What the hell, I liked BG2 all the way to the Underdark, where it started to bug me,
add the immense irritation named Imoen, who I had to take with me, in to that and you get a pretty good idea why I prefer IWD 2 and PS:T.
Underdark looked great and had interesting encounters but after I played through the Elder Orb - nest and made my way to the Illithid Dungeon, the hacking'n'slashing was so tedious, that the game didn't really interest me anymore.
Other irritation, besides the constant yattering of NPCs, was the overflow of quests.
No matter where I adventured, there was a continuous stream of idiots begging me to do FedEx-quets. I was halfly waiting for that dreaded "kill some rats from my basement"-quest IWD at least gave me a sense of adventure. And BG 2 even had a more interesting atmosphere. Before playing it, I thought I loved pirates and rogues, but Brynn Law was a letdown.
No matter; I'm going to play again soon. I love the NPC's that much