User Rating: 3.5 | Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn PC
I have never understood why anyone would like Baldur's Gate II. Yes, the graphics are pretty good for this style of game, and the voice-acting isn't terrible, and the ambient sound is above-average. But it all goes downhill from there. The story, for one, is awful. It's the same stupid chosen-one plot we've seen in a thousand games before. Then, the gameplay... put simply, it's boring. Spend an inordinate amount of time creating an ugly character, and then spend an inordinate amount of time doing simple things like swinging your sword... that's right, you only attack EVERY SIX SECONDS! Battles that in other RPGs are fun and exciting and made excruciatingly painful in this game. Also, in between these awful sequences, you must manage your party, which is too large for its own good. I didn't think it was possible, but someone has created a game worse than Fallout Tactics. Bleh. 
