[Mourn Yauntyyr]

This is mainly a response to Starvid:

I agree BG2 as far as plot development goes isn't nearly as good as BG1. I thought the whole theme of "he who battles with monsters must beware that he does not become one" was great in BG1, but it seems to be nonexistant in BG2. Oh well, its still fun.

Planescape:Torment's plot and the associated themes that it deals with are, IMHO absolutely incredible. When I finished the game I was left with the same blown-away feeling I get after reading a monumental work of literature or film. I just sat in my chair for about 10 minutes going, "wow". I highly recommend it to any and every RPer.

Personally, IWD bored the crap outta me. But then I didn't like Diablo, don't like hack-n-slash in general.

Finally, about BG2, Chapter 2. You can complete those quests later, in Chapter 6. In fact, I completed the Umar Hills and D'Arnise quests, then went on to Chapter 3. It worked out fine, and I'm now in Chapter 6, finishing them all up.