BG1 is the first game that I played back in 1999. That's the year that my parents bought us PC, after the tumultuous spring of that year for our country, being bombarded by benevolent NATO and shit... Older dudes that introduced me earlier to DnD burned me discs and set me on a quest to finish it in a couple of weeks. Since it was the first year of my high school, I had a lot of obligations and my parents had a lot of expectations... Instead of proving to them and myself that I'm reliable and responsible teenager, I was circling around my building till I saw my parents backsides and returning to my house to wander the Sword coast.. Oftentimes they would come home for breakfast break, and I would hide under the bed. I'll never forget sensation of approaching fourth level of Nashkel mines... I really thought that I was going to encounter dragon down there. Still being low level greenhorn I feared that my character, half-elf Asfaloth Horselord, was going to be decimated... I had so many unexcused absences in school that year, that my father had to beg his friend doctor to write me an excuse so that I would not be kicked out of school. For me it was a perfect game, surpassed only after I played Morrowind. I'm a nature person and the slow pace of it, atmosphere and wonder of discovering all those little details hidden in the vast maps, accompanied by chirping birds, whose sounds still wake me up till this day, and elaborate framework story, give me goosebumps whenever I remember it. I still worship BG1 and never in my life would defile its altar by playing unclean EE version of it. I wasn't impressed by its more compacted sequel, another proof that more of a good thing does not necessarily mean an advantage, but I still think it's worthy successor. The thought of Larian's BG3 terrifies me, but I will give it a shot after some years have passed and the dust of fanboyism and animosity settles. So,
rusty_shackleford my man, you're feeding the Molochtron's maw by spreading that unfounded, toxic hatred towards BG2, which I can understand if you, when coming back from work, cought your beloved being stuffed with risotto of your close friend, who happens to be massive BG2 fan, and besides they were listening Aerie's romance theme while doing it... If not,
or I'm gonna kick you in the head till you're dead!
