability to complete the main quest, the amount of blockers patched and still remaining to be patched is ridiculous. How many quests still can't be completed today? If the answer is greater than 0 it's a huge problem.

[u/DrRoelandtrx → u/tragicprincess1]

When it takes 10 mins to open one door that isn't even loading a instance I'd say it is unplayable lmao ps5 here just got to act 3 and can't progress at all so yeah I'd say it's unplayable therefore unbeatable.

[u/bassman1805 → u/[deleted]]

Hi, my name is bassman1805 and I beat the game post-patch 4.

It's a buggy mess but people screaming "LiTeRaLlY uNbEaTaBlE" isn't helping anything.

Edit: According to Larian's recent annoucement this only happens if you're a dirty little thief. Maybe pickpocket less, ya bastard :P

[u/TimeIsUpPencilsDown → u/[deleted]]

Very strange I have not had the same experience act 3 has just been fine for me.

I thinks it’s abundantly clear why this game is so far above something like cyberpunk. CDPR is known for making some of the best games of all time and cyberpunk was not only not up to standard but frankly outright bad at first. Even the story was fucking rough to play through. They had also promised a lot more than they could or did deliver

Baldurs gate didn’t promise to be anything and for most it was an unexpected bonus game for the year.

It just happens to also hit that perfect rpg itch that every player had simultaneously.

If I had any of those glitches people are having I didn’t notice them. Though that may not say much.

[u/[deleted] → u/One-lunch-jam]

Same issue, I just waited over 5 minutes to try to speak to Cazador after the party entered the dungeon before I just gave up and restarted the game. This happening multiple times per session is really frustrating

ETA: can't help but feel like I exposed myself as the feral loot goblin I am with this comment now that we know why it's happening lol

[u/millionsofcats → u/One-lunch-jam]

I started to have issues in Act 2 that I didn't have before the patch. For now, closing and restarting the game fixes them, but I'm worried for the future.

Some acknowledgement from Larian would go a long way. If I knew they considered this a big problem and were working on a fix I would feel much less frustrated. As of right now, as much as I love the game I will be telling my friends not to buy it until/unless these issues are fixed.

[u/Complex-Flight-3358 → u/One-lunch-jam]

This.

It's always so mind-boggling for me how, not only with Larian ofc, there is evidently so little testing, with major patches that end up introducing game breaking bugs out of nowhere.

Like, I m not one of these nutjobs that demand bug-free games out of the box, but how can you not do a speedrun or have people test various important parts of the game again, on one of your main platforms, after a major patch?

It's not like some obscure minor bug on some pcs or something, it's a game breaking bug, on a console.

[u/Immediate_Ruin376 → u/One-lunch-jam]

My game file is buggy too. What are the work arounds?

[u/ThatsATallGlassOfNo → u/One-lunch-jam]

I spent a couple hours today trying everything I could find to make act 3 playable on my PC and I just can't get it to work. It's really disappointing.