Baldur’s Gate 3 came out of early access on PC on August 3, and already a speedrunner (the player trying to finish the game as fast as possible) has managed to reach the endgame credits in just over 10 minutes (10 minutes and three seconds to be exact). . That’s incredibly short for a game with over 100 hours of playtime for most people.
It’s safe to say that Larian Studios’ latest (and perhaps best) RPG is a really big game. Prior to the game’s release, Swen Vincke, the founder of Larian, said in a conversation with IGN that Baldur’s Gate 3 will likely take between 75 and 100 hours to complete, which is expected to double for players who want to do everything in the game.
That’s why it’s really surprising that Mae, with her name on YouTube, completed the game so quickly. But before we tell you how he achieved it, we should warn you that explaining this method requires some spoilers for Baldur’s Gate 3 and especially some key events in the second act of the game. Therefore, if you do not want to get any information about the story of the game, even a small one, we recommend that you stay away from this article and continue playing the game with the knowledge that someone has finished the game really quickly at this point.
If you haven’t left the article at this point, as seen in the speedrunner’s video, this speed strategy is entirely possible thanks to Gale’s options. Trying to explain the game with as little information as possible, act 2 is likely to end much sooner than would normally be expected if Gale is a member of your party and you’ve made a few necessary speeches. If you’ve already reached this point in the game, you understand or guess what this option is and why it’s a pretty bad choice overall for the game itself. However, no matter how bad the results, making this choice allows you to reach the endgame credits much faster.
Of course, the speedrunner still needs to reach the end of the 2nd act to reach this preference and do it really fast. Mae deftly uses the Misty Step spell to bypass the Ketheric Thorm fight, and also uses Enhanced Leap and Sanctuary to move faster through the game and pass more encounters.
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