the veils of nostalgia: the combat in BG1 was enjoyable and ultra faithful to D&D rules
the combat in BG1: kiting around a bear while missing with a shortbow for 20 minutes
Your recollection needs a swift kick in the pants. That "bear" happened to be legendary ranger Drizzt Do'Urden.
never heard of him
Well. The bear you mentioned would go down in a second in BG1. A cave bear would take maybe 20 seconds for a level 1 party. If you don't know Drizzt, then maybe you don't know BG or Forgotten Realms as good as you think you do. Sorry to demolish your meme.
