BG1 vs. BG2 Which is better and why?, What do you think? Options

[Baronius]

So which do you like better, Baldur's Gate (with or without TotSC) or Shadows of Amn (ToB)? Tell it here in any size.

[Domi]

In my highly bias opinion BG1 with TUTU and BG1NPC beats BG2 hands down. I see no conceptual flaws to it in this combination. It has wonderful BG1 story, enormous world and all the advantages of BG2 gameplay and pretty even richness of interaction with 25 characters. Even the glitches that irritated me before (Tazok not recoginizing Kivan etc) are the thing of the past now.

I do not play BG2 any longer, because in all honesty I grew bored of it after first 2 times through the game and even wonderful mods cannot rekindle my interest when I think that I have to do Nalia's Castle all over again or chase Irenicus... I played ToB just once, and rushed through it to such a degree that I had to make all the challenges right before going to the Throne of Bhaal - I simply did not realize they were there...

I however by now replayed the beginning of BG1 about 6 times testing, and I never tire of it.

Of course one can say that I do not grow bored because I am not playing a demi-god, I am playing a god who can put words in character's mouth or start adding romance because my male PC felt bored... to a degree that's very true. On another hand, I look forward to the day when we put BG1NPC out, and I sit down and replay the whole game without diving into D or BAF's to correct this, and change that and redo something else.