I've been playing RPG's for quite a few years, and have played quite a few of the old AD&D titles but hadn't seen anything that really interested me since Ultima VII (VIII was a bit of a dog - I never finished).  By the  time I got bored about halfway through Eye of the Beholder III, I thought  I'd had it with AD&D.  But then I saw so much written about BG, and  from the reviews, etc. I knew I would love it, so I rushed out and bought a  new PC, and BG (bundled with TSC) was the first thing I loaded.