I don't get why BG1 gets so much cred. The combat is shit (just throw a fireball or cloudkill at the enemy group and have the rest of the party clean up the stragglers, done), the setting is Forgotten Realms, the gayest thing in DnD history, level and encounter design suck (usually a more or less empty map with generic trashmobs strewn about), and even the quests don't feature all that much C&C - not any more than most other RPGs, at least. The story was pretty good, I'll give it that, but is that really enough to merit the worship it enjoys?
