Baldur’s Gate 3 players demand a “party” at the end of Act 2

The Baldur’s Gate 3 community is voicing their desire for there to be some kind of celebration at the end of the game’s second act.

Baldur’s Gate 3 has a lot of big moments that are deserving of celebration both by players and the characters in the game.

While this kind of celebration does exist at the end of the game’s first act, there is a surprising lack of anything to bring a conclusion to the second one.

Because of this, Baldur’s Gate 3 players are speaking out about how they want one in the game for a variety of reasons.

Baldur’s Gate 3 players want celebration to end Act 2

The idea was proposed on the Baldur’s Gate 3 subreddit, where a user took the time to air their grievance about the transition from Act 2 to Act 3.

They explain how at this point the Shadowlands have been rid of their curse, and they want to be able to explore that.

“Why isn’t there a big party at Last Light after I literally killed the guy who ruined the whole place? Like… I get it, the mission isn’t over but I can’t go for a jog in the sun in the place I literally just did 95% of the liberating in?”

Airing a grievance about going from Act 2 to Act 3!
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It seems that other Baldur’s Gate 3 fans would agree, as the top comment says: “Act 1 ends with a party, it would be nice to end act 2 with one as well. Pour one out for the tieflings lost along the way. Plan another ballad with Alfira. All kinds of options.”

Some, however, point to the fact that this wouldn’t make a lot of sense with the game’s narrative at that point, as an army is marching towards Baldur’s Gate.

“Yeah, you won a big fight… but you know a crisis is occurring—and there’s a bigger, scarier fight ahead.”

A more realistic explanation, though, is also mentioned by several players: developer resources.

As one user explains, “For it to be worthwhile and not just slapping ‘sunny day’ lighting on the already pretty grim setting .. they would have to create an entirely new map.”

They explain that the devs simply don’t have the time or capabilities to create the environment that players are wanting.

Regardless of the logical explanation, it is clear that some Baldur’s Gate 3 players at least want the chance to forget about the impending danger and just party for a bit.