Playing the BG series i always get the feeling that they dont make games as they used to anymore. I ve literally played those games to exhaustion and BG II is still my favorite RPG by far... The character interaction and story line are so well made that you rarelly find them in another RPG. Really who hasnt been annoyed by Jan Jansen constatly talking and the following frustration by the fact that you do need a thief so you can only tollerate him :) Or the goodie-goodie Aerie or that arrogant pompous Anomen. Who doesnt love Boo and Minsk's crazy character that gave you courage through the bloomy underdark? The character dialogues...the romance with Viconia ;) .

Now for a comparisson. I ve played Morrowind , i ve played ALL morrowind , every mission and every add-on all 300 or so gameplay hours ( and messed up my semester since i didnt really attend lectures for a month and a half being a full time morrowind gamer). Morrowind is cool , morrowind is beautifull morrowing is fun to play but all this doesnt make it a better RPG than BG II. The nice and simple 2D approach of BG II allowed you to dedicate your concentration in the game itself and not to stupid bloody things that can fly on your head and go 'aaaargh!' from behind ( yes i still believe a good rpg should be BG or Fallout like...2D or isometric that is). Moreover the gameplay provided by the availability of a group of diverse characters is superior to the endless 'hack hack slash' of Morrowind and its lack of decent party making. As i said Morrowind is fun , its the best RPG is saw the year it was published but BG it isnt...