Baldur’s Gate 3 - 9 Mistakes that Will RUIN Your Playthrough

In this video, we’re going to discuss 9 rookie mistakes that can potentially ruin your playthrough in Baldur’s Gate 3.

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0:00 Introduction
0:19 1) Choosing the Wrong Class for You
1:29 2) Not Resting or Preparing
2:10 3) Not SAVING Often Enough
3:01 4) Rushing Through Game / Not Talking to NPCs
3:49 5) Keeping Party Grouped Up in Combat
4:41 6) Not Using the Environment to Your Advantage
5:24 7) Not Talking to Companions at Camp Often
6:06 8) Underestimating Perception
6:29 9) Accidentally Rizzing Your Companions

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[djJaXx]

I would like to tip my hat to the British lady who does the main narration. She always sounds so fascinated/fascinating and involved. She draws me into the world and makes it a joy to listen to all the things going on in peoples heads and around this crazy world.

[LostShipMate]

So its the average DnD campaign. No one checks for traps, everyone picks a god forsaken class they don't know how to use, and every one is Horney.

[jkdubya]

Yeah, number 9 is rough...it really makes number 7 difficult because it's like every time you aren't actively cruel, the party NPCs act like you just handed them a one-way ticket on the express train to the bone zone.

[OMG_CoCo]

Commander Shepard would be happy with all the rizz options lol

[ekkithump]

"Your odour makes my neck sweat" has to be one of the greatest pick-up lines of all time

[Jackthat]

When Lea’zel hit me with “neck sweat and hairs on end” I was like down girl down, I thought you just respected me for my magic tricks.

[VictorKDurand]

"One moment Gale is showing me a magic trick, the next, we are looking at each other's eyes like long-lasting lovers" 😂😂😂😂 I had the exact same thing I was shocked af

[vic_o]

9 is probably the one thing i would have liked a bit different. I think simply making it so all romance dialog had to be chosen and made clear that it was romance, and adding another dialog option that basically avoided romance without completely shutting them down would have been nice. Like some of the romance dialog is very vauge and easy to mistake for regular dialog.

[DubbyMoodz]

Learned #2 the hard way. Had only a short rest before taking on the Goblin leaders, Orb of Scrying kept calling for reinforcements and ran out of higher lvl Spells fast. Had to retreat and create a choke point using Cloud of Daggers and some big ass summoned Ogres as meat shields. At the end of the fight I had only one character standing with 3 HP. Did I make a huge mistake? YES. Was the fight epic? Also YES. :)

[robsolf]

Having Gale offer to show me "something magical" at camp one night and having it "go there" actually helps me understand what frustrates women about men. Not sure if that's what their intent was, but that's what it did.

[chrisdedinside]

This game is incredible. This is a game that ACTUALLY gives you consequences, where even not making a choice/taking a side can bite you in the ass.

[BETRvids]

I love most of the game, but I hate having to tiptoe around dialogue to avoid getting into a relationship. I actually thought the dialogue choices I'd made with Gale meant he and I were just becoming strong friends with all the inspiring speeches and such... only for him to later angrily confront me with an ultimatum. I was like... we had a thing going??

[roberthynes]

This game suffers from "They are nice to me...They must want sex."

[ladyprussia]

Companions are so thirsty, I was planning on romancing Karlach, but 1-2 bad choices later and I am taking part in some weird blood kink sex play with Asterion, Lae'zel wants my musk and Gale is... gale

[jhepadidaymaypamoa]

About Romance, you actually just have to say no. Companions don't really disapprove you not wanting them. And it's a merry band of people not knowing each day if they will live to see another one. I completely get why they'd be more direct with their intentions and coming onto the player. My only regret is not having much of them coming onto each other, once you've rejected them for example. That would make sense and clear out a bit your options !
Then again, Larian precised you could be polyamorous, or pick someone and change later for personal reasons so, closing options wouldn't really match with that intent.

[FictionRaider]

For Number 5 I've found the best approach is when you start a conversation and it seems like things are about to go south hit the "Character Select" button. It lets you switch to your other characters while your speaking character and the about-to-be-hostile NPCs are held in the conversation. Then you can ungroup them and position them wherever is best for the upcoming fight.

[Zandalorscat]

Honestly, the romance I have seen so far is pretty good. Maybe I'm playing with different expectations and are therefore better at spotting what is intended as a romantic dialogue option. So far I've never accidentally lead any of the partymembers on and the ones who hit on my character I could just say no to. Would still welcome more friendly ways of saying it "I'm flattered, but no" is okay but it'd be nice to be able to emphasize how great being friends with them is.

[Abyssionknight]

A tip that makes weight management a lot easier is to keep food in your camp. that stuff takes up a huge amount of weight, but realistically you only use that food while in your camp...so keep it here. Find a chest near the center of camp, dump your food in there, and just take some out whenever you need to rest.

[northsouth]

PSA: Careful, you cant remove friend's custom character from your party. So if they stop playing, you cant tell the char to stay in camp and switch to another origin char.

[paulgallagher]

So far my ONLY gripe is that they don't have a Formation setup like in the OG Baldur's Gates and Neverwinter games. Should be able to have Tanks up front, Ranged and Casters in back, and everyone decently spaced out. But I can see that with the incredibly complex interactive maps and levels, this may have caused too many issues.