Good RPGs

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That's why it's important to install BGT (Baldur's Gate Trilogy) and develop your PC and whatever merry band you put together from start to finish. One gets a sense of accomplishment at developing the prowess of your six party members (at least I do). With all the new NPC's that have been created by the mods at G3, you get much more replayability.

I've not played any mods or adaptations, just BG, BG2 and the expansions - I played BG about a year after release and bought BG2 soon after release. You seem to play the game in much the same way I did, with autopause and planning every battle, etc. I agree, NWN is a dumbed down "walk in the park" compared to BG, but NWN is just more fun in my opinion. It's funny that when I first played NWN I missed all the features and controls of BG/BG2/IWD/PST. I missed being able to create my own party from scratch like in IWD (I prefer that to the NPCs you pick up in BG/2) and instead being stuck with just one character. Now the opposite is the case. The plot in the first NWN was ok, it was the soulless characters and execution of said plot that was poor. I agree with regard to HotU, hated that at first but got into it eventually - it's a dungeon crawl at best and a better one than the previous games where you spent most of your time unlocking or breaking into death trapped chests containing one piece of gold or carrying useless equipment back to merchants be sold. As a whole with D&D games I prefer less tacky plots and more tactics. Another problem with NWN was that for the most part you can loot and pillage with impunity.