Baldur's Gate II is a strong improvement over it's predecessor. The game starts you off in a fairly interesting situation which allows for the characters to immediately display more characterization and depth in the opening segment than any of them did in the entirety of the first entry. It also immediately throws you into some large cities, which was saved for the last 10% of the first game. I still played this basically entirely on story mode given how complex the combat is, far too much for me to engage with honestly. Regardless, moving through the game's excellent main story and sidequests was an absolute joy. 4/6