Its hard to judge or review BG2 because there is just SO MUCH CONTENT going for it. TONS and TONS of spells. But yea, lots of junk (some are fun!). TONS of creatures. Some very annoying. LOTS of playable companions, but not all created equally in terms of content. A bazillion interesting magical items...and some annoying inventory management. Still when you look at it as a whole, its just a beast of a game.
So naturally a lot of stuff can be criticized very easily.
Comparing the two games is just not possible anymore...BG2 was amazing for its time (and still is imho...) but its like arguing a CRT tv is better than a new OLED. People who have never lived through gaming with CRTs just cannot begin the understand why gamers would use such displays (when used with classic games). Why would you game with a CRT lol? Like why would you prefer BG2 over BG3`s modern systems and technical advancements.

My view...there is room to have fun with simple ideas and basic systems as much as new complex and technology advanced systems. I listen to my music digitally yet I also have an analogue amp+record system. They offer different experiences.

Last edited by Count Turnipsome; 03/03/23 11:51 AM.
It just reminded me of the bowl of goat's milk that old Winthrop used to put outside his door every evening for the dust demons. He said the dust demons could never resist goat's milk, and that they would always drink themselves into a stupor and then be too tired to enter his room..