I'm playing it for the first time ever, I'm at the horde fortress right now.I prefer Baldur so far... I miss banter the most.Still good game, BG and this one are the only fantasy-crap themed games I managed to enjoy.
The Icewind Dale games are all about aquiring new shiny things to equip your bunch of adventurers stomping through deep dungeons while they slay hundreds of creatures on their way.Babysitting retarded NPC and "banter" would only come in the way and I am glad they left this out.
Good game, by the way.
Aha! Last time I mentioned it it was "ah this crappy linear piece of shit, no RPG!"
Failure "exe patching failed".