I have done it in the same order ... I wonder how many ppl are out there who have played BG2 first and are now playing BG1 (like me)
I like it a lot, and the visuals arent that bad as I had feared ...
I am now just past a VERY hard part, the baslisk forest or sumething like that .. got petrefied every 5 seconds .. (I play solo) I then noticed that backstabbing works extremely well on them (mostly 40+ dmg killing them at once)
still when they are with 2 I have to use all my running skills to hide somehere so I can go into shadows again

But I like it .. the Magic resistance is for most opponents totally 0 so I can hit them good with my spells...
Boran