Baldur's Gate - Blathering

RPGWatch member Lilura started an article series about Baldur's Gate a few weeks ago.
Even if it is called "Blathering" it is more a well written comprehensive analytical review.

So I decided this belongs into the news - 3 parts out of 10 are already released:

Baldur's Gate Blathering - Part I

Baldur's Gate Blathering - Part II

Baldur's Gate Blathering - Part III

Baldur's Gate Blathering

Welcome to my Baldur's Gate review thing-a-mee! The following comments, criticisms and pro-tips pertain to BioWare's first RPG - Baldur's Gate (1998) & Tales of the Sword Coast (1999), patched to 5512; so, what follows is based on the original release and expansion only. While fixes, tweaks and various ambitious mods have long-existed that address glitches, bugs and change the game-play, my concern is just with Baldur's Gate (& TotSC) as BioWare released it, "warts n all". Much of what I write here is from a somewhat fuzzy memory, so if I get something blatantly wrong please don't hesitate to jump down my throat, so that I can correct it before I mislead too many... ok, let's get on with this! [...]