The story is driven by this central conflict as you hunt down your foe and, eventually, of course, dispatch him and his evil plots to the afterworld where they belong. Basics of Play Baldur's Gate was universally acclaimed as role-playing game of the year. Given that, it had large shoes to fill in any sequel. Any game design would have to deal with what players were used to the first version, while adding new features and capabilities to keep the game system fresh. Fortunately, BioWare has done a great job of doing just that.
Characters start the game at level seven give or take a little.
If you played the original game, you can import characters from there, although they don't keep any of their equipment. Or you can roll up a new character or choose a pre-generated character from those supplied by the game. Since you start at level seven and characters can earn up to 2.9 million experience points, the game has far more combat against high-level creatures and magical spells are much more powerful this time around. One of the nice things about this game is the vast array of powers at your disposal because of this higher level range. It makes many fights more interesting, because it takes strategy to actually win them.