3E is the best of the D&D sets for a CRPG (or rather 3.5E is). No contest.
IWD2 was the best of the Infinity Engine games when it comes to balance and design. It definitely deserves an EE treatment.
But it lacks two specific very important things:
1. No Epic Story! (Bhallspawn saga tied the BG series together in a way that IWD1/2 never had.)
2. No SCS. (Seriously, without good AI a sophisticated game system is useless!)
Challenge to Beamdog:
- Sell us IWD2EE (develop a good frigging AI for it this time though, please, unlike the IWDEE)
- use that version of the engine to sell us a new game (I'm willing to pay $40 for a full adventure.)
IWD2 was the best of the Infinity Engine games when it comes to balance and design. It definitely deserves an EE treatment.
But it lacks two specific very important things:
1. No Epic Story! (Bhallspawn saga tied the BG series together in a way that IWD1/2 never had.)
2. No SCS. (Seriously, without good AI a sophisticated game system is useless!)
Challenge to Beamdog:
- Sell us IWD2EE (develop a good frigging AI for it this time though, please, unlike the IWDEE)
- use that version of the engine to sell us a new game (I'm willing to pay $40 for a full adventure.)