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Baldur's Gate 3
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Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power. (Website)
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You’re right, I think I’ll just play more casually. Do you have any links or recommendations so I don’t miss anything important? The only thing I know is that I can’t let the fire burn forever in Scene 1.
If you fail to get Gale out of the portal, reload your save. I thought he'd just show up later if you fail. He doesn't.
My first playthrough my character was too scared to touch the portal. My second playthrough I followed my dark urges. I didn't see Gale until I was a grown man.
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I put ~100 hours in and that was my biggest gripe. There were a few other minor things I missed, but none were as annoying as that. I never thought they'd lock a companion behind a skill check you could just totally fail.
Just save often, and maybe check the wiki after you're done with areas so you avoid spoilers.
I always thought that was a bit lazy. Most other characters have multiple points in which you can recruit them. Not to mention you could lose Gale just because you had a bad dice roll.
I think it's so there's a reason Gale doesn't explode on you if ignored, or if you bite his hand off. I'd rather he just not explode, but hey ho.
Him exploding gives 2 different endings if you let him go boom at different points. All for three measly artifacts that you were just gonna sell anyways. Or gale can become a god. Dealers choice.
I'm a proud Gale hater, so I'd rather he die in a way that doesn't end my game.
He should reasonably be able to find artifacts on his own I would think, and he does eventually get passed the need to use them, but then that means most of his backstory gets abbreviated.
Yeah, I find it really stupid and you're a breath of fresh air. Everyone glazed this game so much in release that when I'd complain about it people would just tell me I should've used my inspirations. (Guess what! I did! I used them all.) Locking an entire character, with HOURS of dialogue and content associated with them, behind a TOTALLY RANDOM chance, is such bullshit.