Was IWD2 good?, And why (not)? Options

[Baronius]

Tell the reason of your choice, if possible

I did not like IWD2. Played it twice but I think IWD1 is much better. Okay okay the music was as beautiful as in IWD1, and yeah the 3E was applied too, and new graphics and some other things... but altogether it's far not as good as any other IE game.

I think that the battles weren't good. Most of the bigger battles were long, and unpleasant. All characters had lots of Hit Points (HP). They weren't much harder than in other IE games, but they weren't interesting. I admit that I actually liked IWD2 when playing it first time, but it's not a game I would play more than two times.
My good friend -- the web designer of the Black Wyrm's Lair, by the way -- decided not to finish the game just before Severed Hand! He uninstalled the game.

What do you think? What did you like? And what are the things that you did not?