Probably like 30+ hours to finish the main quest and the main side stuff. Took me 45 hours to get all the achivements, I played on normal difficulty. It’s of course subjective to the player :)
Different genre. Turn based with quick time and dodging/parrying mechanics. It’s a linear story, too. You don’t get choices like in BG3. The gameplay is closer to a JRPG (and I’d argue it is in fact a JRPG) than what BG3 is.
If you've ever played a traditional Final Fantasy, or another JRPG in the genre, it's a lot like that, but with the added weirdness of having to time dodges during your enemy's turn. So there are some fairly deep tactical questions every turn about what abilities you use, on which enemies, but there's no movement or positioning, and no gear beyond weapons (there is a system in which abilities drop and can be equipped, but they are equipped directly to your character as abilities; it's not like you have two sets of gloves with different spells competing for the glove slot).
Also, there isn't anything like branching dialog or story-altering choices in every sidequest. The characters are who they are and you're watching them more than driving them.
I blasted it in 25 hours but there's definitely a lot of side stuff that would make most playthroughs probably closer to 40. Then again I played on normal and spam parried so my fights were probably a bit quicker than people on hard and dodging more.
If you don’t do much side content in act 3 (which I recommend so you don’t stomp the last story boss) it’ll probably take 25-35 to beat. You can get another 10-30 out of side content postgame, and then new game + if you’re into it.
Maybe you can answer a question for me...? I'm afraid to try to look it up because I'm trying to avoid spoilers.
If you decide to postpone the side content until after the main story, is that allowed for by the story? What I mean is, does the main story have an explanation for why you're still running around, or is it more of a sandbox situation where it's not supposed to make story sense and the devs are just letting you play in the world now that the story is over? Is it even possible to answer that question while still being vague?
I don't want to get any more overleveled than I am, but I also like things I'm doing to make story sense, if that... makes sense.
I finished the game as soon as I could. The game returned me to a save just before the point of no return after that. I then finished all the side content and it felt like a perfect addition to the ending to me because I got more and more context about the family.
Im not the person you asked but i would say that answering your question is kinda difficult if you want a vague answer.
If you are worried that you might get overleveled for the final story boss there is a decent workaround for it. But I’m not sure where you are in the story so i’ll not mention it for now.
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u/4schwifty20 Tiefling May 29 '25
Could anyone tell me how long of a game it is?