Exactly. I perfectly agree with thee, mate <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />.
Baldur's Gate 2 is the best out of the IE games and 3rd edition D&D won't help IWD2 much. Some people loved it, though. Some massive strategical fights and such. Yet the characters are empty. In BG2 the NPCs had history, conversation, romance... In IWD2 they're like robots: when they do not fight, they are inactive.