I was super into this game, I loved this game, I adored this game, i told everyone to play this game. I talked it up as a turning point in video games. Not to put too fine a point on it, this game was everything.

Until I got to the end of Act 2, then the game betrayed me. It had built up trust with having control over the consequences of my actions. It is not that I don't want my actions to have effects, but rather up and until that point I understood at least to a degree, the upcoming consequences.

That was until the end of Act 2: I got to the pool at the bottom of the Gauntlet of Shar. The game does provide a warning that it is a significant event and to tie up loose ends. I did that. I understood that this was the first step to the end of Act 2. Thus, I completed all my quests left over from Act 1 and other things in Act 2, except for any quests that I understood to be part of the finale, including:
- Rescuing the Tieflings I'd been helping since Act 1
- Lifting the curse of the Shadowlands
- Recruiting Halsin to my party

Importantly, I had not yet been to Moonrise Tower, what I thought was only to be assaulted at the very end of the act so I was trying to do everything else before going there. Frankly, I got to the mausoleum before I even knew where the tower was.

So, thinking it was time to address all the end of act stuff, I dive into the pool, do my business, and then all the quests failed.

What I have since learned is that you're supposed to go to Moonrise before tackling the Gauntlet of Shar. Which did not make any logical sense to me.

While I finished the act, I struggle to want to keep playing because now it feels like my role in the story, what was perhaps the best part of this game, is no longer relevant, the game has a railroad for me, and I'm punished for not following it, but it also doesn't seem interested in letting me know that I'm off the path, thus cutting off a lot of content.

[h1] The game betrayed my trust, and I cannot forgive it[/h1] I was super into this game, I loved this game, I adored this game, i told everyone to play this game. I talked it up as a turning point in video games. Not to put too fine a point on it, this game was everything. Until I got to the end of Act 2, then the game betrayed me. It had built up trust with having control over the consequences of my actions. It is not that I don't want my actions to have effects, but rather up and until that point I understood at least to a degree, the upcoming consequences. That was until the end of Act 2: [spoiler] I got to the pool at the bottom of the Gauntlet of Shar. The game does provide a warning that it is a significant event and to tie up loose ends. I did that. I understood that this was the first step to the end of Act 2. Thus, I completed all my quests left over from Act 1 and other things in Act 2, except for any quests that I understood to be part of the finale, including: - Rescuing the Tieflings I'd been helping since Act 1 - Lifting the curse of the Shadowlands - Recruiting Halsin to my party Importantly, I had not yet been to Moonrise Tower, what I thought was only to be assaulted at the very end of the act so I was trying to do [i]everything[/i] else before going there. Frankly, I got to the mausoleum before I even knew where the tower was. So, thinking it was time to address all the end of act stuff, I dive into the pool, do my business, and then all the quests failed. What I have since learned is that you're supposed to go to Moonrise [i]before[/i] tackling the Gauntlet of Shar. Which did not make any logical sense to me.[/spoiler] While I finished the act, I struggle to want to keep playing because now it feels like my role in the story, what was perhaps the best part of this game, is no longer relevant, the game has a railroad for me, and I'm punished for not following it, but it also doesn't seem interested in letting me know that I'm off the path, thus cutting off a lot of content.