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<blockquote data-quote="MarkB" data-source="post: 9893796" data-attributes="member: 40176"><p>What they mostly need is fewer plotlines that wait until the final act to be resolved. An issue with BG3's large roster of party members and the fact that you can drag them all along with you is that almost all of them have questlines that can be progressed during a single playthrough and culminate in the final act. Add to that all the things relating to other NPCs and it winds up being a huge laundry list before you even start adding on things unique to that act.</p><p></p><p>Either they need to abandon that "boatload of companions" concept they've been having in their last couple of games in favour of focusing upon a smaller roster of party members during any one playthrough, or have at least half those characters' personal plot lines be resolved prior to reaching the final act.</p><p></p><p>I've currently got a BG3 playthrough that's in act 3 which I've been going back to occasionally for the past several months, playing for a few hours to resolve one or two quests, then abandoning again as what's left still feels overwhelming. Don't want to progress the main quest without resolving all the remaining threads, don't want to abandon it entirely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MarkB, post: 9893796, member: 40176"] What they mostly need is fewer plotlines that wait until the final act to be resolved. An issue with BG3's large roster of party members and the fact that you can drag them all along with you is that almost all of them have questlines that can be progressed during a single playthrough and culminate in the final act. Add to that all the things relating to other NPCs and it winds up being a huge laundry list before you even start adding on things unique to that act. Either they need to abandon that "boatload of companions" concept they've been having in their last couple of games in favour of focusing upon a smaller roster of party members during any one playthrough, or have at least half those characters' personal plot lines be resolved prior to reaching the final act. I've currently got a BG3 playthrough that's in act 3 which I've been going back to occasionally for the past several months, playing for a few hours to resolve one or two quests, then abandoning again as what's left still feels overwhelming. Don't want to progress the main quest without resolving all the remaining threads, don't want to abandon it entirely. [/QUOTE]
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