planning to play the entire BG trilogy, I decided I was going to roleplay it. I started NWN1's OC two days ago, as I've been told it's pretty underrated. So much, that I actually considered giving BG2 another chance. That image you posted made me laugh out loud. I could finish every game on my backlog twice in the time it would take me to finish I will say that I think Irenicus makes for an excellent villain (I don't think they could've found a more perfect voice actor), it's just the fact that the game seemed to slow to a crawl after he disappeared with the Cowled Wizards. If BG2 truly will take me 300+ hours, then I think I'll quit while I'm ahead. I trust these numbers, because according to the site, NWN2 OC is about the same length, and thanks to the fact that Steam tells you how long you've spent with a game, my first (blind) run through of NWN2's OC was indeed 50 hours. According to, a first time run of BG2 is about fifty something hours, the fastest 'main story only' run through is 35. I'd say I've done just about everything except Durlag's Tower and Rasaad's storyline. I've done and seen mostly everything that interested me, if not on the first playthrough than the second (I didn't bother to meet Drizzt my second time playing, for example).

I'd say it only took me 40-50 hours per playthrough. My first playthrough was vanilla, modless BG. And yes, he does in fact say he can't give me the help he promised 'just yet,' makes some mention of a guild war, gives me magical items to allay my outrage (doesn't work, I'm still furious), and sends me off to do Well I've beaten the original BG twice now. Gaelyn and everyone else in Faerun still draw breath only because I killed Sarevok he should do it for free. How long does it take to reach that? Two hours? Three? Well that's three hours too many. Apparently, you think that's a paltry sum. Where else has there been an RPG where the most explosive moments happen purely through Sorry, whopping 15,000. However, I think it's a little overrated in being hailed as the greatest RPG ever, because I think it's more of an interactive novel than an actual *game*, but an enjoyable experience nonetheless. I've beaten it four times already, and it's just fantastic. As soon as the credits rolled, I wanted to play it again. I gave it another chance a month or two later, and once I FINALLY reached Pharod, I couldn't get enough. The beginning felt like one fed-ex quest after another, and Morte came off as a walking (erm, floating?) encyclopedia (I hate exposition in games, especially JRPGs, as I prefer to discover things myself). PS:T was another game I started and didn't think much of.

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