I must say, within certain demographic whenever I meet someone in their 30s who used to game, Baldur's Gate 2 pops up very often as "the game".
So, sorry for the double post but I'm catching up and I'm lazy as all hell. Yeah, this is somewhat common, but this is also a bit of a misattribution. You're comparing people who were gamers then to a climate of gaming now. My parents got me into BG at a very young age, but very few of the people I game with in my own demographic have fond or *any* memories of Baldur's Gate, really. All this to say that BG WAS big for its time. BG2 was a success, critically and sales-wise. It was sold in Wal-Mart, when I say niche I don't mean obscure necessarily. I mean the market is a lower volume market.
