Not that that's a problem of course. You see, I rank Baldur's Gate 2 as one of the finest games I have ever played. I love Bioware RPGs having and, given a choice, I would take them over any JRPG any day. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic rocked, Dragon Age Origins rocks (or at least what little I have managed to play of it) and, the Baldur's Gate, the game where this love affair began, was ace - only outdone, of course, by it's own sequel.
I am currently in the middle of my second run-through of BG2. Previously, I had a half-elf Ranger/Cleric - I like elves, Rangers are cool, and the (combined) class yielded a nice selection of spells. It was good fun guiding this character through thick and thin and watching him grow as the game progressed. He took residency in a Ranger cabin watching over the village of Umar Hills and he got to romance Aerie. My half-elf went all the way through the game to the Throne of Bhaal itself and knocked Melissan for six. :D
Currently, though I have a new character: Rodrigo, a human thief. At first I was going to take him through BG1 but it crashed halfway through. So, I forwarded my schedule and brought him straight into BG2 as a Swashbuckler. So far, he is making his way through Athkatla with Mazzy, Yoshimo, Jahiera, Edwin and (Sir) Anomen in tow. I have managed to take control of the Shadow Thieves Guild (I so love the idea of being the head of a guild) and I'm doing a number of quests - many of which I didn't get to do on the first time through. Also, when I've previously been a 'good' party, I'm being a bit more flexible, doing an equal amount of good and bad things. Indeed, it would be interesting to see how this will effect the outcome. And finally, I'm also partaking in the Jahiera romance sidequest.
Sure I may have completed the game as well as done nearly all the quests, but the fact that I'm willing to go back and grind my way through the game a second time is the sign of a good game. Sure I may be taking a different path and avoiding some previously completed quests for the sake of doing something different, but in the end, the prospect of doing things differently is a good enough reason to do it all again. Such re-playability is a testament to the notion that there are many ways to accomplish a problem and is good enough reason to keep coming back to this staggeringly awesome game.
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