I played it this weekend and would have to agree with a majority of ddaryl\'s comments. The hack and slash does get monotonous. I played on the medium difficulty (normal) and experienced the same frustration.
It definitely is a must rent I would say, and the ending has you actually looking forward to the next BG installment. I played a fighter character as I normally seem to do, I have a thing for being a dwarven tank ;p Another thing that bothered me is the fact that you don\'t seem to get the killer weapons and items until the end when recalling out is impossible, therefore not allowing you to sell anything and have fun with that.
The graphics were very well done. The sound is actually quite good in my opinion. Like ddaryl, I had no problems with any of the bosses and actually didn\'t die a single time to a boss, most of my deaths came to the stupid explosive barrels I would accidentally hit while fighting beasties ;p Overall, you oughta rent it, you can easily complete it in rental time. I completed it in 9 hrs 48 mins playtime and that was going clear through all levels to try to level as much as possible....
