Hickory: You have posted nothing but utter drivel. There is nothing to counter.

otjp: See, nothing of substance, yet again.

One trick pony?

Hickory: *Yawn!*

otjp: IWD technically offers more freedom gameplay wise. Sure BG allows you to walk around the map but after the first playthrough the exploration is done with and any future playthrough will tend to follow a more planned route. IWD gives a lot more freedom gameplay wise to overcome enemies and encounters as you can create the party of your choice and play through the entire game with that party, BG is more limiting as you are restricted to the pre-determined NPC's to recruit and can only be accessed in certain areas at certain times in the game.

The adventure in BG is no less linear than IWD, in BG you can visit different side locations on the way, but will eventually have to go the same route as everyone else, In IWD you can take a different route through each area, you may go down the left path first, me the right, this is no different to BG. You go left I go right, but we end up on the same path in the end. It is presented differently in each game but is essentially the same.

Both BG and IWD are great games.

Pangaea666: Doesn't seem like there is much point trying to show where you went wrong, but here is the post, and it's quite frankly nonsense. Similar destination does not equal similar path. This is basic English.

Pangaea666: Like I said, there doesn't seem to be much point continuing this any further, because you either don't want to understand, or more worrying, aren't capable of it.

Presumably you have played Baldur's Gate, so you know there is a great deal more areas than those you mention, and people can choose to visit them in any sequence they like.

Heck, even in BG2 the path can be radically different from one playthrough to the next. First time through I did most things in the outskirts first, because I got those missions and then went off to do them. This time I've gone a bit back and forth, doing some missions in the city, then off to the countryside, and so on.

And no, just because the final boss fight is in the same DESTINATION, does not mean the PATH there is the same. Locate a dictionary. Please.

Sarisio: Wow, easy... and let me get some popcorn :)

IwubCheeze: *offers some popcorn* Here ya go.

Anyways, I wonder where the OP went :)

Lebesgue: I agree that the first two chapters are somewhat boring in terms of sstoryline. But I think the game really picks up with Chpater 3 and the Dorn Deep is really great. Actually, it becomes somewhat less linear as you have more freedom to roam around the Lower Dorn Deep (or whatever it was called). For me actually it is the story of IWD which made me complete the game several times.

Talking about bad story, check IWD2...