MerinTB wrote...
To contrast most of the love here -
I've played BG2 through, including expansion, once.
I've finished SoA twice.
I've started BG2 about 4 times total.
In the whole time I've owned it, and I pre-ordered the collector's edition.
I've also never finished the first Baldur's Gate.
In contrast, I've played DAO twice in a row, started a third play-through but stopped as I'm waiting for RTO before continuing that playthrough. I'll probably get one more playthrough (though probably not until after finishing ME2) in before putting it aside for awhile (depending on when the expansion happens.)
BG2 has little re-playability for me because I was sick of Irenicus's opening dungeon (and Irenicus in general) on the second playthrough. I think I could get another ToB playthrough out of the game, maybe, but as much as I loved the game and know that the re-playability is there for others, it's not there for me.
*shrug*
Just a contrasting opinion.
And I think DAO is about as long as BG2, without the expansion stuff. BG2 might be slightly longer as it has random encounters unless I'm misremembering the game, or if, like me, you keep running back and forth between places to find stuff - or especially if you add bunches of player-made mods.
But really, I think they are comparable in length.
if you hate irenicus' dungeon, apparently you're not alone. someone created a mod to skip the dungeon with everything you need from it and start from there. i don't use it, but many do. my hang up is the underdark. it's the only part in bg2 i find somewhat less interesting. i love bg1 all the way through. bg2's vastness is what has kept it a tie between the two for me.
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