General Game Discussion for May 2026

[Kaamos_Llama]

My main problem is that I can't play it when my wife is around because she doesn't want spoilers and it's too gory for my kid. I played it for a while when my wife's sleeping schedule was different from mine, but that's no longer the case.

My wife is going on a trip for about 5 days soon though, so maybe I'll try to finish it then.

It definitely has some narky moments but thankfully its warm enough now that my kids outside a lot of the time in the yard so I can sneak it in more easily.

Would that my wife had any interest in BG3 at all, nice problem to have in a way. I remember act 3 was a little too meandering until the last hours which I had quite a bit of fun with the first time. Its never bad but a little maybe unfocused, but that could just be me.

 

[Frindis]

I remember act 3 was a little too meandering until the last hours which I had quite a bit of fun with the first time. Its never bad but a little maybe unfocused, but that could just be me.

It definitely felt a bit rushed the first time I got to Act 3. It has become a bit better with the patches, but I actually would not have minded another act. It would have made perfect sense to have a full Act 4 in the upper city of Baldur's Gate, and if they had done that, Act 3 would have been a bit more compressed and most likely added a bit more quality to it.

That said, Act 3 has some of the coolest boss fights and secrets (not to mention deadly traps), so there is a little bit of everything. You also get some nice weapons and armour, which ovbiously you would since it is the last Act, but there are a lot of them, and when you add in the different utilities you can get, Act 3 feels like a candy store if you have the coins. It adds a little flavour for touching up on particular builds or perhaps getting that final spell one wants.

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

It definitely felt a bit rushed the first time I got to Act 3. It has become a bit better with the patches, but I actually would not have minded another act. It would have made perfect sense to have a full Act 4 in the upper city of Baldur's Gate, and if they had done that, Act 3 would have been a bit more compressed and most likely added a bit more quality to it.

That said, Act 3 has some of the coolest boss fights and secrets (not to mention deadly traps), so there is a little bit of everything. You also get some nice weapons and armour, which ovbiously you would since it is the last Act, but there are a lot of them, and when you add in the different utilities you can get, Act 3 feels like a candy store if you have the coins. It adds a little flavour for touching up on particular builds or perhaps getting that final spell one wants.

There were some great moments but without wanting to spoil it for Pifanjr some of the other boss fights that should have been epic were a little easy with a max level party as I remember.

Took me about 150 hours first time and I was about done with it by then, it was long enough for me. I do tend to want to be done with games before they end though.

Best CRPG yet all round, dont want to make it seem Im complaining much.

 

[Zloth]

However, combat is fun as hell, graphics great, traversal around the levels is mostly amazing and most of the puzzles are good fun too. They just could have done with either a fast travel within the levels or smaller maps IMO. havent finshed yet though, and Im also praying that the second game works better for me as this is a format I think has a ton of potential.

Jedi Survivor DOES have fast travel between any save point you've been to. The place is far too huge to make you run around between all the points. (You hear me Outward? TOO BIG TO NOT HAVE FAST TRAVEL? <grumble grumble>)

Ps: Have you guys done the optional Phase Spider Matriarch boss? The one before Auntie Ethel. That one has a little nasty suprise

Oh yes.

I'm not sure what the surprise was, though.

In Fallen Order the directions are clear. Theres timing needed and it feels exciting and powerful to be sliding then bouncing and wall running off of stuff. But most importantly if you do fail theres no loading screen, it takes a second or two to put you back at a checkpoint not far from where you were before. I dont know if this became possible due to SSDs or some other technical reason but it really makes the difference.

The second game has some special (and very much optional) challenges you can do with particularly hard ones.