They did. Kind of.
I've seen gamers show off their creative thinking, dedication, and a lot of free time in Baldur's Gate 3, but Proxy Gate Tactician decided to beat them all and complete the game in the cutest way possible – as a cat.
The YouTuber wanted to know if one could finish the RPG in a cat form using a Druid's spell, and the answer was both yes and no. After 41 hours, they did reach the end, but the cost and leeways were a little too high to consider it a truly cat-only challenge.
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To get the form-changing spell, you need to get to level 2, so Proxy Gate Tactician had to finish the prologue as a boring human. They noted that cats, one of the weakest creatures at first, only take 1 damage from falling no matter the height, and "grow" their claws at level 4. Eventually, the character became a panther, which helped with damage but still left one of the main issues of the whole run untouched: no one wants to speak with cats, either big and menacing or small and cute, so taking quests was challenging and sometimes impossible.
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In the end, Proxy Gate Tactician did complete the game but concluded that you can't fully beat Baldur's Gate 3 as a cat, at least not without some "cheating" like turning into a human once in a while and sticking Shadowheart into a burning box. The main difficulty turned out to be doors, which refuse to open for a cat (just like in real life), so you have to be creative to get over them. Maybe stack some boxes, I've heard it helps in any situation.
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