Might I add one:
Add a conversation bar. Sometimes people say something in the surroundings or my companions are talking whilst I was offscreen trying to figure out where to go and I missed half the conversations. In bg you could always read what was said so if you missed something it wasent that bad
Totally agree with this.
More voice barks in and out of combat where the characters say something. It's definitely needed when you select them and then get them to perform an action, or when they get a critical, they miss, their weapon is ineffective, etc.
Have certain spells be the same vocally as they were in the BG. The way it worked in BG is that the different schools of magic had different Latin words associated with them. Also couldn't hurt to add that more ominous echo that happens when you cast a spell.
Party formations.
Please add in "You must gather your party before venturing forth." At this point, it's the law. It has to be in the game.
And this.
BG1 , more so than BG2, had great one liners we still remember over 20 years later.
"Ho there, wanderer"
"Don't touch me! I'm super important!"
I miss this most of all. It created what I think of as THE Baldur's Gate atmosphere.
