Baldur’s Gate 3 (BG3) Walkthrough Part 1: Beginner’s Guide - Tactical Gameplay with Commentary

Here’s a competent, practical Baldur’s Gate 3 walkthrough for mere mortals. My quick n’ dirty gameplay prioritizes tactical advantage over honorable story outcomes. Not an evil run — more of a pragmatic, mercenary approach to a BG3 playthrough. About Major Slack I practice and study before uploading all videos in order to produce REAL walkthroughs instead of just blind playthroughs. This invariably takes a lot of extra time and effort. If you’d like to support my efforts, you can join my Patreon and help keep the Major Slack R&D Department running at full power:   / majorslack   Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-driven, turn-based RPG developed by Larian Studios and set in the legendary Forgotten Realms universe. Built on the Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition ruleset, it features tactical combat, deep party customization, branching narrative choices, and a massive, reactive open world. Players create their own character—or choose from several Origin companions—and embark on an epic adventure involving mind flayers, mysterious parasites, and the fate of the Sword Coast. With fully voiced dialogue, cinematic storytelling, hundreds of hours of gameplay, and meaningful consequences for every decision, Baldur’s Gate 3 blends classic CRPG depth with modern presentation. This award-winning RPG offers stealth, exploration, combat strategy, romance, and multiple playstyles, allowing each run to feel unique. The Target Audience PlayStation (and Xbox) policies prevent mods that bypass core game features like achievement tracking, making “achievement-enabler” mods impossible on consoles. The PlayStation Critical Hit achievement rate — 8.5% — therefore provides the most accurate measurement of how many players finish BG3 on Tactician. This number establishes that 91.5% of PlayStation players complete the game on Balanced Mode or lower, using clean, unaltered achievement data unaffected by modding or debug tools. PlayStation also represents the largest single console platform in the world, with over ~60 million PS5 units sold — nearly double the Xbox Series X/S install base (~30 million). When contrasted with Steam, where modding disables achievement tracking for roughly 30% of players, the discrepancy becomes self-correcting: the PC Critical Hit rate (5.9%) rises to the same 8–9% range once mod-silent players are accounted for. Weighted across global platform share (PC ~45%, PS5 ~30%, Xbox ~10%), every blended statistical model converges on the same conclusion: only about 8% of BG3 players finish on Tactician. In other words, the PlayStation number is not an outlier — it’s the anchor. Roughly nine out of ten players across all platforms play BG3 on Balanced Mode or lower, and the 8.5% figure is the most accurate, most stable, and least skewed measurement available. Thanks for watching! Binge the entire playlist here:    • Baldur's Gate 3 Walkthrough Playthrough - ...   TIME STAMPS 0:00 - Hardcore Slackers 2:52 - The target audience 6:28 - Custom-made or Origin character? 12:19 - Two minute Wizard Wood Elf build 23:30 - How to play BG3 38:03 - Recruiting your first party member 44:43 - Crash course in Turn-Based combat 1:08:31 - How to rescue Shadowheart 1:15:24 - How to get the 'tank version' of Us (brain pet) Live: Monday, December 1, 2025 - 3:55 PM Eastern