Well, if you played BG2, it's a lot less likely you'll enjoy BG. I know multiple people who played BG2 first and then BG1 later on and said they didn't like the first one as much. This is normal too for the reason DATD mentioned: The graphics in BG1 are a tad older, the rules are less expansive, it's a little bit more lineair too. Also, you start as level 1, don't forget, the max level in BG with expansion is like 7 or 8 (depending on your class). So you'll be mostly facing either weak monsters, or very strong bosses (since you're so weak still heh). If you're used to the power you wield in BG2, don't bother with BG, it's puny character time. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
So if you're willing to get a bit older graphics, a few lesser options and generally be a low level punk, go get it. Otherwise, don't bother. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> And €10 still is quite some, depending on which version you get. The original was on 5 cd's, +1 for the expansion heh. Nowadays it's €10 for 10 empty cd's (well, in regular stores that is, you can get em cheaper too), so getting 6 cd's for €10 isn't that bad. Unless of course they repacked the game now, since in the course of time (IWD, BG2) they found more effective methods of packing the files on cd's. Otherwise BG2 would have been on more than just 4 cd's <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
As for snippets from my characters, it's been over 2 years I think, much of it has faded. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
Though I did have a human fighter/mage, fighting with a staff or a sword, sort of in elderly mages voice, just not a picture of Gandalf <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
I had a pure dwarven fighter, Kuldjargh, literally Dwarven for Axe-Idiot. It just so happens IWD had this voice set with just grunting. Give him an axe and we got a mean tempered dwarf who never retreats. He died a lot the poor guy <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> Got resurected everytime too, made like 50% or so of all the kills.
Then they had this funny voiceset, one full of sarcasm and so. I gave that one to a human paladin. I know it's barbaric, but it was funny having a paladin act that way. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> He used to hit on the party's thief, who then always hid in the shadows, starting to scout ahead instead of staying near the party heh.
The cleric was a woman too, the IWD avatar of the blond girl with the mace. The paladin didn't try to approach her because she was evil heh <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> Of course paladins wouldn't usually asociate with evil people, but in my game they had no choice heh. She also didn't learn resurrect spells, just to be mean, forcing us to retreat or buy scrolls heh.
I even went as far as starting with 1 character, then adding the others at a certain point in the game, to make it seem like they were rescued heh. My thief got picked up in the first act, where you go to find that caravan, I added her after killing the large ogre there and picking the chests, she was hiding in the shadows waiting to loot the chests herself heh. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
Yes, I know, it's freaky <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />
