{"id":286784,"date":"2024-08-08T17:45:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T15:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=337917"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:05:08","slug":"1-2-million-deaths-and-only-a-10-success-rate-baldurs-gate-3-is-officially-one-of-the-most-difficult-games-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/1-2-million-deaths-and-only-a-10-success-rate-baldurs-gate-3-is-officially-one-of-the-most-difficult-games-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"1.2 million deaths and only a 10% success rate: Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 is officially one of the most difficult games in history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, a new difficulty appeared for &#8216;Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3&#8217;: The Honor Mode, which <strong>basically introduced a permanent death mechanic<\/strong> (once you die, the game is over), tougher bosses, a single save file, and with a beautiful reward if you managed to reach the end\u2014a unique set of dice to use in future play-throughs in other modes. Ooooh! It&#8217;s definitely worth the effort and tears!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Baldur's Gate 3\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/6e76581b-ade2-4196-b472-182d00f9cfc0\/1800331033\/baldurs-gate-3-Download-Baldurs-Gate-3.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Baldur's Gate 3<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/baldurs-gate-3.ensoftonic.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/baldurs-gate-3.ensoftonic.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">There is no honor in the battle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Larian, they have now provided specific data on the results of the Honor Mode, and they are not flattering for those who have tried it: <strong>only 141,600 players managed to reach the end, and 1,223,305 perished on the battlefield.<\/strong> That is, just a little over 10% managed to succeed. Of those who died, it must be said that 76% deleted their game in an honorable manner, while the other 24% decided not to lose their progress and continue in another mode. Tsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s not the only data that Larian has provided, one year after the release of Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3; they have revealed that 1.9 million players ended up turning into cheese balls, that the preferred class is Paladin (and the most hated, Cleric), and that <strong>the majority\u2014about 13.5 million people\u2014choose to be elves.<\/strong> Certainly, much more than halflings: only 2 million characters have this characteristic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/baldur.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-337919\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the most interesting thing: there have been a total of 75 million kisses, mostly with Shadowheart closely followed, of course, by Astarion. As for sex itself, 658,000 games ended up sharing a bed with Halsin . . . and 30% of them in the form of a bear. We are not judging anyone. Oh, yes, a topic that reconciles us a little with humanity\u2014there have been more caresses to the dog, Scratch, than kisses between characters: a total of 120 million times. He&#8217;s a good boy. It&#8217;s a good game.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Baldur's Gate 3\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/6e76581b-ade2-4196-b472-182d00f9cfc0\/1800331033\/baldurs-gate-3-Download-Baldurs-Gate-3.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Baldur's Gate 3<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/baldurs-gate-3.en.softonic.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/baldurs-gate-3.en.softonic.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only 141,600 players managed to reach the end, and 1,223,305 died on the battlefield. That is, only a little more than 10% managed to get ahead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9263,"featured_media":286786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[5273,6294,5795],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-286784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionbaldurs-gate-3","tag-baldurs-gate-3-3","tag-larian","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311945,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286784\/revisions\/311945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286784"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=286784"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=286784"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=286784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}