You'll soon discover the monsters AI is very well developed and utilizes well-designed strategies to defeat you. Baldur's Gate's interface is user friendly, with everything usually just one screen away. The adventure screen is bordered on the left by a palette of quick access buttons that will take you to spell selection, game maps, your journal and the game options menu. The palette also contains the game's internal clock. The lower palette contains information pertinent to the individual character or group, depending on which is selected.
Game play is mouse-centric and very fluid.
Combining the control key with mouse clicks emulates the right-click function common to the Windows mouse. The spacebar allows you to pause the game and provide direction to your characters. You will find this often means the difference between success and death. These are minor however, and do not detract form the experience of the game. Multiplayer will be one of the most thrilling aspects of playing Baldur's Gate after you have completed the single player game the first time.