I´ve got some questions for you. Last winter I played BG1 (and that only), this winter Im supposed to spend with #2.

1. In BG1 you practically had to cover every area of the map and I found that enjoyable. There is no fog in BG2, as far as I know. Is this a good or a bad thing?

2. How is the difficulty level of #2 like compared to #1?

3. Only 16 NPC´s?? How do you deal with that?

4. Does the lack of worthy 3D card cause major slide shows in larger battles?

Danke schön.

I personally didn't like BG1. I was killed by a gibling too many times for my liking. Some of the NPC's are very good. Especially with the new spells and suchlike. It is a little good biased so don't expect much in the way of an evil team. Very irritating that the majority of the quests are good orientated. I ain't got a 3D card. I've got a Dimond Stealth still and it works fine even in combat. Its a little jumpy but not too bad.

Warby

THe fog in BG2 is handled the same with as in BG1. However BG2 (and all non-BG1 infinity games in fact) lacks the extensive wildernesses. There are much fewer areas, and all have major quests. There are no areas that are there just to explore. Whether thats good or bad depends on your preference, but I liked them.

BG2 has some tough fights, but nothing that compares to Durlags Tower. Of course, thats from the viewpoint of a BG1 veteran. Possibly it would be tougher if youd never played a similar game. Id still say BG2 is easier though, if only because there are more cheesy exploits available.

Very well for a good party. There may only be a few of them, but their personality and dialogue is far deeper & more interesting than in BG1. Evil parties get a bit shafted though, nor really enough choice. There are mods you can download for more NPCs if you get bored with the normal ones.

Not if you dont mind missing out on some special effects. A few of the alrger battle do slow down, but that can be cured by turning the effects *way* down.

<font color="gold">3. 16 NPCs is all that is needed. It is very variation on all the NPCs, we have everything from Fighter/Druid to Cleric/Mage, from Inquisitor to pure Fighter. It is not hard to find NPCs that suits for your party. [img]smile.gif[/img]

4. I have GeForce 2, and it works fine. It's a bit slow on the huge battles, but that doesnt matter so much. I've also tried the game with older cards, and it mostly works good on them too. ;) </font>

3. There are about 40 classes (and 10 multiclasses) and only 16 NPCs. Besides, there is no monk, barbarian or sorcerer.

4. I was able to play SoA:T0B on my old PC (P233 MMX, 32RAM, noname 2D card) with effects down. A bit slow, but still enjoyable.

[ 09-22-2002, 09:03 AM: Message edited by: Vedran ]

3. There are about 40 classes (and 10 multiclasses) and only 16 NPCs. Besides, there is no monk, barbarian or sorcerer.</font>[/QUOTE]<font color="gold">I wasnt saying that all classes are present, only that each 'category' is presented. Who needs eg. a Monk, Barbarian or Sorcerer when there are Fighters, Rangers, a Paladin etc, and Mages, both multiclassed and not. There could be more, but there isnt any lack. ;) </font>

<font color="lightblue">There IS a Sorcerer NPC, although he isn`t actually part of 'vanilla' SOA.
His name is Kelsey, meet him here. [img]smile.gif[/img] </font>